Ren Kochi (越智 廉) is a supporting character in the spin-off series Kakegurui Twin. He is part of Kanade Musubi's group who gambled against Mary Saotome during the Coupling Party.
Appearance[]
Ren wears the Hyakkaou Private Academy issued uniform with his blazer unbuttoned. He has medium-length hair with a long streak going across his face.
Personality[]
Ren is one of Kanade Musubi's friends and often hangs out with him. He's very confident in himself, but is not exactly a skilled gambler. Ren also finds himself to be very attractive towards girls. When possible, he's willing to resort to cheating to assure his victory.
Profile[]
Kakegurui Twin[]
Ren raising 50 chips during the Poker game
Ren, along with his friends, is involved in the Couples Bet with the aim of finding a girlfriend. As soon as the presenter announces the free time, Ren introduces herself right after Nobuya Sera . When the time for the discussion was announced, he went with the other boys to discuss the plans. At the time of the confessions, Ren accepted Mary Saotome's confession , making them a couple, and he silently observed her anger at the results and also Sachiko Juraku announcing the second round (which was not mandatory).
With three minutes to go before the second round starts, Ren pulls Haruto Kibashira after he notices that he was about to give up on convincing Kanade to participate, asking what he was doing if they could win that round too and shouldn't stop at the price of three hundred and thirty thousand yen. He goes on to say that even if they lost, Kanade could cover for them, claiming he needed to convince him.
Haruto replies that he didn't know what to say to him. Suddenly, Mamoru Kuonji says they had good news. Nobuya calls Kanade, saying he knew who would confess to whom in the next round, surprising the three. Ren asked how he knew and Nobuya replied that they were arguing about their best choices. Haruto tried to convince him to participate again, but Kanade said he didn't need the money at that point. Nobuya then blurted out that apparently Yukimi would use the "slumber party" bonus and confess to Kanade. Kanade doesn't seem to believe it and is convinced by Haruto and Ren to participate in the next round. Ren comments that he just lacked the confidence coming from the experience and so Kanade announces that he would participate.
The presenter announces the end of time and asks everyone to sit in their chairs. The two groups did so and stared at each other, some apprehensively. The presenter then announces the start of the confessions and Mikura asks if any of the girls would be using any bonuses and Ren was one of the ones who was surprised that three of them (Mary, Yukimi and Tsuzura) decided to take a chance with the "sleeping together" discount. however he warns Kanade, who was very happy, that Tsuzura probably won't confess to him, so he should choose Yukimi to get her home and Kanade agrees.
Mikura then starts the second round of confessions and Chitose should start, collecting the cards after she's given some thought. Following the plan, she declared herself to Nobuya. The situation started to go sour when Kurumi changed his choice at the last minute, declaring himself to Mamoru instead, then moving on to Yukimi, who declared himself to Haruto. Haruto was elated, Chitose was discredited, Kurumi was laughing at the unfolding of events and Ren wondered what was happening; Kanade failed to get Tsuzura after having sacrificed her to Yukimi, but everyone is surprised when Hanatemari declares that he would be confessing to Kanade. Ren seemed even more surprised by the boldness of such a dangerous statement, considering Musubi's interest in Tsuzura; finally realizes that only one person could have made that whole plan.
Mary calls Kanade and claims she was getting jealous of his popularity, finally saying that she liked him too (that is, it was her declaration). The boys' reactions were exasperated that their plan had failed. Mikura announces that only one pairing was possible: between Chitose and Nobuya, and congratulated them. Chitose didn't know what to say and Mary started to laugh, wondering how stupid they could be.
After the game, all of them also show up at their gambling den in order to have another chance with the girls. They play Doubt Poker, but he gets defeated as they had to play against the very skilled gambler named Sachiko Juraku. Haruto quickly realized how strong their opponent was and saw their loss coming, which made him got visibly nervous. After their defeat, they leave.
Later, him and his friends help Mary out in dragging Shougou and Mikoto to a gambling den. They meet the Literary Club again at the end of the school year.
Episodes[]
Kakegurui Twin[]
List of Gambles[]
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Etymology[]
- The name Ren means "bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful" (廉).
- Ren's surname Kochi means "surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam" (越) (ko) and "wisdom, intellect" (智) (chi).