History UsefulNotes / JapanesePronouns

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

* Kagura from InuYasha, being her rebellious, respectless self has no qualms adressing ''everyone'' like this, including her very creator and high-ranking demon nobility like Sesshomaru.

* Signum of MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha uses this when Vita calls her a "boob demon" and on another occasion, when their MysteriousProtector takes Fate by a surprise during their duel and steals her Linker Core.

* Mogami Yoshiaki from ''SengokuBasara'', who is every bit as arrogant.

*It's hardly unheard of for a female native speaker (esp. a college student) to refer to herself as ''boku''--it's just nothing near the ubiquity of its use in anime. Using it is an expression of masculinity somewhere between 'tomboy' and 'butch.'

* Satoshi (Ash) from ''{{Pokemon}}'' uses "ore".

* Phantom in ''PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea''

* Lawrence III, of the second ''{{Pokemon}}'' movie, has an ImageSong titled "Ware wa Collector".

* Several characters in ''{{Yo-Jin-Bo}}'', most notably Muneshige and Ittosai. It proves a pretty good indicator of which of the six bodyguards featured in the story are actually samurai and which ones are something else.

* Queen Nehelenia from ''SailorMoon'', again as a "royal we". Dubs usually translated it into her using the most formal speech patterns of the language in question.

* You'll hear more ''temē'' in a single episode of ''Literature/ToraDora!'' than in the whole run of most other shows. In particular, Taiga and Ami are always yelling this one at each other.

* The fansubs of ''[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' appearing on NicoNicoDouga have [[{{Tomboy}} Rainbow Dash]] referring to herself with this.

* In KoumajouDensetsu II, [[NinjaMaid Sakuya Izayoi]], utterly fed up with [[{{Troll}} Yukari]]'s treatment of her mistress, addresses her in this manner during their final confrontation.

* Raidou the 14th's ancestors refer to him this way in [[RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy the Devil Summoner]] [[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Raidou Kuzunoha games]], as does Gouto (his [[TalkingAnimal talking cat]] [[NonHumanSidekick sidekick]]).

* Raoh sometimes uses this in FistOfTheNorthStar

* Donquixote Doflamingo uses "kozou-domo" to refer to Bellamy and Sarquiss, showing condescension.

* In MaiOtomeSifr, Lena, making an ApologeticAttacker statement to [[spoiler:the Five Columns, sans her friend and classmate Elliot, who refused to help them]], as [[OneeSama Onee-sama-gata]]

* Naraku in InuYasha, and, perhaps to lampshade the similarities between the two, Hakudoshi as well, despite the latter being a small boy.

* PhoenixWright/ Naruhodou Ryuuichi from AceAttorney uses this. It fits his easily flustered personality.

* ApolloJustice/ Odoroki Housuke from AceAttorney uses this pronoun. It's the first difference between him and his boku-using predecessor that a player of the japanese version comes to notice and (aside from the [[AnimeHair hair]]) also the most pronounced, since Apollo tends to act a lot more aggresive than Phoenix ever did.

* Severus Snape, in the Japanese translation of the HarryPotter books.

* Electra from FushigiUmiNoNadia

* Harumi Ayasato A.K.A "Pearls Fey" from AceAttorney uses this, since her mother basically trained her to be as polite and formal as humanly possible. Phoenix/Ryuuichi even comments on the dissonance between her refined speech and her adorable appearance. In AceAttorneyInvestigations 2, Hakari Mikagami also uses this pronoun, in addition to very formal ways of addressing others (such as using [[JapaneseHonorifics -sama]] on most people).

* Escargon in KirbyOfTheStars. He always speaks with (almost exaggerated) politeness, no matter the tone he's speaking with.

* Kuroda Kanbei from ''SengokuBasara'', who is in no way as humble as this pronoun implies.

* Tokitsu Junya, the "Detective of the North" in DetectiveConan's ''Detective Koshien'' arc. It's hinted lightly that he uses this as a way to make himself look humbler than he truly is. [[spoiler: And it's kind of a plot point, actually. See the character sheet to learn the reason why.]]

* Ranma in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' (even when transformed into a girl)
* Keichi in ''OhMyGoddess'', too bad he was [[GenderBender involuntarily disguised as a girl]] at the time.

* Kyou/Koga in ''{{Pokemon}}''.

* Kawakami Bansai from ''{{Gintama}}''

* Saori from ''Literature/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai'' whenever she's in her {{Otaku}} persona.

* SarutobiSasuke in ''SengokuBasara'' uses this when he's being boastful. MiyamotoMusashi uses it all the time (but he's by no means as great as he thinks he is).
* Mighty Kongman in ''{{Tales of Destiny}}'' gives us the CatchPhrase "ORE-SAMA WA [[GratuitousEnglish CHAMPION]] DA!!"

* Harumi Ayasato A.K.A "Pearls Fey" from AceAttorney uses this, since her mother basically trained her to be as polite and formal as humanly possible. Phoenix/Ryuuichi even comments on the dissonance between her refined speech and her adorable appearance.

* A defining moment in Natsuki's characterization as a hard-bitten delinquent in ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' is that she addresses ''a nun'' this way.

* Hibiki, of ''TheIdolmaster'', uses this in an accentuation of her heavy Okinawan dialect.

* Hinagiku aka Angel Daisy from WeddingPeach uses this pronoun even as a Love Angel in a frilly wedding dress.

* You'll hear more ''temē'' in a single episode of ''Anime/ToraDora!'' than in the whole run of most other shows. In particular, Taiga and Ami are always yelling this one at each other.

:''Kikou'': 貴公 A fairly archaic term used to refer to someone younger than or beneath you. Typically appears with people who are high-ranking, or maybe just arrogant.

:''Kimi'': 君　A somewhat informal but still polite second person pronoun used mostly by men when addressing their equals or younger men and women. Can be used as a honorific as well, pronounced ''kun''.

:''Kika'' or ''Kikou'': 貴下 A fairly archaic term used to refer to someone younger than or beneath you in informal situations.

[[folder:Kika/Kikou Examples]]

* Saori from ''OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai'' whenever she's in her {{Otaku}} persona.