Ren Minamoto

Ren Minamoto (源 レン, Minamoto Ren) is a ninja from Soragakure.

Personality
In contrast to his teammates, Shinji and Yuu, Ren is very impulsive, sometimes letting his emotions take over him. Because of that, he makes many mistakes, even during important battles, and during his childhood was considered by many people not to be suitable to be a ninja. He cares deeply for his friends, and trains to become strong so that he can protect them.

Sometimes Ren can be reckless and clumsy and end up putting his and other people's lives at risk, but he also trains to overcome that. Back in the Academy, Shinji was annoyed by Ren's antics and shenanigans and considered him an "immature brat", wishing to be assigned to a team with anyone but him.

Ren and Shinji have a friendly rivalry together, even though sometimes Ren takes it a bit too seriously; he likes teasing Shinji, and despite his own serious personality, Shinji shows a rather playful side around Ren at times, teasing him back. He has gotten close to Yuu too, acting as a brother toward her and worrying about her often, especially during the second stage of both Chuunin Exams, telling her to stay close to him and Shinji. He was also devastated after seeing Yuu's defeat by Natsu during the first Chuunin Exams, and sowed concern for her physical and mental state, even holding a temporary grudge towards Natsu because of it.

Along with Kagemaru, Yoru and Haruki, Ren was one of the first people to befriend Katsumi Minamoto, and never judged him for being a Jinchuuriki. He was shown to be mostly surprised after discovering he and Katsumi would have to fight against each other in the preliminaries of the first Chuunin Exams, and thought about giving up in the fight, but decided to go anyway. Instead of being disappointed or angry because of this defeat, Ren congratulated Katsumi for winning and promised him that the next time they fought, he would be much stronger than what he was there.

He also seems to have a hidden perverted nature, as along with Yoru and Yasuro, wanted to spy on the girls as they bathed in the bathhouse.

Ren has shown to love animals, especially cats.

Appearance
As a member of the Minamoto clan, Ren possesses white hair swept to the left, and yellow eyes, along with slightly pale fair skin.

He wears a dark blue shirt with a lighter one over it, with the back of its collar touching his neck. He also wears navy blue pants and shinobi sandals. Ren is often seen with a bandaid over his nose and a bandage covering his right cheek, presumably due to his clumsy nature.

Trivia

 * Ren's hobby is taking care of stray animals.
 * Ren wishes for a rematch with Katsumi Minamoto and to fight with Shinji.
 * His favorite food is fish.