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* Natsumi Fujiwara is usually chosen to voice younger males like Chihiro Komiya of ''Shounen Maid'', Ginko Sajihara of ''Qualidea Code'', and Red Harewataru of ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure''.

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* Natsumi Fujiwara is usually chosen to voice younger males like Chihiro Komiya of ''Shounen Maid'', Ginko Sajihara of ''Qualidea Code'', and Red Harewataru of ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure''.''Anime/SoaringSkyPrecure''.
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** Both the Japanese and (nearly any) dub version (except for Polish, German, Czech, Hungarian, European Spanish, Filipino and Italian at least) have the title character of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' voiced by a woman (Creator/JunkoTakeuchi and Maile Flanagan in Japanese and English, respectively), where as all other male children his age are voiced by men in both the English and Japanese versions, except for [[DudeLooksLikeALady Haku]] and the kids that are younger than Naruto of course.

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** Both the Japanese and (nearly any) dub version (except for Polish, German, Czech, Hungarian, European Spanish, Filipino and Italian at least) have the title character of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' voiced by a woman (Creator/JunkoTakeuchi and Maile Flanagan Creator/MaileFlanagan in Japanese and English, respectively), where as all other male children his age are voiced by men in both the English and Japanese versions, except for [[DudeLooksLikeALady Haku]] and the kids that are younger than Naruto of course.
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*''Anime/HelloSandybell'': Creator/TomasBolme voices Kitty's mother in the Swedish dub.



*''Anime/TheSecretCraven'': Colin Craven is voiced by a woman, Minami Takayama.



** Noriko Ohara is particularly legendary in this category, as she also voiced Conan in ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'' and Peter in ''Anime/HeidiGirlOfTheAlps''. And also the role that was probably her most iconic, the longtime role of Nobita Nobi in the ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' anime from 1979 to 2005. Ohara's replacement in the role of Nobita, Creator/MegumiOhara (no relation), is also a woman.

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** Noriko Ohara Creator/NorikoOhara is particularly legendary in this category, as she also voiced Conan in ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'' and Peter in ''Anime/HeidiGirlOfTheAlps''. And also the role that was probably her most iconic, the longtime role of Nobita Nobi in the ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' anime from 1979 to 2005. Ohara's replacement in the role of Nobita, Creator/MegumiOhara (no relation), is also a woman.


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*''Anime/VoltesV'': Hiyoshi is voiced by Creator/NorikoOhara, who also voices Katherine. Even the Greek and Italian dubs cast a female voice actress for him.
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* Creator/FujikoTakimoto is no stranger when it come to voicing males. Some of her works are: Suguru Misato in ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'', Ryo Ninomiya in ''Anime/ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld'', Hideyoshi in ''Buzzer Beater'', Suguru Fujisaki in ''{{Manga/Gravitation}}'', and Seishiro "Seiko" Kotobuki in ''Manga/LovelyComplex''.

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* Creator/FujikoTakimoto is no stranger when it come to voicing males. Some of her works are: Suguru Misato in ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'', Ryo Ninomiya in ''Anime/ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld'', Hideyoshi in ''Buzzer Beater'', Beater'' and Suguru Fujisaki in ''{{Manga/Gravitation}}'', and Seishiro "Seiko" Kotobuki in ''Manga/LovelyComplex''.''{{Manga/Gravitation}}''.

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** Averted in English and French dubs. In English, Seth is voiced by Christopher Llewyn Ramirez.* Abe no Masahiro of ''Literature/ShonenOnmyouji'' is voiced by females in the [[Creator/YukiKaida Japanese]] and the English dub.

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** Averted in English and French dubs. In English, Seth is voiced by Christopher Llewyn Ramirez.Ramirez.
* Abe no Masahiro of ''Literature/ShonenOnmyouji'' is voiced by females in the [[Creator/YukiKaida Japanese]] and the English dub.
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** Aside from Izzy (voiced by Creator/AnneYatco), T.K. (voiced by Creator/CorinaBoettger, who is nonbinary and also voices Palmon) and Patamon (voiced by Creator/LizzieFreeman), who had all been voiced by female actors in the dub of the original series, just as in Japan, this is notably the first time Gomamon has been voiced by a woman in the English dub as well as the Japanese version (Creator/AlexCazares).

