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Renge Miyauchi
Non Non Biyori - OP 00.28
宮内 れんげ
Miyauchi Renge
Statistics
Age 6-7 (Non Non Biyori, Repeat, Nonstop)

8-9 (Non Non Biyori: Remember)

Birthday December 3
Sign Sagittarius
Blood Type B
Relations Kazuho Miyauchi (older sister)
Hikage Miyauchi (older sister)
Friends Hotaru Ichijō
Konomi Fujimiya
Natsumi Koshigaya
Honoka Ishikawa(possibly best friend)
Komari Koshigaya
Kaede Kagayama
Shiori
Kasumi
Seiyū
Kotori Koiwai
Debut
Manga Chapter 1
Anime Non Non Biyori Episode 1

Renge Miyauchi (宮内 れんげ Miyauchi Renge?) is one of the main characters of Non Non Biyori and the Spin off, Non Non Biyori: Remember. She is a first grade student in the Asahigaoka Branch School until she moves up to the second grade in episode 12 of the third season. In the 4th chapter of Non Non Biyori: Remember (manga), she has been promoted to the third grade.

She is the youngest girl in the Miyauchi family.

Appearance[]

Renge is a young girl who has lavender hair that is tied in two pigtails with yellow ribbons (the yellow ribbons seem to have been given by Dagashiya (Candy Store) when she was a baby) and reddish-brown eyes that are always half open.

In chapter 4 of "Non Non Biyori Remember", Renge uses a pony tail in one side just like Kaede's used in her youth

Personality[]

One of the main characters in the Non Non Biyori series, Renge is one of the most unique and mysterious, she is considered to be precocious child with a tomboyish side. She has a curious nature and a unique naming sense.

She gets excellent grades in school and has demonstrated excellent artistic skills. She even picked up multiplication solely based on Konomi Fujimiya's suggestion to use addition as a base for multiplying. She is shown to be friendly and affectionate and loves being around people.

She eventually develops a more mature personality during the third season.

Abilities and skills[]

Artistic skills[]

Despite to be a first grader, Renge demonstrated excellent artistic skills including winning first place in a Children's Art Contest.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Parents[]

Her parents are always working in the fields so they don't have much time for her. In fact, they never spend time with their daughter on-screen. They weren't even present at her school entrance ceremony.

There are however moments when they spend time with her. For example, Renge mentions that her parents always wake her up.

Kazuho Miyauchi[]

Kazuho was in university when Renge was a baby. Renge seems to love Kazuho, even though she sometimes feels disappointed by her laziness.

Hikage Miyauchi[]

When she was a baby, Hikage was forced to take care of her but sometimes called someone else to babysit. Hikage always tries to be seen as a cool older sister by Renge but it always fails comically. Even though Renge is tired of her nonsense and her attempts to be cool, she seems to enjoy time with her sister.

Friends[]

Kaede Kagayama[]

Renge always call her "Dagashiya" (Candy store).

When Renge was a baby, Kaede was like her substitute parent. Renge's parents were always working in the fields, Kazuho was studying at the university, and Hikage was in her playful age and asked Kaede to babysit Renge. Five years ago, however, Kaede wanted nothing to do with Renge when Hikage brought Renge to the school, while Renge showed her interest in her. Later, Kaede accepted to babysit her. It was only for the money, but little by little she end up becoming attached with her. Renge sees Kaede as a motherly figure and Kaede sees her as a little sister.

In the OVA of Non Non Biyori Nonstop, it is revealed that five years ago, Kaede gave Renge crayons giving birth to her passion of art.

Natsumi Koshigaya[]

Natsumi is a good friend of Renge. When it comes to playing, Renge always goes to her.

Natsumi sometimes acts like a teacher for her, teaching her about nature, countryside stuff, and games. Five years ago (in chapter 91 of the manga), Natsumi was jealous of Renge, because Hikage and Kaede were busy taking care of Renge and could not play with Natsumi as much as she wanted. However, Renge wanted to play with her, and Hikage let Natsumi play with Renge, marking the start of their friendship.

Natsumi was responsible for Renge calling Kaede "Dagashiya".

Komari Koshigaya[]

They seem to have a good relationship despite to calling her "Koma-chan", much to her annoyance.

Hotaru Ichijou[]

Renge showed interest in her because she came from Tokyo, she's good friends with Hotaru.

Hotaru acts mature like a big sister, but in times of crisis she can be desperate. (like the time they were locked in the rabbit pen and Renge tried to reassure her that they could eat the eggs, even though "there would be a 50/50 chance of having chicks inside")

Suguru Koshigaya[]

Renge always tends to run away in his presence. It may be because of nervousness or simply because his eccentricity is too much for her. Despite that, she thanks him for everything when he graduated, implying that they were on good terms.

Konomi Fujimiya[]

Renge seems to admire her, saying that she is awesome. Konomi is like a big sister for her, and Renge respects her because of her maturity.

Honoka Ishikawa[]

Honoka was visiting her grandma when they first met.

Renge was surprised to encounter a girl her age, since Asahigaoka doesn't have many children. They immediately became friends, playing together and Renge showing her places. However, she had to return to Tokyo without being able to say goodbye to Renge, leaving her disconsolate. She would later send her a letter promising to come back to play, making Renge happy.

She returned in the winter in episode 10 of Non Non Biyori Nonstop. Just like last time, she had to go, but this time Renge was able to properly say goodbye to her by giving her a bag of candy. In exchange, Honoka would give her a cat brooch that Renge would wear later.

