Kirino Ranmaru

Kirino Ranmaru (霧野蘭丸) is a character that appears in Inazuma Eleven GO. He is a player of the new Raimon.

Appearance
He has a feminine appearance, pink hair tied in pigtails and light blue eyes. Ranmaru wears the new Raimon uniform that has a similarity with the Inazuma Japan clothes.

Personality
He is Shindou’s close friend as shown that he was also at the hospital when Shindou fainted from exhaustion. He deeply cares about Shindou more than other team members.

Plot (GO)
He is first seen along with the whole Raimon team that is led by Shindou Takuto to help the team that got attacked by Tsurugi Kyousuke. Afterwards Raimon had a match against Tsurugi's team and gets badly beaten. That is why Matsukaze Tenma was added to the team temporarily. Matsukaze is shown to be great at dashing fast against opponents. Kirino and the others asked Tenma to pass the ball to them but they were marked so Tenma had to keep on dribbling the ball. Afterwards Tsurugi used Kensei Lancelot to get the ball from Matsukaze which in turn worked. After seeing what has befallen to his team, Shindou used a keshin to get back on Tsurugi. After Shindou being exhausted, he was brought to the hospital by Coach Kudou and Otonashi Haruna, with Kirino by his side. Kirino Ranmaru watches and talks to Shindou in the hospital. Later, many members of the Raimon team quit after what happened. Then afterwards, Tsurugi comes in and joins Raimon to which surprised everyone and after joining Raimon, Shindou is left no choice to accept him and gives him a Raimon soccer uniform but throws it away, in which Kirino and the others where angry about.

Trivia

 * Kirino means "Wild Mist"
 * The ran (蘭) in Kirino's name means orchid. maru (丸) is a common name ending for Japanese boys' names.
 * His girlish appearance often gets him mistaken for a female.
 * Both Kirino and Shindou are at the same class (while Hayami, Kurama and Hamano are in a different class)