History Main / Bishonen

* ''Animation/LeafieAHenIntoTheWild'' features bishōnen ''ducks''. Wanderer has a mysterious allure and long, messy head feathers. Leafie is [[InterspeciesRomance smitten by him]] but it's unrequited.

* ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses'': This counts for a great deal of the male cast in the work, the most well known being: Narcissus, Hermaphroditus, Hyacinth, Ganymede and Adonis, and among the Olympians: Apollo, Hermes and Dionysus

* Lord Krishna from the ''Literature/{{Mahabharata}}'' is painted as a beautiful 20-year-old with clear dark or blue skin, dressed in distinctive yellow silk, and with a peacock feather attached to his diadem. Despite his bishōnen appearance, Krishna is TheAce - a superb intellectual, scholar, strategist, warrior, charioteer and ChickMagnet.

** And his [[spoiler:six year old son Tsukitora (fathered by the [[PosthumousCharacter late]] Oyamada Nobushige) is a bishōnen of the RavenHairIvorySkin variety]].

* Mei from ''Literature/ArashiNoYoruNi'' manages to be this even though he's a non-anthro goat. He's pretty and small, which contrasts with his burly and taller best friend Gabu.

* ''Music/BORNS'', aka [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/2455459e74dd42af13ef6b6d9a3d07aa/tumblr_osf2g3SPvj1udp3vfo3_400.png Garrett Borns]], has been mistaken for a girl before, what with the long hair, slim build and flowery jackets. [[RealMenWearPink Not that he minds.]]

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There are so many examples in {{anime}} and {{manga}} that they're being put in their own section.

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* ''Manga/PlusAnima'': Husky. He's repeatedly mistaken for a girl.
%%* ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'': Everyone but a few minor characters, especially Riki.
* Akira from ''Manga/AiOreLoveMe'' is so bishōnen he can pass as a girl, and EvenTheGuysWantHim. A majority of the men in the series are bishōnen.
* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'': Kai is 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.
%%* Seiya Kanie and Takaya Kurisu from ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark''.
%%* A majority of the male cast from ''Anime/AngelBeats''.
%%* Just about every male character in the OVA for ''Anime/AngelsFeather''.
* Even if ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'' is aimed at boys, it wouldn't be a Watase manga without a few of these. In particular, Yorunami's bishieness gets lampshaded by Hinohara.
%%* ''Manga/AskDrRin'': Tokiwa, Eddy, and Banri.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Eren was always a bishie, which is played up in certain scenes more than others with how he is depicted, with his big green eyes and when he gets older he is even more of an example, becoming a LongHairedPrettyBoy, and looking almost similar to certain female characters with long hair. Armin also counts, and his pretty looks are enough to turn on a DirtyOldMan when he was disguised as a girl, and he completely mistook him for a girl. Levi also counts in the anime especially.
* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'':
** Huey Laforet takes this to the point of [[DudeLooksLikeALady confusing people in-universe]] (you know you look girly when one of the prettiest women in the series is your ''[[StrongFamilyResemblance nigh-identical]]'' adult daughter, and you know you look ''really'' girly when you are not mistaken for beautiful women, but beautiful women are mistaken for ''you''). Firo, while never being mistaken for a woman like Huey has, has been mocked by a detective in the LightNovels for skewing quite close to the {{Uke}} aesthetic. [[GenderBlenderName Claire Stanfield]], aka. [[spoiler:Rail Tracer]], also fits. Jacuzzi also fits, although he has that giant tattoo on his face.
** Graham Specter also definitely qualifies, even if he is a total psychopath.
** Christopher Shouldered is noted in the books to be quite pretty -- if you can get past the utterly terrifying [[BlackEyesOfCrazy eyes]] and [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily teeth]].
%%* Every main male character in ''Manga/BeautyPop''.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
** Griffith is explicitly labeled as "too beautiful to be a man" in about a dozen separate chapters by different characters! [[spoiler:His Godhand transformation, Femto, even has purple-shaded lips, making him seem as if he's wearing lipstick.]]
** Judeau is so pretty, some fans [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistook]] him for a girl.
** Rickert is very much one and just gets more androgynous as he gets older, especially compared to the more boyish Isidro.
** Serpico is as pretty as his own half-sister, Farnese.
** Adonis, the son of Count Julius, is very much so. [[spoiler: He would've been a great candidate for one as an adult, but [[KillTheCutie sadly he was offed before he could ever grow up.]]]]
%%* Every male character in ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName''.
* Every male character in ''Manga/BlackBird'', but especially Kyo, whom Misao mistakes for a pretty girl upon seeing him as an adult.
* A good amount of the male characters from ''Manga/BlackButler''. Except for [[{{Gonk}} Baron Kelvin]], who realizes this and is ''obsessed'' with "becoming beautiful", Georg von Siemens, Jumbo, Lord Arthur Randall, Azzurro Vanel, Fred Aberline, Damian, and Doctor.
%%* ''Manga/BlackCat'':
%%** Creed.
%%** Train.
%%** Lin Shaolee.
%%** Jenos.
* Yuno from ''Manga/BlackClover'' is a handsome young man, with many noting his good looks. Charmy even calls him her "Meal Saving Prince" after he saves her meal from falling.
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'':
** Rotton the Wizard, to an extent. He basically exists just to look cool and talk fancy. Revy even asks him if he's a man whore.
** Though still a kid, Garcia's beginning to grow into a handsome young man.
** Hansel also shows signs of this. Unfortunately, he didn't live long enough to grow into an adult.
** In an {{Omake}}, it turns out that [[spoiler:Sgt. Boris ''used to'' look like this; he joined the Army to [[TookALevelInBadass toughen up.]] All the "de-aged" girl characters wail that he should stay this way.]]
* Zen from ''Manga/BlankSlate'' is so bishōnen, even his blind love interest can tell he's handsome just from touching his face.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Ayasegawa Yumichika is defined by his connection with beauty, not only in looks but also in lifestyle. He even accepted a lower rank in his squad than he had to because he thought that, in kanji, the number 5 was more "beautiful" than 4.
** Byakuya Kuchiki is very bishōnen and is often voted "Seireitei's Sexiest Male Shinigami" by the Shinigami Women's Institute.
** Ukitake is a LongHairedPrettyBoy.
** Ishida Uryuu has a very slender, delicate build and an exceptionally fair complexion for a male character. He takes after his father Ryuuken, who is a SilverFox was his school's heartthrob when he was Uryuu's age.
** Ichigo is also a bishōnen, ''especially'' [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow when his hair starts growing]].
%%** Aizen is bishōnen.
** In chapter 409, [[spoiler:Tensa Zangetsu reveals himself for the first time and he's as bishōnen as it gets]]. Yes, even [[spoiler:Zangetsu]] didn't escape.
%%** Also, Szayel Aporro Granz.
%%** Shukuro Tsukishima.
%%** Gin.
%%** [[FillerVillain Muramasa]], the BigBad of the Zanpakuto Strange Tales Arc.
%%** [[FillerVillain Ouko Yushima]] from the Invading Army Arc.
** The end of chapter 670 gives us [[spoiler:our young Toshiro Hitsugaya all grown up so he can use the full potential of his Bankai.]]
** Jugram Haschwalth of Vandenreich is a blonde LongHairedPrettyBoy with pale skin, narrow green eyes, and a tall, slim build. He looks delicate but he could stand within close proximity of Yamamoto's bankai without flinching.
%%* Solomon Goldsmith from ''Anime/BloodPlus''.
* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'':
** Ryousuke is so pretty that [[DudeLooksLikeALady he could pass for a girl]] in elementary.
** Satoshi was originally a WholesomeCrossdresser but hit a growth spurt, started dressing masculinely, and became the biggest bishie in the series. He even has BishieSparkles.
* ''Manga/Brave10'': Rokuro is so good-looking he gets called things like "the handsome page" "the beautiful lad" and just plain "bishōnen" [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep instead of his name]] at various points. Rokuro, of course, thinks his features are very manly.
%%** Saizo
%%** Sasuke
%%** Kamanosuke
%%** Hanzo
%%** Seikai
%%** Benmaru
%%* ''LightNovel/BrothersConflict'':
%%** Ema's [[MassiveNumberedSiblings thirteen]] stepbrothers
%%** Wataru might not count yet, considering the fact that he's only 10, but will likely grow into this trope when older.
%%* Many of the male characters in ''Manga/ChibisanDate''.
* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'':
** Joshua Christopher is quite thin, even implied to look underweight at one point, has pale blond hair and blue eyes, and looks quite a bit like his sister.
** Aion is actually quite muscular when he takes off his BadassLongCoat, but his long, white hair does a lot to give him an edge of androgynous beauty.
** In Chrono's true form, he's a bit rough around the edges and his outfit goes out of the way to highlight his muscular chest, but in his SleepModeSize, he's got longer hair and looks much younger and thus cuter. However, he still has moments of looking quite pretty in his true form, and a flashback in the manga shows him with long hair.
%%* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'':
%%** Isley of the North.
%%** Rigald.
%%* All the students in ''Manga/ClusterEdge''.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has character design by Creator/{{CLAMP}} so it's not too surprising the whole show is full of them with very few more average or even ugly guys (and most of the ugly ones are also unpleasant people). Some stand out examples are [[AntiHero Lelouch]], [[AcePilot Suzaku]], [[KnightInShiningArmor Xingke]], and [[BunnyEarsLawyer Gino]].
* ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'': All the men are very pretty, except Barbossa.
* ''Manga/CuteDevil'':
** Akiyoshi is often told that he is "cute" or "pretty", and this caused him to develop an inferiority complex.
** Naruse is also incredibly {{bishōnen}}, to the point of being a DudeLooksLikeALady.
* Every character who isn't a MentorMascot in ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove''. Goura, brother to TheHero, is an inversion. There's also a [[ShapedLikeItself bishōnen]] [[MonsterOfTheWeek monster]] but this is a zigzag because his [[{{Gonk}} original form]] looks like [[Manga/MyLoveStory Takeo]] and his monster form looks like a 60s version of a bishōnen.
* Benten from ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808''. Yes, he ''does'' wear lipstick and paint his nails. No, he isn't a {{Crossdresser}}.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
** Light Yagami. The contrast between him and L are [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] a bit in Episode 9, when they’re giving a university entrance speech together:
---> '''Girl 1''': I sure like the guy on the right [L].\\
'''Girl 2:''' What–?! You’re weird. Most people would choose the one on the left [Light].
%%** Mello
%%** Near
%%** Mikami
%%** Matsuda
%%** Gevanni
%%** Matt
%%** Namikawa.
** Ryuk had delicate features in his original design before the creators decided that his looking more interesting than Light could cause fans to ignore Light's character.
%%* Most of the guys in ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness''.
%%* Shoei and Hinata from ''Manga/DesireClimax'' are both very pretty.
* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', Eisuke Hondou gets an "You would have been a cute girl in [[BreakingTheFourthWall a manga]]" from Sonoko, even if that might be mostly because of his behavior rather than his ''very'' feminine appearance.
* ''Manga/DGrayMan'': Allen is prettier than a ''lot'' of the girls in the series.
%%** Lavi
%%** [[EvilIsSexy Tyki]]
%%** [[TallDarkAndSnarky Kanda]]
%%* Loki, Caesar, Cain, and Adel of ''Manga/DawnOfTheArcana''.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** Both Ishida Yamato and Ichijouji Ken of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' fall into this category. Their actual looks are never commented upon, but one figures that this is at least partially why they are [[MrFanservice fangirl bait]], both in and out of the show. Also lampshaded in an Audio Drama. In the series themselves Yamato, notably, had a... considerably older woman try to pick him up when he was ''eleven'', while in one episode of zero two, Gabumon lampshades this by saying "Yamato isn't the only heartthrob here" when Ken was hit on by a very young girl.
** To a lesser extent, Takeru, Yamato's little brother, seems to gain some level of bishōnen in him when he turned eleven himself. An episode of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' showed a fair number of girls--[[ShipTease Hikari among them]]--practically swooning over him when he was showing off his basketball skills.
** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', pretty much ''all'' of the boys have this aesthetic to them. Yamato/Matt and Takeru/TK (the latter is even shown to have invited a couple of female admirers to the former's concert) seem to be the ones who were drawn this way on purpose, but [[TheLeader Taichi/Tai]], [[HollywoodNerd Koushiro/Izzy]] and even [[TeamDad Joe]] have also gotten quite pretty as well. [[TheChick Mimi]] lampshades this in regards to Tai and Matt, mentioning that they've grown to be quite attractive (with [[TeamMom Sora]] blushing in response). Heck, even Tai's ''teacher'' is pretty!
** Thoma H. Norstein, from ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' has this kind of look to him.
** Several humanoid Digimon themselves have this as an aesthetic, appearing as young attractive human males. Examples are Angemon, his evolution [=HolyAngemon=] and Vamdemon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and Lucemon Falldown Mode from ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''.
** Mainly the main human characters from ''Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters'' have this trope.
%%* Most of the male characters in ''Manga/DNAngel''.
* ''Anime/Dororo2019'': Hyakkimaru is basically a living Asian ball-jointed doll, with glossy long black hair, pale skin, fine features and a slender build.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** General Blue from original ''Manga/DragonBall'' is similar to Zarbon but takes a step further being an outright homosexual.
** Future Trunks, Zarbon, Android 17, and Jeice of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
*** Zarbon, in particular, is TheFightingNarcissist; [[OneWingedAngel his true form]] is not pretty at all, to the extent he dislikes to transform into it, handicapping himself in battle.
** Non-canon Saucer from ''Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge'' actually had a rivalry with Jeice over whose stronger ''and prettier''.
** Angela from ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug'' is a pastiche of Zarbon, in the ''Creator/TeamFourStar'' parody he names himself the "pretty one" of the QuirkyMiniBossSquad.
--->'''Piccolo''': Ha, [[OnAScalefromOnetoTen six out of ten]].\\
'''Angela''': (in a effeminate voice) You sassy bitch.
** Caroni, one of Mr. Satan's two disciples during the Cell Fight, is a drop gorgeous man with long blonde hair. Heck, he even carries roses!
** Jewel from the Buu saga is a classic LongHairedPrettyBoy and narcissistic ladies man, who is effortlessly defeated by Android 18 after she rejects his advances.
** In the Ocean dub, Burter describes Goku to Jeice this way. "If it weren't for you being short and orange, I'd say he was the better-looking guy."
** Played straight in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' with a lot of Core People aka Supreme Kais e.g Shin, Anat, Kuru, Elder Kai (before he fused with a witch), Cae and especially Zamasu who's an omnicidal [[TheFightingNarcissist narcissist]].
** Some of the male Angels Attendants such as Sour, Korn, Whis and Grand Minister also play this straight being very androgynous. Even the other less effeminate Attendants have the same long eyelashes typically seen on female characters. Whis in particular takes this a step further being AmbiguouslyGay.
* Hakuoh of ''Anime/DuelMasters'' has to be one of the bishiest, with his slender build and long, flowing, silvery-blue hair.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': Kasuka, Izaya (unfortunately), and Shinra. And then there's Mikado, Kida, Aoba, Seiji, Tanaka Tom, Walker, Shijima, Chikage and...[[HotforStudent Nasujima-sensei]]. Also Unfortunately.
%%** Ryo Takigutchi.
* Akira Takizawa from ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' is a prime example of this trope, yet much more realistic than some others.
* ''Manga/ElfenLied'': Nousou. Kurama is a borderline example, but is an older man and later grows a BeardOfSorrow.
* Baskerville and [[{{Meganekko}} Alternate]] in ''Manga/EtCetera'' are quite pretty, helped by Baskerville's long blond hair and Alternate's slim figure and monocle.
* Il Palazzo of ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' is very pretty and has long, silver hair.
* Although ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' has a good amount of beefcakes, there's also Kisaragi, Kakei, Mizumachi, Akaba, Sakuraba, Harao, and maybe even Taka.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** Zeref is revealed to be this after they spend 200 chapters building him up as some great ancient evil. ExpectingSomeoneTaller, or at least older looking, is in full swing here.
** We also have Freed of the Raijinshuu, Laxus' second-in-command.
* Bedivere from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' looks and sounds so much like a woman in fact that in a series where King Arthur was revealed to actually be a [[SweetPollyOliver woman in disguise]], many fans at first believed him to simply have undergone the same fate. But, no. He's just pretty.
* Lancer of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' (aka [[Myth/CelticMythology Diarmuid Ua Duibhne]]) takes prettiness up to the realm of being a superpower - literally. Unfortunately, [[SoBeautifulItsACurse supernatural levels of beauty does not mix well]] with [[MurderTheHypotenuse jealous lords and their smitten fiances]].
* Mikagami Tokiya from ''Manga/FlameOfRecca''. He doesn't like being mistaken for a girl, though.
* All the male characters introduced so far in Creator/KyotoAnimation's anime ''Anime/{{Free}}''. They are more muscular (which is due to their athletic activities) than the standard.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** Yuki Sohma is the most prominent example, being very popular at school for his good looks. This also applies to all of the male Sohmas, particularly Momiji, Ritsu, and Ayame. Momiji even wears the girls' school uniform with shorts because "it looks cuter on him", while Ritsu [[WholesomeCrossdresser wears female clothing]] because of an inferiority complex the size of Antarctica. Ayame, on the other hand, is...just special. Akito also qualifies in the 2001 anime, [[spoiler:although in the manga and 2019 anime Akito is a [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender different story]] altogether]].
** The main character, Tohru Honda, remarks that the Sohmas are a family of "princes". And towards the end of the manga's run, even Momiji graduates to pure bishōnen status with a growth spurt and switch to the boy's uniform.
* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** May Chang's fantasies about Edward Elric depict him as a dashing, slender PrinceCharming. While Ed isn't bad-looking by any means, he's drawn to be more handsome than pretty, having a muscular body and fairly masculine-looking face despite his short height. In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], his design leans closer towards being a bishōnen as he lacks his manga counterpart's more pronounced jawline and has a slightly more slender build.
** Parodied with Major Alex Armstrong. He has BishieSparkles, hairlessness, beauty, deep voice, and vanity, but he's also a muscular, [[TheBigGuy oversized]] [[BoisterousBruiser bodybuilder]], who constantly [[ChewingTheScenery flexes]] and [[LargeHam lacks an indoor voice]].
** Father's final form after absorbing Truth is a slender adolescent Hohenheim with [[LongHairedPrettyBoy waist-length blond hair]] and delicate features.
** In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime]], Roy actually ''sparkles'' during his "Flame vs. Fullmetal" duel with Ed - a trait usually reserved for Armstrong.
** Scar in the 2003 anime is younger and [[AdaptationalAttractiveness more handsome]] than in the manga.
* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' brings us Kurz, who was even a former model. Then, we've got Leonardo. And, of course, [[ChasteHero Sousuke]], in an UnkemptBeauty sort of way.
* Just about every male character from ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. Most of their brothers from other Creator/YuuWatase manga are bishies as well. It's ''Yuu Watase'', what do you expect?
%%* ''Manga/FutureDiary'': Yuki and Akise.
%%* ''Manga/GameXRush'': Memori and Yuuki.
%%* ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'': Franz, Albert, and especially Andrea.
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'': The paragon of HotBlooded manliness he may be, Gai Shishio is still too pretty to be male.
* Kousaka from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''. The most feminine-looking male club member, he is the only one with a girlfriend in the beginning, let alone a sex life.
* Most of the male characters in ''Manga/GetBackers'', but Kazuki takes it to [[DudeLooksLikeALady almost painful levels]].
* ''Anime/GhostHound'': the entire male cast for the most part, especially Tarou, who is downright {{Moe}}.
* ''Manga/GhostHunt'': almost all of the male characters. Lin, Naru, Bou-san, even John are bishōnens, pretty boys, handsome, etc, etc...you watch a video of ''Ghost Hunt'' on Website/YouTube, scroll through the comments, and you will find a lot of fangirling female users.
%%* Sougo Okita, [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Kotarou Katsura]], and Kamui of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''.
%%* Every guy from ''Manga/{{Gravitation}}'', especially Yuki and Shuichi.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** Even in the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Char stands out as a pretty boy, notable because the art style of the time rendered almost every other character {{Gonk}}. The only character to rival his bishōnen-ness is Garma.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', in particular, was full of them. And among the ''Gundam Wing'' bishie brigade, Quatre Winner deserves special mention. A slim, platinum-blond Berber. Needless to say, you can find a fairly large amount of fanart of him.
*** Protagonist Heero Yuy also deserves a mention, since WordOfGod admitted that his appearance was inspired by a Japanese ''actress'', Yuki Uchida.
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' has George [=De=]Sand from Neo France, operator of Gundam Rose.
** Kamille Bidan, the main protagonist of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''.
** Almost all of the male cast in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', oh ho ho. Apparently, every male under the age of 35 will be absolutely gorgeous in the 24th century, in addition to shrinking their shirts in the dryer to show off their buff figures. Then again, this was pretty well predicted the second they announced that [[{{Manga/Loveless}} Yun Koga]] would be designing ''00'''s cast.
** We also need to mention ''Anime/TurnAGundam'''s Loran, who was quite possibly one [[ExecutiveMeddling editorial mandate]] away from being a full-blown woman.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''. While he's too old to count as a bishōnen, Char Aznable looks far more like a pretty boy than he did in earlier series, this makes him Biseinen.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hakuouki}}'' is ''full'' of effeminate pretty-boys. The ''entire series'' is basically a [[HaremGenre reverse harem]].
%%* Numerous male characters in ''Literature/HalfPrince''.
%%* ''Manga/HanaNoKishi'': Ibara, Saiki, Houjou, and Midori.
* A rare non-human and animal example would be the adult rabbits Rambler and Luna from the ''Manga/HappyHappyClover'' manga series. Helps that Rambler is voiced by Creator/TakehitoKoyasu in the 2007 anime. There is was one attractive looking teenager boy seen twice in the manga, which is the first human Clover encounters and befriends. However, she keeps this a secret to the other citizens of Crescent Forest.
* Itsuki Koizumi in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''. That is, in a Brigade of crazy people, with a cynical DeadpanSnarker who constantly tells him that no one cares about him. He probably just ''appears'' to be one, but he sure seems to make most women blush. As Kyon puts it, 'A face I wouldn't introduce to my girlfriend'.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'':
** Appearance-wise, Luke is a sophisticated pretty boy.
** Schrodinger appears to be this being an effeminate [[UnusualEars cat-eared]] German boy.
** It’s shown in flashbacks that Walter was this [[IWasQuiteALooker when he was young]]. [[spoiler: When Walter has a HeelFaceTurn to Millennium he artificially regains his pretty looks, Alucard however spites him and [[DefiedTrope this trope]] saying Walter was “trillions times more beautiful” as an old man]].
** Alucard himself can able to [[GenderBender swap gender]] at will. He is interesting example as he can go from pretty [[GameFace to monstrous in seconds]].
* Tamamo from ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' gets away with lots of things that Nube is beaten up for just because he is a bishōnen.
%%* Kisaragi Shun in ''Manga/HereIsGreenwood''.
* Joey from ''Manga/{{Heroman}}''... well, let's just say that just about everyone [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistook him]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady for a girl]] at first. Psy, too.
* Many characters in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' are actually ''mislabeled'' as this (and the fanart doesn't help); the art style is very PuniPlush, thus the majority of the male designs are simply {{moe}}. The ones that aren't moe usually fall more into the {{hunk}} category (and even then, there's overlap) and there are even a few {{bara}}-type characters, such as Turkey. The purest bishōnen in the series would be [[PrincelyYoungMan Austria]].
%%* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Yuuto Kiba.
%%* ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'': Hideaki Asaba and Soichiro Arima.
%%* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Hisoka, despite also being a MonsterClown. Less unusually, Kurapika and Shaiapouf.
%%* ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}'': Houtarou, Satoshi, Masashi, Jirou, and Muneyoshi.

