Ren

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Name: Ren Tao (Len Tao in the English Dub)
Anime: Shaman King
Nicknames: Lenny,
Age: 12-15
Gender: Male
Eyes: Gold
Hair: Purple
Spirit Name: Bason
Spirit Type: Human, Chinese Warlord
Best Friend: Yoh, Bason,
Most Often Paired With: Horo-Horo, Yoh,
Voice Actor: Andy Rannells (English), Romi Paku (Japanese)

Description:
Ren is a Shaman from China, one of the few remaining members of the Tao Family, who after their years of serving as the guardians of the Forbidden City, became outcasts and condemned as witches and devils. Those two centuries of suffering were the fuel of the hatred En Tao bared for those outside of their clan and even more for those of the Tao family who associated themselves with outsiders like his brother, Ren's father (in the Japanese version, En Tao is Ren's father, not his uncle).

Ren was taught to hate and see the worst in people, with the Tao family Crest magically tattooed on his back by his uncle as a reminder of his "destiny" to be Shaman King so he can punish the world for what it did to the Tao clan. But that all changed when he met and fought Yoh Asakura, whose laid back nature and friends convinced Ren that his uncle was wrong about people.

With his sister Jun and his new-found friends, Ren confronted his uncle En and no longer dwells in his family's shadow. But he now intends to be Shaman King to restore his family's name and honor. Ren's guardian ghost is a Chinese warlord named Bason, whose loyalty know no bounds. Ren's weapon of choice is a Kwan-Do (A kind of Chinese spear), which he fuses Bason into during battles.
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Quotes

"Adding power to power only make's the peril that much more perilous!"

"Bason! Into the Kwan Do!"

"Bastard."

"Could he, too, have the potential to be the Shaman King?"

"What do you want, sister?"

"There's something I have to do."

"I'm confused. Right now, I want to defeat you... More than I do Hao. But I don't understand...."

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