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13	An easy way to tell if a female character in Japanese media is of high social standing is not to look for the RequisiteRoyalRegalia, but to look at the front of her head. Specifically, look for two curled locks of hair draping the sides of her face. The rest of the hair may be straight, curly, or anything in-between, but she must have two curls from either the hair directly in front of or directly behind the ear, and falling in front of her shoulders rather than behind, if it is long enough. If she has these, she either is high class or acts like it.
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15	Needless to say, this is common among {{Ojou}}. Some {{Elegant Gothic Lolita}}s also sport this hairstyle.
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17	Also known as "drill hair", and derived from the RegalRinglets hairstyle, popular in Roman times. For the distinctly Japanese princess' hairstyle -- straight black with level bangs and ear locks -- see HimeCut.
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19	Please do not list examples unless they have two curls from either the hair directly in front of or directly behind the ear ''and'' at least one of the lifestyle or personality characteristics (royalty, {{Ojou}}, ElegantGothicLolita, LadyOfWar, or other traits). '''Having two ringlets only does not qualify a hairstyle as Ojou Ringlets.'''
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21	Do '''not''' confuse them for the sideburns Orthodox Jewish men wear, called ''peyot'' (pronounced "pay-ott") (''peyos'', pronounced "pay-ohs," if you're [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]]).
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23	A SubTrope of RegalRinglets. Compare QuirkyCurls.
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31	* Reika from ''Manga/AimForTheAce'' has multiple large ringlets in the back and two smaller curls in front of her ears, alluding to her {{Ojou}} upbringing.
32	* Princess Charlotte from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' goes through a couple different hairstyles throughout the series, one of which has two thin curls in front of her ears.
33	* Fukiko "Miya-sama" Ichinomiya from ''Manga/DearBrother'' has multiple ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears and collarbone. She is the manipulative and wealthy StudentCouncilPresident.
34	* ''Manga/ExcelSaga'':
35	** Elgala from the manga has two ringlets in front of her ears. When she first appears, she's actually dirt poor like the rest of the ACROSS girls, but she acts like a wealthy debutante nonetheless.
36	%%** In the anime, there's a one-shot corporate heiress that also sports corkscrew curls.
37	* Ayumi Himekawa from ''Manga/GlassMask'' has two large ringlets in front of her ears. She is the PrivilegedRival of the main character.
38	* ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'': Nadeshiko Adenokouji has a HimeCut with four ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears. Like the main character, she's another RichBitch.
39	* Ryuuka Jihiyou from ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam'' is the next head of the fabulously wealthy and powerful Jihiyou family. She has two ringlets in front of her ears.
40	* Athena (or A-Tan) from ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' has two ringlets in front of her ears and shoulders, being the main character's rich [[spoiler:ex-girlfriend]].
41	* Miho from ''Manga/IchinenseiNiNacchattara'' is the elementary school RichBitch and has multiple ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears.
42	* Onodera from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is the daughter of a jewelry company president and is initially introduced wearing her hair in two loose drills, though it becomes looser and looser as the series goes on until they just hang down normally. An unnamed member of the lacrosse team seen at the beginning of Chapter 10 also wears her hair in this manner and is implied to come from a powerful family since [[spoiler:she's among the [=VIPs=] that Tsubame gathers up in Chapter 200 to discuss her plans to [[ClearTheirName clear Ishigami's name]].]]
43	* ''Anime/LaSeineNoHoshi'': Marie Antoinette has a BeehiveHairdo and hair styled into these ringlets.
44	%%* Beth for the 1981 anime adaptation of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' wears her hair in multiple ringlets behind her ears.
45	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
46	** When Vivio was first introduced in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', she didn't have these at first, but after she [[spoiler:gained access to her [[GodEmperor Sankt Kaiser]] [[OlderAlterEgo form]]]], she gets two thin curls in front of her ears. By the time of ''Audioplay/StrikersSoundStageX'', she's taken to wearing her hair in this manner full time.
