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{{quote|'''[[Transparent Closet|Marik]]:''' There are no women in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|There are only extremely girly men!]] [[Large Ham|And I am the girliest of them all!]]
'''[[Camp Straight|Pegasus]]:''' [[Sissy Villain|Keep]] [[You Keep Telling Yourself That|telling yourself that.]]
|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]''}}
A popular Japanese (and Korean) character type, the ''Bishōnen'', or "beautiful boy", is a male character that possesses [[Ambiguous Gender|androgynous]] or 'feminine' physical traits. He is usually tall, slender with almost no fat, usually little to no muscle, and [[Perma-Shave|no body or facial hair]]. Large, expressive eyes are almost a given, though [[Tsurime Eyes]] are also common in more serious examples. In anime, many ''bishōnen'' have female voice actors, although those that don't get startlingly [[Audio Erotica|deep, sexy voices]] instead. It is not uncommon for those at the more feminine end to be mistaken for women by other characters, or for savvier examples of the type to take advantage of such an assumption.
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The comparable Korean concept is ''kkot-minam'' ("flower pretty boy"). The most similar Western type is [[Pretty Boy]].
The appearance and behavior of the archetypal ''bishōnen'' is often used to explore sexuality and gender norms. Thus, they are sometimes [[Yaoi Guys]], but not always. And, sometimes, they are [[
Originally, bishōnen characters were the province of [[Shoujo]] and [[Boys Love Genre
Often comes with the [[Bishie Sparkle]]. If all the guys are ''bishōnen'' without many women to balance them out, you've got yourself a [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]].
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{{examples}}
'''This is an East Asian media only trope. For pretty boys in other cultures see [[Pretty Boy]].'''<ref>The difference is primarily cultural, but for
== Anime and Manga ==
* [[Kimi to Boku]]: All the [http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss148/kewlgal111/f221598b.jpg main boys in the cast] as well as [[Hot Teacher]] Koichi Azuma & his best friend, Akira.
* ''[[
* [[Ghost Hunt]]: almost all of the male characters. Lin, Naru, Bou-san, even John are bishōnens, pretty boys, handsome, etc, etc...you watch a video of Ghost Hunt on [[YouTube]], scroll through the comments, and you will find a lot of fangirling female users.
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' features Noriaki Kakyoin, a VERY popular example on pixiv and possible poster child. Not to mention Part 5 and its collection of dangerous pretty boys.
* With the exception of the vampire hunter Toga Yagari, absolutely all the male cast of ''Vampire Knight'' are bishōnen.
* Benten from ''[[Cyber City Oedo 808]]''. Yes, he ''does'' wear lipstick and paint his nails. No, he isn't a [[
* Reiji from ''Kodomo no Jikan'', especially in the anime. Of course, he's a [[Kissing Cousins|seriously]] [[Wife Husbandry|fucked]] [[Replacement Goldfish|up]] bishonen.
* Harry from ''[[Outlaw Star]]''. He even ties his hair with a big, pretty bow. Fred Luo, too.
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'': Nozomu Itoshiki and his brother Mikoto. Also, four of his only known male students: Jun Kudou, Kuniya Kino, Aoyama, and Haga.
* Huey Laforet from ''[[Baccano]]'' takes this to the point of [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|confusing people in-universe]] (you know you look girly when the prettiest woman in the series is your ''[[Strong Family Resemblance|nigh-identical]]'' adult daughter). Firo, while never being mistaken for a woman like Huey has, has been mocked by a detective in the [[Light Novels]] for skewing quite close to the [[Uke]] aesthetic. [[Gender Blender Name|Claire Stanfield]], aka. {{spoiler|Rail Tracer}}, also fits. Jacuzzi also fits, although he has that giant tattoo on his face.
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** Christopher Shouldered is noted in the books to be quite
* '''[[Adolf Hitler]]''' is drawn this way in the manga version of ''Mein Kampf''. [[Refuge in Audacity|It's hard to tell which is the most absurd]]; Hitler being portrayed as a Bishōnen, or that there exists a ''Mein Kampf'' manga.