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%%* Most of the male cast of ''Manga/IkokuIrokoiRomantan''.
%%* Most of the male characters in ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'', but especially Mikael.
%%* Many male characters from ''Manga/InazumaEleven'' are quite good-looking, especially Kazemaru, Aphrodi, Sakuma and Edgar.
%%* ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'': Keita and Hake, as well as most other male characters who aren't macho or {{Gonk}}.
%%* A number of male characters from ''Manga/InuYasha'', including Sesshomaru, Naraku, etc.
%%* ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'' has a CastFullOfPrettyBoys - Miketsukami Soushi being in the spotlight.
* Katori, Dom, and the nameless terrorist from the second episode (who is mentioned because his prettiness is a ''plot point'') from ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor''.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Character designs for most men [[WorldOfMuscleMen were a bit different at the start]], but with ArtEvolution this slowly became the standard, with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondisUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata]] notably beginning as the former and ending his part as the latter.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
*** Noriaki Kakyoin is only this compared to the rest of the Crusaders due to being the shortest and the least buff. That said, he's just as youthful, slender, and delicate-looking in [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/9/92/List12l.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140904013459 Araki's new artstyle]].
*** Similarly, Jotaro Kujo's appearance in Araki's new artstyle is startlingly effeminate; he even sports [[https://images.app.goo.gl/WYaosRu5U4HyK7Gk9 painted nails and lipstick]].
*** Rubber Soul, whose good looks are a major factor into his [[{{Narcissist}} narcissism]].
*** Steely Dan, which is fitting, considering his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] is [[TarotMotifs The Lovers]].
** Mikitaka Hazekura from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' is this, ''especially'' after ArtEvolution kicks in.
** Thanks to ArtEvolution, just about '''''[[CastFullOfPrettyBoys everyone]]''''' in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' is this, most notably Narancia, [[DudeLooksLikeALady whose appearance makes it easy to mistake him for a girl]].
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'':
*** Johnny Joestar is probably the most androgynous looking of the [=JoJos=].
*** Diego Brando, who's just as good looking as his [[AlternateUniverse Original Universe counterpart]], but much slimmer.
*** Dr. Ferdinand, who's so effeminate in appearance that one could easily mistake him for a woman upon first glance.
* There is a lot of focus on people's looks in ''Manga/JyuOhSei'', despite the action being set mostly on a jungle planet with vicious plants and a murderous climate that's used as a prison for criminals.
%%* ''[[Anime/{{K}} K Project]]'' is full of it thanks to its CastFullOfPrettyBoys.
%%* ''Manga/KaguyaHime'': many, if not most of the male cast; in particular, Yui and movie star Brett Miller. Nobuo is a very notable aversion.
%%* Leon Oswald and Yuri Killian in ''Anime/KaleidoStar''.
%%* ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' has quite a few. To start off you have Kurama along with Tomoe and Mizuki
* ''Manga/KamisamaDolls'' has Aki Kuga, who also has a tendency to get kidnapped by crazy girls.
%%* ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'': Natsuru Senou in his [[GenderBender male form]].
%%* ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'': most of the doji. Also, Murayama and Rune.
%%* ''Manga/KarateShoukoushiKohinataMinoru'' has the pretty boy protagonist, Minoru.
%%* Ren from ''Manga/{{Karin}}''.
%%* ''Manga/{{Karneval}}'': Most of the guys introduced, including 99% of the main male cast.
%%* A good portion of the cast of ''Manga/KazeToKiNoUta'', but Gilbert and Rosemarine deserve special mention.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** Christopher Eclair, a French assassin.
** It's also revealed that Kensei Ma [[IWasQuiteALooker used to be one.]]
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'':
** Compared to his two male companions, Inumuta has a lighter build and far less muscle, but still possesses a handsome face.
** Aikuro Mikisugi can transform into one at will. Taken to ridiculous extremes as it's always accompanied by [[MrFanservice stripping and sparkles]].
** Shiro Iori is short, slender, and has [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long, wavy blonde hair]].
* ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'': Kazehaya, and the female side of the school is very aware of this. Ryu and Kento also count.
* Reiji from ''Kodomo no Jikan'', especially in the anime. Of course, he's a [[KissingCousins seriously]] [[WifeHusbandry fucked]]-[[ReplacementGoldfish up]] bishōnen.
%%* Akito and Naozumi from ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}''.
* ''Manga/KOn'': There are actually some fairly good-looking male background characters]], considering the cute art style.
* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'':
** Wolfram is ''very'' pretty (he looks almost exactly like his mother), a definite bishōnen. In fact, Yuuri's immediate reaction upon seeing him for the first time is simply to stare in awe and call him exactly that.
%%** Also, Saralegui.
%%** Then there's every guy in Yuuri's "harem", plus Yuuri himself.
* ''Manga/TheLegendOfKoizumi'':
** Pietro, the white knight serving under the pope. He comes complete with accompanying {{Bishie Sparkle}}s when he first appears.
** UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is such a bishōnen that his {{Bishie Sparkle}}s [[http://iforce.co.nz/i/r4rsec5t.3ia.jpg have the ability to hypnotize people into worshipping him]] He can also (in a pinch) [[http://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1340/68/1340688895127.png go Super Aryan]]
* A good amount of the male characters in ''Manga/{{Loveless}}''. Ritsuka is even stated to be very pretty, like a girl.
* Otani, Kohori, Suzuki, Haruka, and, without a doubt, Maitake and Seiko from ''Manga/LovelyComplex''.
* This is a defining characteristic of the darkly influential villain of the short horror manga ''Manga/LovesickDead'', with his beauty being turned into part of his title.
* ''Manga/LycheeLightClub'' has a CastFullOfPrettyBoys - with a strong [[{{Gorn}} lack of fanservice]].
* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'':
** Maximilian Jenius in both ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and ''Anime/Macross7'' (despite being old enough to have grown children in the latter).
** Lynn Kaifun and Conda Bromco, also from ''SDF Macross''.
** Justified and repeatedly lampshaded in ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' 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 specialized in female performances. A particularly obvious lampshade is his nickname of 'Hime' or 'princess' cause he is just so darn pretty.
%%** Several of the Aerial Knights in ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' are very much this.
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' may be directed toward a {{Seinen}} demographic, with an ImprobablyFemaleCast, but even it has its share of bishies, such as [[HotLibrarian Yuuno Scrya]] and [[BadassInANiceSuit Verossa Acous]]. Yuuno, in particular, [[ViewerGenderConfusion was mistaken for a girl by many viewers]] when he first appeared.
** In ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', we can add former CheerfulChild Erio to that list. Seriously.
* Aburatsubo from ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' is tall, has long red hair, and is gorgeous...with the requisite legion of fan-girls expected for any bishōnen. The only problem for the fangirls is that he's gay and in love with the main character, Takeo.
* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'': [[PrincelyYoungMan Titus Alexius]]. Lampshaded, when [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Aladdin]] ignores his outstretched hand and instead starts to fondle his chest. He then calmly explains that, between his soft voice and butt, he assumed that Titus had to actually be a girl. Unfortunately, it turns out that Titus' feminine appearance is actually his BerserkButton, likely because [[spoiler:it [[CloningBlues reminds him]] that's he's an OppositeSexClone of Scheherazade]].
* ''Manga/MaidSama'':
** Usui, when he makes the effort, and his half brother, Gerard Walker, who looks like an older and more polished version of him. One could also make a case for Tora Igarashi and Kuuga.
** Soichiro Kanou, too, if he had any confidence in himself, could likely pull this off. Also: a number of fangirls consider The Idiot Trio to be this, on the rare occasions when they're drawn normally.
* ''Manga/MamotteShugogetten'': Izumo and Tasuke. Arguably Takashi as well.
* Many characters of ''Manga/{{MAR}}'', on both sides of the good/evil divide. Alvis and Nanashi are this, combined with the headband of eye-covering. Every once-in-a-while, they even comment on it in-universe.
* Kei, Michael (anime-only characters), Yuu, Satoshi, and arguably Ginta in ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy''.
* '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler''' is drawn this way in the manga version of ''Mein Kampf''. [[RefugeInAudacity It's hard to tell which is the most absurd]]; Hitler being portrayed as a Bishōnen, or that there exists a ''Mein Kampf'' manga.
* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' provides plenty of bishōnen fanservice. The fact that practically every day is a BeachEpisode helps.
* ''Anime/MetalFightBeyblade'': Being tanned doesn't stop Tsubasa Otori from being a bishōnen.
* Takaya Ohgi and Nobutsuna Naoe in ''LightNovel/MirageOfBlaze''.
* Most of the guys from ''Manga/MonochromeFactor'', especially Shirogane, Akira, and Kou.
* Kusuriuri/the Medicine Seller from ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}''. Even his manner of dress combines gender conventions, and characters in the series make note of how attractive he is.
* Johan from ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' is even explicitly stated to be beautiful by a few people. Even ''Tenma'' comments on how he has [[WhatBeautifulEyes beautiful eyes]]. It's even more noticeable when Johan dresses up as his sister and nobody can tell the difference, to the extent of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim making a male, heterosexual policeman infatuated with him]].
* Nearly every male character in ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' to date, aside from Ken and Nozaki himself. Nozaki is a bit [[{{Hunk}} overly muscled by normal standards]], to his despair (he can't use himself to model for his manga because he's not the right body type). For Ken, he's fat only when Maeno is in his life; at times he's away from Maeno he can fall into this trope as he becomes ''a lot'' skinnier. As to Nozaki's ClicheStorm {{shojo}} manga ''Let's Fall in Love'', the male protagonist Saburo Suzuki is also a classic pretty boy. In this case, this trope is invoked since it's the norm for the genre.
* Kouichi Hayama, from ''Manga/MoonlightLady'', falls into this description perfectly. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} with Io Azuma, his wife-to-be's cousin; Suzuna was hoping that Io would grow to be this (partially because of an ArrangedMarriage to him). Ultimately [[AvertedTrope averted]], as Io grew to be a limp-wristed, wide-eyed, AmbiguouslyGay "pretty boy".
* Lint, Ricalna and even Zelik when he was younger from ''Manga/MotherKeeper'' all fit this.
* Michio in ''Manga/{{MW}}''.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
** Shoto Todoroki's facial features are a bit more slender than most of the boys. Mina even refers to him as "The Preeminent Pretty Boy of the Class" at one point.
** Parodied with Yuga Aoyama. He has glossy blonde hair, thin eyebrows, glinting eyes, prominent eyelashes, and a slender build. His design is purposefully unusual as it makes him much more disturbing when he's not in his over the top persona, best demonstrated by his blank stare as he watches Midoriya sleep through his dorm room window at night.
** Downplayed with Kai Chisaki/Overhaul. He is tall and an androgynous face, with thin eyebrows, narrow eyes, prominent eyelashes, a short, narrow nose, and a pointed chin. His build, however, is actually large and muscular as seen in his ShirtlessScene, though not to the extent of All Might or Endeavor.
** Chronostasis has softer features and longer hair than those of Chisaki under his mask, making Chisaki look masculine in comparison.
* ''Manga/NabariNoOu'': most of the guys under 30.
* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': Notable examples include Haku (to DudeLooksLikeALady levels), Benten (FillerVillain to DudeLooksLikeALady levels), Yashamaru (Gaara's ViewerGenderConfusion uncle), Sasuke (Kushina mistakes him for a girl as baby), Itachi, Kakashi (with his mask off), Deidara, Sasori, Neji, Suigetsu, Kimimaro, Orochimaru (when he is not doing something gross), Kabuto, Sai, Gaara, Shikamaru, Kiba, Utakata, and the titular character himself. Naruto definitely counts, considering that he has [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman his mom]]'s AND his dad's looks, though this trope is mostly appropriate only after the TimeSkip. Also, the Fourth Hokage, aka [[spoiler:Naruto's dad]]. Naruto and his peers' kids are quite good looking too.
** Sakura especially finds bishōnen attractive, nose bleeding like crazy when she sees [[YaoiFangirl Sasuke and Sai]] making out.
* Natsume, Tanuma, Natori, ''Nishimura'' - in fact, most of the male cast of ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' qualify as bishōnen.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** It gives [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]] some magic age-up pills, turning him into one of these. He's also a dead ringer for his father, who was also a bishōnen. Albireo Imma probably counts too. Teenage Kotaro definitely counts as well.
%%** Then there's teenage Fate...
%%** And [[spoiler:Dynamis. Yes, really.]]
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
** The character designer [[http://www.evamonkey.com/writings_sadamoto01.php wrote that he designed Shinji to be a delicate/vulnerable-looking bishōnen]].
** Kaworu is a bishōnen of legendary proportions.
* Nezumi and Shion from ''LightNovel/{{No6}}'', especially Nezumi, who even dresses up as a girl in episode 5 and is rather convincing, too.
* General Rivan of ''Manga/{{Nora}}'', and probably Kazuma to [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys certain readers]].
* ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan'' has lots of bishōnen. Night Rikuo, Young Nurarihyon, Rihan, Kurotabou, Kuromaru, Tosakamaru, Keikain Mamiru, Shoukera, Yanagida, Kubinashi, and revived Seimei.
* Nozomu and Dewey from ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' both count. Nozomu is taller and more attractive than the boyish, "normal" looking Seiya and Dewey has long hair and soft features. Nozomu's bishōnen looks get lampshaded when a jealous Seiya calls him "slightly effeminate".
%%* ''Manga/OkaneGaNai'': Yukiya Ayase.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Sanji recently has been beating people ''pretty''. His first victim, a hideous Wanze, was [[RapidFireFisticuffs rapidly]] kicked across the face until he became (to his horror) this trope. Later, when fighting his bounty poster look-alike Duval, Sanji does this again much to his foe's joy.
** PlayedForLaughs in regards to Boa Hancock's ''massive'' crush on Luffy. While not usually drawn as such, Hancock's romantic fantasies have him as a tan young boy with a full BishieSparkle and brown glinting eyes, as well as speaking with a more mature voice than he actually speaks with.
** Cavendish has a tall, slender yet muscular build, fair skin, [[LongHairedPrettyBoy armpit length]] blonde hair in RegalRinglets, the BishieSparkle, and glinting eyes, the last of which is a trait commonly used only for female characters.
** In-Universe, [[BeastMan Carrot]]'s drawings have males such as Luffy, Sanji, Pedro and even Brook with delicate features.
* ''Manga/{{Otomen}}'': the main male characters, especially Asuka, Juta, and Tonomine, whose looks are often commented on. Even Kurokawa can count, if his eyes showed up a lot more.
* Basically, all male characters from ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', and [[WholesomeCrossdresser one of the females]]. Tamaki (see picture) slightly subverts the usual cool-headed bishie stereotype by being a blithering (but lovable) idiot, and manages to be both the male lead and comic relief.
* Harry from ''Manga/OutlawStar'' even ties his hair with a big, pretty bow. Fred Luo, too.
* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'':
%%** Jack, Vincent, [[{{Uke}} Gilbert]], and Break.
%%** Most other young-ish male characters also count, like Oz, Elliot, and Leo. [[spoiler:And the latter even more so after an ImportantHaircut.]]
** A notable example is Liam; the fact that no male or female pronouns were ever used to refer to him for some time didn't help. They fixed this in the anime, however, giving him less feminine features and a decidedly male voice.
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''. [[spoiler:Brief]] is one of these, once his [[BlindingBangs bangs]] are slicked back.
%%* George from ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'', among many others.
%%* ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane'': 99% of the characters are bishōnen.
%%* Toji, Kairi, Jigoro, and Ryo from ''Anime/PeachGirl''.
* ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'': Most of the guys. Main character Shouma is even one of these ''despite'' being teased by others that he's [[HollywoodHomely plain looking]].
* Jeeves and Bertie Wooster get this treatment in ''Please, Jeeves''; Bertie becomes a PrincelyYoungMan with golden hair while Jeeves is TallDarkAndHandsome.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Cilan, who was being subject to ''Ouran'' comparisons before HilariousInHindsight [[Creator/MamoruMiyano kicked in]].
** [[PowerTrio Cilan and Chili, Cilan]]'s brothers, as well as Cheren also appear, though their roles are much more minor.
** Like in the games, [[OneLetterName N]] also fits on this trope.
** James from Team Rocket seems to be a comedic parody of bishōnen as well.
* The four older knights in ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' are examples of this trope, ''particularly'' Kei. Goh is borderline, but he makes up for it by baring his midriff in his knight outfit.
* A majority of the male cast of ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', but especially Seiichi Yukimura, Rikkaidai's [[spoiler:KnightTemplar MagnificentBastard once [[IllBoy ill captain]].]]
* All of the main characters in ''Manga/PrincessPrincess''. Yuujirou, Mikoto, and Tooru being bishies is basically the whole point of the anime. They're princesses because they're bishies.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'':
** Mytho is slender, has large eyes, eyelashes thicker than Duck's, and thin lips.
%%** Parodied with Femio.
* The titular Yakumo from ''Manga/PsychicDetectiveYakumo'' 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.
* ''Manga/{{Psyren}}'': Oboro, Haruhiko, Junas, Miroku, Shiner, Kabuto, and Shao as an adult.

