Ran, RaN and ran may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Ran'' (film), a 1985 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
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"Ran" (song), a 2013 Japanese song by Luna Sea
* ''
Ran Online
''Ran Online'' (stylized as ''RAN Online'') was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Min Communications, Inc..
After starting the first official service in Korea in July 2004, RAN Online continued to expand globally. Ser ...
'', a 2004 MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game)
*''Ran'', a 1903 Swedish opera on the Nordic myth by
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ( 27 February 1867, Ullånger — 3 December 1942, Östersund) was a Swedish composer and music critic. As a composer, his main musical influences were Grieg, August Söderman and Wagner as well as Swedish folk idiom ...
People
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Ran (surname)
Rǎn is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Jan in Wade–Giles. Ran is listed 301st in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. As of 2008, it is the 178th most ...
, a Chinese surname
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Ran (given name)
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Ran Bosilek
Ran Bosilek ( bg, Ран Босилек) (26 September 1886 in Gabrovo – 8 October 1958 in Sofia), born Gencho Stanchev Negentsov ( bg, Генчо Станчев Негенцов), was a Bulgarian author of children's books. Three years bef ...
, Bulgarian children's book author born Gencho Stanchev Negentsov (1886–1958)
* RaN,
Nissim of Gerona
Nissim ben Reuven (1320 – 9th of Shevat, 1376, he, נִסִּים בֶּן רְאוּבֵן) of Girona, Catalonia was an influential talmudist and authority on Jewish law. He was one of the last of the great Spanish medieval Talmudic scholars. ...
(1320–1376), Rabbi Nissim ben Reuven (RaN, the Hebrew acronym of his name, ר"ן)
Fictional or mythological characters
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Rán
In Norse mythology, Rán (Old Norse: ) is a goddess and a personification of the sea. Rán and her husband Ægir, a jötunn who also personifies the sea, have nine daughters, who personify waves. The goddess is frequently associated with a net, ...
, a goddess of the sea in Norse mythology
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Ran (Shugo Chara!)
''Shugo Chara!'' is a Japanese shōjo manga created by the manga author duo Peach-Pit. The story centers on elementary schoolgirl Amu Hinamori, whose popular exterior, referred to as "cool and spicy" by her classmates, contrasts with her introv ...
, in the manga series ''Shugo Chara!''
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Ran (Urusei Yatsura), in the manga series ''Urusei Yatsura''
* Ran, from the sprite webcomic ''
Bob and George
''Bob and George'' was a sprite-based webcomic which parodied the fictional universe of ''Mega Man''. It was written by David Anez, who at the time was a physics instructor living in the American Midwest. The comic first appeared on April 1, 200 ...
''
* Ran Aresu, from ''
Inazuma Eleven is an association football-themed media franchise created by Level-5. The franchise began with the release of '' Inazuma Eleven'' in 2008, with the game series selling over 8 million copies worldwide by 2016. In addition to video games, the franch ...
''
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Ran Kotobuki
is a manga series written and illustrated by Mihona Fujii. It was published by Shueisha and serialized in '' Ribon'' ''shōjo'' manga magazine from 1998 to 2002. The manga was also published in the U.S. by CMX. In 2019, Mihona Fujii an ...
, in the manga series ''Gals!''
* Ran Kuroki, a
character from ''Kamen Rider Fourze''
* Ran Mitake, from the media franchise ''
BanG Dream!
''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before exp ...
''
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Ran Mori
The manga series ''Case Closed'', known as in Japan, features a large number of recurring fictional characters created by Gosho Aoyama. The series takes place in modern-day Japan and follows an amateur detective Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shini ...
, in the manga series ''Detective Conan''
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Ran Shibuki
The following is a list of characters for Bandai's arcade game and anime franchise, ''Aikatsu!''.
Main characters Starlight Academy First generation
;
: (speaking voice), Waka from STAR☆ANIS (singing voice)
:The cheerful, hard-working protagon ...
, in the arcade collectible card game series ''Aikatsu''
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Ran Uzaki
is Toei Company's thirty-first entry in the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on February 18, 2007 on TV Asahi's 2007 ''Super Hero Time'' prog ...
, a main character from the 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger''
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Ran Yakumo
This is a list of the characters that belong to the ''Touhou Project'', a series of ''danmaku'' and fighting video games by ZUN from Team Shanghai Alice. Most ''Touhou'' characters reside in a fictional realm called Gensokyo (, 'Land of Illus ...
, in the ''Touhou Project'' series of games
* Ran Hanamichi, a character in ''
Delicious Party Pretty Cure
} is a 2022 Japanese magical girl anime television series produced by Toei Animation, billed as the nineteenth installment in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise. It is directed by Toshinori Fukazawa and written by Sawako Hirabayashi, and premiered ...
''
Other uses
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Ran (star)
Epsilon Eridani ( Latinized from ε Eridani), formally named Ran, is a star in the southern constellation of Eridanus, at a declination of 9.46° south of the celestial equator. This allows it to be visible from most of Earth's surfa ...
or ''Epsilon Eridani'', a star
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Ran (Sufism)
Ran, RaN and ran may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Ran'' (film), a 1985 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
* "Ran" (song), a 2013 Japanese song by Luna Sea
* ''Ran Online'', a 2004 MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game)
*' ...
, a concept of Sufism
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Ran (protein)
Ran (RAs-related Nuclear protein) also known as GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAN gene. Ran is a small 25 kDa protein that is involved in transport into and out of the cell nucleus during interphase ...
, a small GTPase that is involved in import and export within a cell nucleus as well as mitosis
* ran, in mathematics, an abbreviation of
range
Range may refer to:
Geography
* Range (geographic), a chain of hills or mountains; a somewhat linear, complex mountainous or hilly area (cordillera, sierra)
** Mountain range, a group of mountains bordered by lowlands
* Range, a term used to i ...
See also
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RAN (disambiguation)
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