# Guren (disambiguation)

Guren (Japanese: 紅蓮, romanized: gùréń, lit. 'ぐれん, グレン', crimson lotus, crimson colour) is a Japanese word, which means "crimson-colored lotus" and is used in an artistic connotation.
Guren or Gurren, may also refer to:

## People and characters

* Guren (lay name: Tani), a Japanese nun who created the Korenya Shingetsuan rice cracker in 1327
* Miloslav Gureň (born 1976), Czech professional ice hockey defenceman
* Helga Guren, Czech actress who won Best Actress at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024
* Peter Guren, cartoonist for the comic strip Ask Shagg (1980–2020)
* Muriel Guren, mother of U.S. businessman Alan M. Leventhal (born 1952)
* Gurren, a variant of the Irish surname McGovern (name)
* Gurren of Haag (German: Gurren von Haag) noble family, the Dark Ages predecessor to the Fraunberg German noble family; see List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (H)
* Lorenz Gurren (1608–1629), a widow executed for witchcraft at the Mergentheim witch trials in the Germanies; see Thomas Schreiber (innkeeper)

### Fictional characters

* Guren, an anime-only character in the Naruto: Shippuden season 5 anime-only arc, the Three-Tails Arc.
* Guren, a fictional mecha from Code Geass
* Guren, a fictional character from Japanese manga Zenki
* Guren, a shikigami, a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series Shōnen Onmyōji
* Guren, a kitsune, a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series Redo of Healer
* Guren, a ninja, a fictional character from the 2000 videogame Ninja Assault
* Guren (紅蓮), a fictional character from the 2004 videogame Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2
* Guren Ichinose (Seraph of the End character), a fictional character from Seraph of the End
* Guren Nash (Japanese: 大神 グレン, romanized: Ōgami Guren, lit. 'Guren Ougami'), a fictional character from Tenkai Knights
* Guren Soshigaya (Japanese: 祖師谷 紅蓮, romanized: Soshigaya Guren), a fictional character from the Japanese TV anime Gibiate
* G23 Gurren Dragotron (Japanese: グレンドラゴトロン), a fictional character from Transformers Go!
* Gren (Japanese: グレン, romanized: Guren), a fictional character from the Japanese OVA Iria: Zeiram the Animation
* Gren (Japanese: グ レ ン, romanized: Guren), a fictional character from Cowboy Bebop
* Gren Din (Japanese: グレン・ディン, romanized: Guren Din), a fictional character from the anime Last Hope (TV series)
* George Glenn (Japanese: ジョージ・グレン, romanized: Jōji Guren), a fictional character from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Japanese TV anime
* Rufus Glenn (Japanese: ルーファス・グレン, romanized: Rūfasu Guren), a fictional character from the Japanese TV anime Mars Red
* Glen Donkervoort (Japanese: グレン・ドンカーブート, romanized: Guren Donkābūto), a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series and TV anime Chaika: The Coffin Princess
* Glen Eisenach (Japanese: グレン・アイゼナッハ, romanized: Guren Aizenahha), a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series Bibliophile Princess
* Glenn Gallia (Japanese: グレン・ガリア, romanized: Guren Garia), a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time
* Glenn Litbeit (Japanese: グレン・リトバイト, romanized: Guren Ritobaito), a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series and TV anime Monster Girl Doctor
* Glenn Radars (Japanese: グレン レーダス, romanized: Guren Rēdasu), a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
* Glenn (Japanese: グレン, romanized: Guren), a fictional character from the Japanese manga serial Übel Blatt

## Places

* Guren Graduate Institute, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
* Góry, Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland; historically known as Gurren under German administration

### Fictional locations

* Guren Town, a fictional location in Pokemon; see List of Pokémon volumes

## Literature

* Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen, a Japanese light novel series in the Seraph of the End animanga franchise
* Guren Ichinose: Resurrection at Nineteen, a Japanese light novel in the Seraph of the End animanga franchise
* Guren 5, a 2013 novel by Kazutaka Kodaka
* "Crimson Lotus" (Japanese: 紅蓮, romanized: Guren), chapter 28 of the Japanese manga serial comic Blue Exorcist; see List of Blue Exorcist chapters
* Guren: Ito Noizi Art Collection (Japanese: いとうのいぢ画集「紅蓮」), a 2006 artbook by Noizi Ito
* Guren (Japanese: 紅蓮), a 2005 artbook for the animanga franchise Shakugan no Shana

## Music

* "Guren" (song), a 2008 single by The Gazette
* "Guren" (Japanese: 紅蓮, lit. 'Crimson'), a 2014 song by Does (band) used as a themesong for Japanese TV anime Naruto: Shippuden; also released as a single

## Other uses

* Guren (videogame) [ja]『紅蓮』（ぐれん）, a 2002 videogame; see List of anime based on video games