History UsefulNotes / JapanesePronouns

* Leon Magnus and Judas from ''{{Tales of Destiny}}''
* Beryl Benito (a girl!) from ''{{Tales of Hearts}}''. It's always written in Katakana.

* Takeshi (Brock) of ''{{Pokemon}}'' uses this when introducing himself to the ladies.
* Kunzite in ''{{Tales of Hearts}}'', by virtue of being a RidiculouslyHumanRobot, and a TinMan no less.

* Zelos, in ''{{Tales of Symphonia}}''.

* Natalia in ''{{Tales of the Abyss}}''.

* Richia Spodune in ''{{Tales of Hearts}}''. [[PlayingAgainstType Kinda jarring when you realize that voice comes from]] KaoriShimizu.

* Used in the ''{{Tales|Series}}'' incantation for Indignation: "''Yomi no mon hiraku tokoro ni nanji ari,''" which is roughly "The gates of hell open where thou art," as well as the variant in ''{{Tales of Legendia}}'', "''nanji no houkou yori banshou ni haae''" ("by thy roar destroy creation").

* Anise of ''{{Tales of the Abyss}}'' uses this several times. (In which it's funny that in battle, she only says it if Luke and Jade are out of the party.)
* Hisui of ''{{Tales of Hearts}}'' uses it for ''everyone''. People who he warms up to, including the main character, graduate to ''omae'', and that's as polite as he gets.

* [[TalesOfDestiny Barbatos Goetia]]. Every Fucking Time.

* Alvin from ''TalesOfXillia''. His peculiar dialect is one of the (many, many) red flags that there's something up with him.

* OnceAnEpisode in ''ExcelSaga'', Rikdo Koshi makes an announcement stating that he allows ''Excel Saga'' to be made into whatever the episode parodies, starting with "Watakushi, Rikudou Koushi wa..." ("I, Rikudou Koushi..."). In the same anime, Hyatt usually uses ''watakushi''.

* Mint in ''GalaxyAngel''.

* The Princess of the Crystal in ''MawaruPenguindrum''. Himari herself also uses this pronoun in one episode when roleplaying a period drama with the cabbages she's chopping up.

* Inoue Jun from ''{{Saki}}'' uses this as befitting of her {{Bifauxnen}} appearance.

* Mako Someya from ''{{Saki}}'', who was raised by her grandfather and probably picked up his speech habits.

* Hajime from ''{{Saki}}'' uses this, even though she is rather girlish.

* Momohime from ''MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.

* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', Keiichi, Rika, Shion, and the others in the game club often refer to themselves as {{Nakama}}-tachi.

* A good indicator of how [[AngelBeats Naoi]] thinks of himself in relation to others is that he addresses everyone but Tachibana and Otonashi this way, the former likely only to keep up appearances, and the latter, [[HoYay well...]]

* Used by the BigBad [[spoiler: Miyo Takano]] in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNiKai'' in an AGodAmI speech.

* Nago, the CampGay cat-umbrella-thing from ''BlazBlue'' uses ''atai''.

* Momoka from SketDance.

* Gian of [[SummonNight Summon Night 4]] reverts to his childhood usage of ''boku'' from his usual ''watashi'' as part of his VillainousBreakdown.

* The Big 5 in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!''
* Luck Gandor in ''{{Baccano}}!'' uses this to refer to [[TheMafia the Gandor family]].

* Yami Yugi in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'', such as the phrase ''mou hitori no ore'', 'the other me,' in reference to Yugi (in season two, he started referring to Yugi by the nickname ''aibou'', or "partner")

* Alba from ''SummonNight''.

* [[UnholyHolySword Soul Edge[=/=]Nightmare]] from the SoulSeries.
* [[UnholyHolySword Chartreuse]] from [[SummonNight Summon Night 3]].

:''Ware'': 我 An archaic "I", usually male. Nowadays it's rather literary, and has a dignified overtone. Part of its esteem value derives from using the same character as "I" in Chinese, which is pronounced ''wo''. Has its own possessive form: ''waga'' (我が).

* In [[YuGiOh5Ds]], [[spoiler Rex Goodwin/Godwin]] uses it once he becomes [[spoiler a god]].

* The Wolkenritter of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' tend to use this pronoun when talking about themselves as Hayate's servants (on other occasions, Vita uses atashi and Signum and Shamal use watashi).

:''Nanji'': 汝/爾 Another archaic form, roughly equivalent of "thou". Used in TheBible, and to translate the speech of Quakers in films.

* Katsura Hoshino, author of ''[=~D.Gray-Man~=]'', which leads to PronounTrouble. The author's actual gender is [[spoiler:lady]]. From the series, Allen, Jasdero and Road use it all the time.

* Kanda Yu in ''[=~D.Gray-Man~=]''.

* Bak Chang in ''[=~D.Gray-Man~=]'' though only when he's angry at someone.

* And we can't forget Dio Brando of ''[=~JoJo's Bizarre Adventure~=]'', who takes this up another notch by referring to himself as "Kono Dio-sama", roughly equivalent to "I, the Magnificent Lord Dio". To be fair, he's earned that level of conceit.

* Phantom in ''[=~Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea~=]''

* The Millennium Earl in ''[=~D.Gray-Man~=]''.

* Joseph Joestar in Part 3 of ''[=~JoJo's Bizarre Adventure~=]''.

* Anise from ''[[GalaxyAngel Galaxy Angel Rune]]'' and ''[[Game/GalaxyAngel Galaxy Angel II]]''. Also female.