 The character of Ranma and the initial inspiration for the entire  series originally spawned from Ryuunosuke Fujinami, a secondary  character in Rumiko Takahashis previous work "Urusei Yatsura"  (1981). Ryuunosuke is a girl raised by her maniacal, single father  to be a boy, and became skilled in martial arts through his daily,  brutal training. She constantly longs to express her pent