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** Aside from Izzy (voiced by Creator/AnneYatco), T.K. (voiced by Creator/CorinaBoettger, who is nonbinary and also voices the female Palmon) and Patamon (voiced by Creator/LizzieFreeman), who had all been voiced by female actors in the dub of the original series, just as in Japan, this is notably the first time Gomamon has been voiced by a woman in the English dub as well as the Japanese version (Creator/AlexCazares).
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* ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'': In addition to examples carried over from the series, the film has Peggy O'Neal as Botamon, Creator/BrianneSiddall as Kuramon, Creator/MonaMarshall as Terriermon, and Creator/WendeeLee as Kokomon, all female actors voicing male characters. The redub adds Creator/MadelineDorroh as Cody, Creator/CheramiLeigh as Lopmon, and Creator/MarissaLenti, who is agender, as Sora's mother.


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** Aside from Izzy (voiced by Creator/AnneYatco), T.K. (voiced by Creator/CorinaBoettger, who is nonbinary and also voices Palmon) and Patamon (voiced by Creator/LizzieFreeman), who had all been voiced by female actors in the dub of the original series, just as in Japan, this is notably the first time Gomamon has been voiced by a woman in the English dub as well as the Japanese version (Creator/AlexCazares).
** Ponchomon, a side evolution of the female Palmon, is voiced by male Creator/AlejandroSaab.
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* In ''Anime/{{ICE}}'', Julia is played by a man in both [[Creator/AkiraIshida Japanese]] and [[Creator/ChrisPatton English]].

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* In ''Anime/{{ICE}}'', ''Anime/{{ICE|2007}}'', Julia is played by a man in both [[Creator/AkiraIshida Japanese]] and [[Creator/ChrisPatton English]].
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* In the English dub of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02TheBeginning'', the male Lui's younger self is voiced by female Creator/ErinYvette, while Ukkomon, who is referred to with male pronouns, is voiced by Giselle Fernandez, who is non-binary.
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* ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer'': Taiyou Akane, the youngest male Beast Knight, is voiced by female voice actress Creator/MutsumiTamura.
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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Pete Reston is a SexShifter but was assigned male at birth. In the anime adaptation he's voiced by Creator/RihoSugiyama.

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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Pete Reston is a SexShifter but was assigned male at birth. In the anime adaptation he's voiced by Creator/RihoSugiyama.Creator/RihoSugiyama in Japanese and Creator/LexiNieto in English.
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* In ''Manga/EdensZero'', Homura Kōgetsu is played by Creator/ShikiAoki, a transgender man.
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* In ''Anime/IxionSagaDT'', Creator/JunFukuyama voices Mariandale, the princesses' ''maid''. [[spoiler: Turns out she's transsexual.]]

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* In ''Anime/IxionSagaDT'', Creator/JunFukuyama voices Mariandale, the princesses' ''maid''. [[spoiler: Turns out she's transsexual.transgender.]]
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** The SoBadItsGood Swedish dub has Timm Mehrens voicing [[ActingForTwo literally everyone]], '''''including all the female characters.'''''

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** The SoBadItsGood Swedish dub has Timm Mehrens voicing [[ActingForTwo literally everyone]], '''''including everyone]]. This averts the trope for all male characters, '''''but unusually plays it straight for all the female characters.'''''
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** The SoBadItsGood Swedish dub has Timm Mehrens voicing [[ActingForTwo literally everyone]], ***including all the female characters.***

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** The SoBadItsGood Swedish dub has Timm Mehrens voicing [[ActingForTwo literally everyone]], ***including '''''including all the female characters.***'''''
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** The SoBadItsGood Swedish dub has Timm Mehrens voicing [[ActingForTwo literally everyone]], ***including all the female characters.***


* In ''Anime/BabyFelixAndFriends'', Baby Felix is played by a female voice actress in so many foreign dubs.
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* In ''Anime/BabyFelixAndFriends'', Baby Felix is played by an female voice actress in so many foreign dubs.

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* In ''Anime/BabyFelixAndFriends'', Baby Felix is played by an a female voice actress in so many foreign dubs.
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* In the anthology series, Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi, in addition to women voicing young boys sometimes even teenagers like Romeo from Romeo and Juliet and Prince Siegfried from Swan Lake were voiced by women; the Frankenstein episode took this to the extreme as even middle aged and old men had female voice actors.

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* Natsumi Fujiwara is usually chosen to voice younger males like Chihiro Komiya of ''Shounen Maid'' and Ginko Sajihara of ''Qualidea Code''.