They can be considered best friends.

Shiori[]

She met Shiori when the little girl was lost, she decided to help her, when Shiori started to calling her "Onee-san" (big sister) she became to act as a big sister for her, teaching her games and answering her questions, she congratulated her when she told her that she will have a baby sister.

When her mom started to have labor pains she noticed that Shiori was crying so she held hands with her to comfort her, showing us that she cares about the little girl.

Kasumi[]

She made a promise to be a good senpai to her when Kasumi started school.

Quotes[]

  • "Nyanpasu~!"
  • "Rabbit pen, rabbit pen~♪ let's take care of the chickens~♪ Let's take care of the rabbits~♪ Let's groom them nice and pretty~♪ Then put it all together and... Dynamite!" - "My Rice Crackers Turned Into Curry"

Etymology[]

  • Renge (蓮華) means "lotus flower". Chinese milkvetches (Astragalus sinicus) are also called "Renge" (蓮華, レンゲ).[1] The field of renge flowers which the girls happen upon at the end of "Spring Came Again", and which they are seen laying in at the end of Repeat's opening credits, are Chinese milkvetch.
  • "Nyanpasu" (にゃんぱすー)
    • Nyan (ニャン) is the sound a cat makes[2]
    • Ohayō gozaimasu (おはよう ございます) is a common way to say good morning.[3] The greeting "Ohayō" is a shortened form.
"Nyanpasu" might be a way to mix both words. The subtitle "meowning" comes from an attempted translation of that, by mixing "meow" and "good morning". Producer Shinobu Yoshinuma said in an interview that it's just a mash-up of words to form a greeting; something that a first grader would think up. He compares it to the phrase "Ohakonbanchiwa" in the anime Dr. Slump. [4][5]

Trivia[]

  • Natsumi Koshigaya's nickname for her is "Ren-chon".
  • Renge is 117 cm tall.
  • In the second installment of the Non Non Biyori series, Non Non Biyori Repeat, Renge gets the most screen-time out of any character in Non Non Biyori Repeat.
  • It is shown that Renge is talented in drawing and can do multiplication just by adding the numbers in her head instantly.
  • Renge loves rabbits and curry.
  • Renge has smiled only twice in the first season.
  • Renge has got a pet tanuki named "Gu".
    • She is sometimes seen preparing food for Gu.
    • She has calling sounds to interact with Gu. One is a silent one-hand whistle, whilst the other is an audible two-hand whistle to try and order Gu to do its tricks (although mostly unsuccessfully).
  • Renge had a tadpole shrimp named "Hirataira-san" (Flatty-san).
  • Renge's family owns a mountain.
  • Renge is one of the two only main characters in Non Non Biyori to have half-open eyes, while most characters have fully open eyes, the other being her older sister Hikage.
  • Renge tends to end sentences with Non (のん Non?), which gives emphasis to her speech.
    • This seems to be a characteristic of Asahigaoka dialect because Komari also used it when she panicked,[6] and said, "つい訛り出ちゃった" (I used the local dialect unintentionally) in Non Non Biyori Episode 6 and chapter 16 (volume 2) of the manga. Kazuho sometimes uses it too.
  • Renge likes creating her own songs, and she is often shown playing them on her recorder.
    • She got her recorder from Kazuho on her first day of 1st grade.
  • Renge is always seen with a ribbon as a part of her outfit, either on her clothes, or tied in her hair.
    • Her swimsuit has a pink ribbon on it.[7]
    • In the OVA episode, she is seen wearing a yellow pompom ball hair tie instead of her yellow ribbon.
    • In chapter 4 of Non Non Biyori Remember she has the same haircut that Kaede used to have when she was young.
  • Renge sometimes has strange thoughts when she sees Suguru, making her suddenly run to Natsumi to tell her what she thinks.
  • In Season 1 Episode 8, Renge placed first in a children's drawing contest [8], possibly with her drawing of Komari Koshigaya where Hotaru Ichijō and Komari encouraged her to submit her drawing to a drawing contest.
  • Renge mentioned that Kazuho is teaching her to play the piano in Non Non Biyori Remember chapter 4.
  • In the "Special Non Non Biyori character interviews" section of Volume 8, she said that she wants to be a teacher like Kazuho when she grows up.
  • Renge is considered by some people to be precocious due to her great mental calculation and artistic skills. On the other hand, such consideration is just when someone ends up trapped in the rabbit pen or locked into handcuffs.
  • Her prototype is Rin Aragaki from Toko Toko.[verify]

Renge was sold as Nendoroid #445, which included her recorder and Gu.[9]


Gallery[]

Character Art Designs[]

Anime Screenshots[]

Non Non Biyori Remember[]

References[]

  1. Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University - レンゲ
  2. Word Hippo - Nyaan
  3. Word Hippo - Ohayou gozaimasu
  4. Stack Exchange: Nyanpasu question thread
  5. Mantanweb: Questions with Shinobu Yoshinuma
  6. "なんなのーん" ("Nannanōn" / "What's this?"), "暗いのん!" ("Kurainon!" / "It's dark!"), and "怖いのーん!" ("Kowainōn!" / "It's scary!")
  7. Non Non Biyori Episode 5
  8. Season 2, Episode 11
  9. Good Smile Company: Nendoroid Renge
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