47	** When Olivie Sägebrecht, [[spoiler:[[CloneJesus the Sankt Kaiser that she was cloned from]]]], finally had her appearance revealed in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', she has two thin curls in front of her ears.
48	* ''Anime/MischievousTwinsTheTalesOfStClares'': Madeleine has volominous, coil-like ringlets tied to the back of her head, and is the queen bee of St. Clare's.
49	%%* Queen Felia from ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'' has two very long and curly sidelocks which end below her shoulders.
50	* Isabella from ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'' sometimes has small loose curls in front of her ears to go with her Victorian lady look. She's described as being the epitome of high class and femininity.
51	* Masako Natsume from ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' is wealthy and has four ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears and the rest behind her ears.
52	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
53	** Jessiebelle, James' psychotically proper fiancée, has two large ringlets behind her ears and one at the back of her head. Since the English dub gave her an [[SouthernBelle American Southern accent]], they also call to mind Scarlett O'Hara's RegalRinglets in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
54	** One of Dawn's contest ensembles incorporates a loose ponytail and two tight ringlets in front of her ears for her hairstyle, in keeping with her GirlyGirl.
55	** One of Dawn's rivals, Ursula, has high curled pigtails behind her ears.
56	** Domino in Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns has a large ringlet at each side of her head, showcasing her high position in Team Rocket.
57	* Regardless of whether she has high curled pigtails or large three ringlets in the back, Izumi from ''Anime/PrincessNine'' always has four thin curls, with two of them in front of her forehead and the rest in front of her ears.
58	* B-Ko from ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' is a member of a rich and influential family affecting typical RichBitch behavior. She wears her hair in two smaller ringlets in front of her ears.
59	* Mami Tomoe of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has a pair of large corkscrew curls behind her ears. She's the {{Ojou}} because of her deceased family's wealth and her own class and uses a more [[LadyOfWar graceful]] style of GunKata. ''Rebellion'' would show her outright using magic to get them that way.
60	* Ymir from ''Anime/QueensBlade'' is the daughter of the Dwarf King and has multiple large ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears.
61	* Juri Arisugawa from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has multiple pairs of ringlets framing her face. She's part of TheBeautifulElite and is implied to be particularly refined even by Ohtori Academy standards. It's implied that she does actually use a curling iron for at least some of it as she's seen on occasion (and in the movie) with her hair straight, though her bangs remain curled even in flashbacks.
62	* Hermione from ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'' is a young noblewoman in an ArrangedMarriage with Romeo. She usually has her ponytail in a ringlet as well but she always has two long ringlets that start in the front of her ears.
63	* Hinaichigo from ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' has a pair of ringlets in front of her ears. She and the rest of her sisters are [[ElegantGothicLolita lolita fashioned]] [[ArtificialHuman dolls brought to life]].
64	* Neo Queen Serenity and her daughter, Chibiusa, from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' both have thin curls in front of their ears.
65	* Saaya Yamabuki from ''Manga/ShugoChara'' has two large ringlets in front of her ears and shoulders. Although she isn't a princess, she certainly acts like she's the best thing since sliced bread. She's actually less popular than Amu, but she acts like Amu is well below her.
66	* In ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', Ayame Minamikujou wears her hair in multiple Victorian ringlets, with two of them behind her ears and in front of her shoulders. This is part of her acting like an {{Ojou}}, even though her family is totally normal. Aki wonders where she goes to get her hair done like that.
67	* Martina, a [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain minor antagonist]] from ''Literature/{{Slayers}} NEXT'', is a spoiled princess with a pair of tight ringlets in front of her ears.
68	%%* Lynn Minmay, self-made IdolSinger, from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' has long straight hair with two thin ringlets in front of her ears.
69	* Isuzu Emi from ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'' has four large ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears and the rest in the back. She's part of a wealthy clan whose job is to protect the Takayanagi family.
70	* Kihel Heim from ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' has classic-length ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears and shoulders. She comes from a rich family and is a BodyDouble for the Queen of the Moon, Dianna Soreil.
71	* Sherry Belmont from ''Manga/ZatchBell'' is a young French woman from a wealthy family. She has blonde straight hair with two long ringlets in front of her ears.
