Renji Abarai

Renji Abarai, also known as Ren-chan, Freeloader-san and Aka Pine, is a character from the Bleach series.
== Charactah Account ==
Introduced as a recently-promoted Lieutenant of Squad 6, former member of Squad 5 and former 6th Seat of the 11th Division. He is the childhood friend of Rukia and forms a very close friendship bond with her, also highly respecting the captain Byakuya and views him as an opponent he wishes to surpass. Brash, but dedicated to his beliefs and loyal to his friends. He is also notably the next Soul Reaper, after Rukia, who eventually considers Ichigo among his true companions.
Renji is quite dynamic. His personality varies from smug and cocky to disquieted and depressed after a major defeat, but shows himself to be an incredibly serious and determined fighter when confronted with an actual threat. Willing to fight, kill, and die for whatever he believes in, Renji is a dangerous man to those who stand in his way. Yasutora Sado compares his fighting style to that of Ichigo Kurosaki. Renji is determined to surpass his captain, Byakuya Kuchiki, and it's this determination that drives Renji to grow stronger. Renji likes taiyaki (a popular fish-shaped pancake usually filled with sweet bean paste), and has a dislike for spicy food. Renji also likes futsal, and in his free time works on assembling a team from the 6th Division, with success, more or less. The current members are himself, Rikichi, and the 4th, 8th, 13th, and 20th seated officers.
All of Renji's sunglasses are purchased from Seireitei's popular Gin Tonbo store and cost half a year's worth of his pay check. However, every time he wears a pair, they are broken in one way or another. On these occasions, he replaces them with a tied white bandana, until he can purchase a new pair of goggles. His dream is to wear a pair that he himself designed at least once.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Bleach
* Bleach Jump Festa Anime Tour 2008
* Bleach Movie 1: Memories of Nobody
* Bleach Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion
* Bleach Movie 3: Fade to Black
* Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse
* Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy
* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation
=== Light Novels ===
* Bleach: The Death Save the Strawberry
* Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody
* Bleach: We Do Knot Always Love You
=== Manga ===
* Bleach
* Bleach 4-koma: Komaburi
* Bleach Unmasked Short Stories
=== Video Games ===
* Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society
* Bleach GC: Death Gods Meeting in the Twilight
* Bleach: Blade Battlers
* Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd
* Bleach: Brave Souls
* Bleach: Dark Souls
* Bleach: Erabareshi Tamashii
* Bleach: Flame Bringer
* Bleach: Heat the Soul
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 2
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 3
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 4
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 5
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 6
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 7
* Bleach: Immortal Soul
* Bleach: Released Emergent Ambition
* Bleach: Selected Soul
* Bleach: Shattered Blade
* Bleach: Soul Carnival
* Bleach: Soul Carnival 2
* Bleach: The 3rd Phantom
* Bleach: The Blade of Fate
* Bleach: Versus Crusade
* Divine Gate
* Jump Force
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Jumputi Heroes
* Soul-Arena
== Trivia ==
* His theme song, as chosen by Tite Kubo, is HAZU's "Norainu", featuring ILL-BOSSTINO.
* Renji was ranked the 23rd most popular character in the first character popularity poll, 3rd in the second, 4th in the third, 11th in the fourth, 6th in the fifth, and 14th in the tenth.
* Zabimaru ranked 7th in the first Zanpakutou poll while its Bankai, Hihiō Zabimaru, ranked 36th; in the second, Zabimaru ranked 8th.
* In the first best bout poll, Renji's fight with Ichigo Kurosaki tied for 3rd place, while his fight with Byakuya Kuchiki ranked 6th. In the second poll, Renji's fight with Byakuya ranked 1st, while his fight with Mask De Masculine ranked 33rd, his fight with Szayelaporro Granz ranked 47th, his fight with Jackie Tristan ranked 53rd, his fight with Sousuke Aizen ranked 58th, and his fight against Bazz-B ranked 83rd.
* Renji is nicknamed red pineapple by Jinta Hanakari, a reference to the way his crimson hair is kept in a pineapple top-like ponytail. Renji also occasionally wears a shirt with 'Red Pineapple' printed on the front.
* Renji had a serial article in the Seireitei Communication titled Let's Do Shikai, a much-touted, three-part series in which Renji gave tips on the essentials of battle.
* In the manga, while fighting Hollows in the World of the living, Momo was the only one to use Shakkahō on the giant Hollow. In the anime, however, she, Renji, and Izuru all used the Kidō spell on the Hollow.
* In the manga, when Renji was attacked by Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, his hair became undone as he bled profusely. In the anime however, Renji's hair became undone before bleeding profusely.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Renji Abarai at Bleach Wiki
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