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1In Japanese media, if there's a character from the Kansai region (Osaka especially), chances are they're the most crass character present. In stark contrast to the rest of Japan, JapanesePoliteness (or even just basic concepts like decorum and "good manners") doesn't exist for these guys. The people themselves are portrayed as lacking any semblance of sophisticated culture, being [[TheDitz idiotic]], [[LargeHam loud and passionate]], [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], [[BigEater glutton]][[JabbaTableManners ous]], [[TheHedonist material]][[{{Greed}} istic]], [[BloodKnight prone-]][[HairTriggerTemper to-violence]], [[TheScrooge incredibly cheap]] (yet [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted somehow always broke]]), and speaking with a characteristic [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseDialects Kansai accent]] instantly recognizable to native speakers of Japanese. As such, they tend to be portrayed as TheBigGuy, or possibly TheLancer to contrast with the Kanto speaking hero. In North American dubs, a Kansai/Osaka accent is usually [[AccentAdaptation rendered as]] either a [[HalfWittedHillbilly Deep South/Redneck accent]] or a [[BrooklynRage heavy Brooklyn accent]] -- the cultural connotations overlap sufficiently in either case that this works.
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3In anime it is not merely a [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] but a {{cliche}}. TruthInTelevision in the sense that it is a RealLife stereotype. Usually, when someone from Kansai comes to Tokyo, he adopts a standard Tokyo dialect. Someone who insists on speaking Kansai dialect in Tokyo will be looked at as if he were some sort of LowerClassLout. As TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, this stereotype is such that Osakans (and to an extent people from the Kansai region) ''[[PlanetOfHats in general]]'' [[PlanetOfHats are portrayed as brutish, crass, vulgar, and uncultured]], regardless of socioeconomic class.
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5Alternately, an Osakan character may be a jokester. This character may actually be quite intelligent, but presents to the world a comedic face. The BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine is heavily associated with this kind of character thanks to a tradition of Kansai comedians.
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7The reason this stereotype exists is because Osaka's forms of industry and production are generally less demanding than many of the kinds found within Tokyo. This coupled with a much less crowded city causes the people of Osaka to not need to be in as much of a hurry to get anywhere as is somewhat required in Tokyo. As a result, the people on average (by Japanese standard anyway) tend to be more laid back, calm, and openly friendly in personality (which also makes Osakans on average more welcoming of foreigners than people from Tokyo). Being so distinctly different in personality from the capital's residents tends to make Tokyo perceive Osaka as a place that is too informal and doesn't take everything seriously enough. Which isn't true, but that's how stereotypes work.
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9[[StealthPun Also note]] that the trope title [[UsefulNotes/{{Baka}} can be]] a SublimeRhyme in Japanese ("Osaka no Baka").
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11%% Don't remove the pothole to "Baka"; it will just make the joke confusing.
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14Compare EagleLand (especially the Boorish variety), UglyAmericanStereotype, DeepSouth, EverythingIsBigInTexas, OnlyInFlorida, the SmallTownTyrant, GoodOlBoy, HalfWittedHillbilly (especially the Country Bumpkin, Backwoods Bigot and Inbred Ignoramus varieties) and SouthernFriedPrivate for its North American counterparts. Potentially compare also BrooklynRage (plus the BigRottenApple), {{Joisey}} and {{Southies}}, as Noo Yawk goon or Bahstin townie translations are also fairly common. Also compare CrassCanuck, ViolentGlaswegian, OopNorth, DublinSkanger, FootballHooligans, TheQuincyPunk, FightingIrish, NorthernIrishAndNasty, AmoralAfrikaner, and TheBogan for the other Anglosphere counterparts. Other counterparts include AsianRudeness, RambunctiousItalian and FrenchJerk. Polar opposite is FormalCharactersUseKeigo (Quite humorously, Keigo actually originated from the ''Kansai Dialect'', particularly the Kyoto Dialect that was the norm in the Meiji Restoration).
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20* ''Manga/AiKora'': Tsubame, the boisterous, hard-drinking, and slightly irresponsible HaremNanny, has a Kansai accent.
21* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga, who was branded with the "Osaka" nickname by [[GenkiGirl Tomo]] simply for being from Osaka. However, the humor in Osaka's character lay in how she ''[[SubvertedTrope doesn't]]'' act like her required stereotype: She's still not exactly bright, but she's an earnest, daydreaming airhead [[CloudCuckoolander who's prone to strange thoughts]], not a brash money-grubber; and she also didn't even speak in the stereotypical Kansai dialect, until she caved under Yukari's stubborn insistence that there's no need to "force" herself to speak in standard Japanese. Osaka is often teased for not saying things that a stereotypical person from Osaka should say. To top it off, she's not even a native Osakan; she was born in Wakayama and only lived in Osaka for a year. In the [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV Manga]] English translation, "Osaka" is apparently analogized to working-class Philadelphia (the dub of the anime recasts the accent as Texan, and the Creator/YenPress translation likewise gives her a Southern accent). They even lampshade the naming in the show. She is actually listed in school under the name "Osaka", and laments that people keep viewing her that way.
22* ''Anime/BeastWarsII'': Thrust and Dirge, a comedy duo. Also Diver.
23* ''Anime/BurstAngel'': Takane Katsu and the other Osakan characters. A southern accent is used for the English dub.
24* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': Mostly averted by Makoto Souda, who is NOT an idiot but a CombatPragmatist. He ''does'' play up the HotBlooded and arrogant side of the stereotype, however. [[spoiler: And pays ''dearly'' for it when Napoleon provokes him into getting himself kicked out of the Japan vs. France game.]]
25* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': Kero-chan, despite being an ancient magical guardian, speaks in an Osakan accent and has many of the mannerisms: silly, cheerful, stubborn, etc. Sakura points this out to him the first time they meet; he claims it is because the Clow book was left in an Osaka library for thirty years so the accent rubbed off on him.
26* ''Manga/CaseClosed'': Zigzagged by Osaka detective Heiji Hattori, who is just as brilliant as the Tokyo-dwelling main character, and also has a number of special skills, such as sword-fighting skill. He's also portrayed as a lot more amiable and prone to perpetrate practical jokes than the main character, though he is oftentimes a very serious character. Even so, Hattori and his prospect girlfriend Kazuha are ''BOTH'' prone to occasional fits of stereotypical Osakan obnoxiousness. The Creator/VIZMedia translation of the manga gives Hattori, Kazuha, and the rest of their family and friends from Osaka stereotypical Southern U. S. accents. In the [[CulturalTranslation English dub]] of the anime, they're from Alberta.
27* ''Manga/DagashiKashi'': Played with and subverted in one episode, in which Hotaru pretends to be from Osaka as part of one of her OnceAnEpisode [[CloudCuckooLander rambling rants]] about dagashi. She's even able to affect the accent, albeit only sporadically. The fact that she's an idiot to start with (or at the very least a CloudCuckooLander / [[TheDitz Ditz]]) makes it a very believable charade.
28* ''Manga/DeathNote'': [[GeniusDitz Misa]] [[Creator/AyaHirano Amane]] is from Kansai. Subverted because she doesn't speak in Osaka-ben, despite having lived in Osaka before she came into the plot; not that surprising since many people from the Kansai region learn to speak in the "Tokyoite accent" so as to fit in or at least to not stand out, and in Misa's case it's a ''vital'' necessity since she's a TeenIdol and needs to have a broad appeal.
29* ''Manga/ExcelSaga'': Sumiyoshi. Compared to his roommates Watanabe and Iwata, however, he's the smartest of Excel's neighbors and probably the most normal character in the series. Unusually, his accent is rendered in English (in the translation of the manga) as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie Geordie]] accent, which doesn't quite carry the same connotations (it's more associated with crudeness). Also, in the manga version of the story, he is not from Kansai proper, but instead is from Okayama prefecture (which is slightly to the west of the Kansai region).
30%%* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'': Joker.
31* ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'': Tarte is a WeaselMascot from another world who speaks with a Kansai accent.
32* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'': Tasuki. And his {{Expy}} in ''Manga/AbsoluteBoyfriend'', the salesman Gaku Namikiri.
33* ''Manga/GaiGin'': Mentioned when Gin is planning to meet some netfriends in Osaka. According to her sources they talk with a weird dialect and "Oh yeah, they are all ''completely insane''." When we meet him, though, the Kansai-born Pyon is perfectly intelligent and nice, despite a childish sense of humour (he takes delight in learning the meaning of the English word "boogers").
34* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'': The Osaka team takes the "idiot" in the trope to the logical extreme. Almost all of them are AxCrazy TriggerHappy [[HumansAreBastards bastards]] that behave far closer to {{Eagle Land}}ers, and [[spoiler: their complete lack of TeamSpirit gets them brutally slaughtered]].
