Ren Tsuruga

Ren Tsuruga is the main male protagonist from the Skip Beat! anime and manga.

Ren is an actor working for the entertainment company, LME. He is Japan's most desirable man. Ren is a very strong willed person but he could be childish and short-tempered when his real personality slips out. He is a people-pleaser, and often hides his feelings with his "gentleman smile" which works most of the time. He is tagged by many as the "Co-star killer" for his ability to somehow make his leading ladies truly fall in-love with him and is also a model for a clothing line called R'Mandy.

Appearance
Ren has a muscular build and is very tall, being 190 cm. He is described to have long legs that other top models desire. He has a light skin tone with dark brown hair and brown eyes. Ren's athletic reflexes are excellent, much like his father's. He is talented in martial arts and is light as sparrow. When he stands, he radiates an aura of dignity.

Ren's facial expressions changes at unusual times. For example, when he is angry, rather than showing a frustrated face, he radiates his smile more instead, making it shinier. He also shows a blank expression when he is confused, rather than obviously showing it.

To keep up with his gentleman character as "Ren Tsuruga", he wears simple, but elegant clothes like a white tuxedo or a coat with polo matched with simple pants. When he wears pants, a notable feature is his long-legs, which various high-profile people admire.

On the contrast, As Kuon, he actually has natural green eyes, that changes momentarily to reddish brown when sunlight shines through them and blonde hair which he got from Juliena Hizuri (Ren's mother).

Personality
Ren takes a very serious attitude toward his work, and does not act seriously with nor respect anyone who does not take pride in acting. Hence, he disliked Kyoko Mogami at first, as her motives for joining showbiz were "impure" as Kyoko herself puts it. Also, he cares about his "gentleman" image, so he does not retaliate in incidents such as Sho Fuwa knocking over an ash tray in front of him, nor asks for help when he doesn't understand his lines (as he is not a native Japanese). He does let anyone near in times of studying the script.

Both Yukihito Yashiro and Lory Takarada noted that most of his past relationship were shallow as Lory points out that Ren had never really fallen in love. Despite being in a relationship with a number of girls from a young age of twelve, he was shown to be completely oblivious of his growing feelings for Kyoko until his conversation with Bo the Chicken, who ironically was Kyoko in a chicken costume.

Regarding Kyoko, Ren becomes increasingly possessive and dependent on her, fighting an invisible battle of will with Sho to take over the center stage in Kyoko's mind.

He is seen as childish at some point. He kissed Kyoko's cheek [5] because he was angry that she was only thinking of Sho. He also does not have a well-balanced diet and also skip meals in times of work, something that worries Kyoko deeply.

It is also shown that he acts indifferent and calm when extremely happy.

He also has a split personality that he calls "Dark Kuon". "Dark Kuon" controls his actions in a violent, disturbing, or dark manner, from which Kyoko is able to break him out of the trance with her voice or actions. Lory is aware of this side of Ren and warns Kyoko of it without directly telling her about it. Yashiro also knows nothing of this personality, though he suspects Ren had a past that is different to his current facade.

Trivia

 * His live-action actor, Choi Siwon, has the same birthday as him.
 * The live-action actor had his voice dubbed over by two different seiyu. Xie Kun Da for episodes 1 and 3, and Nylon Chen for episodes 3-15.