* ''[[Okane ga Nai]]'': Yukiya Ayase.
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* The character designer of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' [http://www.evamonkey.com/writings_sadamoto01.php wrote that he designed Shinji to be a delicate/vulnerable-looking bishonen]. Kaworu is a bishonen and [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] of legendary proportions.
* Eyes Rutherford in ''[[Spiral]]''.
* The entire male cast of ''[[Simoun]]''. The younger
* Maximilian Jenius from ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' and ''[[Macross 7]]''. Also, Linn Kaifun and Conda Bromco from the first series. Justified and repeatedly lampshaded in [[Macross|Macross Frontier]] with Alto Saotome, who is frequently remarked on for his resemblance to a woman (much to his annoyance). He, and his father, were Kabuki actors who specialised in female performances. Particularly obvious lampshade hanging is his nickname of 'Hime' or 'princess' cause he is just so darn pretty.
* Solomon Goldsmith from ''[[Blood
* Ren from ''[[Karin]]'', a [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] who fits the mold on the surface, but who ultimately manages to have a redeeming feature or two.
* Kyuzo in ''[[Samurai 7]]'' is tall, slender, and androgynously beautiful; his voice, however, is very male. Shichiroji, too, and Katsushiro is close. Then there is when Gorobei, Heihachi, and Rikichi have to make it to Kanna village...in disguise.
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** Yuki, and all of the male Sohmas.
** Particularly Momiji, Ritsu, and Ayame. The first wears the girls' school uniform (albeit not with a skirt) because "it looks cuter on him", while the second presents himself as a woman because of an inferiority complex the size of Antarctica. Ayame, on the other hand, is...just special. Akito also qualifies in the anime, {{spoiler|although manga Akito is a different story altogether}}.
** The lead, Tohru Honda, remarks that the Sohmas are a family of "princes". And towards the end of the manga's run, even Momiji graduates to pure
* ''[[Gundam]]'' has its fair share of bishie boys.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'', in particular, was full of them. And among the ''Gundam Wing'' bishie brigade, Quatre Winner deserves special mention. A slim, platinum-blond Berber. Needless to say, you can find a fairly large amount of fanart of him.
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** Almost all of the male cast in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]''.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'', oh ho ho. Apparently, every male under the age of 35 will be absolutely gorgeous in the 24th century, in addition to shrinking their shirts in the dryer to show off their buff figures. Then again, this was pretty well predicted the second they announced that [[Loveless|Yun Koga]] would be designing ''00'''s cast.
** We also need to mention ''[[Turn A Gundam
** While he's too old to count as a bishōnen, [[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack|Char Aznable]] looks far more [https://web.archive.org/web/20160817103851/http://www.akadot.com/images_osc/4048529838.jpg prettyboy-ish] than he did in earlier series
** Even in the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', Char stands out as a pretty boy, notable because the art style of the time rendered almost every other character [[Gonk]]. The only character to rival his bishounen-ness is Garma.
* Griffith from ''[[Berserk]]'' is explicitly labeled as "too beautiful to be a man" in about a dozen separate chapters by different characters! He even {{spoiler|wears lipstick after transforming into Femto.}}
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** In one episode of zero two, Gabumon lampshades this by saying "Yamato isn't the only heartthrob here", while Ken was hit on by a very young girl.
** Yamato, notably, had a...[[Shotacon|considerably older woman try to pick him up]] when he was ''eleven''.
** To a lesser extent, Takeru, Yamato's little brother, seems to gain some level of bishōnen in him when he turned eleven himself. An episode of [[Digimon Adventure 02]] showed a fair number of girls--[[Ship Tease|Hikari among them]]
* Most of the male characters in ''[[GetBackers]]'', but Kazuki takes it to [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|almost painful levels]].
* Both Toboe and Kiba from ''[[Wolf's Rain]]'' look like Bishōnen most of the time, but are actually wolves in disguise. To go further, numerous viewers have mistaken ''both'' [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|for girls]].
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** What about [http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs20/f/2007/285/9/d/HAY_BABEH_by_DataDrainedShrimp.png Viral]?