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* ''Anime/RahXephon'':
** Ayato Kamina from is pretty enough that he'd probably not look out of place in a dress.
** There's also [[HotScientist Dr. Itsuki]] (who bears a suspicious resemblance to the above-mentioned Rossiu) and Souichi Yagumo (who bears a suspicious resemblance to his own ''girlfriend'', Kim).
* Parodied in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Mousse is a strikingly handsome androgynous male, until he puts on his [[OpaqueNerdGlasses Opaque Nerd Glasses]], it's probably the reason he doesn't like to wear them. His personality is that of a clumsy dork either way.
** An anime-only episode featured Sotatsu Kikei'ien, a [[MartialArtsForMundanePurposes martial artist calligrapher]], who entire crowds of people started admiring due to how bishounen he was. Whenever he laughed, though, his good looks completely vanished, eventually causing all his fans to turn on him.
* ''Every single male main character'' in post-ArtEvolution ''Manga/Reborn2004'', plus 99% of the villains and side cast. This is the most common trope on the [[Characters/Reborn2004 character page]].
* ''Manga/RedRiver1995'': there are about four male characters in the entire series that don't fit this trope. The artwork is ViewerGenderConfusion incarnate.
* Henry is very much this in ''Manga/RequiemOfTheRoseKing'' as well several other male characters.
* Miki Kaoru from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is mentioned to be one by Utena in the preview of the episode of his first appearance. Also, practically every guy in the cast.
* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' has Ginei, Hokuto, Kiria, Fong-Fong, and, after ArtEvolution, Tsukune.
* Many of the characters from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', especially the titular character, Mr. Pretty Boy Swordsman himself. Depending on the quality of the animation in an episode of the anime, particularly in the later episodes of the series, and you know, just about all the time in the manga, Kenshin is very pretty despite the fact that he's a terrifyingly powerful swordsman who even the manliest of men are afraid of. It doesn't help that, towards the end of the manga and in most of the official artwork, his hair always looks extremely long and flows like a bunch of ribbons. I rest my case. And even more so in the Trust & Betrayal and Reflections OVAS. And then, you know, there's Soujiro, Aoshi, Sanosuke, and, heck, even Hiko qualifies, although he's pretty manly.
* The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Shitennou]] in the first season of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', Mamoru Chiba, Ali of the Doom Tree arc, Prince Diamond and Sapphire in ''Sailor Moon R'', the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Amazon Trio]] in ''Super S'', and the Sailor Starlights...[[GenderBender sort of]]. In the manga, even one of the cats qualifies for this with his long-haired, midriff exposing human form. The cat in question (Artemis) is even named for a goddess.
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' has a CastFullOfPrettyBoys. From Andromeda Shun to Virgo Shaka to Pisces Aphrodite ([[GenderBlenderName yes, that's a guy]]), the place is a bishōnen gold mine. See ViewerGenderConfusion for more details.
** And in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', [[SpinOffspring Dragon Shiryu's son, Ryuhou]], is often compared to Shun, and for good reason.
* Many characters from ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'', including but not limited to Hotaru, Shinrei, Hishigi (technically a Biseinen, as he's physically about 30), and Akira.
* Masayoshi of ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco''. Fittingly, he works as a model[=/=]TeenIdol because he has no other skills besides his good looks.
* Kyuzo in ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' 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.
* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': Nozomu Itoshiki and his brother Mikoto. Also, four of his only known male students: Jun Kudou, Kuniya Kino, Aoyama, and Haga.
* Almost every male character in ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}''. The four main characters are these, of course, but also Kougaiji, Dokugakuji, Hazel, Koumyu, and Ni Jian-Yi/Ukoku.
* Though the artist's style is such all the male characters in ''Manga/TheSecretAgreement'' look pretty good, in-story, Iori is singled out as being an incredible beauty for a man.
* Numerous guys qualify in ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' but Yuuji, Ferid, Crowley, Lacus Welt, and especially Mika are particularly notable.
%%* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Saburo
* Most of the males in ''Manga/ShugoChara'' are known for their Bishieness.
** Nagihiko Fujisaki takes the Bishie Ribbon in the world of ''Shugo Chara''. When Hinamori first meets Nagihiko, he is actually posing as his female alter ego, Nadeshiko. Why is this boy posing as a girl? The Fujisaki family tradition is for the males to pose as females to learn the ways of Japanese Dancing.
** During the series, Nadeshiko tells Amu that 'she' and Nagihiko are twins (the rest of the Guardians know about Nagi and Nade, but Amu Hinamori doesn't). It's not until late in the series that Nagi reveals the truth to Amu.
** Nagihiko even has a female Shugo Chara named Temari, which he can Character Transform into Yamato Maihime.
%%** TallDarkAndSnarky Tsukiyomi Ikuto.
* The entire male cast of ''Anime/{{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.
%%* ''Manga/SkipBeat'': Shoutarou "Shou" Fuwa and Ren Tsuruga.
%%* Death the Kid, Gopher, and Kishin Asura from ''Manga/SoulEater''.
* ''Manga/SpecialA'': you'd think a beauty contest was part of the Special A qualifying exam, looking at the male cast. The [[BishoujoSeries girls]], too, unsurprisingly, since a beauty exam is almost mandatory to be part of most {{Shoujo}} casts.
%%* Eyes Rutherford in ''Manga/{{Spiral}}''.
* ''Anime/StarDriver'': Takuto Tsunashi. "Galactic Bishōnen" isn't a nickname; it's his ''official title as the ChosenOne''
** Oh, it's not just Takuto; technically from a certain point on every pilot is called "Galactic Pretty Boy", and it shows. You know you're there when even the main character's father is one.
* None of the main cast of ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent'', but Junpei's rivals definitely qualify:
** Okusa, a classic pretty-boy, and Junpei's middle school friend. He attempts to steal Tsukasa away from Junpei via a double date with Yui, although his attempts to charm her [[NotDistractedbytheSexy go unacknowledged,]] much to his chagrin.
** Higure, the tall, dark, handsome, world-famous pastry chef. His grandmother owns the shop where Tsukasa works. He is the main attraction whenever he returns to work from his travels abroad, and while he has fallen for Tsukasa, he understands that she would rather be with Junpei.
** Surprisingly enough, [[spoiler:Junpei has become one in the DistantFinale]].
%%* ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' gives us Ken Sugisaki and ''especially'' Nakameguro.
%%* A good amount of the male characters in ''LightNovel/{{Sukisho}}'', especially Sunao.
* Kantarou Ichinomiya from ''Manga/{{Tactics}}'' is a white/very light brown? haired bishie, who is annoying and greedy, but overall a good person. He is so young looking, nobody really knows his age. It is implied that he is much older than he appears. Many other guys in it also qualify.
%%* Mochizou Ooji from ''Anime/TamakoMarket''
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** While the series is generally remembered for its more '''MANLY''' characters, after the TimeSkip, Rossiu and Simon are undeniably quite bishōnen.
** Cytomander is arguably a bishōnen as well, depending on [[YaoiFangirl who you talk to]].
%%** What about Viral?
** Kamina is a more masculine version than the standard, but he is undeniably '''pretty'''.
%%* Ichise and Touyama in ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''.
* [[{{Megane}} Barnaby]] from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' (regardless of what he is wearing, be it his battle suit with helmet off or his daily attire with glasses on)
** Ivan Karelin, Nathan's opinion is final - his face is on par with Barnaby's.
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' and its sequel, ''Tokyo Ghoul:re'', has quite a number of pretty male characters:
** Ken Kaneki himself is a prominent example, whose looks actually attract the (often unfortunate) attention of many other characters, both male and female. In fact, as Haise Sasaki in :re, he manages to pull off [[AttractiveBentGender crossdressing surprisingly well]] during an undercover operation.
** Shuu Tsukiyama is one of said admirers, being a vain, high-class ghoul who does his best to keep up appearances. Kaneki actually notes how attractive he is upon their first meeting.
** Juuzou Suzuya is often mistaken for a girl and even mocked in-universe for his feminine looks. Turns out, there's a disturbing reason for this. As a child, he was [[GroinAttack gruesomely castrated]] by his foster mother in order to keep him looking "pretty" and weak.
** Kichimura Washuu has a very soft face, even sporting a BeautyMark. This, however, serves to make him eerier considering his actions.
** Kanae von Rosewald and Tooru Mutsuki, [[spoiler:although it's because they're actually physically women hiding that fact for their own reasons.]]
* Many a ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' character, covering types from StalkerWithACrush to JerkWithAHeartOfGold to MysteriousProtector (who [[FirstGirlWins wins]]).
%%* Ren, Rito, and Zastin of ''Manga/ToLoveRu''.
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': Legato and Midvalley are the most straight examples. Vash also has a very feminine looking face with big eyes, long eyelashes, and a nose that could probably cut a brick, and Knives does too, to a lesser extent. Wolfwood has a somewhat androgynous, youthful face in the manga ([[YoungerThanTheyLook which is justified]]), but is more {{Hunk}} in the anime. Livio looks a lot like a LongHairedPrettyBoy when he debuts, but is more of a hunk after his GoodCostumeSwitch.
* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' gives us [[AmbiguouslyGay Fai D. Fluorite]] and Syaoran, [[spoiler: especially when he's [[PapaWolf aged up a bit]]]], and has quite a few famous bishōnen from other Creator/{{CLAMP}} series pop up as cameos, such as [[Manga/TokyoBabylon Subaru]], [[Manga/{{X1999}} Kamui]], [[Manga/RGVeda Yasha]], [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Yukito]], and even [[Manga/XxxHOLiC Watanuki]], to name a few.
* In ''Manga/{{Tsukigasa}}'', Azuma is none too happy about being treated like a girl because of his looks, particularly because he was raped due to his resemblance to his mother.
* Keiki in ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' is a bishōnen with white hair, who acts as Youko's MysteriousProtector.
* ''Anime/TweenyWitches'':
** [[GenderBlenderName Tiana]] is tall, slender, pale, and has delicate features, with blonde eyebrows and narrow blue eyes.
** [[spoiler:Lennon turns out to be an androgynous boy with sandy hair, smooth fair skin, a red {{Guyliner}}, thin lips, and a tall, slender figure. He's so pretty in his [[DisguisedInDrag disguise as a witch]] that Arusu and her friends mistake him for a girl until his mother corrects.]]
** Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" is a slender young boy with blonde hair, fair skin, and delicate features. Lampshaded when Arusu asks Sheila if he's a pretty boy, making Sheila get a LuminescentBlush.
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''. Rei, Lum's (former fiance) is a tall, stoic, green-haired space bishōnen who drives men to despair and women to {{squee}}. Mendou also qualifies, which is basically his most obvious difference from Ataru.
* D from ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD''. EvenTheGuysWantHim.
* With the exception of the vampire hunter Toga Yagari, absolutely all the male cast of ''Manga/VampireKnight'' are bishōnen.
* Canute from ''Manga/VinlandSaga'', so bishōnen they needed a girl to be a convincing double.
* Dilandau in ''Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne'' [[spoiler:(who is later revealed to have been a magically disguised and brainwashed girl)]]. Let's just say that most of the male cast is bishōnen, especially Allen and Van. Just look at the opening, for God's sakes!
* This is the ''entire point'' of ''Manga/TheWallflower''.
* ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' gets points for admitting it. Youji calls Omi "bishōnen" to his face in one episode, but he ain't the only one.
* Both Toboe and Kiba from ''Anime/WolfsRain'' look like Bishōnen most of the time, but are actually wolves in disguise. To go further, numerous viewers have mistaken ''both'' [[DudeLooksLikeALady for girls]]. Even the mangaka for the manga adaptation originally thought Toboe was a girl.
* Ladies and gentlemen, we would now like to present ''Manga/XMenMisfits'', wherein even ''Magneto'' is hilariously a pretty boy.
* ''Manga/YamadaTaroMonogatari'': Taro, which is a large reason why [[EvenTheGuysWantHim everyone]] thinks he's PrinceCharming. Also, Suguira, who initially views Taro as [[TheRival a rival]] of beauty.
%%* The human forms of the {{Weasel Mascot}}s in ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' are this. [[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/character/img/body_coco.jpg Coco]] and [[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/character/img/body_natts.jpg Nuts]] [[http://pics.livejournal.com/kokoda_koji/pic/00323pww take it]] [[http://blog-imgs-18.fc2.com/k/a/k/kakeru1/PRE511_08.jpg to truly]] [[http://pics.livejournal.com/kokoda_koji/pic/0031tbsd extraordinary]] [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512bchTJsbL.jpg levels.]] [[OddlyNamedSequel GoGo!]] also brings us cute little boy [[http://blog-imgs-26.fc2.com/c/v/d/cvdb/20081101232433.jpg Syrup]].
* [[{{Kitsune}} Kyubi]] from ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' is a long-haired, somewhat androgynous pretty boy in his human form. By youkai standards, he's handsome in his normal form, too.
* ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' is a CastFullOfPrettyBoys, and more than a few would count as bishōnen, but Yun repeatedly refers to himself as one during the series. He's not wrong. When they needed [[WholesomeCrossdresser someone who could pass as a beautiful girl]] to accompany Yona on an infiltration mission, Yun fit the bill perfectly.
* ''Manga/YouAndMe'': Yuki Asaba, Yuta Asaba, and Kaname Tsukahara as well as HotTeacher Koichi Azuma and his best friend, Akira.
* Several characters in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', including at least Yami Yugi, Seto Kaiba, Malik Ishtar (and how!), Ryou Bakura, Yami Bakura, Pegasus, Ryuji Otogi (aka Duke Devlin), and a number of minor supporting characters.
** ''Anime/YuGiOh'' takes this trope to such [[UpToEleven ridiculous extents]] that, chances are, if you're a major villain, you're probably going to be [[DudeLooksLikeALady very feminine in appearance!]] Not to mention, its successors both have this trope in spades as well.
** TheAbridgedSeries is loaded with jokes about this.
--->'''Marik:''' Do I look like an '''''[EFF]''''ing fangirl to you?!\\
'''Florence:''' You really don't want me to answer that.
** This also forms the basis for ContentWarnings in the episode introducing Duke Devlin.
---> '''WARNING:''' This episode contains copious amounts of Duke Devlin. Women with heart conditions are advised not to look directly at Duke Devlin. This also applies to women without heart conditions. He's very pretty. See? See how pretty he is? He's ''very'' pretty. [[EvenTheGuysWantHim I'd like to run my fingers through his hair, and I'm just a voice.]]
** [[TheBeautifulElite The Obelisk Blue]] [[ChromaticArrangement Three Geniuses]] for starters, as each of them represent a type of popular dere, starting from the [[{{Keet}} Deredere]] [[SchoolIdol Fubuki]] , the [[SugarAndIcePersonality Kuudere]] [[AloofBigBrother Ryo]], and the {{Yandere}} [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Yusuke]] in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.
%%** The Arclight brothers and Mizael from ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL''.
%%** Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri from ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' are all this.
** Yusaku from ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'' is this. [[spoiler:Kogami Ryoken, Revolver's real form, is this as well. It doesn't hurt that he was one of the deepest voices in the franchise as well.]]
* Victor Nikiforov and Yuri "Yurio" Plisetski in ''Anime/YuriOnIce''. Even Yuri Katsuki himself becomes one when [[HeCleansUpNicely he takes off his glasses and combs his hair]], although he isn't ugly before, either.
* A good third of the male cast on ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.
%%**In the case of the main team, Hiei is downplayed example (possessing fierce, angular eyes suiting his [[AntiHero personality]] but can be considered cute) while Kuwabara, is an more "manly" looking than the others, but has a brutish face and small eyes relative to the rest of the cast, but is a nicer person than the rest of his teammates, including TheHero once you get past his tough guy persona.
%%* Zofis from ''Manga/ZatchBell''.
* ''Manga/ZeroSevenGhost'': Teito, Castor, Frau, Labrador, Ayanami, Mikage...Maybe almost all of the male characters of the entire story.

!!Other examples:

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* White Phoenix from ''Animation/QinsMoon'', does not help that he gets prettier each season due to ArtEvolution. It was even lampshaded during a mini-documentary. Zhang Liang and younger Wei Zhuang qualify as well.

