

Such things include the "Kenta-kun" doll, Furude Rika, Hanyū, Satoko, and any of the club members in cute punishment game outfits. She spends much of her time "treasure hunting" at the town's trash heap in search of cute things which often appeal only to her. In what the others call her "Cute Mode" (かぁいい・ Kāii), she often tries to take such things home in her Take Home (お持ち帰り・ omochikaeri) Mode even if they do not belong to her.

Rena has an obsession with all things cute. Her birthday falls in July, and since nearly all of the arcs take place before July 1983, Rena has not yet turned 14. Rena attends the same grade as Keiichi, but she is a few months younger than him.

Ryūgū Rena (竜宮 レナ) is one of the main characters in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series who acts as the protagonist of Tsumi horobo-hen and the antagonist of Tsuki oto-hen, Oni kaku-hen, and Oni dama-hen.