72	* ''Manga/{{Hyakunichikan}}'': Kindergarten {{Ojou}} Kanami has [[FashionableAsymmetry one on the side of her head]], indicating her upper-class background.
73	* Ame-Warashi from ''Manga/XxxHolic'' is a high-ranking Gothic Lolita-fashioned water spirit. She has large pigtails and two smaller ringlets in front of her ears.
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77	* Padmé Amidala wears her hair in this style during the picnic scene in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''; she has two ringlets that fall in front of her ears to frame her face (though they're smaller than some examples), combined with RegalRinglets. She is very much an {{Ojou}}; she's a senator and former queen (elected) who is [[ProperLady polite, composed]] and [[UniversallyBelovedLeader highly respected and loved]].
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81	* ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte'': Lady Lieselotte Riefenstahl has a noticeable hair ringlet on the right side of her head that she tends to twist around her fingers when she's embarrassed.
82	* Montmorency in ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' has multiple Victorian ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears. Like most of the main cast in the series, she's a noble.
83	* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'': Ravel Phenex usually has her hair in long twintails that curl up this way at the tips. She is the daughter of one of the noble demon families and as such she usually speaks and behaves in a formal, well-mannered way (when she's not being arrogant and condescending).
84	* As befitting a daughter of a high-ranking noble family, Claire Francois, the titular villainess of ''Literature/ImInLoveWithTheVillainess'', wears her hair like this most of the time, which makes her instantly recognizable. In the manga, Rae practices doing hair in this style on her friend Misha, who does not look amused by the final result.
85	* Tisalia Scythia from ''Literature/MonsterGirlDoctor'' is the heiress of a vast fortune in delivery and transportation. She has two long locks that dip down beside her face and turn into ringlets at the bottom; being a centaur, she also has three curly locks in her tail.
86	%%* Beatrice from ''Literature/ReZero'' has high curled pigtails behind her ears. Bonus points for them actually spinning when Subaru pulls them.
87	* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Curly blond hair in ringlets is a HereditaryHairstyle of [[BlueBlood the aristocratic McFarlane family]]: patriarch Theodore [=McFarlane=] wears his cut short and curled at his sideburns, his daughter and heir Michela has her hair styled in three streams of drill-tails, and her cousin Stacy Cornwallis ([[spoiler:actually her illegitimate half-sister]]) wears hers in much broader spirals. While introducing herself to the other protagonists, Chela jokes that it's considered polite to faint at the beauty of the [=McFarlanes'=] ringlets.
88	* ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'':
89	** Regardless of whether she has her hair up or down, Pacifica Casull always has two curls in front of her ears, indicating her status as the titular "scrapped princess".
90	** Queen Elmyr has two curls in front of her ears, also showing her royal status.
91	* The be-monocled Caterina Sforza from ''Literature/TrinityBlood'' is the Duchess of Milan and has long brown hair in multiple large ringlets, two of which start behind her ears and fall in front of her shoulders.
92	%%* Mia Rinaldi from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' is described as having "blonde ringlets". Comes with her pseudo-royal, popular status at the Academy. Do her ringlets start in front of or behind her ears?
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96	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
97	** Daenerys Targaryen sometimes wears her hair with two long ringlets framing her face (often paired with braids); she's a powerful queen and LadyOfWar.
98	** Lady Margaery Tyrell sometimes has two long curls falling in front of her ears, with the rest of her hair worn in [[RegalRinglets elaborate curls]] as well; a notable example is her hairstyle during her wedding to King Joffrey.
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102	* Archbishop Raffaele Riario in ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' is a male example of this trope. Like most of the characters, he is from the Italian noble families that were the closest thing to royalty in the Renaissance. The original manga artist seems to have been going for this look with his design.
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106	* Rosalia from ''VideoGame/{{Angelique\|KoeiTecmo}}'' is from a noble family and the PrivilegedRival of the main character. She has two corkscrew curls in front of her ears and collarbone.
107	* Karin Kanzuki from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'' is a RichBitch and has blonde hair styled in Victorian ringlets with two of them falling in front of her shoulders.