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* ''Roleplay/RouletteRampage Reloaded': Deconstructed with Kiyoyuki Irino. He is portrayed as handsome and girls do find him attractive for his small frame and pretty boy looks, but he thinks that he's not in his ideal type of body. As an actor, he wants to get more masculine roles to play, but he can't do it with his type of body, so he dived head long into voice acting, which allowed him to play any type of role he wanted. Combine that with his insecurities about his more popular and masculine-looking older brother and his in-game mentor figure, Tetsuo Shingen, and you've got a boy who really needs to find some measure of inner peace.
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* ''Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità'': Both Italy and Japan are this. [[RatedMForManly Germany]] noticed this, even more, when they both wore kimonos.
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* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/misakiyu misakiyu]]'s illustrations of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics, UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s son Masa [[StrongFamilyResemblance resembles]] his mother with his father's hair color, and is shown to be quite attractive. His [[spoiler:SplitPersonality Sei and adopted nephew Nobushige also fit the bill]].
** And his [[spoiler:six year old son Tsukitora (fathered by the [[PosthumousCharacter late]] Oyamada Nobushige) is a bishōnen of the RavenHairIvorySkin variety]].
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* ''Literature/AesirCrossWars'':
** Azrael wears {{Guyliner}}, has TaremeEyes, and an overall feminine appearance.
** Azazel to a lesser extent as well, with his glaring TsurimeEyes.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* Quite a few of Miyazaki's male characters, such as Haku in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' and Howl in ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''.
* ''Animation/LeafieAHenIntoTheWild'' features bishōnen ''ducks''. Wanderer has a mysterious allure and long, messy head feathers. Leafie is [[InterspeciesRomance smitten by him]] but it's unrequited.
* Mei from ''Literature/ArashiNoYoruNi'' manages to be this even though he's a non-anthro goat. He's pretty and small, which contrasts with his burly and taller best friend Gabu.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/DeathNote'': Even though Rem was a female Shinigami in the manga and anime, she was made a male in-voice-only. The rest of her feminine-looking design is kept exactly the same.
* ''Film/{{Gohatto}}'': Sōzaburō is a new recruit who joins UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi in the 1860s. He is a {{Bishonen}} straight from central casting: young, slender, smooth of chin, and very pretty, androgynously pretty, with long hair that falls over his brow. He's also an {{Uke}}. The only way that he deviates from this trope is that, in addition to being a rather feminine pretty boy, he's a badass samurai, possibly the best fighter in the regiment.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer'': Damiya is described as tall, slender, and effeminately beautiful.
* Genji in ''Literature/CloudOfSparrows'' is described as 'too pretty for a man' -- as is the character's OlderThanPrint namesake, Hikaru Genji in the ''Literature/TaleOfGenji''.
* Most of the cast in ''Literature/HalfPrince'' falls into this category. The game world requires your character to resemble you, but lets people beautify themselves, and a lot of people look very lovely in game. Prince, who is actually a girl in real life and the only person playing an opposite gender in game, ends up being the single most bishie thing in existence. Only a few main characters don't take this route, with Wolf having a more mature look in real life and making himself uglier in the game, Gui turning out to be a bishie in real life and not altering his in game appearance. Nan Gong Zui, who makes himself look like a victim of TestosteronePoisoning in game, also turns out to have a very boyish appearance in the real world.
* Alcuin from ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' has fine white hair and delicate features.
* Serph in ''Literature/QuantumDevilSagaAvatarTuner'' outright describes himself as androgynous. The narration mentions how pretty he is on a frequent basis.
* The boys in the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ttkzjn_poster.jpg starting cast]] of ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' are good-looking, but not this trope. But the characters added later mostly falls in this trope, in [[http://i.imgur.com/KbuqYQ4.jpg this cover]] we have Sunahara (lower right) and Mikado (upper left)--and the latter is officially recognized as "beautiful." The males {{spinoff}} series ''Genie Team G Jiken Note'''s [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/g_2shokai_s1.png starting cast]] mostly falls into this trope.
* ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': The "gay mage" tour companion is described as a long-haired "pretty boy" in beautiful clothing who's indicated to be quite androgynous or effeminate in appearance, and probably CampGay (at least [[AmbiguouslyGay implied to be]]).
* ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses'': This counts for a great deal of the male cast in the work, the most well known being: Narcissus, Hermaphroditus, Hyacinth, Ganymede and Adonis, and among the Olympians: Apollo, Hermes and Dionysus
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Sergei from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath''. Yasha is to an extent too, though not quite as much.
%%* Every love interest in ''VideoGame/AyakashiRomanceReborn''.
* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'': The Masked Lumen is an androgynous-looking man under his mask, with flowing, [[LongHairedPrettyBoy waist length]] platinum blonde hair, narrow eyes, thin lips, smooth pale skin, and a slender build. The impressive thing is you can tell he's one when just a ''sliver'' of his mask gets knocked off, revealing only one of his eyes and the general shape of his features around it. [[spoiler:[[ArchnemesisDad Balder]] [[IWasQuiteALooker was quite a looker]] when he was younger.]]
%%* ''VideoGame/BushidoBlade 1'' and 2 have Katze.
%%** Also, Kaun.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'':
** Alucard is one of the quintessential examples. Though mistaking him for a girl is not likely to be a problem, though, given the loving attention put into his sprite and the fact that his VA has a very, very deep voice. Ironically Alucard from his debut game ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' was as [[ProgressivelyPrettier far]] from Bishie [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTQr6ay0mKMtm5c8fyIYbplovwjNWZRhUv82vwf-9EISqj3XEk6 you can get]], it wasn't till the non-canon ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegends'' that Alucard got a [[https://bullpengirls.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/castlevania_legends___sonia.jpg prettier design]] which likely served as the basis for his iconic ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' [[https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/W6VwTbTzWB1CYHy3zJKYdc_Y0AU=/0x0:1920x1080/1200x800/filters:focal(810x243:1116x549)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61924135/sotn.0.jpg bishōnen look]].
** Ayami Kojima who did most of the later artwork for Castlevania ''really, really'' [[AuthorAppeal loves]] this trope to point where she’s responsible for '''[[ArtShift turning]] [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys every single male protagonist]]''' (and even {{Dracula}}) into a bishōnen. The only exception being Julius Belmont who is older and rugged.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
** Dante much like Leon from Resident Evil (who he was based on) just barely makes the list because while Dante is a ''very'' handsome dude (especially in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3 DMC3]] and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 DMC4]]) he's still very masculine and even a outright {{Hunk}} in his ShirtlessScene, plus he gets PermaStubble. At point in the third game Dante even admires himself in the reflection of his sword and both Nevan and [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]] call him a "handsome devil". The [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries anime]] plays this much [[http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16600000/Dante-devil-may-cry-anime-16697830-853-480.jpg straighter]] with Dante compared to the games.
** Vergil Dante's EvilTwin is pretty bishie since he's identical to his brother ([[https://media.giphy.com/media/3o85xFOGOKRnSvbqz6/giphy.gif especially with his hair down]]), though other games such as ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' make this trope more pronounced. Other games and artwork downplay this like Dante making more masculine and dignified. Ironically, both Dante and Vergil subvert the BishounenLine as their respective [[SuperMode Devil Triggers]] make them '''[[PowerUpgradingDeformation far less]]''' pretty than their base forms.
** Nero plays this straighter than Dante and Vergil being [[http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/32300000/Nero-devil-may-cry-4-32351409-1440-900.jpg very androgynous]] and even more so in the [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6d/53/64/6d5364f527fd383c3dfc14c4fcc62766.png pachinko game]]. Averted in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 DMC5]] where in line with the game realistic art style Nero is more masculine, [[spoiler: though ironically Nero's Devil trigger in the game is closer being bishōnen than Dante and Veril's [=DTs=] being a hybrid of LongHairedPrettyBoy and GorgeousGorgon]].
* Quite a few male characters in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series, including (but not limited to) Mid-boss, Seraph Lamington, Fukubei, Master Big star, Adell, and [[spoiler:Tink.]]
** During the intro narration of ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'', a portrait of Tyrant Valvatorez [[ArtShift drawn in a much more semi-realistic, shoujo-esque style]] than the simpler, more stylized art of the games is shown. [[http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc402/sparkysharps/tumblr_lre93kNAHR1qeta35o1_1280.jpg This is the portrait in question]].
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' has two bishōnen: Psaro the Manslayer (human form) and Angelo, [[ReusedCharacterDesign who greatly resembles]] [[Anime/DragonBallZ Future Trunks]] (Creator/AkiraToriyama designed the game's characters).
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'', the main playable character, the Luminary, has long hair and noticeably finer features than previous heroes in the series, and is frequently noted to be handsome and even beautiful by various characters throughout the game. More than one female [=NPC=] comments on wanting looks like his.
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' has its fair share, with Jin (Sima Yi, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, Zhong Hui, Xiahou Ba, Jia Chong, Wen Yang) being a certified CastFullOfPrettyBoys. The other kingdoms don't fail to deliver however with Shu (Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, Guan Suo, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao), Wu (Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, Ling Tong), and especially Wei (Zhang He, Cao Pi, Guo Jia) hosting some impressive examples.
* Yuuto is the only male in ''VideoGame/EienNoAselia'' that could really be described as pretty. On the other hand, he's also pretty muscular by the end, so despite the face, he isn't exactly girly.
* Many of the characters of ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' are well-noted for this, including the game's main character Frederic Chopin and the main on-screen avatar character, Allegretto.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' series: ''any'' of the main male characters, at least once graphics became advanced enough to portray it; the official character art shows that the older ones actually were this, too, when not depicted with blocky, low-resolution sprites. Specifically:
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'': Warrior of Light, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'': Firion, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'': Luneth, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': Cecil, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'': Bartz, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Locke, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Cloud, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Squall, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Zidane, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Tidus, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': Vaan, and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Noctis. That is every leading male protagonist to date. And the ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' series includes ''all'' of them ([[AdaptationDisplacement except Luneth]]).
--->'''Penelo:''' Personally? I don't believe that boys should be prettier than I am.
*** Speaking of ''Dissidia'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Kam'lanaut]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics Ramza]] can be added to the bishie roster. Ramza even moreso due to his more porcelain looks.
%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'': Emperor Palamecia, anyone?
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
*** Sephiroth. In the original cut of the scene with Sephiroth frozen in crystalized Mako, he was to have feminine curves to allude back to Jenova. Things were scaled back there for the same reason Squall in ''VIII'' was made to look more masculine.
*** Cloud Strife was handsome [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/f/f0/FMVCloud.jpg originally]] but still clearly a dude. His [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f5/5b/9e/f55b9e9f250bc7300a3b362a7fa79e0c.jpg redesign in Advent Children]] however, sends him far into bishōnen territory. The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake FFVII remake]] balances this trope, Cloud is quite pretty but he's still [[http://mmbiz.qpic.cn/mmbiz_jpg/NciapzU7fLibdvibW4P9K9pSbo4JN2GtO5CP95as5eP5CK2yYDsFRWG2EXlY9Ykuwp8sYuF6AEBx9yXoeoWrK1X6g/0?wx_fmt=jpeg more visibly masculine compared to female characters such as Tifa]]. Though he can still effectively disguise himself as a woman to fool Don Corneo.
*** Zack Fair bounces back and forth between [[https://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/zack-ehrgeiz-art.jpg handsome but masculine]], to being [[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/3208664325/bf2ae21bf35b01e71de67dd6bfa00ead_400x400.jpeg ridiculously pretty]] (such as in ''Crisis Core'').
*** Also Vincent Valentine in ''Anime/AdventChildren'' and ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'':.
** As for Kuja from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', he reaches truly DudeLooksLikeALady proportions. This is even {{Lampshaded}} by Queen Brahne, who outright calls him a "girly-man". To be fair, though, he calls her "elephant-lady".
** If you look past the [[HalfHumanHybrid non-human]] features, Seymour from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' can fit the bill as well.
** Hope Estheim from the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' also counts, especially in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''.
** The page-top quote refers to Noel Kreiss, one of two playable characters (outside of [=DLC=]) in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''. A popular theory is that his character design is based on early designs of Fang from ''Final Fantasy XIII'' when she was a male character. Whether or not it's true, his pretty boy looks fit the trope to a tee.
** And then there's Vayne Solidor of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', who even in full armor is still a very slender guy with more hair than two out of the three women in the main party.
** Regarding Noctis from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', he is normally bishōnen, but [[spoiler:after the timeskip, he starts sporting a BadassBeard and looks far more rugged, but once he's clean-shaven it's shown he's still as pretty as ever.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTypeZero'' has its fair share of bishies, but the special mention goes to Ace.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'':
** Lucius, the amazingly feminine featured pretty boy monk with long blond hair. Of course, he defends the fact that he is male when confronted by Serra.
** A typical ''Fire Emblem'' game will have several bishōnen, at least a couple of rugged manly men, a few [[SilverFox good looking grandpas]], and a {{Gonk}} or two. Few are as bafflingly pretty as Lucius, though.
** When ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' first showed off Marth, most western players were initially quite confused as to whether Marth was a girl or not (''hairband and girly name didn't help'') . His voice actor cleared this up a bit, though.
** Libra in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this to such ridiculous levels he invokes StupidSexyFlanders and EvenTheGuysWantHim in-universe. Oh, and he has [[VocalDissonance a very feminine voice too.]]
** Less so than Libra, but the default, Type 01 build for a [[PlayerCharacter male Robin]] is fairly bishōnen, especially if you give him [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long hair]].
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'': [[{{Ninja}} Kaze]], [[BattleButler Jakob]], and ''especially'' [[BadassBookworm Leo]] and [[ArcherArchetype Takumi]] all have soft, pretty features. Leo's son Forrest takes it to a [[DudeLooksLikeALady whole other level.]] Azura's son, Shigure, qualifies as well, and his finer features are exaggerated further in his Cipher cards. The default male 1 build for Corrin as well.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' has several, some of which are due to [[AdaptationalAttractiveness the art having improved]] from the original. Tobin and Kliff both have soft, pretty faces in the remake, and are fairly slender to boot. Luthier and Leon are the [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long-haired]] variety; Leon is said to have [[TheDandy a strict routine]] to keep himself looking nice, and it's accentuated by the fact that [[CampGay he]] appears to be wearing [[GuyLiner eyeshadow]] and lip gloss.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has four stand out examples. From least to most bishie there's Jeritza, who's frame is wide enough to offset his pretty face and long hair, Male Byleth, who's about on par with Marth in terms of prettiness, Linhardt, who has long hair and slender body to compliment his pretty face, and Yuri, who, similar to Leon above, appears to be wearing [[GuyLiner eyeliner]] and lip gloss, in addition to having long hair.
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has multiple examples, in part thanks to its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. Most notable perhaps are Joel and Summer Albert, both of whom also double as MrFanservice thanks to outfits which reveal a lot of skin (especially abs).
* Testament of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', who, in addition to his long black hair and androgynous face, has [[CreepyCrossdresser an outfit consisting of a man-bra and a skirt that shows a decent amount of leg]]. And that's not going anywhere near [[DudeLooksLikeALady Bridget]].
** Ky looks more effeminate than his own son Sin.
* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':
** HospitalHottie Doctor from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' is one of the earliest examples in the series. He has [[{{expies}} inspired many]] equally attractive doctor characters such as Alex from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody'', his IdenticalGrandchild Trent from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'', and Jin from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility''.
** Grumpy rival farmer Jamie from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody'' is a bishōnen or a {{bifauxnen}} depending on what gender you play as. If you play as Amanda, he is a secret bachelor [[spoiler:but the game ends if you marry him]].
** Skye is the "special" bachelor from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' and is sometimes regarded as the turning point where the series began making more bishōnen characters. He is a GentlemanThief that is prone to BishieSparkles.
** Will from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonSunshineIslands'' bears more than a passing resemblance to the above-pictured Tamaki.
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility'' features an entire cast of marriageable bachelors. The prettiest is Julian, who [[DudeLooksLikeALady could pass for a woman]] and worries (in the Japanese version) if his love interest thinks he's a {{crossdresser}}.
** The series has gotten an increasing amount of bishōnen starting with ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness'' and ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility''. It's likely easier to name bachelors who are not bishōnen.
** Similarly, many of the young males in the spinoff series ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' are bishōnen. The protagonist of ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' barely looks male, which, what with the HelloInsertNameHere nature of the game, can lead to some unintentionally hilarious moments:
-->''"Sophie? What a fine, manly name!"''
* ''VideoGame/HarvestTown'', a game is inspired by the above ''Harvest Moon'' features a number of attractive bachelors. The most obvious example is Lee Yau, the HospitalHottie whose initial character design looks more like a model than a doctor, and Duke Evans, a suave musician who looks like a typical "popular guy" from a shoujo manga (especially his newer character art). There's also Chris Ford, who isn't explicitly said to be handsome by the in-game bio, but is drawn in a similar enough style with the two aforementioned examples, that it's impossible for him not to qualify.
* Among the attractive male characters in ''VideoGame/InfiniteSpace'', a few of them fall into bishōnen/biseinen category. Lord Roth is arguably the best example, with his [[LongHairedPrettyBoy waist-length lavender hair]] and feminine face. Main character Yuri is quite pretty himself.
* [[spoiler:Mitsumoto]] and Abyss in ''[[VideoGame/IzunaLegendOfTheUnemployedNinja Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns]]''.
* Pit from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' and his dark counterpart likely qualify also.
* Because of its ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' influences, ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' not only features bishōnen leads [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover from that series]], but its original characters effectively form a CastFullOfPrettyBoys.
* A surprisingly large number of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''' main male characters are like this, with Ash Crimson pushing the androgyny to ridiculous levels.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Link, in his older incarnations starting with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. Comedy Central ''did'' base [[WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether Xandir]] on him, after all. One gay magazine [[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6151905.html voted him "hottest game character"]], to the endlessly amusing horror of the teenage males in the fanbase. His incarnation in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' also places him in {{Hunk}} territory at the same time by [[ShirtlessScene showing off his body]] and having him partake in various [[RatedMForManly manlier]] feats than usual. His ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' incarnation was updated into one in the artwork for the GBA version, in line with his modern incarnations.
** Kafei from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' is a young version of this.
** Shad from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''.
** Demon Lord Ghirahim from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''.
** Link becomes even prettier in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', to the point where characters of both sexes feel attraction to and openly flirt with Link. Sure, it's been implied in previous entries to the series, but it has never been this blatant. This actually helps Link in one main quest where he has to [[spoiler: dress up like a Gerudo in order to get into the female-only town they reside in]].
* ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta: Tears of Blood'' kicks the bishōnen up to 11, making its main lead, Calintz, and his apprentice, Azel, almost entirely unrecognizable as male. Chris Arcway manages to dodge the bullet with his open button-up shirt and cocky womanizing attitude, but even Raul, the tall, masculine, goateed swordsman who appears a few times in the game, gets a touch of Bishie thanks to the artstyle (no matter how impossible it seems to be Bishie with a goatee).
* Prince Peasley from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' makes the whole screen gleam - literally - when he [[HairFlip tosses his hair]].
%%* It was an old joke in the fandom that those not familiar with the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series would think that Zero was actually a girl, thanks to his RapunzelHair and what [[FanNickname fans like to call]] the [[GagBoobs Booblights]]. This was even {{lampshaded}} by [[spoiler:Bass of the original series]], when, upon seeing Zero's blueprints, scoffs at Zero's appearance, thinking that he was "too girly" to be the strongest robot, [[spoiler:like [[BigBad Dr. Wily]], Zero's creator, claimed]]. And he seems to be quite a ChickMagnet, too; for both fellow Reploids and one ''human''. What was [[spoiler:Dr. Wily thinking when he created Zero and came up with ''that'' design, anyway? So much for being a threat to civilization...]]
** WordOfGod has it that Zero original concept WAS that of being a female robot. The booblights are probably remnants of this concept.
* The majority of Maverick bosses in the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series have aggressive looking eyes with thin oval-shaped irises. However, the dragonfly [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Reploid]] named Commander Yammark from ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' is the ''only'' one with [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090225140935/megaman/images/4/47/Mmx6commanderyammark..jpg big, bright eyes]] [[http://images.wikia.com/megaman/images/0/04/CommanderYammarkMugshot.jpg with pronounced eyelashes]]. This is why people [[ViewerGenderConfusion thought he was female]].
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** Raiden in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' was designed as an androgynous hero who Kojima created after hearing two teenage girls complaining that military games are full of old men. In the game there’s even a scene where another character [[spoiler:makes a grab for his groin, and is surprised to find he is male]]. And you have to [[FullFrontalAssault play as him naked]]. No, we are not making that up. He was widely reviled for this by the fans, among [[ReplacementScrappy other reasons]]. Eventually, Raiden's own game, ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpJNlCOXcAA3tX7.jpg buffed him up]] to the extreme.
** Naturally, there's also Raiden's thinly-veiled parody in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', Raikov.
* The Japanese iPhone/Android game ''My Horse Prince'' is a Dating Sim about a young woman named Umako meeting the handsome Yuuma on a ranch. Seems like a normal enough game until you learn that Yuuma is [[BeastWithAHumanFace a horse with a human head]] and the game still plays with some DatingSim tropes despite its weird love interest.
* Pretty much any guy from the [=NeoRomance=] series (''VideoGame/{{Angelique}}'', ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'', ''VideoGame/LaCordaDOro''). Eisen of ''Haruka'' proved to be pretty enough to [[DisguisedInDrag disguise himself as a girl]] on one occasion; even ''the Emperor'' is bishōnen, though he has the excuse of being Eisen's half-brother. In the ''La Corda d'Oro'' anime, one character (Kenichi Shimizu) actually gets ''called'' a bishōnen by the lead girl when she first meets him.
* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'': Prince Cornelius of Titania, the Shadow Knight Oswald, and Prince Ingway of Valentine. All three young men's physical features ([[spoiler:well, in Cornelius and Ingway's human forms, anyway]]) fit the archetypes of handsome princes and brave knights with slender yet muscular builds. In Ingway's case, his outfit even runs into MrFanservice territory.
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' has Waka, who FLIES seemingly by virtue of sheer BishieSparkle and his [[NiceHat improbable headdress]].
* A lot of them show up in ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'', but most notable is the protagonist Abe no Seimei who is a LongHairedPrettyBoy and very much defies the WhiteHairBlackHeart trope, making it MysticalWhiteHair in his case.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' has [[OneLetterName N]], as well as [[PowerTrio Cilan, Chili, and Cress]]. [[TheRival Cheren]] and [[PlayerCharacter Hilbert]] qualify as well.
** Bishōnen characters in other games include Falkner, Bugsy, Morty, Will, Wallace, Steven, Roark, Volkner, Riley, Aaron, Lucian, and Marlon. Maxie may count as well, even though he's older than the others.
** The male player characters have been trending toward this. Calem, the male player character for X and Y, is probably the most blatant example - especially when compared to Red's original game design. Or for previous gens, [[AdaptationalAttractiveness compare the remake design of Red to his to original one]].
** As of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', Red no longer qualifies, instead showing signs of maturing into a {{Hunk}}. On the other hand, his rival Blue is edging much more into this now, though granted he had been showing signs of this since ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver HeartGold/SoulSilver]]''
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
** Leon S. Kennedy makes the cut, but barely. Even at his prettiest, he was still quite solidly built and masculine, and his face becomes a little more chiseled and tough-looking in each new appearance. His haircut, though, remains top-shelf bishōnen.
** Steve Burnside from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' plays this trope straighter than Leon, not being very masculine at all. But subverted as you won’t find many Steve fangirls since he’s considered TheScrappy of Code Veronica being incredibly annoying and whiny.
*** From the same game Albert Ashford is so androgynous he can disguise himself as his [[CreepyTwins twin sister]], Alexia. He's even accused of being a transvestite.
*** Even Chris Redfield (thanks to the art style) is turned into [[http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/798470-resident-evil-code-veronica-x-playstation-2-screenshot-claire.jpg a bishōnen]] in ''Code Veronica'' contrasting to other games where he’s depicted as a rugged {{Hunk}}.
** Interestingly William Birkin was originally conceived as [[http://projectumbrella.net/files/imagecache/preview/images/67436578.png one]] of these in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' but later games retcon him into being more scraggly looking, which is more in line with his MadScientist character.
** Young Marcus [[spoiler: aka the Queen Leech]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'' is a LongHairedPrettyBoy... [[spoiler: until he dissolves into a gross mass of leeches]].
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** From ''VideoGame/Persona2: Innocent Sin'', we have Jun, a character so pretty that many female characters look upon him in envy.
** ''VideoGame/Persona3'':
*** Akihiko Sanada from is a borderline example; he's a tall and lean ChickMagnet, but he's also a boxer with a noticeably masculine physique.
*** In a less obvious manner, the main character ([[FanNickname Minato]]/[[Anime/Persona3TheMovie Makoto]]/etc.) may also qualify, having a very slender figure, subtle facial features, and pretty eyes. He's also frequently described as a "pretty boy" or "handsome", to the point where a certain CorruptCorporateExecutive tries to exploit him.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4'':
*** [[spoiler:Teddie's human form]] makes extensive use of the BishieSparkle to [[HandsomeLech manipulate women that he comes across]]. Not to mention, during the crossdressing scene, he was the only one [[AttractiveBentGender able to pull off looking like a girl]]. One male commentator from the audience even exclaims "I'd hit that."
*** Boyishly handsome Naoto Shirogane is beloved by the ladies...[[spoiler:but in a rare subversion, [[{{Bifauxnen}} he is actually a she]].]]
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'':
*** Both Goro Akechi and Yusuke Kitagawa are ''definitely'' this, both being attractive young men with slender, elegant features. Goro's Thief outfit is even that of a prince's.
*** The protagonist from is definitely a bishōnen. Between his looks, outfit, voice, and attitude (bonus points for his evil panty-dropping smirk), he's definitely got a devoted female fanbase and more than a few fanboys. Joker's probably the prettiest Persona protagonist, and is by far the sexiest.
* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': we have Mitsuhide, Hanbei, Ranmaru, Kiyomasa, Motochika, and Kojiro.
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'':
** Uesugi Kenshin takes this far enough that fans [[ViewerGenderConfusion seriously doubt he's really male]]. Granted, the games also have Motonari, Keiji, [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Mitsuhide, and Hanbe]], but Kenshin is still the reigning king/queen.
** Keiji is a strange case, as he has a muscular figure but a very pretty face and long, silky hair. And Yukimura also seems to become more feminine looking with each new installment.
* The main character of ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''.
* Ramirez from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' seems to rock the "pretty but misunderstood" vibe as hard as he possibly can. Enrique is pretty much his good counterpart. A number of recruitable crew members further the bishōnen appeal, particularly [[spoiler:Lawrence]] and [[spoiler:Ilchymis]].
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** Vega is a [[TheFightingNarcissist 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. EvilMakesYouUgly is often invoked for Vega, as several World Warriors point out in their win quotes.
** 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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HIUPORRx8xI/TlTiSk9fbAI/AAAAAAAAAp8/zy_ZaeBX1h4/s1600/ken.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 PermaStubble.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series of games have, quite literally, ''dozens'' of bishōnen among the ranks of the Stars of Destiny ([[Mystical108 108 per game!]]). Notable ones include and are not limited to: every main protagonist, Flik, Luc and Sasarai, and Yuber.
* In the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games, characters of this nature (e.g. Pit, Shulk, Cloud) tend to have all-female crowd cheers.
* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' is ripe with these:
** Although having more of a fairly (and by that, we mean in the smallest margin, as the game models differ slightly from the official art) masculine face than some other ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' [=bishōnen=], Richard from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' certainly fits the role, having traditional elements including medium-length blond hair, fancy frilly clothes, and immense popularity throughout the kingdom (in one skit, he mentions his "dilemma" with the sale of Richard-themed items). His seiyuu is even the same as a certain other [=bishōnen=] of ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', and he even sports [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Zelos]] [[RealMenWearPink Wilder's]] costume as DLC. Doesn't help that his younger self can be seriously mistaken for [[DudeLooksLikeALady a girl]].
** Zelos from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Yggdrasil, too. Some fans would argue that Kratos is one as well. The game is ripe with bishies. Kratos is a good example of a ''biseinen'', or 'beautiful man' - what a bishōnen becomes when he grows up.
** Several of the guys in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': particularly Yuri, who can be mistaken for a woman until he opens his mouth.
** Guy, Luke and Asch from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' If you count Jade as a verging-on DudeLooksLikeALady ''biseinen'' that's the whole main male cast.
* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'': The newer protagonists.
* The ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' has its fair share of this, but special mention goes to Prince Olivert Reise Arnor, who is fully aware of it and plays it for all it's worth. He'll flirt with anyone he can and his other tropes include the BishieSparkle and SayItWithHearts. There's also Kurt Vander, whose pretty-boy look is regularly commented upon and early on in ''Cold Steel IV'' is mistaken for a girl by a little girl NPC.
* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' has Young Cricket, who is popular among Japanese female players for being the only bishōnen in the series.
* Joshua from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', complete with a girlish giggle to boot. [[spoiler: Being something [[AngelUnaware of a higher plane of existence]] probably helps.]]
%%* chaos (no capitalization) from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}''.
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!!AnimeAndManga:

