History Main / DarkSkinnedRedhead

* Gene Starwind from ''Anime/OutlawStar''.
* Kei from ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' is perhaps ''the'' prototypical dark-skinned redhead.
* Marie and several other characters from ''Anime/HareGuu''.
* Shayla-Shayla from ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''.
* Daisuke/Davis Motomiya from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' unlike his sister and mother so he might have a tan. Must be all the soccer training.

* ''Anime/PetitePrincessYucie'''s demon princess Greta fits the typical description, but has ''lavender'' hair, since she's also an {{Ojou}}.
* Similarly, Anthy Himemiya from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has dark skin and deep purple hair. She's the "muted personality" type. It's implied that she and her [[DarkSkinnedBlond brother]] are from India.
* Wangari, the Kenyan LargeHamAnnouncer from ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'', has brown skin and bright orange hair.

* Winia Chester from ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'' is a more subdued version of this, though she perks up quite a bit around Pacifica.

* Naruki Gelni from ''LightNovel/ChromeShelledRegios''. She's usually fun-loving and friendly, though she takes her job ''very'' seriously.
* Kirche, the [[{{Gainaxing}} bouncy]] [[TheVamp vamp]] from ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero''.

* Yoko Nakajima from ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' upon returning to the Twelve Kingdoms from Japan. In her case, she is a "taika", a person from the Twelve Kingdoms world who got carried away to Japan, and thus a shell was covering her to make sure she resembled her "parents". To be fair, the novels specifically mention that she starts out much paler, but after roughing it for several months without shelter, her skin's gotten a very dark tan. The same transformation also gives her [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead green eyes]].

* Jeannie from ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'', though she's actually TheStoic. She is, however, a very physical warrior type, so she's not too far off.

* Sousou (Caocao) from ''Manga/IkkiTousen'', though his personality is [[SuperpoweredEvilSide quite darker and more conflicted]] than the standard. Besides, he starts as a brunet and is only shown with red hair in the second season (''Dragon Destiny''). In ''Great Guardians'', also, [[spoiler: when Saji Genpou (Zuo Ci) drops his Saji facade and retakes his true identity of Ouin Shishi (Wang Yun), his blond hair turns into a blazing red.]]
* Kintarou Tooyama from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Karui was shown to have red hair in a color page of the manga and, later on, in the anime.
** When using her Curse Seal, Tayuya also became this. With horns and black sclera.
** Chocho, the daughter of Chouji and Karui, is a dark skinned redhead and is Sarada's best friend in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''.
* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'':
** Kougaiji is a [[NobleDemon noble bad guy]] and seems to deliberately be in color contrast to his [[EvilOverlord Evil Empress]] stepmother, Gyokomen Koshu (who is pale skinned with green hair). Possibly to emphasize that their personalities are complete opposites--Kougaiji is devoted to his nakama, while Koshu is prone to killing her followers on a whim. Rather than having a fiery personality, he's matched to the element and uses mostly [[ElementalPowers fire attacks]].
** Gojyo could also be considered an example, since he's rather tan compared to the others. Also has bright red hair.

* Libra Dohko from the anime version of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' [[IWasQuiteALooker was one]] [[http://www.pobladores.com/data/pobladores.com/jp/ey/jpeyote/channels/saint_seiya_lycos/images/3691799dohko4.jpg when he was young]]. [[spoiler:And he still is, since his old form is actually a SleepModeSize.]]
* [[http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp6/fotoworld23/largeAnimePaperscans_Meine-Liebe_Ne.jpg Ed]] from ''VideoGame/MeineLiebe''.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' is an interesting case. In the TV series Kenshin is not shown with particularly dark skin, but his hair is ''explicitly'' red. People actually ''say'' that his hair is red, instead of it just being a visual design element. In the OVA series, he's closer to this trope in a way that's fairly accurate for a Japanese person (dark red hair is very rare but does occur among native Japanese).

* Pictured to the right: Gene Starwind from ''Anime/OutlawStar''.

* Many of the Aiel from ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''.
** The Aiel aren't naturally dark skinned, they are tanned. The parts of their skin covered by the Caidin'sor are actually very pale.

* Ganondorf and the Gerudo from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, though some of the Gerudo from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' have light skin and pink hair instead. Midna from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' takes it UpToEleven, with skin that is dual-patterned between black and grey (with bluish tints) and with hair that is a ''literal'' fiery orange-yellow, complete with giving off its own minor luminescence. There's also Din, the dancer from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'', though her skin seems more tanned than naturally dark.

Sister trope to DarkSkinnedBlond. Contrast EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette and RavenHairIvorySkin. Also quite likely to be AmbiguouslyBrown (especially given the aforementioned overlap with MixedAncestry in RealLife). But sometimes. YouGottaHaveBlueHair.

Sister trope to DarkSkinnedBlond. Contrast EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette and RavenHairIvorySkin. Also quite likely to be AmbiguouslyBrown. But sometimes. YouGottaHaveBlueHair.

* ''Webcomic/CobwebAndStripes'' has Prudence, Lydia's college roommate.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The Smoke Knight Varpa is a redhead like most of those related however distantly to the von Blitzengaard and Sturmvoraus family, however unlike most of the other redheaded members of the family she has a dark complexion and her hair is darker appearing dark brown or almost black under limited lighting.
* Anvil from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower''.

* The immature ranker Quant from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. [[http://images.wikia.com/towerofgod/images/0/07/Tower-of-god-epic_battle.jpg Here's]] [[http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5898/wondert.png proof.]] Fellow family member Quaetro, and likely the rest of the family, count too.
* Guy from ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy''.
* Mahalah from ''Webcomic/UndeadFriend''.