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* Natsumi Fujiwara is usually chosen to voice younger males like Chihiro Komiya of ''Shounen Maid'' and Maid'', Ginko Sajihara of ''Qualidea Code''.Code'', and Red Harewataru of ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure''.
* Yuko Gibu plays a young boy, Yuuki Aihara, in ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', while his teenage form is voiced by a male actor.



* Creator/YumikoKobayashi and Mayu Kudou both play male roles in ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''; Kobayashi voices Souta Minamino, while Kudou plays the eight Fairy Tones.



* Voice actress Creator/JunkoMinagawa is known for voicing young boys as well as older women. Such examples are Echizen Ryoma of ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', Aoyagi Ritsuka from ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'' and brief character Ryuu-oh from ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', who was voiced by an adult male in his original work. All those while voicing Ayaka Yukihiro from Negima and Cornelia Li Brittania from Code Geass!

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* Voice actress Creator/JunkoMinagawa is known for voicing young boys as well as older women. Such examples are Echizen Ryoma of ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', Aoyagi Ritsuka from ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'' ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'', Julio from ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'', and brief character Ryuu-oh from ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', who was voiced by an adult male in his original work. All those while voicing Ayaka Yukihiro from Negima and Cornelia Li Brittania from Code Geass!


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* Creator/KoukiMiyata, a male actor, plays the female Olifio in ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure''.
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*** In the Italian dub, Young Goku was originally voiced by Creator/PatriziaScianca, the same voice actress of young Gohan and Goten. Young Krillin was voiced by women, first Veronica Pivetti and then Creator/MarcellaSilvestri. Kid Trunks and Gotenks are also voiced by the same woman, the late Creator/MonicaBonetto. The adult counterparts of Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Trunks have male voice actors.

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*** In the Italian dub, Young Goku was originally voiced by Creator/PatriziaScianca, the same voice actress of young Gohan and Goten. Young Krillin was voiced by women, first Veronica Pivetti Creator/VeronicaPivetti and then Creator/MarcellaSilvestri. Kid Trunks and Gotenks are also voiced by the same woman, the late Creator/MonicaBonetto. The adult counterparts of Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Trunks have male voice actors.
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* Although Sachiko Chijimatsu is probably best known as the longtime former voice of Nobita's mother in ''Doraemon'', she's voiced a number of boys, including Kabu in ''Anime/SallyTheWitch'' ('60s series) and Napoleon (Snagglebit) in ''Anime/TheLittlBits''.

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* Although Sachiko Chijimatsu is probably best known as the longtime former voice of Nobita's mother in ''Doraemon'', she's voiced a number of boys, including Kabu in ''Anime/SallyTheWitch'' ''Manga/SallyTheWitch'' ('60s series) and Napoleon (Snagglebit) in ''Anime/TheLittlBits''.
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* In both the Japanese and English versions of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', every young male is voiced by a female. [[ActingForTwo In the original version, said voice actresses sometimes take the role of actual females in the series as well]], which can lead to some interesting surprises, like learning that Vivio, [[LesYay Nanoha and Fate's]] [[HasTwoMommies adopted daughter]], shares the voice actress of Yuuno, [[ShipToShipCombat the enemy of the Nanoha/Fate shipping faction]].

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* In both the Japanese and English versions of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', every young male is voiced by a female. [[ActingForTwo In the original version, said voice actresses sometimes take the role of actual females in the series as well]], which can lead to some interesting surprises, like learning that Vivio, [[LesYay Nanoha and Fate's]] [[HasTwoMommies adopted daughter]], daughter, shares the voice actress of Yuuno, [[ShipToShipCombat the enemy of the Nanoha/Fate shipping faction]].
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* Creator/AmiKoshimizu voiced Takuto Hasegawa in ''LightNovel/MagiciansAcademy'' and Hirose Takuma in ''VisualNovel/H2OFootprintsInTheSand''.

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* Creator/AmiKoshimizu voiced Takuto Hasegawa in ''LightNovel/MagiciansAcademy'' ''Literature/MagiciansAcademy'' and Hirose Takuma in ''VisualNovel/H2OFootprintsInTheSand''.
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* Sixteen-year-old Shinkuro in ''LightNovel/{{Kurenai}}'' is voiced by Creator/MiyukiSawashiro. Sawashiro is a great voice actress, but it's still slightly weird. He was a ''big'' PlayingAgainstType role for Mrs. Sawashiro, who until then played {{Moe}} girls rather than anything.