!!Examples:

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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* White Phoenix from ''Animation/QinsMoon'', does not help that he gets prettier each season due to ArtEvolution. It was even lampshaded during a mini-documentary. Zhang Liang and younger Wei Zhuang qualify as well.

[[folder:Fan Works]]
[[AC:''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'']]
* ''Roleplay/RouletteRampage Reloaded': Deconstructed with Kiyoyuki Irino. He is portrayed as handsome and girls do find him attractive for his small frame and pretty boy looks, but he thinks that he's not in his ideal type of body. As an actor, he wants to get more masculine roles to play, but he can't do it with his type of body, so he dived head long into voice acting, which allowed him to play any type of role he wanted. Combine that with his insecurities about his more popular and masculine-looking older brother and his in-game mentor figure, Tetsuo Shingen, and you've got a boy who really needs to find some measure of inner peace.
[[AC:''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'']]
* ''Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità'': Both Italy and Japan are this. [[RatedMForManly Germany]] noticed this, even more, when they both wore kimonos.
[[AC:''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'']]
* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/misakiyu misakiyu]]'s illustrations of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics, UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s son Masa [[StrongFamilyResemblance resembles]] his mother with his father's hair color, and is shown to be quite attractive. His [[spoiler:SplitPersonality Sei and adopted nephew Nobushige also fit the bill]].
** And his [[spoiler:six year old son Tsukitora (fathered by the [[PosthumousCharacter late]] Oyamada Nobushige) is a bishōnen of the RavenHairIvorySkin variety]].
[[AC:Others]]
* ''Literature/AesirCrossWars'':
** Azrael wears {{Guyliner}}, has TaremeEyes, and an overall feminine appearance.
** Azazel to a lesser extent as well, with his glaring TsurimeEyes.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* Quite a few of Miyazaki's male characters, such as Haku in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' and Howl in ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''.
* ''Animation/LeafieAHenIntoTheWild'' features bishōnen ''ducks''. Wanderer has a mysterious allure and long, messy head feathers. Leafie is [[InterspeciesRomance smitten by him]] but it's unrequited.
* Mei from ''Literature/ArashiNoYoruNi'' manages to be this even though he's a non-anthro goat. He's pretty and small, which contrasts with his burly and taller best friend Gabu.

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/DeathNote'': Even though Rem was a female Shinigami in the manga and anime, she was made a male in-voice-only. The rest of her feminine-looking design is kept exactly the same.
* ''Film/{{Gohatto}}'': Sōzaburō is a new recruit who joins UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi in the 1860s. He is a {{Bishonen}} straight from central casting: young, slender, smooth of chin, and very pretty, androgynously pretty, with long hair that falls over his brow. He's also an {{Uke}}. The only way that he deviates from this trope is that, in addition to being a rather feminine pretty boy, he's a badass samurai, possibly the best fighter in the regiment.

[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer'': Damiya is described as tall, slender, and effeminately beautiful.
* Genji in ''Literature/CloudOfSparrows'' is described as 'too pretty for a man' -- as is the character's OlderThanPrint namesake, Hikaru Genji in the ''Literature/TaleOfGenji''.
* Most of the cast in ''Literature/HalfPrince'' falls into this category. The game world requires your character to resemble you, but lets people beautify themselves, and a lot of people look very lovely in game. Prince, who is actually a girl in real life and the only person playing an opposite gender in game, ends up being the single most bishie thing in existence. Only a few main characters don't take this route, with Wolf having a more mature look in real life and making himself uglier in the game, Gui turning out to be a bishie in real life and not altering his in game appearance. Nan Gong Zui, who makes himself look like a victim of TestosteronePoisoning in game, also turns out to have a very boyish appearance in the real world.
* Alcuin from ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' has fine white hair and delicate features.
* Serph in ''Literature/QuantumDevilSagaAvatarTuner'' outright describes himself as androgynous. The narration mentions how pretty he is on a frequent basis.
* The boys in the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ttkzjn_poster.jpg starting cast]] of ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' are good-looking, but not this trope. But the characters added later mostly falls in this trope, in [[http://i.imgur.com/KbuqYQ4.jpg this cover]] we have Sunahara (lower right) and Mikado (upper left)--and the latter is officially recognized as "beautiful." The males {{spinoff}} series ''Genie Team G Jiken Note'''s [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/g_2shokai_s1.png starting cast]] mostly falls into this trope.
* ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': The "gay mage" tour companion is described as a long-haired "pretty boy" in beautiful clothing who's indicated to be quite androgynous or effeminate in appearance, and probably CampGay (at least [[AmbiguouslyGay implied to be]]).
* ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses'': This counts for a great deal of the male cast in the work, the most well known being: Narcissus, Hermaphroditus, Hyacinth, Ganymede and Adonis, and among the Olympians: Apollo, Hermes and Dionysus

{{Bishonen}}/AnimeAndManga

AnimeAndManga/{{Bishonen}}

Do not confuse with DudeLooksLikeALady; while some Bishōnen may be androgynous enough to look like ladies, not all Dude Looks Like a Lady count as Bishōnen. If the boy, in particular, is more girly cute than androgynously handsome, they probably don't count as Bishōnen.

