Koumei Ren

"Plainly speaking war is nothing other than "wanting to impose your beliefs on your opponent." It only happens for that reason. You don't have any exception to that rule."

## Voice Actor

### English Voice

Ezra Weisz (Netflix)
Duncan Brannan (FUNimation)

**Koumei Ren** (練(れん) 紅(こう)明(めい), *Ren Kōmei*?) is a main character in the fan-made series **Universal Warriors**.

Koumei is the **Kou Empire's** former Second Imperial Prince. He was a General of the Kou Empire's Western Subjugation Army along with his brothers, **Kouen** and **Kouha**. Koumei is the owner of the Djinn, **Dantalion**.

He is aDungeon Capturer, capturing one Dungeon and is one of Judar's King Vessels. After the Kou Empire's Civil War, he was sentenced to be exiled by **Hakuryuu** upon Kouen's request for mercy. He is now currently living in Samon Island, which is owned by the Kou Empire, along with his brothers but was then taken back to Rakushou by **Alibaba** to help the Kou Empire regain its stability.

## Personality

Koumei constantly emits a gloomy aura. He has a serene personality that dislikes actual combat, despite being born in a military nation. It seems that Koumei, who is more of the liberal arts kind, is more cut out for shutting himself in a room, reading documents and planning military strategies, rather than engaging in actual combat. None is superior to him when it comes to military tactics .

Koumei, being the intellectual he is, immerses himself during war councils to the point he loses his sense of time, so that his sleeping and eating habits (and also his appearance) suffer as a result.

Unlike Kouen, he speaks courteously to everyone. Although outwardly Koumei appears unassuming and somewhat lazy, and shows absolutely no interest in the power struggles that exist between his siblings, he is prepared to stop at nothing to unify the world beneath the Kou Empire.

## Character Design

Koumei is a thin man with very long, messy red hair tied in a ponytail and slanted pink eyes. He has acne scars on his nose and cheeks. He wears baggy robes bearing a taijitu symbol and the big dipper constellation, matching bracelets and a large earring in his left ear. His clothes are frequently in some form of disarray. He carries a fan of black feathers, which is also his Metal Vessel.

His concept art deems him "plain" and less attractive than his brothers.

After the three year timeskip Koumei has cut his hair, now sporting a short and shaggy style similar to Hakuren's.  He also now has a large scar on his chest due to the injury he received from Takeruhiko Yamato during the Kou Empire Civil War.

## Abilities and Equipment

* **Metal Vessels** (金きん属ぞく器き, "Kinzoku Ki")

* **Dantalion** (ダンタリオン, "Dantarion"): is the Space-Time Djinn that Koumei obtained when he conquered the 71st Dungeon. His Metal Vessel is a fan with a golden handle and black feathers. Koumei can't do anything without his Metal Vessel.

* **Djinn Equip** (魔(ま)装(そう), "Masō"): In his Djinn Equip form, Koumei has horns, which are of an appearance reminiscent of Greek mythology, on each side of his head and his hair loose. The djinn equip that wraps Koumei’s body with hard armour is simple and emits a calmer air about it, compared to those of his siblings. He has the eight pointed star symbol on the back of each hand and a mantle coiled around his back with constellations that imitates the night sky drawn on it. Anything that befalls the boundaries created by the light from his hands can be teleported to other places. Despite the simplicity, Koumei shoulders a very important role.

* **Dante Al-Thais** (七星転送方陣(ダンテアルタイス), "Dantearutaisu") ("Big Dipper Transfer Circle"): This space-governing technique is a magic most ideal for intellectual battles. By drawing the constellation, Big Dipper, with his fingers it acts as a magic circle that can teleport objects or persons through it to another constellation. He is also able to transfer the potential damages that a certain area may receive away from the place and can even teleport a great amount of material like a mountain, but it is quite exhausting for him.

### Equipment

* **Aquatic Adaptation Lacrima** (水(すい)中(ちゅう)適(てき)合(ごう)の星水晶(ラクリマ), "Suichū Tekigō no Rakurima"): Koumei wore one of these devices which allowed her to breathe and communicate underwater without any issues.

## Story

### Original

Koumei is the second son of the First Emperor's younger brother, Koutoku Ren; he and his brother Kouen have the same mother.

After the death of the Emperor and his heirs in a revolt, Koumei's father became the Second Emperor, making him the Second Prince.

Koumei conquered the 71st Dungeon and obtained his Djinn, Dantalion, when he was 20 years old.

It was Koumei who devised the system of government whereby lands conquered by the Kou Empire are forced to adhere to their customs and absorbed.

## Relationships

### Original

#### Family

* Koutoku Ren (Father; Deceased)
* Unnamed Mother
* Gyokuen Ren (Stepmother; Aunt; Deceased)
* Hakutoku Ren (Uncle; Deceased)
* Kouen Ren (Half-brother)
* Kouha Ren (Half-brother)
* Kourin Ren (Half-sister)
* Kougyoku Ren (Half-sister)
* Hakuyuu Ren (Cousin; Deceased)
* Hakuren Ren (Cousin; Deceased)
* Hakuei Ren (Stepsister; Cousin)
* Hakuryuu Ren (Stepbrother; Cousin)

#### Allies

* Judar (Former)
* Chuu'un
* Kouen Ren
* Kouha Ren

### Universal Warriors

* Main Characters
* The Another World

* Jennifer Amantea
* Natsu Dragneel
* Lucy Heartfilia
* Gray Fullbuster
* Erza Scarlet
* Wendy Marvell
* Aladdin
* Alibaba Saluja
* Morgiana
* Hakuryuu Ren
* Kouha Ren
* Sinbad
* Kougyoku Ren
* Gingka Hagane
* Kenta Yumiya
* Madoka Amano
* Yu Tendo
* Masamune Kadoya
* Benkei Hanawa
* Kyoya Tategami

