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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!]]
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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 [[Cross DresserCrossdresser|crossdressers]], but, again, not always.
 
Originally, bishōnen characters were the province of [[Shoujo]] and [[Boys Love Genre]]s, but since [[Bishonen Jump Syndrome|the mid-90s]], it has become the default style for teenage boys in pretty much any work looking for a cross-demographic audience. The farther ''bishōnen'' characters disseminate from their source genres, the less likely it becomes that there will be in-universe mention of their androgynous looks/attractiveness.
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'''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 convienceconvenience's sake, let's just put the Eastern ones here and the Western ones there.</ref>
 
== 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.
* ''[[Plus +Anima]]'': Husky. He's repeatedly mistaken for a girl.
* [[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 [[Cross DresserCrossdresser]].
* 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.
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* The entire male cast of ''[[Simoun]]''. The younger men—who were girls until age 17—even still have breasts that haven't been reabsorbed yet (especially the hunky chief mechanic Wapourif), and all of them are voiced by female voice actors.
* 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 Plus+]]''. Can't forget tall, dark, and handsome Haji.
* 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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** 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 (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'''s Loran, who was quite possibly one [[Executive Meddling|editorial mandate]] away from being a full-blown woman.
** 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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** Ed's always been Bishonen, and even has [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy|long hair]].
** 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 ''[[Film/HowlsHowl's Moving Castle (anime)|HowlsHowl's Moving Castle]]''.
* ''[[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 series—he's quite thin (even implied to look underweight at one point), has pale blond hair and blue eyes, and looks quite a bit like his sister.
** Aion is a bit more borderline—he's actually quite muscular when he takes off his [[Badass Longcoat]], but his long, [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white]] hair does a lot to give him an edge of androgynous beauty. He's maybe a bit more of a biseinen.
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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 ana [[Improbably-Fundamentally Female Cast]], but even it has its share of bishies, such as [[Hot Librarian|Yuuno Scrya]] and [[Badass in a Nice Suit|Verossa Acous]]. Yuuno, in particular, [[Viewer Gender Confusion|was mistaken for a girl by many viewers]] when he first appeared.
* 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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* ''[[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/\], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090305171657/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Rurouni-Kenshin/item147184/\], [https://web.archive.org/web/20100819153841/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Rurouni-Kenshin/item42371/\], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922130404/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Rurouni-Kenshin/item82280/\]. I rest my case. And even more so in the Trust & Betrayal and Reflections OVAS. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100819232837/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Rurouni-Kenshin/item39797/\] And then, you know, there's Soujiro, Aoshi, Sanosuke, and, heck, even Hiko qualifies, although he's pretty manly. Observe: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100819174059/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Rurouni-Kenshin/item136551/\].
* 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]]s in ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' are this. [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/character/img/body_coco.jpg Coco] and [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/character/img/body_natts.jpg Nuts] [http://pics.livejournal.com/kokoda_koji/pic/00323pww take it] [http://blog-imgs-18.fc2.com/k/a/k/kakeru1/PRE511_08.jpg to truly] [http://pics.livejournal.com/kokoda_koji/pic/0031tbsd extraordinary] [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512bchTJsbL.jpg levels.] [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|GoGo!]] also brings us cute little boy [http://blog-imgs-26.fc2.com/c/v/d/cvdb/20081101232433.jpg Syrup]{{Dead link}}.
* 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.
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* Depending on who you ask, a good number of the male cast in ''[[Naruto]]'' could qualify as Bishonen. Notable examples include Haku (to [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]] levels), Benten ([[Filler Villain]] to [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]] levels), Sasuke, Itachi, Kakashi, Deidara, Sasori, Neji, Suigetsu, Kimimaro, (arguably) Orochimaru, Kabuto, Sai, Gaara, Utakata, and the titular character himself. Naruto definitely counts, considering that he has [[Hot Mom|his mom]]'s AND his [[Hot Dad|his dad]]'s looks, though this trope is mostly appropriate only after the time skip. Also, the Fourth Hokage, aka {{spoiler|Naruto's dad}}.
* ''[[The Legend of Koizumi]]'' gives us Pietro, the white knight serving under the pope. He comes complete with accompanying [[Bishie Sparkle]]s when he first appears.
* ''[[SeitokaiStudent noCouncil's IchizonDiscretion]]'' gives us Ken Sugisaki and ''especially'' Nakameguro.
* 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 Plus+ Vampire]]'' has Ginei, Hokuto, Kiria, Fong-Fong, and, after [[Art Evolution]], Tsukune.
* ''[[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 Bishonen.
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* 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.
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* 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] [httphttps://wwwweb.nautiljonarchive.comorg/imagesweb/ost20200909193018/jyu_oh_seihttps://www.jpgnautiljon.com/ exceptionally]{{Dead link}} [http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6d0JOED7Gto/Sd5oqODM68I/AAAAAAAAAxs/A1DhCQ__t5Q/Jyu+Oh+Sei+Teen.JPG pretty].
* 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 Love LOVE-Ru]]''.
* [[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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* ''[[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 [[xxxHolic×××HOLiC|Watanuki]], to name a few.
* 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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* ''[[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 ===
 
== 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 ==
 
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[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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