!!!Anime and Manga

[[folder:A to H]]
* ''Manga/PlusAnima'': Husky. He's repeatedly mistaken for a girl.
%%* ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'': Everyone but a few minor characters, especially Riki.
* Akira from ''Manga/AiOreLoveMe'' is so bishōnen he can pass as a girl, and EvenTheGuysWantHim. A majority of the men in the series are bishōnen.
* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'': Kai is 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.
%%* Seiya Kanie and Takaya Kurisu from ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark''.
%%* A majority of the male cast from ''Anime/AngelBeats''.
%%* Just about every male character in the OVA for ''Anime/AngelsFeather''.
* Even if ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'' is aimed at boys, it wouldn't be a Watase manga without a few of these. In particular, Yorunami's bishieness gets lampshaded by Hinohara.
%%* ''Manga/AskDrRin'': Tokiwa, Eddy, and Banri.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Eren was always a bishie, which is played up in certain scenes more than others with how he is depicted, with his big green eyes and when he gets older he is even more of an example, becoming a LongHairedPrettyBoy, and looking almost similar to certain female characters with long hair. Armin also counts, and his pretty looks are enough to turn on a DirtyOldMan when he was disguised as a girl, and he completely mistook him for a girl. Levi also counts in the anime especially.
* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'':
** Huey Laforet takes this to the point of [[DudeLooksLikeALady confusing people in-universe]] (you know you look girly when one of the prettiest women in the series is your ''[[StrongFamilyResemblance nigh-identical]]'' adult daughter, and you know you look ''really'' girly when you are not mistaken for beautiful women, but beautiful women are mistaken for ''you''). Firo, while never being mistaken for a woman like Huey has, has been mocked by a detective in the LightNovels for skewing quite close to the {{Uke}} aesthetic. [[GenderBlenderName Claire Stanfield]], aka. [[spoiler:Rail Tracer]], also fits. Jacuzzi also fits, although he has that giant tattoo on his face.
** Graham Specter also definitely qualifies, even if he is a total psychopath.
** Christopher Shouldered is noted in the books to be quite pretty -- if you can get past the utterly terrifying [[BlackEyesOfCrazy eyes]] and [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily teeth]].
%%* Every main male character in ''Manga/BeautyPop''.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
** Griffith is explicitly labeled as "too beautiful to be a man" in about a dozen separate chapters by different characters! [[spoiler:His Godhand transformation, Femto, even has purple-shaded lips, making him seem as if he's wearing lipstick.]]
** Judeau is so pretty, some fans [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistook]] him for a girl.
** Rickert is very much one and just gets more androgynous as he gets older, especially compared to the more boyish Isidro.
** Serpico is as pretty as his own half-sister, Farnese.
** Adonis, the son of Count Julius, is very much so. [[spoiler: He would've been a great candidate for one as an adult, but [[KillTheCutie sadly he was offed before he could ever grow up.]]]]
%%* Every male character in ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName''.
* Every male character in ''Manga/BlackBird'', but especially Kyo, whom Misao mistakes for a pretty girl upon seeing him as an adult.
* A good amount of the male characters from ''Manga/BlackButler''. Except for [[{{Gonk}} Baron Kelvin]], who realizes this and is ''obsessed'' with "becoming beautiful", Georg von Siemens, Jumbo, Lord Arthur Randall, Azzurro Vanel, Fred Aberline, Damian, and Doctor.
%%* ''Manga/BlackCat'':
%%** Creed.
%%** Train.
%%** Lin Shaolee.
%%** Jenos.
* Yuno from ''Manga/BlackClover'' is a handsome young man, with many noting his good looks. Charmy even calls him her "Meal Saving Prince" after he saves her meal from falling.
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'':
** Rotton the Wizard, to an extent. He basically exists just to look cool and talk fancy. Revy even asks him if he's a man whore.
** Though still a kid, Garcia's beginning to grow into a handsome young man.
** Hansel also shows signs of this. Unfortunately, he didn't live long enough to grow into an adult.
** In an {{Omake}}, it turns out that [[spoiler:Sgt. Boris ''used to'' look like this; he joined the Army to [[TookALevelInBadass toughen up.]] All the "de-aged" girl characters wail that he should stay this way.]]
* Zen from ''Manga/BlankSlate'' is so bishōnen, even his blind love interest can tell he's handsome just from touching his face.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Ayasegawa Yumichika is defined by his connection with beauty, not only in looks but also in lifestyle. He even accepted a lower rank in his squad than he had to because he thought that, in kanji, the number 5 was more "beautiful" than 4.
** Byakuya Kuchiki is very bishōnen and is often voted "Seireitei's Sexiest Male Shinigami" by the Shinigami Women's Institute.
** Ukitake is a LongHairedPrettyBoy.
** Ishida Uryuu has a very slender, delicate build and an exceptionally fair complexion for a male character. He takes after his father Ryuuken, who is a SilverFox was his school's heartthrob when he was Uryuu's age.
** Ichigo is also a bishōnen, ''especially'' [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow when his hair starts growing]].
%%** Aizen is bishōnen.
** In chapter 409, [[spoiler:Tensa Zangetsu reveals himself for the first time and he's as bishōnen as it gets]]. Yes, even [[spoiler:Zangetsu]] didn't escape.
%%** Also, Szayel Aporro Granz.
%%** Shukuro Tsukishima.
%%** Gin.
%%** [[FillerVillain Muramasa]], the BigBad of the Zanpakuto Strange Tales Arc.
%%** [[FillerVillain Ouko Yushima]] from the Invading Army Arc.
** The end of chapter 670 gives us [[spoiler:our young Toshiro Hitsugaya all grown up so he can use the full potential of his Bankai.]]
** Jugram Haschwalth of Vandenreich is a blonde LongHairedPrettyBoy with pale skin, narrow green eyes, and a tall, slim build. He looks delicate but he could stand within close proximity of Yamamoto's bankai without flinching.
%%* Solomon Goldsmith from ''Anime/BloodPlus''.
* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'':
** Ryousuke is so pretty that [[DudeLooksLikeALady he could pass for a girl]] in elementary.
** Satoshi was originally a WholesomeCrossdresser but hit a growth spurt, started dressing masculinely, and became the biggest bishie in the series. He even has BishieSparkles.
* ''Manga/Brave10'': Rokuro is so good-looking he gets called things like "the handsome page" "the beautiful lad" and just plain "bishōnen" [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep instead of his name]] at various points. Rokuro, of course, thinks his features are very manly.
%%** Saizo
%%** Sasuke
%%** Kamanosuke
%%** Hanzo
%%** Seikai
%%** Benmaru
%%* ''LightNovel/BrothersConflict'':
%%** Ema's [[MassiveNumberedSiblings thirteen]] stepbrothers
%%** Wataru might not count yet, considering the fact that he's only 10, but will likely grow into this trope when older.
%%* Many of the male characters in ''Manga/ChibisanDate''.
* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'':
** Joshua Christopher is quite thin, even implied to look underweight at one point, has pale blond hair and blue eyes, and looks quite a bit like his sister.
** Aion is actually quite muscular when he takes off his BadassLongCoat, but his long, white hair does a lot to give him an edge of androgynous beauty.
** In Chrono's true form, he's a bit rough around the edges and his outfit goes out of the way to highlight his muscular chest, but in his SleepModeSize, he's got longer hair and looks much younger and thus cuter. However, he still has moments of looking quite pretty in his true form, and a flashback in the manga shows him with long hair.
%%* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'':
%%** Isley of the North.
%%** Rigald.
%%* All the students in ''Manga/ClusterEdge''.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has character design by Creator/{{CLAMP}} so it's not too surprising the whole show is full of them with very few more average or even ugly guys (and most of the ugly ones are also unpleasant people). Some stand out examples are [[AntiHero Lelouch]], [[AcePilot Suzaku]], [[KnightInShiningArmor Xingke]], and [[BunnyEarsLawyer Gino]].
* ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'': All the men are very pretty, except Barbossa.
* ''Manga/CuteDevil'':
** Akiyoshi is often told that he is "cute" or "pretty", and this caused him to develop an inferiority complex.
** Naruse is also incredibly {{bishōnen}}, to the point of being a DudeLooksLikeALady.
* Every character who isn't a MentorMascot in ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove''. Goura, brother to TheHero, is an inversion. There's also a [[ShapedLikeItself bishōnen]] [[MonsterOfTheWeek monster]] but this is a zigzag because his [[{{Gonk}} original form]] looks like [[Manga/MyLoveStory Takeo]] and his monster form looks like a 60s version of a bishōnen.
* Benten from ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808''. Yes, he ''does'' wear lipstick and paint his nails. No, he isn't a {{Crossdresser}}.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
** Light Yagami. The contrast between him and L are [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] a bit in Episode 9, when they’re giving a university entrance speech together:
---> '''Girl 1''': I sure like the guy on the right [L].\\
'''Girl 2:''' What–?! You’re weird. Most people would choose the one on the left [Light].
%%** Mello
%%** Near
%%** Mikami
%%** Matsuda
%%** Gevanni
%%** Matt
%%** Namikawa.
** Ryuk had delicate features in his original design before the creators decided that his looking more interesting than Light could cause fans to ignore Light's character.
%%* Most of the guys in ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness''.
%%* Shoei and Hinata from ''Manga/DesireClimax'' are both very pretty.
* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', Eisuke Hondou gets an "You would have been a cute girl in [[BreakingTheFourthWall a manga]]" from Sonoko, even if that might be mostly because of his behavior rather than his ''very'' feminine appearance.
* ''Manga/DGrayMan'': Allen is prettier than a ''lot'' of the girls in the series.
%%** Lavi
%%** [[EvilIsSexy Tyki]]
%%** [[TallDarkAndSnarky Kanda]]
%%* Loki, Caesar, Cain, and Adel of ''Manga/DawnOfTheArcana''.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** Both Ishida Yamato and Ichijouji Ken of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' fall into this category. Their actual looks are never commented upon, but one figures that this is at least partially why they are [[MrFanservice fangirl bait]], both in and out of the show. Also lampshaded in an Audio Drama. In the series themselves Yamato, notably, had a... considerably older woman try to pick him up when he was ''eleven'', while in one episode of zero two, Gabumon lampshades this by saying "Yamato isn't the only heartthrob here" when Ken was hit on by a very young girl.
** To a lesser extent, Takeru, Yamato's little brother, seems to gain some level of bishōnen in him when he turned eleven himself. An episode of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' showed a fair number of girls--[[ShipTease Hikari among them]]--practically swooning over him when he was showing off his basketball skills.
** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', pretty much ''all'' of the boys have this aesthetic to them. Yamato/Matt and Takeru/TK (the latter is even shown to have invited a couple of female admirers to the former's concert) seem to be the ones who were drawn this way on purpose, but [[TheLeader Taichi/Tai]], [[HollywoodNerd Koushiro/Izzy]] and even [[TeamDad Joe]] have also gotten quite pretty as well. [[TheChick Mimi]] lampshades this in regards to Tai and Matt, mentioning that they've grown to be quite attractive (with [[TeamMom Sora]] blushing in response). Heck, even Tai's ''teacher'' is pretty!
** Thoma H. Norstein, from ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' has this kind of look to him.
** Several humanoid Digimon themselves have this as an aesthetic, appearing as young attractive human males. Examples are Angemon, his evolution [=HolyAngemon=] and Vamdemon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and Lucemon Falldown Mode from ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''.
** Mainly the main human characters from ''Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters'' have this trope.
%%* Most of the male characters in ''Manga/DNAngel''.
* ''Anime/Dororo2019'': Hyakkimaru is basically a living Asian ball-jointed doll, with glossy long black hair, pale skin, fine features and a slender build.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** General Blue from original ''Manga/DragonBall'' is similar to Zarbon but takes a step further being an outright homosexual.
** Future Trunks, Zarbon, Android 17, and Jeice of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
*** Zarbon, in particular, is TheFightingNarcissist; [[OneWingedAngel his true form]] is not pretty at all, to the extent he dislikes to transform into it, handicapping himself in battle.
** Non-canon Saucer from ''Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge'' actually had a rivalry with Jeice over whose stronger ''and prettier''.
** Angela from ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug'' is a pastiche of Zarbon, in the ''Creator/TeamFourStar'' parody he names himself the "pretty one" of the QuirkyMiniBossSquad.
--->'''Piccolo''': Ha, [[OnAScalefromOnetoTen six out of ten]].\\
'''Angela''': (in a effeminate voice) You sassy bitch.
** Caroni, one of Mr. Satan's two disciples during the Cell Fight, is a drop gorgeous man with long blonde hair. Heck, he even carries roses!
** Jewel from the Buu saga is a classic LongHairedPrettyBoy and narcissistic ladies man, who is effortlessly defeated by Android 18 after she rejects his advances.
** In the Ocean dub, Burter describes Goku to Jeice this way. "If it weren't for you being short and orange, I'd say he was the better-looking guy."
** Played straight in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' with a lot of Core People aka Supreme Kais e.g Shin, Anat, Kuru, Elder Kai (before he fused with a witch), Cae and especially Zamasu who's an omnicidal [[TheFightingNarcissist narcissist]].
** Some of the male Angels Attendants such as Sour, Korn, Whis and Grand Minister also play this straight being very androgynous. Even the other less effeminate Attendants have the same long eyelashes typically seen on female characters. Whis in particular takes this a step further being AmbiguouslyGay.
* Hakuoh of ''Anime/DuelMasters'' has to be one of the bishiest, with his slender build and long, flowing, silvery-blue hair.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': Kasuka, Izaya (unfortunately), and Shinra. And then there's Mikado, Kida, Aoba, Seiji, Tanaka Tom, Walker, Shijima, Chikage and...[[HotforStudent Nasujima-sensei]]. Also Unfortunately.
%%** Ryo Takigutchi.
* Akira Takizawa from ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' is a prime example of this trope, yet much more realistic than some others.
* ''Manga/ElfenLied'': Nousou. Kurama is a borderline example, but is an older man and later grows a BeardOfSorrow.
* Baskerville and [[{{Meganekko}} Alternate]] in ''Manga/EtCetera'' are quite pretty, helped by Baskerville's long blond hair and Alternate's slim figure and monocle.
* Il Palazzo of ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' is very pretty and has long, silver hair.
* Although ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' has a good amount of beefcakes, there's also Kisaragi, Kakei, Mizumachi, Akaba, Sakuraba, Harao, and maybe even Taka.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** Zeref is revealed to be this after they spend 200 chapters building him up as some great ancient evil. ExpectingSomeoneTaller, or at least older looking, is in full swing here.
** We also have Freed of the Raijinshuu, Laxus' second-in-command.
* Bedivere from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' looks and sounds so much like a woman in fact that in a series where King Arthur was revealed to actually be a [[SweetPollyOliver woman in disguise]], many fans at first believed him to simply have undergone the same fate. But, no. He's just pretty.
* Lancer of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' (aka [[Myth/CelticMythology Diarmuid Ua Duibhne]]) takes prettiness up to the realm of being a superpower - literally. Unfortunately, [[SoBeautifulItsACurse supernatural levels of beauty does not mix well]] with [[MurderTheHypotenuse jealous lords and their smitten fiances]].
* Mikagami Tokiya from ''Manga/FlameOfRecca''. He doesn't like being mistaken for a girl, though.
* All the male characters introduced so far in Creator/KyotoAnimation's anime ''Anime/{{Free}}''. They are more muscular (which is due to their athletic activities) than the standard.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** Yuki Sohma is the most prominent example, being very popular at school for his good looks. This also applies to all of the male Sohmas, particularly Momiji, Ritsu, and Ayame. Momiji even wears the girls' school uniform with shorts because "it looks cuter on him", while Ritsu [[WholesomeCrossdresser wears female clothing]] because of an inferiority complex the size of Antarctica. Ayame, on the other hand, is...just special. Akito also qualifies in the 2001 anime, [[spoiler:although in the manga and 2019 anime Akito is a [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender different story]] altogether]].
** The main character, Tohru Honda, remarks that the Sohmas are a family of "princes". And towards the end of the manga's run, even Momiji graduates to pure bishōnen status with a growth spurt and switch to the boy's uniform.
* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** May Chang's fantasies about Edward Elric depict him as a dashing, slender PrinceCharming. While Ed isn't bad-looking by any means, he's drawn to be more handsome than pretty, having a muscular body and fairly masculine-looking face despite his short height. In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], his design leans closer towards being a bishōnen as he lacks his manga counterpart's more pronounced jawline and has a slightly more slender build.
** Parodied with Major Alex Armstrong. He has BishieSparkles, hairlessness, beauty, deep voice, and vanity, but he's also a muscular, [[TheBigGuy oversized]] [[BoisterousBruiser bodybuilder]], who constantly [[ChewingTheScenery flexes]] and [[LargeHam lacks an indoor voice]].
** Father's final form after absorbing Truth is a slender adolescent Hohenheim with [[LongHairedPrettyBoy waist-length blond hair]] and delicate features.
** In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime]], Roy actually ''sparkles'' during his "Flame vs. Fullmetal" duel with Ed - a trait usually reserved for Armstrong.
** Scar in the 2003 anime is younger and [[AdaptationalAttractiveness more handsome]] than in the manga.
* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' brings us Kurz, who was even a former model. Then, we've got Leonardo. And, of course, [[ChasteHero Sousuke]], in an UnkemptBeauty sort of way.
* Just about every male character from ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. Most of their brothers from other Creator/YuuWatase manga are bishies as well. It's ''Yuu Watase'', what do you expect?
%%* ''Manga/FutureDiary'': Yuki and Akise.
%%* ''Manga/GameXRush'': Memori and Yuuki.
%%* ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'': Franz, Albert, and especially Andrea.
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'': The paragon of HotBlooded manliness he may be, Gai Shishio is still too pretty to be male.
* Kousaka from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''. The most feminine-looking male club member, he is the only one with a girlfriend in the beginning, let alone a sex life.
* Most of the male characters in ''Manga/GetBackers'', but Kazuki takes it to [[DudeLooksLikeALady almost painful levels]].
* ''Anime/GhostHound'': the entire male cast for the most part, especially Tarou, who is downright {{Moe}}.
* ''Manga/GhostHunt'': almost all of the male characters. Lin, Naru, Bou-san, even John are bishōnens, pretty boys, handsome, etc, etc...you watch a video of ''Ghost Hunt'' on Website/YouTube, scroll through the comments, and you will find a lot of fangirling female users.
%%* Sougo Okita, [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Kotarou Katsura]], and Kamui of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''.
%%* Every guy from ''Manga/{{Gravitation}}'', especially Yuki and Shuichi.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** Even in the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Char stands out as a pretty boy, notable because the art style of the time rendered almost every other character {{Gonk}}. The only character to rival his bishōnen-ness is Garma.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', in particular, was full of them. And among the ''Gundam Wing'' bishie brigade, Quatre Winner deserves special mention. A slim, platinum-blond Berber. Needless to say, you can find a fairly large amount of fanart of him.
*** Protagonist Heero Yuy also deserves a mention, since WordOfGod admitted that his appearance was inspired by a Japanese ''actress'', Yuki Uchida.
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' has George [=De=]Sand from Neo France, operator of Gundam Rose.
** Kamille Bidan, the main protagonist of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''.
** Almost all of the male cast in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', oh ho ho. Apparently, every male under the age of 35 will be absolutely gorgeous in the 24th century, in addition to shrinking their shirts in the dryer to show off their buff figures. Then again, this was pretty well predicted the second they announced that [[{{Manga/Loveless}} Yun Koga]] would be designing ''00'''s cast.
** We also need to mention ''Anime/TurnAGundam'''s Loran, who was quite possibly one [[ExecutiveMeddling editorial mandate]] away from being a full-blown woman.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''. While he's too old to count as a bishōnen, Char Aznable looks far more like a pretty boy than he did in earlier series, this makes him Biseinen.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hakuouki}}'' is ''full'' of effeminate pretty-boys. The ''entire series'' is basically a [[HaremGenre reverse harem]].
%%* Numerous male characters in ''Literature/HalfPrince''.
%%* ''Manga/HanaNoKishi'': Ibara, Saiki, Houjou, and Midori.
* A rare non-human and animal example would be the adult rabbits Rambler and Luna from the ''Manga/HappyHappyClover'' manga series. Helps that Rambler is voiced by Creator/TakehitoKoyasu in the 2007 anime. There is was one attractive looking teenager boy seen twice in the manga, which is the first human Clover encounters and befriends. However, she keeps this a secret to the other citizens of Crescent Forest.
* Itsuki Koizumi in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''. That is, in a Brigade of crazy people, with a cynical DeadpanSnarker who constantly tells him that no one cares about him. He probably just ''appears'' to be one, but he sure seems to make most women blush. As Kyon puts it, 'A face I wouldn't introduce to my girlfriend'.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'':
** Appearance-wise, Luke is a sophisticated pretty boy.
** Schrodinger appears to be this being an effeminate [[UnusualEars cat-eared]] German boy.
** It’s shown in flashbacks that Walter was this [[IWasQuiteALooker when he was young]]. [[spoiler: When Walter has a HeelFaceTurn to Millennium he artificially regains his pretty looks, Alucard however spites him and [[DefiedTrope this trope]] saying Walter was “trillions times more beautiful” as an old man]].
** Alucard himself can able to [[GenderBender swap gender]] at will. He is interesting example as he can go from pretty [[GameFace to monstrous in seconds]].
* Tamamo from ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' gets away with lots of things that Nube is beaten up for just because he is a bishōnen.
%%* Kisaragi Shun in ''Manga/HereIsGreenwood''.
* Joey from ''Manga/{{Heroman}}''... well, let's just say that just about everyone [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistook him]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady for a girl]] at first. Psy, too.
* Many characters in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' are actually ''mislabeled'' as this (and the fanart doesn't help); the art style is very PuniPlush, thus the majority of the male designs are simply {{moe}}. The ones that aren't moe usually fall more into the {{hunk}} category (and even then, there's overlap) and there are even a few {{bara}}-type characters, such as Turkey. The purest bishōnen in the series would be [[PrincelyYoungMan Austria]].
%%* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Yuuto Kiba.
%%* ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'': Hideaki Asaba and Soichiro Arima.
%%* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Hisoka, despite also being a MonsterClown. Less unusually, Kurapika and Shaiapouf.
%%* ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}'': Houtarou, Satoshi, Masashi, Jirou, and Muneyoshi.