** Kamina is a more masculine version than the standard issue bishonen, but he is undeniably '''pretty'''.
* The
** At the end of the manga and second anime, {{spoiler|[[Humanity Ensues|Alphonse]]}} is revealed to be a ''[[She's All Grown Up|gorgeous]]'' bishonen.
** Ed's always been
** One of Father's transformations turns him into one of these.
* Quite a few of Miyazaki's male characters, such as Haku in ''[[Spirited Away]]'' and Howl in ''[[
* ''[[Red River]]'': there are about four male characters in the entire series that don't fit this trope. The artwork is [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] incarnate.
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' has a few examples
** Joshua Christopher is the most obvious example from the
** Aion is a bit more
** Chrono is a tricky one. In his true form, he's a bit rough around the edges and his outfit goes out of the way to highlight his muscular chest, but in his [[Sleep Mode Size]], he's got longer hair and looks much younger (and thus cuter). However, he still has moments of looking quite pretty in his true form, and a flashback in the manga shows him with long hair, which ''definitely'' qualifies him.
* ''[[Bleach]]'':
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** Yamcha, especially when he first arrives to fight the Saiyans.
* All of the main characters in ''[[Princess Princess]]''. Yuujirou, Mikoto, and Tooru being bishies is basically the whole point of the anime. They're princesses because they're bishies.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' may be directed toward a [[Seinen]] demographic, with
* In ''Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force'', we can add former [[Cheerful Child]] Erio to that list. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_senki_lyrical_nanoha_force/v01/c004/27.html Seriously].
* Zen from the manga ''Blank Slate''. He's so bishounen, even his blind love interest can tell he's handsome just from touching his face.
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* ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' gets points for admitting it. Youji calls Omi "bishounen" to his face in one episode, but he ain't the only one.
* Allen from ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' definitely fits here, seeing as he's prettier than a ''lot'' of the girls in the series. [[Redheaded Hero|Lavi]], [[Evil Is Sexy|Tyki]], and [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Kanda]] fit as well.
* [[media:
* Mizuho in ''[[Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru]]''. [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Of course]]. That being said, he is ''quite'' pretty even when not dressing as a girl.
* Kei, Michael (anime-only characters), Yuu, Satoshi, and arguably Ginta in ''[[Marmalade Boy]]''.
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* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' provides plenty of bishounen fanservice. The fact that practically every day is a [[Beach Episode]] helps.
* Even [[Claymore]] manages to have one of these in the cast: Isley of the North.
* Many of the characters from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', especially the titular character, Mr. Pretty Boy Swordsman himself. Depending on the quality of the animation in an episode of the anime, particularly in the later episodes of the series, and you know, just about all the time in the manga, Kenshin is very pretty despite the fact that he's a terrifyingly powerful swordsman who even the manliest of men are afraid of. It doesn't help that, towards the end of the manga and in most of the official artwork, his hair always looks extremely long and flows like a bunch of ribbons. Just look at these pictures: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922124544/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Rurouni-Kenshin/item130521/
* A good amount of the male characters from ''[[Black Butler]]''. Except for [[Gonk|Baron Kelvin]], who realizes this and is ''obsessed'' with "becoming beautiful", Georg von Siemens, Jumbo, Lord Arthur Randall, Azzurro Vanel, Fred Aberline, Damian, and Doctor.
* Kantarou Ichinomiya from Tactics is a white/very light brown? haired bishie, who is annoying and greedy, but overall a good person. He is so young looking, nobody really knows his age. It is implied that he is much older than he appears.
* Paragon of [[Hot-Blooded]] manliness he may be, but [[GaoGaiGar|Gai Shishio]] is still [https://web.archive.org/web/20071030192407/http://www.flavor-red.com/men/gai.jpg too pretty to be male].
* [[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]] has Christopher Eclair, a French Assassin. It's also revealed that Kensei Ma [[I Was Quite a Looker|used to be one.]]
* Tamamo from ''[[Hell Teacher Nube]]'' gets away with lots of things that Nube is beaten up for just because he's a [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]].