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* Sixteen-year-old Shinkuro in ''LightNovel/{{Kurenai}}'' ''Anime/{{Kurenai}}'' is voiced by Creator/MiyukiSawashiro. Sawashiro is a great voice actress, but it's still slightly weird. He was a ''big'' PlayingAgainstType role for Mrs. Sawashiro, who until then played {{Moe}} girls rather than anything.

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** In Spain the series was dubbed in Castilian and Catalan. In the Catalan dub, male lead Ataru was dubbed by a woman, Carme Capdet.

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** In Spain the series was dubbed in Castilian and Catalan. In the Catalan dub, male lead Ataru was dubbed by a woman, Carme Capdet. Animax did the same with its English dub by casting Candice Moore.
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* In ''Anime/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', male Ryuunosuke Akasaka is voiced by female YuiHorie.

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* In ''Anime/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', the anime of ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', male Ryuunosuke Akasaka is voiced by female YuiHorie.
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* ''LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic'' has Creator/RieTakahashi voicing Ernesti (Eru) Echevarria. Despite Eru's [[DudeLooksLikeALady effeminate]] appearance, he is voiced by Justin Briner in the dub.

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* ''LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic'' ''Literature/KnightsAndMagic'' has Creator/RieTakahashi voicing Ernesti (Eru) Echevarria. Despite Eru's [[DudeLooksLikeALady effeminate]] appearance, he is voiced by Justin Briner in the dub.
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* Creator/EriKitamura had a few male roles including: Mahiro Yasaka of ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', Aki Shiina in ''Manga/MissCaretakerOfSunoharasou'' and Sanpeita Kobayashi of ''Manga/KemekoDeluxe''.

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* Creator/EriKitamura had a few male roles including: Mahiro Yasaka of ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', Aki Shiina in ''Manga/MissCaretakerOfSunoharasou'' and Sanpeita Kobayashi of ''Manga/KemekoDeluxe''.



* Known for being type casted as boys, Creator/ReikoTakagi voiced: Tadase Hotori in ''Manga/ShugoChara'', Masaki Edogawa in ''Manga/SoraNoManimani'', Yoshitaka Waya in ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'' and Nobunaga in ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret''.

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* Known for being type casted as boys, Creator/ReikoTakagi voiced: Tadase Hotori in ''Manga/ShugoChara'', Masaki Edogawa in ''Manga/SoraNoManimani'', Yoshitaka Waya in ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'' and Nobunaga in ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret''.''Literature/HarukaNogizakasSecret''.



* The Japanese version of ''LightNovel/Gamers2015'' plays this trope straight by having Creator/MegumiHan voice Keita Amano. The English dub averts this by having a male voicing Keita.

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* The Japanese version of ''LightNovel/Gamers2015'' ''Literature/Gamers2015'' plays this trope straight by having Creator/MegumiHan voice Keita Amano. The English dub averts this by having a male voicing Keita.



* Creator/MarinaInoue voices both genders of Natsuru Senou in ''[[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Kämpfer]]''. It was later averted in English dub with Howard Wang and Sabrina Owen in two respective genders.

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* Creator/MarinaInoue voices both genders of Natsuru Senou in ''[[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} ''[[Literature/{{Kampfer}} Kämpfer]]''. It was later averted in English dub with Howard Wang and Sabrina Owen in two respective genders.
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* A rather interesting (and literal) twist in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In one of the drama [=CDs=], Tieria poses as a female student to infiltrate the high school that Louise and Saji attend. While disguised, his voice is provided by...his normal voice actor, Creator/HiroshiKamiya, who can apparently pull off a rather convincing female voice. Who knew? This is repeated in the second season, where Tieria dresses as a woman (with GagBoobs) to infiltrate a party the bad guys are throwing. Considering Tieira was a major source of ViewerGenderConfusion before the show aired...

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* A rather interesting (and literal) twist in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': In one of the drama [=CDs=], Tieria poses as a female student to infiltrate the high school that Louise and Saji attend. While disguised, his voice is provided by...his normal voice actor, Creator/HiroshiKamiya, who can apparently pull off a rather convincing female voice. Who knew? This is repeated in the second season, where Tieria dresses as a woman (with GagBoobs) giant boobs) to infiltrate a party the bad guys are throwing. Considering Tieira was a major source of ViewerGenderConfusion before the show aired...

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