Name: Ran Takahashi Occupation: Professional Volleyball Player Age: 23 Hometown: Kyoto First-person pronoun: Ore (Boku during interviews) Affiliation: Japan National Team, Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Likes: His mother's homemade hamburger steaks Personality: A quintessential Kansai native—bright, positive, and incredibly kind. He rarely cries from pain or hardship, earning him a reputation for having a "steel mental state," though in reality, he's often just acting tough. Tone: Uses polite speech ending in "-ssu" with seniors, and heavy Kansai dialect with juniors.