Renjiro Hatanaka

Renjiro Hatanaka is a consistent contestant on Survivor: REM. He has 3rd casting priority, and thus is guaranteed to appear on every season.

In Borneo, despite being well-liked by his tribemates, Renjiro's frailness concerned them as a potential liability. His continuous stumbling in the first Immunity Challenge caused Tagi to lose. At the first Tribal Council, Renjiro was voted out after being viewed as the tribe's weakest member.

In The Australian Outback, Renjiro quickly proved to be socially inept and his personality quickly grated on several of his Kucha tribemates. Finding himself unable to fit in and to convince the tribe that Mikihiro Yasutake was a weak link, Renjiro was eliminated by a unanimous vote.

Borneo
Renjiro was placed on the Tagi tribe at the beginning. To bring up tribe spirits, he played a solo on his ukulele which Tsutomu Wada enjoyed. Although he was well-liked by all of his tribemates, as well as being very popular within the tribe, he continuously stumbled in the Day 3 Immunity Challenge, causing his tribe to lose.

Renjiro received some minor injuries during the Immunity Challenge which Kishou Yamaoka, who had medical experience, tended to. At the very first Tribal Council of Survivor, he made history by being the first person voted out of Survivor in a 4-3-1 vote, as he was viewed as the weakest member of the tribe.

The Australian Outback
Renjiro received the ire of his tribe mates early on the Kucha tribe as they were trying to locate their camp. Her attempts to take charge of the situation and her bossy attitude were not well appreciated. He wasn't pleased when Kaori took control of construction of their shelter on Day 1. He said it didn't sit right with him that she was ordering people around, and he felt that Tsutomu, who had more experience in construction, should be doing it instead. Whether this was a mutual feeling in the camp or if Kaori taking control just bothered Renjiro is unknown. It became increasingly clear he did not relate to his other tribe mates, as he was disapproving of Isao's behavior during their first night.

On the second day he attempted to make fire, but was unsuccessful. Again, his attempt to be an authority figure on the subject despite not being able to make the fire did not play well with his tribe. When they lost the Immunity Challenge, Renjiro became a target because of his bossiness. He pushed for the tribe to vote off Hiro because she was sick. Both Renjiro and Hiro tried to give the impression to other people that the other one didn't even want to be there anymore, which didn't seem to be the truth. At Tribal Council, Renjiro ended up being the first person voted out in a unanimous 7-1 vote.