Ren Shiranui

Ren Shiranui (不知火 蓮, Shiranui Ren) is one of the main female protagonists of Sengoku-jidai. The adoptive sister of Ieyasu Tokugawa and the heiress of the Shiranui Family, she is a second-year student at Hiei Academy.

Appearance
Ren is an slightly androgynous-looking, beautiful young woman about the same height as her brother Ieyasu, with short spiky white hair and golden eyes, an trait she inherited from her father Ryujirou. According to Ieyasu, Ren has several scars and tattoos throughout her body.

For the majority of the series, Ren disguised her prominent chest with several layers of cloth around her ribs, making others believe she was a male, which was first revealed false after the events of Volume 7.

During school days at Hiei Academy, Ren usually wears a black gakuren with matching pants and bandages around her arms instead of the typical Hiei academy uniform.

Powers & Abilities
Enhanced Strength: Despite not being at the same level as her father and brother, Ren shows a vast knowledge of technique and wit during fights and confrontations, capable of dealing and suffering great amount of damage before being rendered powerless.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant:

Immense Speed:

Stealth:

Ninja Arts (忍法, Ninpō): Ninja arts, or Ninpo, are several kinds of techniques that a ninja uses to further improves it's performance in battle, and it can be used to assist in wars, conflicts, single battles and even mundane activities like house duties. Taught to her by her father Ryujirou, Ren has shown to have a great amount of knowledge about Ninja Arts and is capable of pulling several of them in a row:
 * Summoning Technique (口寄せの術, Kuchiyose no Jutsu): Using this technique, Ren can summon several beasts and familiars in order to assist her in battles. Her own personal and favorite summoning seems to be a giant salamander named Sanshouuo (, lit. "Salamander"), which can spit a highly flammable oil.
 * Reverse Summoning Technique (逆口寄せの術 Gyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu):

Fire Lotus
Fire Lotus is Ren's Technique. An A+-Rank Technique, it gives Ren the ability to generate and manipulate powerful flames.
 * Pseudo Mana: Being equipped with a Natural Interference/Elemental-type Technique, Kazama can absorb natural wind, then convert that to his own power as pseudo-mana, letting him use more magic and power than normal.
 * Red Flower
 * Flame Lotus Dress: Ren's Awakening.
 * Sumimai・Hiwatari

Trivia

 * Her first name Ren (蓮) means "lotus".
 * Her surname Shiranui (不知火) means "Unknown Flame".