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* In ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'', Hikaru calls Roy (who was a more senior pilot in Hikaru's family airshow) ''sempai''.
** In ''[[Robotech]]'', this is changed to Rick calling him "Big Brother," which is not quite the same.
* Maya Ibuki in [[Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Tatewaki Kunou in ''[[Ranma ½
* Sei Suga in ''[[
** The Soeur system is based on this as well.
* Hyatt and Elgala always refers to Excel as "Excel-sempai" in ''[[Excel Saga (
* Likewise, Milly refers to Meryl simply as "sempai" throughout ''[[Trigun]]'', which is ironic considering Milly is almost as tall as Vash.
* Yakou Tenma is the kohai of Pegasus in ''[[
* In ''[[
** Taiki himself becomes a sempai to Tagaru and Yuu in the [[Digimon Xros Wars the Young Hunters Leaping Through Time
* [[Drop the Hammer|Shin]] of ''[[Dorohedoro]]'' is [[Statuesque Stunner|Noi]]'s sempai. They happily makes bets on who will kill the most or eat the fastest. Despite being basically assassins, they're [[Punch Clock Villain|pretty]] [[Crapsack World|decent]] [[Grey and Gray Morality|guys]]. Shin only allows Noi to call him like that though.
* In ''[[
** Princess Cornelia, despite her royal status (she's officially fourth in line for the throne, and unofficially closer to second in line), treats Nonette Enneagram, the Knight of Nine, as her sempai in the audio dramas.
* Subverted in ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** Ino refers to Shizune as "Shizune-sempai" in the anime, which plays up her involvement as a medical ninja and suggests that she learned medical ninjutsu from Tsunade. In the manga, she just calls her "Shizune-san".
** Pain jokes that as they shared a master, Naruto should consider him his Sempai. Naruto is not amused.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Yusuke initially greets [[Evil Counterpart|Sensui]] as "sempai," as he was the previous Spirit Detective, but he's being sarcastic, because Sensui is now attempting to destroy the world and commit genocide. ([[Batman Gambit|Sort]] [[Thanatos Gambit|of.]]) Later, when Yusuke meets Kuroko Sanada, the ''first'' Spirit Detective, who retired with a modicum of her sanity in tact, he is ''incredibly'' respectful towards her, although he addresses her as "Kuroko-san," not "sempai." Either way, it's the most (conventionally...) respectful Yusuke is to anyone, ''ever.''
* In ''[[Minami-ke]]'', Kana passes off "Mako-chan" as a kohai of hers in order to explain why a girl Chiaki's age keeps visiting her. Meanwhile, Haruka and her friends deal with Hosaka, whose attentions are unwanted but can't just be ignored because he's their sempai.
* ''[[
** In the dub, she makes him call her "Senior Mihama", a somewhat literal translation of it (like when she calls her classmates "Miss (Name)", instead of "(Name)-san"- for example, "Miss Osaka"). It should also be noted that he's not entirely "random"- in the anime he asks "What's a kid doing here?" which makes her think she's been denied the respect she deserves.
* At the school where ''[[Strawberry Panic
* Tsukuyomi uses this with Setsuna in ''[[
** And later on it becomes [[Stalker
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** At the end of A's, when Hayate mentions that she's joining the TSAB, she notes that it will make her Nanoha and Fate's kohai, although they never officially have that kind of relationship. Hayate even uses the term "kohai" in the English dub of that scene. Near the beginning of the season, Mary addresses Amy as "Amy-sempai".
** In ''[[
* Used repeatedly in ''[[Prince of Tennis]]''.
* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', Shishio refers to Kenshin, the government's previous manslayer in the shadows, as his sempai. Similarly to the ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' example, he's being kind of snarky about it, as Kenshin is kind of trying to stop his grand plans now.
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* In ''[[Love Hina]]'', Shinobu frequently calls Keitaro sempai.
** And it is about the * only* form of direct, non-grudging respect he ever gets from anyone. Until {{spoiler|the manga's epilogue, when the regulars vociferously defend him to new girl Ema}}.
* In the manga of ''[[Ghost in
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Burn Up]] Scramble'', Lilika calls both her teammates sempai, even right after [[Les Yay|drunkenly kissing Rio]].
* In ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka
* In ''[[K-On!]]'', Asuza refers to the older members of the light music club as '-sempai', much to [[Bishie Sparkle|Yui's delight]].
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** Mangaka refer to more experienced ones as "sempai", as Takagi refers to veteran mangaka Arai as "Arai-sempai." Some of {{spoiler|Nanamine's}} helpers decide to leave after hearing that he's going to "pick a fight with a sempai mangaka".
* In [[Mai
** In the English dub, this is translated as "big sister," with no difference given between -onee-sama and -sempai. Even the Meister Otome whom Arika calls "-san" get "Big Sister".
** In the [[Mai
* Satou Takanashi from ''[[Working
* In ''[[Kochikame]]'', Kankichi Ryotsu is often called Sempai by most of the fellow police officers.