* Rebecca Bluegarden
* Juvia Lockser
* Cana Alberona
* Mirajane Strauss
* Levy McGarden
* Zeref Dragneel
* Mard Geer Tartaros
* Seilah
* Sonya
* Animus
* Suzaku
* Elie
* Lucia Raregroove
* Weisz Steiner
* Homura Kōgetsu
* Sister Ivry
* Holy
* Eraser
* Feather
* Mashima Heroes
* Yoh Asakura
* Tao Ren
* Horokeu Usui
* Silva
* Hao Asakura
* Genjo Sanzo
* Snow
* Nanashi
* Sakura Li
* Kurogane
* Fai D. Fluorite
* Eren Yeager
* Mikasa Ackerman
* Annie Leonhart
* Reiner Braun
* Sasha Blouse
* Hange Zoë
* Zeke Yeager
* Pieck Finger
* Porco Galliard
* Colt Grice
* Yelena
* Cecily Fairchild
* Anavel Gato
* Aina Sahalin
* Gym Ghingham
* Cagalli Yula Athha
* Mu La Flaga
* Neil Dylandy
* Lyle Dylandy
* Allelujah Haptism
* Patrick Colasour
* Ali al-Saachez
* Full Frontal
* Akihiro Altland
* Gaelio Bauduin
* Zoltan Akkanen
* Lane Aim
* Suletta Mercury
* Guer Jeturk
* Elan Ceres
* Shaddiq Zenelli
* Yukimura Sanada
* Nobunaga Oda
* Ieyasu Tokugawa
* Shiemi Moriyama
* Shura Kirigakure
* Cheng-Long Liu
* Ri Shin
* Duke Hyou
* Ou Ki
* Ou Sen
* Kan Ki
* Ou Hon
* Mou Ten
* Ri Boku
* Ordo
* Ka Rin
* Kan Mei
* Slaine Troyard
* Elizabeth Liones
* Escanor
* Derieri
* Tristan Liones
* Ikoma
* Mumei
* Ayame Yomogawa
* Biba Amatori
* Meteora Österreich
* Vladilena Milizé
* Anju Emma
* Yuna Akashi
* Kazumi Asakura
* Yue Ayase
* Ako Izumi
* Akira Okouchi
* Misora Kasuga
* Makie Sasaki
* Chizuru Naba
* Haruna Mutsuishi
* Honoka Tsukii
* Chisa Akagawa
* Airi Eniwa
* Miharu Yomine
* Aya Kamuro
* Riko Hinakura
* Rinne Myojin
* Lü Bu
* Kojiro Sasaki
* Poseidon
* Raiden Tameemon
* Qin Shi Huang
* Tomoe Gozen
* Elizabeth Bathory
* Cleopatra
* Mata Hari
* Mary Read
* Musashi Miyamoto
* Kaolan Wongsawat
* Brunhilde
* Manjiro Sano
* Keisuke Baji
* Chifuyu Matsuno
* Kazutora Hanemiya
* Seishu Inui
* Hajime Kokonoi
* Meguru Bachira
* Hyoma Chigiri
* Haruka Sakura
* Hajime Umemiya
* Kyotaro Sugishita
* Hayato Suou
* Ren Kaji
* Naotora Takeda
* Tatsuomi Uesugi
* Tsubasa Tokugawa
* Soma Date
* Seiroku Inukawa
* Aijiro Inue
* Imari Inuyama
* Towa Higurashi
* Akira Renbokoji
* A-drei
* H-neun
* Gashin Tezuka
* Shion Shishibe
* Brad Watt
* Alexei Zelenoy
* Tokaku Azuma
* Ryoma Nagare
* Tetsuya Tsurugi
* Anya Alstreim
* Susumu Kodai
* Adeltrud Alter
* Atlee Ariel
* Zetsu Daidan
* Fine Forte
* Tughril Mahmut
* Lelederik of Ellvaldez
* Al-Kaplan Balaban
* Nancy Schaal Bancroft
* Daryun
* Shimon Ikaruga
* Noelle Silva
* Fena Houtman
* Alisha Diphda
* Adele von Ascham
* Mischa
* Tenma Tsukamoto
* Suou Pavlichenko
* Lenalee Lee
* Kei Mizusawa
* Virgo Fudō
* Torque
* Mora Chester

## Trivia

* According to his Character Profile:

* His favorite food is smoked squid and disliked food is meat.
* Koumei prefers woman is a good housewife and he doesn't like loud and lively people.
* His hobby is feeding pigeons and weaknesses is his bad skin, which is caused by lack of sleep.
* He's currently worried about the decrease in his physical strength.
* His special skill is military strategy.
* His favorite way to spend a day off is staying indoors.

* His name means *Crimson Light* or *Bright Crimson*.
* "Koumei" is the Japanese pronunciation; in Chinese his name would be Hóngmíng.
* He might be based on the famous Chinese strategist Kongming (also "Koumei" in Japanese), with whom he shares several traits.
* He doesn't believe in fortune telling.
* "Pimples" and "Shaggy" are some of the nicknames given to Koumei by Judar.
* Kouha also seems to like teasing him about his looks, claiming that Koumei is "ugly" on one occasion and then calling him handsome on another.
* Koumei has a habit of rubbing the back of his head with one hand when embarrassed or frustrated.