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%%* Most of the male cast of ''Manga/IkokuIrokoiRomantan''.
%%* Most of the male characters in ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'', but especially Mikael.
%%* Many male characters from ''Manga/InazumaEleven'' are quite good-looking, especially Kazemaru, Aphrodi, Sakuma and Edgar.
%%* ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'': Keita and Hake, as well as most other male characters who aren't macho or {{Gonk}}.
%%* A number of male characters from ''Manga/InuYasha'', including Sesshomaru, Naraku, etc.
%%* ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'' has a CastFullOfPrettyBoys - Miketsukami Soushi being in the spotlight.
* Katori, Dom, and the nameless terrorist from the second episode (who is mentioned because his prettiness is a ''plot point'') from ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor''.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Character designs for most men [[WorldOfMuscleMen were a bit different at the start]], but with ArtEvolution this slowly became the standard, with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondisUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata]] notably beginning as the former and ending his part as the latter.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
*** Noriaki Kakyoin is only this compared to the rest of the Crusaders due to being the shortest and the least buff. That said, he's just as youthful, slender, and delicate-looking in [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/9/92/List12l.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140904013459 Araki's new artstyle]].
*** Similarly, Jotaro Kujo's appearance in Araki's new artstyle is startlingly effeminate; he even sports [[https://images.app.goo.gl/WYaosRu5U4HyK7Gk9 painted nails and lipstick]].
*** Rubber Soul, whose good looks are a major factor into his [[{{Narcissist}} narcissism]].
*** Steely Dan, which is fitting, considering his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] is [[TarotMotifs The Lovers]].
** Mikitaka Hazekura from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' is this, ''especially'' after ArtEvolution kicks in.
** Thanks to ArtEvolution, just about '''''[[CastFullOfPrettyBoys everyone]]''''' in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' is this, most notably Narancia, [[DudeLooksLikeALady whose appearance makes it easy to mistake him for a girl]].
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'':
*** Johnny Joestar is probably the most androgynous looking of the [=JoJos=].
*** Diego Brando, who's just as good looking as his [[AlternateUniverse Original Universe counterpart]], but much slimmer.
*** Dr. Ferdinand, who's so effeminate in appearance that one could easily mistake him for a woman upon first glance.
* There is a lot of focus on people's looks in ''Manga/JyuOhSei'', despite the action being set mostly on a jungle planet with vicious plants and a murderous climate that's used as a prison for criminals.
%%* ''[[Anime/{{K}} K Project]]'' is full of it thanks to its CastFullOfPrettyBoys.
%%* ''Manga/KaguyaHime'': many, if not most of the male cast; in particular, Yui and movie star Brett Miller. Nobuo is a very notable aversion.
%%* Leon Oswald and Yuri Killian in ''Anime/KaleidoStar''.
%%* ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' has quite a few. To start off you have Kurama along with Tomoe and Mizuki
* ''Manga/KamisamaDolls'' has Aki Kuga, who also has a tendency to get kidnapped by crazy girls.
%%* ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'': Natsuru Senou in his [[GenderBender male form]].
%%* ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'': most of the doji. Also, Murayama and Rune.
%%* ''Manga/KarateShoukoushiKohinataMinoru'' has the pretty boy protagonist, Minoru.
%%* Ren from ''Manga/{{Karin}}''.
%%* ''Manga/{{Karneval}}'': Most of the guys introduced, including 99% of the main male cast.
%%* A good portion of the cast of ''Manga/KazeToKiNoUta'', but Gilbert and Rosemarine deserve special mention.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** Christopher Eclair, a French assassin.
** It's also revealed that Kensei Ma [[IWasQuiteALooker used to be one.]]
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'':
** Compared to his two male companions, Inumuta has a lighter build and far less muscle, but still possesses a handsome face.
** Aikuro Mikisugi can transform into one at will. Taken to ridiculous extremes as it's always accompanied by [[MrFanservice stripping and sparkles]].
** Shiro Iori is short, slender, and has [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long, wavy blonde hair]].
* ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'': Kazehaya, and the female side of the school is very aware of this. Ryu and Kento also count.
* Reiji from ''Kodomo no Jikan'', especially in the anime. Of course, he's a [[KissingCousins seriously]] [[WifeHusbandry fucked]]-[[ReplacementGoldfish up]] bishōnen.
%%* Akito and Naozumi from ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}''.
* ''Manga/KOn'': There are actually some fairly good-looking male background characters]], considering the cute art style.
* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'':
** Wolfram is ''very'' pretty (he looks almost exactly like his mother), a definite bishōnen. In fact, Yuuri's immediate reaction upon seeing him for the first time is simply to stare in awe and call him exactly that.
%%** Also, Saralegui.
%%** Then there's every guy in Yuuri's "harem", plus Yuuri himself.
* ''Manga/TheLegendOfKoizumi'':
** Pietro, the white knight serving under the pope. He comes complete with accompanying {{Bishie Sparkle}}s when he first appears.
** UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is such a bishōnen that his {{Bishie Sparkle}}s [[http://iforce.co.nz/i/r4rsec5t.3ia.jpg have the ability to hypnotize people into worshipping him]] He can also (in a pinch) [[http://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1340/68/1340688895127.png go Super Aryan]]
* A good amount of the male characters in ''Manga/{{Loveless}}''. Ritsuka is even stated to be very pretty, like a girl.
* Otani, Kohori, Suzuki, Haruka, and, without a doubt, Maitake and Seiko from ''Manga/LovelyComplex''.
* This is a defining characteristic of the darkly influential villain of the short horror manga ''Manga/LovesickDead'', with his beauty being turned into part of his title.
* ''Manga/LycheeLightClub'' has a CastFullOfPrettyBoys - with a strong [[{{Gorn}} lack of fanservice]].
* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'':
** Maximilian Jenius in both ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and ''Anime/Macross7'' (despite being old enough to have grown children in the latter).
** Lynn Kaifun and Conda Bromco, also from ''SDF Macross''.
** Justified and repeatedly lampshaded in ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' 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 specialized in female performances. A particularly obvious lampshade is his nickname of 'Hime' or 'princess' cause he is just so darn pretty.
%%** Several of the Aerial Knights in ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' are very much this.
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' may be directed toward a {{Seinen}} demographic, with an ImprobablyFemaleCast, but even it has its share of bishies, such as [[HotLibrarian Yuuno Scrya]] and [[BadassInANiceSuit Verossa Acous]]. Yuuno, in particular, [[ViewerGenderConfusion was mistaken for a girl by many viewers]] when he first appeared.
** In ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', we can add former CheerfulChild Erio to that list. Seriously.
* Aburatsubo from ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' is tall, has long red hair, and is gorgeous...with the requisite legion of fan-girls expected for any bishōnen. The only problem for the fangirls is that he's gay and in love with the main character, Takeo.
* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'': [[PrincelyYoungMan Titus Alexius]]. Lampshaded, when [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Aladdin]] ignores his outstretched hand and instead starts to fondle his chest. He then calmly explains that, between his soft voice and butt, he assumed that Titus had to actually be a girl. Unfortunately, it turns out that Titus' feminine appearance is actually his BerserkButton, likely because [[spoiler:it [[CloningBlues reminds him]] that's he's an OppositeSexClone of Scheherazade]].
* ''Manga/MaidSama'':
** Usui, when he makes the effort, and his half brother, Gerard Walker, who looks like an older and more polished version of him. One could also make a case for Tora Igarashi and Kuuga.
** Soichiro Kanou, too, if he had any confidence in himself, could likely pull this off. Also: a number of fangirls consider The Idiot Trio to be this, on the rare occasions when they're drawn normally.
* ''Manga/MamotteShugogetten'': Izumo and Tasuke. Arguably Takashi as well.
* Many characters of ''Manga/{{MAR}}'', on both sides of the good/evil divide. Alvis and Nanashi are this, combined with the headband of eye-covering. Every once-in-a-while, they even comment on it in-universe.
* Kei, Michael (anime-only characters), Yuu, Satoshi, and arguably Ginta in ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy''.
* '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler''' is drawn this way in the manga version of ''Mein Kampf''. [[RefugeInAudacity It's hard to tell which is the most absurd]]; Hitler being portrayed as a Bishōnen, or that there exists a ''Mein Kampf'' manga.
* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' provides plenty of bishōnen fanservice. The fact that practically every day is a BeachEpisode helps.
* ''Anime/MetalFightBeyblade'': Being tanned doesn't stop Tsubasa Otori from being a bishōnen.
* Takaya Ohgi and Nobutsuna Naoe in ''LightNovel/MirageOfBlaze''.
* Most of the guys from ''Manga/MonochromeFactor'', especially Shirogane, Akira, and Kou.
* Kusuriuri/the Medicine Seller from ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}''. Even his manner of dress combines gender conventions, and characters in the series make note of how attractive he is.
* Johan from ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' is even explicitly stated to be beautiful by a few people. Even ''Tenma'' comments on how he has [[WhatBeautifulEyes beautiful eyes]]. It's even more noticeable when Johan dresses up as his sister and nobody can tell the difference, to the extent of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim making a male, heterosexual policeman infatuated with him]].
* Nearly every male character in ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' to date, aside from Ken and Nozaki himself. Nozaki is a bit [[{{Hunk}} overly muscled by normal standards]], to his despair (he can't use himself to model for his manga because he's not the right body type). For Ken, he's fat only when Maeno is in his life; at times he's away from Maeno he can fall into this trope as he becomes ''a lot'' skinnier. As to Nozaki's ClicheStorm {{shojo}} manga ''Let's Fall in Love'', the male protagonist Saburo Suzuki is also a classic pretty boy. In this case, this trope is invoked since it's the norm for the genre.
* Kouichi Hayama, from ''Manga/MoonlightLady'', falls into this description perfectly. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} with Io Azuma, his wife-to-be's cousin; Suzuna was hoping that Io would grow to be this (partially because of an ArrangedMarriage to him). Ultimately [[AvertedTrope averted]], as Io grew to be a limp-wristed, wide-eyed, AmbiguouslyGay "pretty boy".
* Lint, Ricalna and even Zelik when he was younger from ''Manga/MotherKeeper'' all fit this.
* Michio in ''Manga/{{MW}}''.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
** Shoto Todoroki's facial features are a bit more slender than most of the boys. Mina even refers to him as "The Preeminent Pretty Boy of the Class" at one point.
** Parodied with Yuga Aoyama. He has glossy blonde hair, thin eyebrows, glinting eyes, prominent eyelashes, and a slender build. His design is purposefully unusual as it makes him much more disturbing when he's not in his over the top persona, best demonstrated by his blank stare as he watches Midoriya sleep through his dorm room window at night.
** Downplayed with Kai Chisaki/Overhaul. He is tall and an androgynous face, with thin eyebrows, narrow eyes, prominent eyelashes, a short, narrow nose, and a pointed chin. His build, however, is actually large and muscular as seen in his ShirtlessScene, though not to the extent of All Might or Endeavor.
** Chronostasis has softer features and longer hair than those of Chisaki under his mask, making Chisaki look masculine in comparison.
* ''Manga/NabariNoOu'': most of the guys under 30.
* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': Notable examples include Haku (to DudeLooksLikeALady levels), Benten (FillerVillain to DudeLooksLikeALady levels), Yashamaru (Gaara's ViewerGenderConfusion uncle), Sasuke (Kushina mistakes him for a girl as baby), Itachi, Kakashi (with his mask off), Deidara, Sasori, Neji, Suigetsu, Kimimaro, Orochimaru (when he is not doing something gross), Kabuto, Sai, Gaara, Shikamaru, Kiba, Utakata, and the titular character himself. Naruto definitely counts, considering that he has [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman his mom]]'s AND his dad's looks, though this trope is mostly appropriate only after the TimeSkip. Also, the Fourth Hokage, aka [[spoiler:Naruto's dad]]. Naruto and his peers' kids are quite good looking too.
** Sakura especially finds bishōnen attractive, nose bleeding like crazy when she sees [[YaoiFangirl Sasuke and Sai]] making out.
* Natsume, Tanuma, Natori, ''Nishimura'' - in fact, most of the male cast of ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' qualify as bishōnen.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** It gives [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]] some magic age-up pills, turning him into one of these. He's also a dead ringer for his father, who was also a bishōnen. Albireo Imma probably counts too. Teenage Kotaro definitely counts as well.
%%** Then there's teenage Fate...
%%** And [[spoiler:Dynamis. Yes, really.]]
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
** The character designer [[http://www.evamonkey.com/writings_sadamoto01.php wrote that he designed Shinji to be a delicate/vulnerable-looking bishōnen]].
** Kaworu is a bishōnen of legendary proportions.
* Nezumi and Shion from ''LightNovel/{{No6}}'', especially Nezumi, who even dresses up as a girl in episode 5 and is rather convincing, too.
* General Rivan of ''Manga/{{Nora}}'', and probably Kazuma to [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys certain readers]].
* ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan'' has lots of bishōnen. Night Rikuo, Young Nurarihyon, Rihan, Kurotabou, Kuromaru, Tosakamaru, Keikain Mamiru, Shoukera, Yanagida, Kubinashi, and revived Seimei.
* Nozomu and Dewey from ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' both count. Nozomu is taller and more attractive than the boyish, "normal" looking Seiya and Dewey has long hair and soft features. Nozomu's bishōnen looks get lampshaded when a jealous Seiya calls him "slightly effeminate".
%%* ''Manga/OkaneGaNai'': Yukiya Ayase.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Sanji recently has been beating people ''pretty''. His first victim, a hideous Wanze, was [[RapidFireFisticuffs rapidly]] kicked across the face until he became (to his horror) this trope. Later, when fighting his bounty poster look-alike Duval, Sanji does this again much to his foe's joy.
** PlayedForLaughs in regards to Boa Hancock's ''massive'' crush on Luffy. While not usually drawn as such, Hancock's romantic fantasies have him as a tan young boy with a full BishieSparkle and brown glinting eyes, as well as speaking with a more mature voice than he actually speaks with.
** Cavendish has a tall, slender yet muscular build, fair skin, [[LongHairedPrettyBoy armpit length]] blonde hair in RegalRinglets, the BishieSparkle, and glinting eyes, the last of which is a trait commonly used only for female characters.
** In-Universe, [[BeastMan Carrot]]'s drawings have males such as Luffy, Sanji, Pedro and even Brook with delicate features.
* ''Manga/{{Otomen}}'': the main male characters, especially Asuka, Juta, and Tonomine, whose looks are often commented on. Even Kurokawa can count, if his eyes showed up a lot more.
* Basically, all male characters from ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', and [[WholesomeCrossdresser one of the females]]. Tamaki (see picture) slightly subverts the usual cool-headed bishie stereotype by being a blithering (but lovable) idiot, and manages to be both the male lead and comic relief.
* Harry from ''Manga/OutlawStar'' even ties his hair with a big, pretty bow. Fred Luo, too.
* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'':
%%** Jack, Vincent, [[{{Uke}} Gilbert]], and Break.
%%** Most other young-ish male characters also count, like Oz, Elliot, and Leo. [[spoiler:And the latter even more so after an ImportantHaircut.]]
** A notable example is Liam; the fact that no male or female pronouns were ever used to refer to him for some time didn't help. They fixed this in the anime, however, giving him less feminine features and a decidedly male voice.
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''. [[spoiler:Brief]] is one of these, once his [[BlindingBangs bangs]] are slicked back.
%%* George from ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'', among many others.
%%* ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane'': 99% of the characters are bishōnen.
%%* Toji, Kairi, Jigoro, and Ryo from ''Anime/PeachGirl''.
* ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'': Most of the guys. Main character Shouma is even one of these ''despite'' being teased by others that he's [[HollywoodHomely plain looking]].
* Jeeves and Bertie Wooster get this treatment in ''Please, Jeeves''; Bertie becomes a PrincelyYoungMan with golden hair while Jeeves is TallDarkAndHandsome.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Cilan, who was being subject to ''Ouran'' comparisons before HilariousInHindsight [[Creator/MamoruMiyano kicked in]].
** [[PowerTrio Cilan and Chili, Cilan]]'s brothers, as well as Cheren also appear, though their roles are much more minor.
** Like in the games, [[OneLetterName N]] also fits on this trope.
** James from Team Rocket seems to be a comedic parody of bishōnen as well.
* The four older knights in ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' are examples of this trope, ''particularly'' Kei. Goh is borderline, but he makes up for it by baring his midriff in his knight outfit.
* A majority of the male cast of ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', but especially Seiichi Yukimura, Rikkaidai's [[spoiler:KnightTemplar MagnificentBastard once [[IllBoy ill captain]].]]
* All of the main characters in ''Manga/PrincessPrincess''. Yuujirou, Mikoto, and Tooru being bishies is basically the whole point of the anime. They're princesses because they're bishies.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'':
** Mytho is slender, has large eyes, eyelashes thicker than Duck's, and thin lips.
%%** Parodied with Femio.
* The titular Yakumo from ''Manga/PsychicDetectiveYakumo'' 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.
* ''Manga/{{Psyren}}'': Oboro, Haruhiko, Junas, Miroku, Shiner, Kabuto, and Shao as an adult.

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* ''Anime/RahXephon'':
** Ayato Kamina from is pretty enough that he'd probably not look out of place in a dress.
** There's also [[HotScientist Dr. Itsuki]] (who bears a suspicious resemblance to the above-mentioned Rossiu) and Souichi Yagumo (who bears a suspicious resemblance to his own ''girlfriend'', Kim).
* Parodied in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Mousse is a strikingly handsome androgynous male, until he puts on his [[OpaqueNerdGlasses Opaque Nerd Glasses]], it's probably the reason he doesn't like to wear them. His personality is that of a clumsy dork either way.
** An anime-only episode featured Sotatsu Kikei'ien, a [[MartialArtsForMundanePurposes martial artist calligrapher]], who entire crowds of people started admiring due to how bishounen he was. Whenever he laughed, though, his good looks completely vanished, eventually causing all his fans to turn on him.
* ''Every single male main character'' in post-ArtEvolution ''Manga/Reborn2004'', plus 99% of the villains and side cast. This is the most common trope on the [[Characters/Reborn2004 character page]].
* ''Manga/RedRiver1995'': there are about four male characters in the entire series that don't fit this trope. The artwork is ViewerGenderConfusion incarnate.
* Henry is very much this in ''Manga/RequiemOfTheRoseKing'' as well several other male characters.
* Miki Kaoru from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is mentioned to be one by Utena in the preview of the episode of his first appearance. Also, practically every guy in the cast.
* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' has Ginei, Hokuto, Kiria, Fong-Fong, and, after ArtEvolution, Tsukune.
* Many of the characters from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', especially the titular character, Mr. Pretty Boy Swordsman himself. Depending on the quality of the animation in an episode of the anime, particularly in the later episodes of the series, and you know, just about all the time in the manga, Kenshin is very pretty despite the fact that he's a terrifyingly powerful swordsman who even the manliest of men are afraid of. It doesn't help that, towards the end of the manga and in most of the official artwork, his hair always looks extremely long and flows like a bunch of ribbons. I rest my case. And even more so in the Trust & Betrayal and Reflections OVAS. And then, you know, there's Soujiro, Aoshi, Sanosuke, and, heck, even Hiko qualifies, although he's pretty manly.
* The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Shitennou]] in the first season of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', Mamoru Chiba, Ali of the Doom Tree arc, Prince Diamond and Sapphire in ''Sailor Moon R'', the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Amazon Trio]] in ''Super S'', and the Sailor Starlights...[[GenderBender sort of]]. In the manga, even one of the cats qualifies for this with his long-haired, midriff exposing human form. The cat in question (Artemis) is even named for a goddess.
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' has a CastFullOfPrettyBoys. From Andromeda Shun to Virgo Shaka to Pisces Aphrodite ([[GenderBlenderName yes, that's a guy]]), the place is a bishōnen gold mine. See ViewerGenderConfusion for more details.
** And in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', [[SpinOffspring Dragon Shiryu's son, Ryuhou]], is often compared to Shun, and for good reason.
* Many characters from ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'', including but not limited to Hotaru, Shinrei, Hishigi (technically a Biseinen, as he's physically about 30), and Akira.
* Masayoshi of ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco''. Fittingly, he works as a model[=/=]TeenIdol because he has no other skills besides his good looks.
* Kyuzo in ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' 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.
* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': Nozomu Itoshiki and his brother Mikoto. Also, four of his only known male students: Jun Kudou, Kuniya Kino, Aoyama, and Haga.
* Almost every male character in ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}''. The four main characters are these, of course, but also Kougaiji, Dokugakuji, Hazel, Koumyu, and Ni Jian-Yi/Ukoku.
* Though the artist's style is such all the male characters in ''Manga/TheSecretAgreement'' look pretty good, in-story, Iori is singled out as being an incredible beauty for a man.
* Numerous guys qualify in ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' but Yuuji, Ferid, Crowley, Lacus Welt, and especially Mika are particularly notable.
%%* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Saburo
* Most of the males in ''Manga/ShugoChara'' are known for their Bishieness.
** Nagihiko Fujisaki takes the Bishie Ribbon in the world of ''Shugo Chara''. When Hinamori first meets Nagihiko, he is actually posing as his female alter ego, Nadeshiko. Why is this boy posing as a girl? The Fujisaki family tradition is for the males to pose as females to learn the ways of Japanese Dancing.
** During the series, Nadeshiko tells Amu that 'she' and Nagihiko are twins (the rest of the Guardians know about Nagi and Nade, but Amu Hinamori doesn't). It's not until late in the series that Nagi reveals the truth to Amu.
** Nagihiko even has a female Shugo Chara named Temari, which he can Character Transform into Yamato Maihime.
%%** TallDarkAndSnarky Tsukiyomi Ikuto.
* The entire male cast of ''Anime/{{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.
%%* ''Manga/SkipBeat'': Shoutarou "Shou" Fuwa and Ren Tsuruga.
%%* Death the Kid, Gopher, and Kishin Asura from ''Manga/SoulEater''.
* ''Manga/SpecialA'': you'd think a beauty contest was part of the Special A qualifying exam, looking at the male cast. The [[BishoujoSeries girls]], too, unsurprisingly, since a beauty exam is almost mandatory to be part of most {{Shoujo}} casts.
%%* Eyes Rutherford in ''Manga/{{Spiral}}''.
* ''Anime/StarDriver'': Takuto Tsunashi. "Galactic Bishōnen" isn't a nickname; it's his ''official title as the ChosenOne''
** Oh, it's not just Takuto; technically from a certain point on every pilot is called "Galactic Pretty Boy", and it shows. You know you're there when even the main character's father is one.
* None of the main cast of ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent'', but Junpei's rivals definitely qualify:
** Okusa, a classic pretty-boy, and Junpei's middle school friend. He attempts to steal Tsukasa away from Junpei via a double date with Yui, although his attempts to charm her [[NotDistractedbytheSexy go unacknowledged,]] much to his chagrin.
** Higure, the tall, dark, handsome, world-famous pastry chef. His grandmother owns the shop where Tsukasa works. He is the main attraction whenever he returns to work from his travels abroad, and while he has fallen for Tsukasa, he understands that she would rather be with Junpei.
** Surprisingly enough, [[spoiler:Junpei has become one in the DistantFinale]].
%%* ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' gives us Ken Sugisaki and ''especially'' Nakameguro.
%%* A good amount of the male characters in ''LightNovel/{{Sukisho}}'', especially Sunao.
* Kantarou Ichinomiya from ''Manga/{{Tactics}}'' is a white/very light brown? haired bishie, who is annoying and greedy, but overall a good person. He is so young looking, nobody really knows his age. It is implied that he is much older than he appears. Many other guys in it also qualify.
%%* Mochizou Ooji from ''Anime/TamakoMarket''
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** While the series is generally remembered for its more '''MANLY''' characters, after the TimeSkip, Rossiu and Simon are undeniably quite bishōnen.
** Cytomander is arguably a bishōnen as well, depending on [[YaoiFangirl who you talk to]].
%%** What about Viral?
** Kamina is a more masculine version than the standard, but he is undeniably '''pretty'''.
%%* Ichise and Touyama in ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''.
* [[{{Megane}} Barnaby]] from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' (regardless of what he is wearing, be it his battle suit with helmet off or his daily attire with glasses on)
** Ivan Karelin, Nathan's opinion is final - his face is on par with Barnaby's.
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' and its sequel, ''Tokyo Ghoul:re'', has quite a number of pretty male characters:
** Ken Kaneki himself is a prominent example, whose looks actually attract the (often unfortunate) attention of many other characters, both male and female. In fact, as Haise Sasaki in :re, he manages to pull off [[AttractiveBentGender crossdressing surprisingly well]] during an undercover operation.
** Shuu Tsukiyama is one of said admirers, being a vain, high-class ghoul who does his best to keep up appearances. Kaneki actually notes how attractive he is upon their first meeting.
** Juuzou Suzuya is often mistaken for a girl and even mocked in-universe for his feminine looks. Turns out, there's a disturbing reason for this. As a child, he was [[GroinAttack gruesomely castrated]] by his foster mother in order to keep him looking "pretty" and weak.
** Kichimura Washuu has a very soft face, even sporting a BeautyMark. This, however, serves to make him eerier considering his actions.
** Kanae von Rosewald and Tooru Mutsuki, [[spoiler:although it's because they're actually physically women hiding that fact for their own reasons.]]
* Many a ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' character, covering types from StalkerWithACrush to JerkWithAHeartOfGold to MysteriousProtector (who [[FirstGirlWins wins]]).
%%* Ren, Rito, and Zastin of ''Manga/ToLoveRu''.
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': Legato and Midvalley are the most straight examples. Vash also has a very feminine looking face with big eyes, long eyelashes, and a nose that could probably cut a brick, and Knives does too, to a lesser extent. Wolfwood has a somewhat androgynous, youthful face in the manga ([[YoungerThanTheyLook which is justified]]), but is more {{Hunk}} in the anime. Livio looks a lot like a LongHairedPrettyBoy when he debuts, but is more of a hunk after his GoodCostumeSwitch.
* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' gives us [[AmbiguouslyGay Fai D. Fluorite]] and Syaoran, [[spoiler: especially when he's [[PapaWolf aged up a bit]]]], and has quite a few famous bishōnen from other Creator/{{CLAMP}} series pop up as cameos, such as [[Manga/TokyoBabylon Subaru]], [[Manga/{{X1999}} Kamui]], [[Manga/RGVeda Yasha]], [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Yukito]], and even [[Manga/XxxHOLiC Watanuki]], to name a few.
* In ''Manga/{{Tsukigasa}}'', Azuma is none too happy about being treated like a girl because of his looks, particularly because he was raped due to his resemblance to his mother.
* Keiki in ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' is a bishōnen with white hair, who acts as Youko's MysteriousProtector.
* ''Anime/TweenyWitches'':
** [[GenderBlenderName Tiana]] is tall, slender, pale, and has delicate features, with blonde eyebrows and narrow blue eyes.
** [[spoiler:Lennon turns out to be an androgynous boy with sandy hair, smooth fair skin, a red {{Guyliner}}, thin lips, and a tall, slender figure. He's so pretty in his [[DisguisedInDrag disguise as a witch]] that Arusu and her friends mistake him for a girl until his mother corrects.]]
** Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" is a slender young boy with blonde hair, fair skin, and delicate features. Lampshaded when Arusu asks Sheila if he's a pretty boy, making Sheila get a LuminescentBlush.
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''. Rei, Lum's (former fiance) is a tall, stoic, green-haired space bishōnen who drives men to despair and women to {{squee}}. Mendou also qualifies, which is basically his most obvious difference from Ataru.
* D from ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD''. EvenTheGuysWantHim.
* With the exception of the vampire hunter Toga Yagari, absolutely all the male cast of ''Manga/VampireKnight'' are bishōnen.
* Canute from ''Manga/VinlandSaga'', so bishōnen they needed a girl to be a convincing double.
* Dilandau in ''Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne'' [[spoiler:(who is later revealed to have been a magically disguised and brainwashed girl)]]. Let's just say that most of the male cast is bishōnen, especially Allen and Van. Just look at the opening, for God's sakes!
* This is the ''entire point'' of ''Manga/TheWallflower''.
* ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' gets points for admitting it. Youji calls Omi "bishōnen" to his face in one episode, but he ain't the only one.
* Both Toboe and Kiba from ''Anime/WolfsRain'' look like Bishōnen most of the time, but are actually wolves in disguise. To go further, numerous viewers have mistaken ''both'' [[DudeLooksLikeALady for girls]]. Even the mangaka for the manga adaptation originally thought Toboe was a girl.
* Ladies and gentlemen, we would now like to present ''Manga/XMenMisfits'', wherein even ''Magneto'' is hilariously a pretty boy.
* ''Manga/YamadaTaroMonogatari'': Taro, which is a large reason why [[EvenTheGuysWantHim everyone]] thinks he's PrinceCharming. Also, Suguira, who initially views Taro as [[TheRival a rival]] of beauty.
%%* The human forms of the {{Weasel Mascot}}s in ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' are this. [[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/character/img/body_coco.jpg Coco]] and [[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/character/img/body_natts.jpg Nuts]] [[http://pics.livejournal.com/kokoda_koji/pic/00323pww take it]] [[http://blog-imgs-18.fc2.com/k/a/k/kakeru1/PRE511_08.jpg to truly]] [[http://pics.livejournal.com/kokoda_koji/pic/0031tbsd extraordinary]] [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512bchTJsbL.jpg levels.]] [[OddlyNamedSequel GoGo!]] also brings us cute little boy [[http://blog-imgs-26.fc2.com/c/v/d/cvdb/20081101232433.jpg Syrup]].
* [[{{Kitsune}} Kyubi]] from ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' is a long-haired, somewhat androgynous pretty boy in his human form. By youkai standards, he's handsome in his normal form, too.
* ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' is a CastFullOfPrettyBoys, and more than a few would count as bishōnen, but Yun repeatedly refers to himself as one during the series. He's not wrong. When they needed [[WholesomeCrossdresser someone who could pass as a beautiful girl]] to accompany Yona on an infiltration mission, Yun fit the bill perfectly.
* ''Manga/YouAndMe'': Yuki Asaba, Yuta Asaba, and Kaname Tsukahara as well as HotTeacher Koichi Azuma and his best friend, Akira.
* Several characters in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', including at least Yami Yugi, Seto Kaiba, Malik Ishtar (and how!), Ryou Bakura, Yami Bakura, Pegasus, Ryuji Otogi (aka Duke Devlin), and a number of minor supporting characters.
** ''Anime/YuGiOh'' takes this trope to such [[UpToEleven ridiculous extents]] that, chances are, if you're a major villain, you're probably going to be [[DudeLooksLikeALady very feminine in appearance!]] Not to mention, its successors both have this trope in spades as well.
** TheAbridgedSeries is loaded with jokes about this.
--->'''Marik:''' Do I look like an '''''[EFF]''''ing fangirl to you?!\\
'''Florence:''' You really don't want me to answer that.
** This also forms the basis for ContentWarnings in the episode introducing Duke Devlin.
---> '''WARNING:''' This episode contains copious amounts of Duke Devlin. Women with heart conditions are advised not to look directly at Duke Devlin. This also applies to women without heart conditions. He's very pretty. See? See how pretty he is? He's ''very'' pretty. [[EvenTheGuysWantHim I'd like to run my fingers through his hair, and I'm just a voice.]]
** [[TheBeautifulElite The Obelisk Blue]] [[ChromaticArrangement Three Geniuses]] for starters, as each of them represent a type of popular dere, starting from the [[{{Keet}} Deredere]] [[SchoolIdol Fubuki]] , the [[SugarAndIcePersonality Kuudere]] [[AloofBigBrother Ryo]], and the {{Yandere}} [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Yusuke]] in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.
%%** The Arclight brothers and Mizael from ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL''.
%%** Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri from ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' are all this.
** Yusaku from ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'' is this. [[spoiler:Kogami Ryoken, Revolver's real form, is this as well. It doesn't hurt that he was one of the deepest voices in the franchise as well.]]
* Victor Nikiforov and Yuri "Yurio" Plisetski in ''Anime/YuriOnIce''. Even Yuri Katsuki himself becomes one when [[HeCleansUpNicely he takes off his glasses and combs his hair]], although he isn't ugly before, either.
* A good third of the male cast on ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.
%%**In the case of the main team, Hiei is downplayed example (possessing fierce, angular eyes suiting his [[AntiHero personality]] but can be considered cute) while Kuwabara, is an more "manly" looking than the others, but has a brutish face and small eyes relative to the rest of the cast, but is a nicer person than the rest of his teammates, including TheHero once you get past his tough guy persona.
%%* Zofis from ''Manga/ZatchBell''.
* ''Manga/ZeroSevenGhost'': Teito, Castor, Frau, Labrador, Ayanami, Mikage...Maybe almost all of the male characters of the entire story.