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]: At the start of the second season, Juudai is thrilled to finally be one of the older students, especially during his first duel against Edo, who refers to Juudai as 'sempai'. A few episodes later, Edo's final words to Ryou in their Pro duel have him calling himself Ryou's sempai, since he's been in the Pro Leagues longer than Ryou has. After that, Edo switches to calling Juudai by his name instead of "sempai". Also, Kenzan continually refers to most of the older students with the sempai honorific (except for Juudai, who is his aniki).
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'', Sae and Hiro are Yuno's and Miyako's sempai. They all seem to get along pretty well, so they don't seem to treat it like an obligation. In volume 4 of the manga and the third season of the anime, they all get two new kouhai: Nori and Nazuna. (Incidentally, Yuno moved into the room occupied by Hiro and Sae's sempai, Misato.)
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'': Tamama often refers to the older members as '-sempai'; the only one who doesn't get this treatment is his beloved Gunsou-san. Kururu also refers to Giroro as his sempai at times; in his case, however, this is more to antagonize by reminding him that the scientist is younger than him, yet Kururu outranks him.
* In ''[[Shuffle]]'', Asa is Rin and Kaede's sempai, but tells Rin to stop calling her "Asa-sempai" {{spoiler|when they start dating}}.
* In the fifth episode of the anime for ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna
* Rather frustrating to fans of the ship is the example from ''[[
* ''[[Planetes]]'' has [[Jerk
* From the one time she's seen doing it, [[Lucky Star
* Subverted in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': Hutt River claims to be Wy's sempai (translated as senior in scanlations), but Wy doesn't pay him much respect: she is less than willing to greet him when she goes by his home and she even agrees with Molossia when he calls Hutt River a "lameass bastard". Still, Hutt's ridiculously snobby attitude doesn't help.
* Kagura and Ayase in ''[[
* Happens a lot with [[Boys Love Genre]] and [[Yaoi]] works, whether set in a school or an office environment. For example, Souchi's sempai to Morinaga's kouhai in the university in ''[[
* It also frequently shows up in [[Yuri Genre|yuri]] works, especially since they're often set in schools.
== Fanfiction ==
* Much to Kyon's delight in [[Kyon:
** As of Chapter 32, Kanae also refers to {{spoiler|Haruhi as 'Suzumiya-sempai'}}, which seems to provoke an interesting reaction...
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* In [[Tomica Hero Rescue Force]] [[The Hero|Hikaru]] commonly refers to [[The Lancer|Kyosuke]], [[Action Girl|Rei]] and [[The Medic|Juri]] as this until he found out that the teams [[Sixth Ranger]] was [[Da Chief]] he reffered to R5 as "Dai-Sempai".
** [[Tomica Hero Rescue Fire]] has a similar example, Tatsuya refers to Hikaru and the rest of Rescue Force as "Sempai". As for the team itself, [[The Hero|Tatsuya]] calls [[The Big Guy|Yuuma]] his sempai, who is in turn seen as a sempai by [[The Chick|Jun]].
* Invoked in ''[[30 Rock
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* In [[Persona 4]], [[Butt Monkey|Yosuke]] is surprised to find that the tough, rumored-to-be-in-a-biker-gang (he's not) [[Delinquents|Kanji]] is his kohai. He's also ''delighted'' when he finds out the cute and famous [[Idol Singer|Rise]] is also his kohai when she attends the school. Unfortunately, Rise is more interested in your main character...
** One of the big differences between Personas 3 and 4 is that in Persona 3, the main character trio are the underclassmen (although your main character gives orders in battle because he is the most skilled in the use of his Persona) and sempais Mitsuru and Akihiko are calling the shots (to the point where they won't allow you to do any missions if both are not present), but in Persona 4 the main character trio (and later Yukiko as well) are the sempais and are in charge of the entire investigation team with the later members as their underclassman. The only 3rd year with a name in Persona 4 is Saki, who's killed off early on.
* In ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky'', Bidoof is delighted when your team joins the guild, since his seniority makes him your sempai, despite his own inexperience. {{spoiler|One of ''Sky's'' [[A Day in
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', Axel gives a hearty "ja ne sempai" to {{spoiler|Vexen}} before {{spoiler|he [[Kill It
* The ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series, being a [[High School]] romance [[Dating Sim]] series, obviously loves this trope. Every flagship game of the series (save for ''Tokimeki Memorial 3'') had a Kohai as a winnable [[Love Interest]], and several [[Gaiden Game|side games]] introduced other non-winnable Kohai. However, winnable sempai weren't introduced until late in the series, the first one appearing in ''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 2''.
== Visual Novels ==
* In ''[[
* Shirou is Sakura's sempai in ''[[Fate/stay
** Much like Shiki with Ciel, Sakura ''always'' refers to Shirou as "Sempai" (even when in the presense of other people who are also her Sempais, like Rin). Even in the HF True epilogue, where {{spoiler|they've been in a relationship for several years}} and he's no longer even her Sempai, she ''still'' uses it (and Taiga calls her out on it).
* From the [[Girls Love]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Sono Hanabira
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