** While ComicBook/{{Artemis}}' skin tone and facial features are subject to the whims of the artists she's always got long orange hair and in her earlier appearances was frequently depicted as AmbiguouslyBrown, to help her blend in with the rest of her tribe of dark skinned women of African and Middle Eastern heritage.

* [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sari_Sumdac Sari Sumdac]] from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''. She also appears to have red eyes for some reason. Eventually justified since [[spoiler: she's not fully human.]]

* The rather [[FieryRedhead hot-headed]] Reyn from ''[[{{Videogame/Xenoblade}} Xenoblade Chronicles]]''.

* In ''Coreline: Invasion of Portland'', Aegis member Jennifer "Chrome" Swann is described to be African-American and Native American, and has red hair. It's explained that her hair was turned red by Terrigenesis. She's also supposed to be based on the character from Marvel's ''New Universe'' line, and the original version was a white redhead.

* Ganondorf and the Gerudo from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, though some of the Gerudo from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' have light skin and pink hair instead. Midna from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' takes it UpToEleven, with skin that is dual-patterned between black and grey (with bluish tints) and with hair that is a ''literal'' fiery orange-yellow, complete with giving off its own minor luminescence.

* Jaffar from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem 7]]'', Tethys from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Fire Emblem 8]]'', Fiona from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Fire Emblem 10]]'', and Hapi from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Fire Emblem 16]]''.

This trope can be TruthInTelevision thanks to dye; notably, in Asian countries like UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}, dyeing hair red with henna dye is common. (Natural redheads in Pakistan -- and there are many -- usually have light skin.) Dark skin with natural red hair is often seen in UsefulNotes/{{Oceania}}, especially UsefulNotes/{{Vanuatu}} and UsefulNotes/PapuaNewGuinea. In other places, you generally only see natural red hair in cases of MixedAncestry. For example, the Afro-American activist UsefulNotes/MalcolmX earned the nickname "Detroit Red" due to the reddish tinge in his hair that he inherited from a Scottish ancestor. Likewise, basketball player Blake Griffin has tan skin and red hair due to having a black father and white redhead mother.

* Lucia from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.

* ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' is in black and white, but we know from coloured artwork by the author that Monica Villarreal is supposed to to be a DarkSkinnedRedhead, due to her Mexican as well as Irish ancestry.

* Although there are many people that dye their hair red in ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' (mostly the Vloz'ress), Nel'ralka & Genani[[note]]both Sarghress)[[/note]] both seem to be natural redheads, there's another unnamed Sarghress in chapter 30,[[note]]page 29,[[/note]] to name but a few.
* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', [[http://www.dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter08/dm08-01.htm there are more than one -- a fact exceedingly annoying to a character who thought "dark-skinned redhead" ought to be an identifying trait.]]
* The immature ranker Quant from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. [[http://images.wikia.com/towerofgod/images/0/07/Tower-of-god-epic_battle.jpg Here's]] [[http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5898/wondert.png proof.]] Fellow family member Quaetro, and likely the rest of the family, count too.
* Anvil from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower''.
* [=LaBelle=] from ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' is revealed to have rich brown skin to go with her vibrant red hair once [[spoiler: the curse she was born with is canceled out]].
* ''Webcomic/CobwebAndStripes'' has Prudence, Lydia's college roommate.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The Smoke Knight Varpa is a redhead like most of those related however distantly to the von Blitzengaard and Sturmvoraus family, however unlike most of the other redheaded members of the family she has a dark complexion and her hair is darker appearing dark brown or almost black under limited lighting.
* Dielle from ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' has reddish brown dreadlocks.
* Saffron from ''Webcomic/SaffronAndSage''. WordOfGod states that this character design choice was based on the colors of the actual saffron flower.

* Megara from ''{{Disney/Hercules}}''. If you look very closely, you can easily tell that Meg's hair is actually a dark red color, and that her skin is slightly darker than that of Herc's.

This trope can be TruthInTelevision thanks to dye; notably, in Asian countries like Pakistan, dyeing hair red with henna dye is common. (Natural redheads in Pakistan -- and there are many -- usually have light skin.) Dark skin with natural red hair is often seen in Oceania, especially Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. In other places, you generally only see natural red hair in cases of MixedAncestry. For example, the Afro-American activist UsefulNotes/MalcolmX earned the nickname "Detroit Red" due to the reddish tinge in his hair that he inherited from a Scottish ancestor. Likewise, basketball player Blake Griffin has tan skin and red hair due to having a black father and white redhead mother.

* Wangari, the Kenyan LargeHamAnnouncer from ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia''.

* In the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', Texan hero Firedrake is a black man with pumpkin-orange hair. It's a side-effect of his powers.

* {{Pirate}} boss and snarky [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] [[FieryRedhead Adept]] Eoleo in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' fits perfectly, being the tannest player character in the series to date, implicitly from a lifetime of doing [[BuffySpeak pirate-y things]], since he and his parents had a lighter complexion in ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSun The Lost Age]]''.

This trope can be TruthInTelevision in Asian countries like Pakistan, where dyeing hair red with henna dye is common (while natural redheads in Pakistan -- and there are many -- usually have light skin). Dark skin with natural red hair is often seen in Oceania, especially Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. In the West, you generally only see this in cases of MixedAncestry. For example, the Afro-American activist UsefulNotes/MalcolmX earned the nickname "Detroit Red" due to the reddish tinge in his hair that he inherited from a Scottish ancestor. Likewise, basketball player Blake Griffin has tan skin and red hair due to having a black father and white redhead mother.