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'''[[Camp Straight|Pegasus]]:''' [[Sissy Villain|Keep]] [[You Keep Telling Yourself That|telling yourself that.]]|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|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
''Bishōnen'' can be found equally distributed between heroes and villains; ''bishōnen'' villains often develop [[Draco in Leather Pants|devoted followings]] among fans. ''Bishōnen'' with [[Hair Colors|white hair]] are [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|almost always villains]], no matter how they initially seem.
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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] 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
* Prince Peasley from ''[[
* The main character of ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''.
* ''[[Bushido Blade]]'' 1 and 2 have Katze.
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