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== Anime and Manga ==

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* ''[[Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru]]'' has the pretty boy protagonist, Minoru.

* Every main male character in ''[[Beauty Pop]]''.

* Every male character in Miki Aihara's mangas tend to be Bishonen.

* 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.

* ''[[Gankutsuou]]'': Franz, Albert, and especially Andrea.

* ''[[The Breaker]]'': Hyuk So Chun.

* Every male character in ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]''.

* Many of the male characters in [[Chibisan Date]].

* 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.

* ''[[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.

* 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.]])

* ''[[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 ==

* Kyu Ra from ''[[Rure]]'' {{spoiler|which fits with his "prince charming" image}}.

* Rai, Frank, Shinwoo, M-21 and Takeo from ''[[Noblesse]]''.

* ''[[Magical JxR]]'' has a lot of these.

* Junho from ''[[The Three Times]]''.

 

== Music ==

* 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 ==

* 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.

 

* ''[[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.

* 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.

 

* ''[[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]).

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Always Male]]

[[Category:Tropes of Legend]]

[[Category:Boys Love Tropes]]

[[Category:Turn-On Tropes]]

[[Category:A Pretty Boy Index]]