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* ''Every single male main character'' in post-[[Art Evolution]] [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]], plus 99% of the villains and side cast. This is the most common trope on the [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn/Characters|character page]].
* Natsume, Tanuma, Natori, ''Nishimura'' - in fact, most of the male cast of [[Natsume Yuujinchou]] qualify as Bishonen.
* The human forms of the [[Weasel Mascot
* This is the ''entire point'' of [[Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge]].
* Almost every male character in ''[[Saiyuki]]''. The four main characters are these, of course, but also Kougaiji, Dokugakuji, Hazel, Koumyu, and Ni Jian-Yi/Ukoku.
* [[Gakuen Heaven]]. Just...GakuenHeaven.
* Depending on who you ask, a good number of the male cast in ''[[Naruto]]'' could qualify as
* ''[[The Legend of Koizumi]]'' gives us Pietro, the white knight serving under the pope. He comes complete with accompanying [[Bishie Sparkle
* ''[[
* Every single male character in ''[[Papa to Kiss in the Dark]]''.
* ''[[Durarara]]'' gives us Kasuka, Shizuo, Izaya, and Shinra. And then Mikado, Kida, Aoba, Seiji, Tanaka Tom, Walker, Chikage and...[[Hot for Student|Nasujima-sensei]]. Unfortunately.
** There's also minor character Ryo Takigutchi. Seriously, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018192520/http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/4/83092.jpg just] [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018192525/http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/8/83258.jpg look at him]!
* Every male character in ''[[Black Bird]]'', but especially Kyo, whom Misao mistakes for a pretty girl upon seeing him as an adult.
* ''[[Psyren]]'': Oboro, Haruhiko, Junas, Miroku, Shiner, and Shao as an adult.
* ''[[07-Ghost]]'': Teito, Castor, Frau, Labrador, Ayanami, Mikage...Maybe almost all of the male characters of the entire story.
* [[Badass Long Hair|Baskerville]] and [[Meganekko|Alternate]] in ''Et Cetera'' are quite pretty, helped by [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428041944/http://manga.animea.net/et-cetera-chapter-1-page-8.html Basky's long blond hair] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428041932/http://manga.animea.net/et-cetera-chapter-11-page-3.html Alternate's slim figure and monocle.]
* Many characters of [[MAR]], on both sides of the good/evil divide. [http://img05.nj.us.mangafox.com/store/manga/50/15-161.0/compressed/mar15_161.jpg Alvis]{{Dead link}} and [http://img05.nj.us.mangafox.com/store/manga/50/15-161.0/compressed/mar15_165.jpg Nanashi]{{Dead link}} are this, combined with the headband of eyecovering. Every once-in-a-while, they even comment on it in-universe.
* In [[Akira]], there's Kai, aka Kaisuke, who's short, slim, well-dressed, girlishly faced, and can knock a guy through a window. Being relatively sensitive and apparently crushing on Kaneda in the manga and Yamagata in the anime, he's often perceived as a young homosexual.
* ''[[Rosario
* ''[[Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru]]'' has the pretty boy protagonist, Minoru.
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]''. From [https://web.archive.org/web/20111112124500/http://www.mythcloth.ch/catalog/images/Saint%20Seiya_DVD_BOX_ANDROMEDA.JPG Shun] to [https://web.archive.org/web/20140922223245/http://www.gadgetspirit.com/pic/hkkk/virgo%201.jpg Virgo] to [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Hades_pisces_face.jpg Pisces]{{Dead link}}, the place is a bishounen gold mine. See [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] for more details.
* Every main male character in ''[[Beauty Pop]]''.
* Every male character in Miki Aihara's mangas tend to be
* Ichise and Touyama in ''[[Texhnolyze]]''.
* Takuma and Hamaji from ''[[H2O: Footprints in the Sand]]''.
* The titular Yakumo from ''[[Psychic Detective Yakumo]]'' fits this trope to a T. Haruka even thinks he's a "beautiful person" when she first meets him. Also, a good amount of male college students who pop up.