!!!Other examples

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* White Phoenix from ''Animation/QinsMoon'', does not help that he gets prettier each season due to ArtEvolution. It was even lampshaded during a mini-documentary. Zhang Liang and younger Wei Zhuang qualify as well.

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* ''Roleplay/RouletteRampage Reloaded': Deconstructed with Kiyoyuki Irino. He is portrayed as handsome and girls do find him attractive for his small frame and pretty boy looks, but he thinks that he's not in his ideal type of body. As an actor, he wants to get more masculine roles to play, but he can't do it with his type of body, so he dived head long into voice acting, which allowed him to play any type of role he wanted. Combine that with his insecurities about his more popular and masculine-looking older brother and his in-game mentor figure, Tetsuo Shingen, and you've got a boy who really needs to find some measure of inner peace.
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* ''Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità'': Both Italy and Japan are this. [[RatedMForManly Germany]] noticed this, even more, when they both wore kimonos.
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* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/misakiyu misakiyu]]'s illustrations of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics, UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s son Masa [[StrongFamilyResemblance resembles]] his mother with his father's hair color, and is shown to be quite attractive. His [[spoiler:SplitPersonality Sei and adopted nephew Nobushige also fit the bill]].
** And his [[spoiler:six year old son Tsukitora (fathered by the [[PosthumousCharacter late]] Oyamada Nobushige) is a bishōnen of the RavenHairIvorySkin variety]].
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* ''Literature/AesirCrossWars'':
** Azrael wears {{Guyliner}}, has TaremeEyes, and an overall feminine appearance.
** Azazel to a lesser extent as well, with his glaring TsurimeEyes.

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* Quite a few of Miyazaki's male characters, such as Haku in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' and Howl in ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''.
* ''Animation/LeafieAHenIntoTheWild'' features bishōnen ''ducks''. Wanderer has a mysterious allure and long, messy head feathers. Leafie is [[InterspeciesRomance smitten by him]] but it's unrequited.
* Mei from ''Literature/ArashiNoYoruNi'' manages to be this even though he's a non-anthro goat. He's pretty and small, which contrasts with his burly and taller best friend Gabu.
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* ''Film/DeathNote'': Even though Rem was a female Shinigami in the manga and anime, she was made a male in-voice-only. The rest of her feminine-looking design is kept exactly the same.
* ''Film/{{Gohatto}}'': Sōzaburō is a new recruit who joins UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi in the 1860s. He is a {{Bishonen}} straight from central casting: young, slender, smooth of chin, and very pretty, androgynously pretty, with long hair that falls over his brow. He's also an {{Uke}}. The only way that he deviates from this trope is that, in addition to being a rather feminine pretty boy, he's a badass samurai, possibly the best fighter in the regiment.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer'': Damiya is described as tall, slender, and effeminately beautiful.
* Genji in ''Literature/CloudOfSparrows'' is described as 'too pretty for a man' -- as is the character's OlderThanPrint namesake, Hikaru Genji in the ''Literature/TaleOfGenji''.
* Most of the cast in ''Literature/HalfPrince'' falls into this category. The game world requires your character to resemble you, but lets people beautify themselves, and a lot of people look very lovely in game. Prince, who is actually a girl in real life and the only person playing an opposite gender in game, ends up being the single most bishie thing in existence. Only a few main characters don't take this route, with Wolf having a more mature look in real life and making himself uglier in the game, Gui turning out to be a bishie in real life and not altering his in game appearance. Nan Gong Zui, who makes himself look like a victim of TestosteronePoisoning in game, also turns out to have a very boyish appearance in the real world.
* Alcuin from ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' has fine white hair and delicate features.
* Serph in ''Literature/QuantumDevilSagaAvatarTuner'' outright describes himself as androgynous. The narration mentions how pretty he is on a frequent basis.
* The boys in the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ttkzjn_poster.jpg starting cast]] of ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' are good-looking, but not this trope. But the characters added later mostly falls in this trope, in [[http://i.imgur.com/KbuqYQ4.jpg this cover]] we have Sunahara (lower right) and Mikado (upper left)--and the latter is officially recognized as "beautiful." The males {{spinoff}} series ''Genie Team G Jiken Note'''s [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/g_2shokai_s1.png starting cast]] mostly falls into this trope.
* ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': The "gay mage" tour companion is described as a long-haired "pretty boy" in beautiful clothing who's indicated to be quite androgynous or effeminate in appearance, and probably CampGay (at least [[AmbiguouslyGay implied to be]]).
* ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses'': This counts for a great deal of the male cast in the work, the most well known being: Narcissus, Hermaphroditus, Hyacinth, Ganymede and Adonis, and among the Olympians: Apollo, Hermes and Dionysus
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* Nearly every male character in ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' to date, aside from Ken and Nozaki himself. Nozaki is a bit [[{{Hunk}} overly muscled by normal standards]], to his despair (he can't use himself to model for his manga because he's not the right body type). For Ken, he's fat only when Maeno is in his life; at times he's away from Maeno he can fall into this trope as he becomes ''a lot'' skinnier.

%%* Just about every male character in the OVA for ''Angels Feather''.

* Zen from ''Blank Slate'' is so bishōnen, even his blind love interest can tell he's handsome just from touching his face.

%%* All the students in ''Cluster Edge''.

* ''Manga/GhostHunt'': almost all of the male characters. Lin, Naru, Bou-san, even John are bishōnens, pretty boys, handsome, etc, etc...you watch a video of Ghost Hunt on Website/YouTube, scroll through the comments, and you will find a lot of fangirling female users.

%%* ''Manga/InuxBokuSS'' has a CastFullOfPrettyBoys - Miketsukami Soushi being in the spotlight.

** Thanks to ArtEvolution, just about '''''[[CastFullOfPrettyBoys everyone]]''''' in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]]'' is this, most notably Narancia, [[DudeLooksLikeALady whose appearance makes it easy to mistake him for a girl]].

* Akito and Naozumi from ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}''.
* Kisaragi Shun in ''Manga/KokoWaGreenwood''.

** Also, Saralegui.
** Then there's every guy in Yuuri's "harem", plus Yuuri himself.

** Several of the Aerial Knights in ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' are very much this.

* Kouichi Hayama, from ''Moonlight Lady'', falls into this description perfectly. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} with Io Azuma, his wife-to-be's cousin; Suzuna was hoping that Io would grow to be this (partially because of an ArrangedMarriage to him). Ultimately [[AvertedTrope averted]], as Io grew to be a limp-wristed, wide-eyed, AmbiguouslyGay "pretty boy".

** Then there's teenage Fate...
** And [[spoiler:Dynamis. Yes, really.]]

* ''Manga/OkaneGaNai'': Yukiya Ayase.

** Jack, Vincent, [[{{Uke}} Gilbert]], and Break.
** Most other young-ish male characters also count, like Oz, Elliot, and Leo. [[spoiler:And the latter even more so after an ImportantHaircut.]]

* George from ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'', among many others.
* ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane'': 99% of the characters are bishōnen.
* Toji, Kairi, Jigoro, and Ryo from ''Anime/PeachGirl''.

* ''Manga/PlusAnima'': Husky. He's repeatedly mistaken for a girl.

** Parodied with Femio.

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Saburo

** TallDarkAndSnarky Tsukiyomi Ikuto.

* ''Manga/SkipBeat'': Shoutarou "Shou" Fuwa and Ren Tsuruga.
* Death the Kid, Gopher, and Kishin Asura from ''Manga/SoulEater''.

* Eyes Rutherford in ''Manga/{{Spiral}}''.

* ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' gives us Ken Sugisaki and ''especially'' Nakameguro.
* A good amount of the male characters in ''LightNovel/{{Sukisho}}'', especially Sunao.

* Mochizou Ooji from ''Anime/TamakoMarket''

** What about Viral?

* Ichise and Touyama in ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''.

* Ren, Rito, and Zastin of ''Manga/ToLoveRu''.

** The Arclight brothers and Mizael from ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL''.
** Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri from ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' are all this.

* Zofis from ''Manga/ZatchBell''.

* Every love interest in ''VideoGame/AyakashiRomanceReborn''.

* ''VideoGame/BushidoBlade 1'' and 2 have Katze.
** Also, Kaun.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'': Emperor Palamecia, anyone?

* chaos (no capitalization) from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}''

* Mizuho in ''VisualNovel/OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru''. [[WholesomeCrossdresser Of course]]. That being said, he is ''quite'' pretty even when not dressing as a girl.

* Heinz Heger in ''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth''.

* Many male characters are this in ''VisualNovel/StarrySky''.
* Just about every male in ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'', especially Rin and Akira.
* Pretty much the entire male cast of ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrincesama''.

* ''Manga/AnatoliaStory (a.k.a Red River)'': there are about four male characters in the entire series that don't fit this trope. The artwork is ViewerGenderConfusion incarnate.

* Manga/AttackOnTitan: Eren was always a bishie, which is played up in certain scenes more than others with how he is depicted, with his big green eyes and when he gets older he is even more of an example, becoming a LongHairedPrettyBoy, and looking almost similar to certain female characters with long hair. Armin also counts, and his pretty looks are enough to turn on a DirtyOldMan when he was disguised as a girl, and he completely mistook him for a girl. Levi also counts in the anime especially.

--> '''Girl 1''': I sure like the guy on the right [L].\\

** Thoma H. Norstein, from ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' has this kind of look to him.

-->'''Piccolo''': Ha, [[OnAScalefromOnetoTen six out of ten]].\\

%%* ''LightNovel/HighschoolDXD'': Yuuto Kiba.

* ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'': Most of the guys. Main character Shouma is even one of these ''despite'' being teased by others that he's [[HollywoodHomely plain looking]].

* ''LightNovel/SeitokaiNoIchizon'' gives us Ken Sugisaki and ''especially'' Nakameguro.

* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''

** VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses has four stand out examples. From least to most bishie there's Jeritza, who's frame is wide enough to offset his pretty face and long hair, Male Byleth, who's about on par with Marth in terms of prettiness, Linhardt, who has long hair and slender body to compliment his pretty face, and Yuri, who, similar to Leon above, appears to be wearing [[GuyLiner eyeliner]] and lip gloss, in addition to having long hair.

* The Japanese iPhone/Android game ''My Horse Prince'' is a Dating Sim about a young woman named Umako meeting the handsome Yuuma on a ranch. Seems like a normal enough game until you learn that Yuuma is [[BeastWithAHumanFace a horse with a human head]] and the game still plays with some DatingSim tropes despite it's weird love interest.
* Pretty much any guy from the [=NeoRomance=] series (''VideoGame/{{Angelique}}'', ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'', ''VideoGame/KiniroNoCorda''). Eisen of ''Haruka'' proved to be pretty enough to [[DisguisedInDrag disguise himself as a girl]] on one occasion; even ''the Emperor'' is bishōnen, though he has the excuse of being Eisen's half-brother. In the ''La Corda d'Oro'' anime, one character (Kenichi Shimizu) actually gets ''called'' a bishōnen by the lead girl when she first meets him.

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''

** Although having more of a fairly (and by that, we mean in the smallest margin, as the game models differ slightly from the official art) masculine face than some other ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' [=bishōnen=], Richard from VideoGame/TalesOfGraces certainly fits the role, having traditional elements including medium-length blond hair, fancy frilly clothes, and immense popularity throughout the kingdom (in one skit, he mentions his "dilemma" with the sale of Richard-themed items). His seiyuu is even the same as a certain other [=bishōnen=] of ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', and he even sports [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Zelos]] [[RealMenWearPink Wilder's]] costume as DLC. Doesn't help that his younger self can be seriously mistaken for [[DudeLooksLikeALady a girl]].

%%* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Gilgamesh, the ancient King of Mesopotania, is apparently a tall, white, red-eyed blonde who is commented on by one of the main heroines as "he looked like a model". It seems that A+ Charisma skill is justified. Too bad he´s a giant douche with an ego the size of the Universe until Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, where he drinks a potion of youth and becomes an adorable well-mannered kid who wouldn´t hurt anyone. His child version is of course equally bishōnen.

* In ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'' Touma is the most notable contender, but Cap also fits, both of them with fan clubs.

* In ''WebComic/{{Adventurers}}'', Khrima's final boss form is described as such, due to the BishonenLine.

* ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'' has Azha, Mao, and all of Copycat's forms shown so far.

* ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': The "gay mage" tour companion is described as a long-haired "pretty boy" in beautiful clothing who's indicated to be quite androgynous or effiminate in appearance, and probably CampGay (at least [[AmbiguouslyGay implied to be]]).

** Raiden in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' was designed as an androgynous hero who Kojima created after hearing two teenage girls complaining that military games are full of old men. In the game there’s even a scene where another character [[spoiler:makes a grab for his groin, and is surprised to find he is male]]. And you have to [[FullFrontalAssault play as him naked]]. No, we are not making that up. He was widely reviled for this by the fans, among [[ReplacementScrappy other reasons]]. Eventually, Raiden's own game, ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/thegamingfamily/images/d/db/641726-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-playstation-3-screenshot-raiden.jpg buffed him up]] to the extreme.

* ''Every single male main character'' in post-ArtEvolution ''Manga/Reborn2004'', plus 99% of the villains and side cast. This is the most common trope on the [[Characters/Reborn2004 character page]].

* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh''

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

* ''Manga/LitchiHikariClub'' has a CastFullOfPrettyBoys - with a strong [[{{Gorn}} lack of fanservice]].

* ''VideoGame/HarvestTown'', a game is inspired by the above ''Harvest Moon'' features a number of attractive bachelors. The most obvious example is Lee Yau, the HospitalHottie whose initial character design looks more like a model than a doctor, and Duke Evans, a suave musician who looks like a typical "popular guy" from a shoujo manga (especially his newer character art). There's also Chris Trump, who isn't explicitly said to be handsome by the in-game bio, but is drawn in a similar enough style with the two aforementioned examples, that it's impossible for him not to qualify.

* Akito and Naozumi from ''Manga/KodomoNoOmocha''.

* ''Manga/KimiToBoku'': Yuki Asaba, Yuta Asaba, and Kaname Tsukahara as well as HotTeacher Koichi Azuma and his best friend, Akira.

** Thanks to ArtEvolution, just about '''''[[CastFullOfPrettyBoys everyone]]''''' in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Venmo Aureo]]'' is this, most notably Narancia, [[DudeLooksLikeALady whose appearance makes it easy to mistake him for a girl]].

** Thanks to ArtEvolution, just about '''''[[CastFullOfPrettyBoys everyone]]''''' in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' is this, most notably Narancia, [[DudeLooksLikeALady whose appearance makes it easy to mistake him for a girl]].

OlderThanPrint, since ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji'' has it in spades. Often comes with the BishieSparkle. If all the guys are ''bishōnen'' without many women to balance them out, you've got yourself a CastFullOfPrettyBoys.

OlderThanPrint, since ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji'' has it in spades. Often comes with the BishieSparkle. If all the guys are ''bishōnen'' without many women to balance them out, you've got yourself a CastFullOfPrettyBoys. Do not confuse with DudeLooksLikeALady; while some Bishōnen may be androgynous enough to look like ladies, not all Dude Looks Like a Lady count as Bishōnen. If the boy, in particular, is more girly cute than androgynously handsome, they probably don't count as Bishōnen.

A popular Asian character type, the ''bishōnen'', or "beautiful boy", is a male character that possesses [[AmbiguousGender androgynous]] or "feminine" physical traits. He is usually tall, slender with almost no fat and little to no muscle, and [[PermaShave no body or facial hair]]. Large, expressive eyes are almost a given, though TsurimeEyes are also common in more serious examples. In anime, many ''bishōnen'' have [[CrossDressingVoices female voice actors]] (most comedically, Manga/{{Naruto}} [[Characters/NarutoNarutoUzumaki Uzumaki]]), although those that don't will instead get [[VocalDissonance startlingly deep]], sexy voices. [[DudeLooksLikeALady It is not uncommon for those at the more feminine end to be mistaken for women by other characters]], or for savvier examples of the type to take advantage of such an assumption.