Ojou: Difference between revisions

== Anime & Manga ==

** Setsuna refers to Konoka as 'ojou-sama', as she is the daughter of the head of the Kansai Magic Association.

** Also Evangeline, who lives in a gorgeous [[Big Fancy House]] and is served by Chachamaru there. {{spoiler|She also was a more normal "Ojou", aka a high-ranked membress of a Scottish clan, before she became a vampire by the Lifemaker.}}

* Ken Akamatsu's early manga ''[[A.I. Love You (Manga)|A.I. Love You]]'' has two: Kimika Aso is the haughty and mean-spirited type and an [[Expy]] of [[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Sayoko Mishima]]. Cindy McDougal is a beautiful actress whose father is CEO of a major hardware company and a much nicer person, though she doesn't really fit either of the types.

* Integra ''[[Hellsing]]''. Walter, her [[Battle Butler]], even [[Lampshade Hanging|calls her]] 'My Princess' at one point. You know, right after he {{spoiler|betrays her}}.

* Michiru Kaioh from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is an interesting example of this, in that it is never stated that she is actually filthy rich, and we never have any idea who her parents are, but the fact that she owns a Stradivarius violin and a gigantic condo with its own aquarium (with Haruka) and is a world-famous violinist and painter in her own right (enough so to get double-billing with the world-famous pop sensation The Starlights in the Stars season) still makes her part of this trope. In fact, Usagi, in a memorable episode, wherein she is feeling she is not classy enough or worthy enough of Mamoru, stumbles upon Haruka and Michiru in a theater in a park, where Michiru is up on stage playing her violin and looking classy, and then proceeds to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|bounce a lemon on her violin while playing it with her eyes closed]]; Usagi declares Michiru to be the "ideal Princess" and pitifully follows her around for the rest of the episode, hoping she'll get some of it by osmosis or something. Michiru also, notably, has a mirror which always shows her the truth and has the ability to sense when things are coming, and has wavy, aquamarine hair.

** It was clearly mentioned in the manga that both she and Haruka are rich, not as much as Hotaru's and Rei's fathers, but had loads of money. Specifically through a good number of patrons.

* Kumiko Yamaguchi in ''[[Gokusen]]'' is the granddaughter and heir presumptive of a [[Yakuza]] boss and is called ''ojou'' when at home.

* Himemiya Chikane in ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]''.

* Aeka and Sasami in ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]'' both count, though Aeka comes to mind first.

* Fujino Shizuru in ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|Mai-HiME]]'', one of the rare ''ojou'' with lighter-colored hair.

* Lili from ''[[Tekken]] 5: Dark Resurrection'' is the daughter of an absurdly rich oil magnate from Monaco that has [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|screw-the-rules money]] from his franchise (Though, by Tekken 6 that rule seems to have no effect when he was on the verge of bankruptcy). She, however, spends most of her time with her butler, and is quite graceful throughout.

* Mitsuru Kirijo from ''[[Persona 3]]'' is red-haired, the [[Student Council President]], and the daughter of the president of the Kirijo Zaibatsu. Her social link is the Empress.

* Lady Riddel in ''Chrono Cross'' is a somewhat meek and retiring ojou, though she has her moments of bravery.

* Karin Kanzuki from ''[[Street Fighter]]''.

== Real Life ==

** Quite interestingly, she had previously been introduced as a potential suitor to a certain Kimitake Hiraoka, a rising star in the Japanese literary scene as well as the royalist-nationalist Right. However, he was, alas, [[Manly Gay|gay]], and a [[The Beard|Beard]] was not in the cards. So much the better for her; in [[The Seventies]], the poor fellow [[Yukio Mishima|tried to stage a coup ''against her father-in-law'' and ended up committing seppuku]].

** For obvious reasons, pretty much every female in the Japanese Imperial Family qualifies as [[The Ojou]]. Crown Princess Masako was an atypical case, though, as she had her own career as a lawyer before getting married to Crown Prince Naruhito ''and'', like the Empress, was a commoner.

* Yoko Ono was this before... well, [[Yoko Oh No|shit happened]].

** Paul McCartney's first girlfriend, Jane Asher, was one too. So was his first wife Linda Eastman, but in other ways.

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