
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. 4 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (ひぐらしの なく頃に令).She appears in much of Higurashi's official art and even serves as something of a mascot for 07th Expansion. Rena is a signature character as she is featured more than once during the first anime season-opening, as well as appearing on most of the album and game covers. 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.
