Characters
Hikaru Gosunkugi
Hikaru Gosunkugi is a 15 year old Freshman at Furinkan High School. He is one of the least popular students there, and has no friends. Tatewaki Kuno pays Gosunkugi for the photos he takes in hopes of discovering Ranma's weak spot.
Like many of the other male characters in the series, Gosunkugi is in love with Akane even though he is too shy to tell her. He also realizes that he would never stand a chance against her other suitors like Ryoga and Kuno.
Gosunkugi often tries to sneakily get the upperhand on his rivals, though often this backfires. Most of his classmates are completely unaware of him, and certainly unaware of his ambitions to move them out of the way so he might have a moment with Akane.
Unfortunately, in the anime, most of Gosunkugi's parts were given to Sasuke Sagurature.
The Meaning Behind the Name - 五寸釘光
Hikaru (光) has an interesting name. Hikaru is fairly common and means "flashing brilliance." Gosunkugi (五寸釘) is the real pun. When broken apart it means "five inch nail". Of course Gosunkugi loves carrying around his hammer and nails to pound his straw voodoo dolls into trees.
Voices:
Issei Futamata
Michael Benyaer