108	* Inverted with Aerith from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. While she has two tight ringlets in front of her ears, she is a flower girl from the slums and acts energetic rather than refined. It could be a nod to her being a Cetra or Ancient, which is a mystical people with special powers.
109	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
110	%%** Exalt Emmeryn, the leader of Ylisse and symbol of peace, has large tight curls in front of her ears.
111	** Maribelle is the daughter of a Ylissian duke and an {{Ojou}} in every sense of the word. She has multiple tight ringlets, two of which start behind her ears and rest on her shoulders.
112	** Sumia is a clumsy Pegasus Knight with some shades of {{Ojou}} in her personality. She has two tight ringlets in front of her ears.
113	** Flavia is the West-Khan of Ylisse's neighboring country. While the rest of her hair is tightly bound in a messy ponytail, she has two thin curls in front of her ears.
114	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has Constance von Nuvelle, a haughty LargeHam with a NoblewomansLaugh (in the Japanese version) who's the SoleSurvivor of her noble family and has two blonde curls directly in front of her ears prior to the TimeSkip.
115	* Rose Bernstein from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' has two large ringlets that start behind her ears and rest on her shoulders. She's the RichBitch daughter of [[BloodKnight Rugal]] [[SNKBoss Bernstein]].
116	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
117	** The ''other'' eponymous character of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has a variation of them as well: they're not curled, per se, but there are two braids of hair tied up in lots of ribbon.
118	** Mila from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is a RichBitch and has parted straight bangs that curl into tight ringlets in front of her ears. She loses them after her family goes from RichesToRags.
119	* Reika Minazuki from ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan2'' has straight hair with two ringlets that start at the temples of her head and fall in front of her collarbone. Her profile mentions that she's from a traditional family and attended a super-elite academy.
120	* Eru Daiunji from ''VideoGame/PAPotentialAbility'' has two tight armpit-length ringlets that start behind her ears.
121	* Mitsuru of ''VideoGame/Persona3'', up until junior high, as seen in ''FES'''s flashbacks. When she was a child, she had two curled ringlets at the sides of her head. She carries this even in high school, but she keeps one loose curl instead. She is the daughter of Takeharu Kirijo, a founder of Kirijo Group, the group that ''owns'' the school where she is studying.
122	* Princess Sarah from the ''VideoGame/{{Richman}}'' series is a princess who has ringlets that looks more detailed in later titles.
123	* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'':
124	** Ashlotte has two ringlets in front of her ears and is a [[RobotGirl robotic]] [[ElegantGothicLolita gothic lolita]] bonus character from ''Soulcalibur IV''.
125	** Viola from ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' is an ElegantGothicLolita and has two ringlets that start behind her ears and fall in front of her shoulders.
126	%%** Several variants are available in the Creat-A-Character mode.
127	* Susie Evans from ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has two large ringlets that start behind her ears and fall in the front of her shoulders. She's the daughter of a rich tycoon and only enlisted in the war to protect her family's honor.
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131	* Rika Shiraki from ''Bible Black'' is popular, from a wealthy family, and StudentCouncilPresident. She sports long straight hair with two ringlets that in front of her ears and shoulders.
132	* Luviagelita Edelfelt from ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'' is a RichBitch and wears her hip-length hair in ringlets, with two of them in front of her ears and shoulders.
133	%%* [[ElegantGothicLolita Iyaritikki]] in ''VisualNovel/{{Polyphonica}}'' has her hair done up in multiple long drills.
134	* Beatrice from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has two thin curls in front of her ears as part of her "lady of Rokkenjima" persona. Like just about all of the cast, she's one of TheBeautifulElite.
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138	* ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'': Miho is an ElegantGothicLolita and wears her hair with two shoulder-length ringlets in front of her ears during the (first) whole "Cave of Evil" debacle.
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142	* It was a popular look in UsefulNotes/LolitaFashion during TheEighties. It's fallen out of style since, but a lot of people still love it. It's really hard to do without a wig though. Rag curls can look like it.
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