Akane Tendo is the secondary main protagonist throughout most of the Ranma ½ manga. This is the original depiction of Akane Tendo, as created by Rumiko Takahashi. Akane is one of the three daughters of Soun and Mrs. Tendo. She is sixteen years old and Kasumi, her eldest sister is nineteen years old with her middle sister, Nabiki being seventeen years old. The agreement between Soun and Genma was that one of the three would marry Genma's son, Ranma. However the two older girls demurr the arranged engagement more or less obliging Akane to fulfill its requirements. Their excuses were that Akane and Ranma are the same age, sixteen, and it is Akane who practices martial arts. Neither of the older girls are the least bit interested in being martial artists, let alone the wife of a martial artist