* ''[[Special A]]'': you'd think a beauty contest was part of the Special A qualifying exam, looking at the male cast. The [[Bishoujo Series|girls]], too, unsurprisingly, since a beauty exam is almost mandatory to be part of most [[Shoujo]] casts.
* The title character of ''[[Id: The Greatest Fusion Fantasy]]'' is the very definition of this trope. Men and women alike fawn over his beauty, though, more often than not, people initially thinks that he is a woman.
* ''[[Gankutsuou]]'': Franz, Albert, and especially Andrea.
* ''[[The Breaker]]'': Hyuk So Chun.
* ''Black And White'' adds Cilan, who was being subject to ''Ouran'' comparisons before [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] [[Mamoru Miyano|kicked in]].
* Instead of name-dropping a million more series in existence, let's just say that nearly every shoujo series will have a cast primarily composed of
* Joey from ''[[Heroman]]''...well, let's just say that just about everyone [[Viewer Gender Confusion|mistook him]] [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|for a girl]] at first. Psy, too.
* Every male character in ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]''.
* Many of the male characters in [[Chibisan Date]].
* There is a lot of focus on people's looks in [[Jyu-Oh-Sei]], despite the action being set mostly on a jungle planet with vicious plants and a murderous climate that's used as a prison for criminals. All of the male characters [https://web.archive.org/web/20190711010115/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/I3nTKu2Q-ik/0.jpg are] [
* Miki Kaoru from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' is mentioned to be one by Utena in the preview of the episode of his first appeareance. Also, practically every guy in the cast.
* Aburatsubo from ''[[Magic Users Club]]''. He's tall, has long red hair, and is gorgeous...with the requisite legion of fan-girls expected for any bishonen. The only problem for said fangirls is that he's gay and in love with the main character, Takeo.
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* ''[[Corsair]]'': all the men are very pretty, except Barbossa.
* ''[[Trigun]]'': Vash, Legato, and Knives.
* ''[[Skip Beat!]]'': Shoutarou "Shou" Fuwa and Ren Tsuruga.
* Mei from ''[[Arashi no Yoru ni]]'' manages to be this even though he's a non-anthro goat.
* A majority of the male cast from ''[[Angel Beats]]''.
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* Though the artist's style is such all the male characters in ''[[The Secret Agreement]]'' look pretty good, in-story, Iori is singled out as being an incredible beauty for a man.
* Sougo Okita, Kotarou Katsura, and Kamui of ''[[Gintama]]''.
* Ren, Rito, and Zastin of ''[[To
* [[Megane|Barnaby]] from ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' (when he's out of his battle suit and with glasses on, [[Sincerity Mode|of course]]).
* A majority of the male cast of ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'', but especially Seiichi Yukimura, Rikkaidai's {{spoiler|[[Knight Templar]] [[Magnificent Bastard]] once [[Ill Boy|ill captain]].}}
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* [[Hakuouki]] is ''full'' of effeminate pretty-boys. The ''entire series'' is basically a [[Harem Genre|reverse harem]], and is guaranteed to make anyone's inner [[Fan Girl|fangirl]] [[squee]] in joy.
* ''[[Let Dai]]'': Jaehee is explicitly stated in-series to be very literally a "pretty boy", and the artwork makes that abundantly clear. It's one of the reasons that so many girls tend to go after him.
* Quite a few males in ''[[Marchen Awakens Romance]]'' are quite
* Most of the male characters in ''[[D.N.Angel]]''.
* Numerous male characters in ''[[Half Prince]]''.
* Shoei and Hinata from ''[[Desire Climax]]'' are both very pretty.
* ''[[Karneval]]'': most of the guys introduced.
* ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'': most of the guys under 30 are
* Loki, Caesar, Cain, and Adel of ''[[Reimei no Arcana]]''.
* Akiyoshi of ''[[Kawaii Akuma]]'' (and its sequels) is often told that he is "cute" or "pretty", and this caused him to develop an inferiority complex. Naruse is also incredibly
* Death the Kid, Gopher, and Kishin Asura from ''[[Soul Eater]]''.
* ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'': Rei, Lum's former fiance, draws squees from every female who sees him. Mendou also qualifies, which is basically his most obvious difference from Ataru.
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* Lancer of ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' (aka [[Celtic Mythology|Diarmuid o'Dyna]]) takes prettiness up to the realm of being a superpower - literally. Unfortunately, [[So Beautiful It's a Curse|supernatural levels of beauty does not mix well]] with [[Murder the Hypotenuse|jealous lords and their smitten fiances]].
* A good amount of the male characters in ''[[Loveless]]''. Ritsuka is even stated to be very pretty, like a girl.
* ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'': 99% of the characters are
* ''[[K-On!]]'': There are actually [http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1558/guy4.png some] [http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5178/teachery.png fairly] [http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/628/guy1y.png good] [http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/7607/guy3.png looking] [http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3541/guy2.png male background characters], considering the cute art style.
* [[Inukami!]]: Keita and Hake, as well as most other male characters who isn't macho or [[Gonk]].
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* ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'': Yuki and Akise.
* ''[[Yamada Taro Monogatari]]'': Taro, which is a large reason why [[Even the Guys Want Him|everyone]] thinks he's [[Prince Charming]]. Also, Suguira, who initially views Taro as [[The Rival|a rival]] of beauty.
* ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' gives us [[Ambiguously Gay|Fai D. Fluorite]] and Syaoran, {{spoiler|especially when he's [[Papa Wolf|aged up a bit]]}}, and has quite a few famous bishonen from other [[CLAMP]] series pop up as cameos, such as [[Tokyo Babylon|Subaru]], [[X (manga)|Kamui]], [[RG Veda|Yasha]], [[Cardcaptor Sakura|Yukito]], and [[
* Quite a few characters in ''[[Prince Charming (manga)|Prince Charming]]''.
* ''[[Kamisama Kiss]]'' has quite a few. To start off you have Kurama along with Tomoe and Mizuki (who get bonus points for being [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|White Haired Pretty Boys.]])
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* ''[[Mamotte Shugogetten]]'': Izumo and Tasuke. Arguably Takashi as well.
* How about the five male leads from ''[[Hiiro no Kakera]]''?
== Literature ==
* Genji in ''[[Cloud of Sparrows]]'', who is described as 'too pretty for a man' -- as is the character's [[Older Than Print]] namesake, Hikaru Genji in the ''[[The Tale of Genji|Tale of Genji]]''.
* ''[[Eclipse Hunter]]'' gives us Daren Solaris, who is so pretty that the series' resident [[Tsundere]] bishoujo [[Action Girl]] goes into a mad rage when she sees that he normally wears glasses that disguise his prettiness, going as far as to ''tear his glasses off of his face and grind them into dust.'' '''LITERALLY.'''
== Manhwa and Manhua ==
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* Kyu Ra from ''[[Rure]]'' {{spoiler|which fits with his "prince charming" image}}.
* Rai, Frank, Shinwoo, M-21 and Takeo from ''[[Noblesse]]''.
* Id from ''[[Id (manhua)|Id]]'' is the very definition of this trope. Men and women alike fawn over his beauty. Though more often than not, every person he's met has initially thought him a woman.
* ''[[Magical JxR]]'' has a lot of these.
* Junho from ''[[The Three Times]]''.
== Music ==
* [[Gackt]] is a living breathing example of this. Even he admits it. In ''nine* nine'', Gackt is shown some pictures of himself when he was younger, to which he responds, "I was a total bishonen back then... But now I'm a biseinen." The difference being that bishonen technicality applies to only boys in their teens but biseinen applies to adults.
* The record label Johnny's entertainment is famous in Japan and the rest of Asia for its many all bishonen/biseinen boy bands
== Theatre ==
* Since [[Takarazuka]] in Japan is composed entirely of female actors playing both male and female roles, it's no surprise that male roles often look a little Bishonen. Case in point, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spFt2yf8D7U Wao Youka] as the [[Phantom of the Opera]], or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfkbABgyVzk Shizuka Asato (Zunko)] as Der Tod from [[Elisabeth]].
== Video Games ==
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* Zelos from [[Tales of Symphonia]]. Yggdrasil, too. Some fans would argue that Kratos is one as well. The game is ripe with bishies. Kratos is a good example of a ''biseinen'', or 'beautiful man' - what a bishounen becomes when he grows up.
* Several of the guys in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'': particularly Yuri, who can be mistaken for a woman until he opens his mouth.
* The [[Tales (series)]]: although having more of a fairly (and by that, we mean in the smallest margin, as the game models differ slightly from the official art) masculine face than some other [[Tales (series)]]
* {{spoiler|Teddie's human form}} from ''[[Persona 4]]'' was clearly designed with this in mind. He makes extensive use of the [[Bishie Sparkle]] [[Handsome Lech|to manipulate women that he comes across]]. Not to mention, during the crossdressing scene, he was the only one [[Attractive Bent Gender|able to pull off looking like a girl]]. One male commentator even exclaiming "I'd hit that."
** Akihiko from ''[[Persona 3]]'' certainly qualifies, being quite the [[Chick Magnet]] and having [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white hair]].
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* ''[[Street Fighter]]'':
** Vega, the Spanish ninja. It's even part of his character. Vega is a narcissist who believes his face to be extremely beautiful, and cannot stand the ugly. Part of it comes from traumatization as a child when his ugly father killed his beautiful mother. He also wears a mask, not to hide his identity, but to prevent his face from being scarred. Remy in ''Street Fighter III'' is even more of one (though he's not narcissistic like Vega).
** In the Alpha series, Ken becomes one of these, with long, flowing hair in a ponytail and a younger face ([http://www.arcadeflyers.com/flyers_video/capcom/10025701.jpg some pieces of art]{{Dead link}} for the game even show him with pronounced lips, a rarity for ''Street Fighter'' characters). However, the other games show him looking older and more muscular, with [[Perma-Stubble]].
* Prince Peasley from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', who makes the whole screen gleam - literally - when he [[Hair Flip|tosses his hair]].
* The main character of ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''.
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* The ''[[Suikoden]]'' series of games have, quite literally, ''dozens'' of bishonen among the ranks of the Stars of Destiny ([[108|108 per game!]]). Notable ones include and are not limited to: every main protagonist, Flik, Luc and Sasarai, and Yuber.
▲== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'''s Keiichi is noticeably pretty, and even [[Bishie Sparkle|sparkles]] a couple of times, as well as Satoshi, who is a more extreme example than Keiichi and is even voiced by a female.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' has the absolutely adorable Kanon, not to mention Battler and George.
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* Heinz Heger in ''[[Shikkoku no Sharnoth]]''.
* In ''[[Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]'' Touma is the most notable contender, but Cap also fits, both of them with fan clubs.
* Pinoccio from ''[[Lies of P]]''. If you saw [https://sm.ign.com/ign_nordic/review/l/lies-of-p-/lies-of-p-review_7dce.jpg this portrait] and didn't know who it depicted, you'd clearly never guess he was an android. The game overlaps this depiction heavily with [[Beauty Equals Goodness]].
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-03-17 this] comic. "Get out of here, you blonde androgynous interloper! Go play Final Fantasy X or something!" Or, in Noah's own words, "makes straight guys see rainbows". Of course, he probably [[Justified Trope|have a good reason to be like this]], given that he isn't too different from his [[Alternate Universe]] counterpart - {{spoiler|a [[Half-Human Hybrid]] (or rather 2/4) who happens to be "nonsexual", i.e. while his anatomy (except antennae) resembles that of a male human, his psychophysiology is inherited from sexless alien species, thus hormonal status is likely to have little in common with any human baseline}}.
* ''[[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things]]'' has [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/im-sure-people-are-going-to-complain-at-me-about-this this interview]. And then, of course, [[It Got Worse]]. It's a [[The Virus|debilitating disease]] called "[[Tetsuya Nomura|Nomura]] Syndrome" (the outbreak starts [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/thank-you-for-100-strips here]).
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