35* ''Manga/GetBackers'': Emishi Haruki, the "Fresh Blood Joker". Also Natsuki Amon, who, it is explicitly mentioned, fakes an accent to come off as a cheerful buffoon.
36* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'': Invoked by Jameson, the CEO of a company that specializes in cloning organs for transplants, has a very exaggerated Osaka accent and "good old country boy" mannerism (rendered as a corny Texas accent in the English dub) that the Major immediately notes as being absurdly fake.
37* ''Manga/GhostSweeperMikami'': [[Creator/RyoHorikawa Tadao Yokoshima]] whose brain is mostly [[LovableSexManiac filled with girls]].
38* ''Anime/GingaEKickoff'': Erika is from Osaka, and proud of it. She's a loud {{tomboy}} and a natural comedian.
39* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': The brash and talkative Naniwa Tiger Takeshi Sendo. He's from Osaka, has a thick accent (and is voiced [[Creator/MasayaOnosaka by an Osaka native]]), boxes because he loves to fight strong men, and used to be a gang leader in high school... to protect other people from harmful gangs. His grandmother's nickname for him is "idiot".
40* ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'': Maido-kun/Howdy is the lower-class, goofy, practical joker of the group. He speaks with a Kansai dialect in the Japanese version and with a Southern American accent in the English version.
41* ''Manga/HanaKimi'': Shuichi Nakatsu and his garishly dressed mother who is absolute comic relief.
42* ''Manga/TheHatingGirl'': Ryouji's ex, Towa Naoko. She's rather boorish and overbearing, and seems to enjoy taunting Asumi in the chapter where they first meet.
43* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': Sakuya Aizawa sees life as one huge BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine.
44* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
45** [[Creator/GoInoue Spain]] speaks and acts like this. Although he's definitely not from Osaka.
46** Actually ''averted'' with the guy who represents the Osaka prefecture, who is kind of a keet but ''not'' an idiot.
47* ''Manga/HyperPolice'': Sakura the ''kyuubi-fox'' is both a trickster, since she is a kitsune, and moneygrubbing (homeless solely because it saves money). She also speaks with one of the thickest Kansei accents in anime.
48* ''Manga/IdolXIdolStory'': Hibana Akagiri is a native of Hiroshima rather than Osaka, but she still has many traits of this trope. Although she hasn't had much focus in the series itself, her profile describes her as "unrefined", her self-described reason for entering the idol audition is written in a very rustic ''patois'', she has red hair and talks about getting fired up, and her hobby is fighting games. The assessment also mentions some concerns she can't see things through to completion.
49%%* ''Manga/ItazuraNaKiss'': Kinnosuke.
50* ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'': Sasshi is not just ''from'' Osaka -- he ''lives in'' Osaka. When not hopping worlds back and forth, that is. He's still an {{idiot|hero}} though.
51* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': Mostly averted. Kaneo Takarada lives in Osaka and fits the stereotype of [[MoneyFetish a greedy son of a bitch]], but he's also a tactical mastermind who gives Honnouji Academy's forces a run for their money.
52* ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'': Fuuka Matsui ''seems'' to be this since she's as hyper as Sana Kurata and she lived for years in Osaka (and even has the accent). But she's an aversion in the end, since she's also smart, athletic and popular enough to be TheAce of the story.
53* ''Manga/LoveHina'': Downplayed with Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno, who's from Kansai but is more of a crafty trickster than an idiot. That said, she does fit the stereotypes of always being short on cash and loving alcohol to the point that she's almost never seen without her booze...except at one point, where it's replaced with vinegar. She isn't pleased.
54* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': Youko Shiragami is actually fairly smart (she does quite well in her studies), but can be surprisingly [[TheDitz ditzy]]. On the other hand, the '''entire premise''' of the series is that every single character is "just a little dumb", so she's got plenty of company in that regard. But she definitely fits the cheerful, stubborn and competitive parts. Her father Genjirou also qualifies for the same reasons.
55* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Toji Suzuhara is a subversion. On the surface he fits the stereotype by being brash and short-tempered while having an obvious Osaka accent, but on the other hand it also turns out that he is amongst the most mentally stable and moral members of the cast (not a big feat, admittedly, but still). The English translation of the manga [[AccentAdaptation exchanges his Osaka accent for a Brooklyn one]]. Notably, the {{Self Parody}}ing AudioPlay, ''AudioPlay/EvangelionAfterTheEnd'', has Asuka outright insulting him by calling him a "country bumpkin".
56* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'': Downplayed with Aiko Senoo; while she's not an idiot, she's still a brash, BookDumb tomboy who is known for her distinctive Kansai dialect and often complains when others imitate it. She has the Osaka comedy routine down and is a very smart bargainer.
57* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'':
58** Played with. Kintarou Touyama is a very [[NoSocialSkills naive]] and over-imaginative WildChild who's also an excellent tennis player with ''fearsome'' physical strength and enough charm to befriend almost everyone he meets up with. The kid can even lift up ''small motorcycles'' with his bare hands, for crying it loud!
59** On the other hand, this is subverted with the Oshitari cousins. Both [[Creator/HidenobuKiuchi Yuushi]] (from Hyoutei) and [[Creator/JunFukuyama Kenya]] (from Shitenhouji, meaning he's Kintarou's sempai) are from the Kansai area and use the accent... but they're fairly smart and more-or-less serious guys. Lampshaded when local PluckyComicRelief Hikaru "Dabide" Amane tries to get Yuushi roped ino the [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine typical Osaka humor routines]] with him, but Oshitari [[DudeNotFunny is VERY peeved]]. (Though it's highly likely that Yuushi was just playing along, as the ''[[StraightMan tsukkomi]]'' to Dabide's ''bokke''. And on the ''other'' other hand, Atobe ''does'' treat Yuushi as The Idiot from Osaka quite often (for instance, when he overheard Yuushi and Kenya getting into an extremely silly argument over the phone). In the spirit of fairness, other times Atobe turns around and acts as if he [[{{Tsundere}} (grudgingly)]] respects Yuushi's intelligence.
60** Two of Kintarou's sempais, [[BadassBookworm Data player]] Koharu Konjiki and his partner Yuuji Hitouji, actually [[InvokedTrope use the "Osaka jokester" stereotype to their advantage in the courts]]; with their "Comedy Tennis" tactics, they manage to disrupt their rivals' concentration and get the upper hand.
61* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ukyou Kuonji has the accent but few idiotic tendencies, rather being a {{bifauxnen}} workaholic (itself a Kansai stereotype, but a different one) with possible {{yandere}} tendencies.
62* ''Manga/RealBoutHighSchool'': Shizuma Kusanagi is a pompous, HotBlooded showboat and is actually a little dim... however, he's a GeniusDitz music virtuoso, being particularly talented at guitar and piano but capable of playing almost any instrument competently. And the fact that he's from Kansai only comes up once.
63* ''Manga/SlamDunk'': [[Creator/MasayaOnosaka Hikoichi Aida]]. His older sister [[Creator/YukoNagashima Yayoi]] is much more savvy, but prone to silliness once in a while.
64* ''Anime/{{Transformers Robots In Disguise}}'': Gusher (Slapper).
65* ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'': Browning, the comedic mascot.
66* ''Manga/{{Upotte}}'': While not explicitly stated to be from the Kansai region, Ichiroku[=/=][=M16A4=] speaks in an Osakan accent and has many of the mannerisms: silly, cheerful, stubborn, foul-mouthed.
67* ''Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku'': Noriko Nishikawa, Kotetsu's poor neighbor and classmate who can stand up being a [[CuteBruiser tough kid]] and has just as bad grades as his.
68* ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin'': Yurika Doujima comes into work late, leaves early, and generally acts like a complete goof-off. Subverted a bit in that it's later revealed to be mostly ObfuscatingStupidity -- she is capable of acting competently when the situation requires it.
69* ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'': Spiderman is a living parody of Osaka people: Kansai dialect? Check! Very greedy and materialistic? Check! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Likes a lot of Takoyaki?]]. Check!
70* ''Manga/YakitateJapan'': Kyousuke Kawachi is occasionally referred to simply as "Kansai-ben" ("Kansai dialect") and is at one point openly mocked as being a comical side character only good for being excessively shocked at every little surprise.
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74* ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'': Inverted with Nanami Aoyama. She's from Osaka and also the OnlySaneWoman in Sakura Hall.
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78* ''Alien vs. Ninja'': Nezumi is a textbook example, albeit a live-action one.
79* ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'': Minoru Uesugi, aka Green Racer, is depicted as hailing from Osaka. This may be an ActorAllusion as Minoru's actor, Yoshihiro Fukuda, is also from Osaka.
80* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
81** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'': The boisterous rockstar wannabe Eritate Kengo fits this trope to a T, [[spoiler: until midseason when it is revealed that he was always a Tokyo native, taking on the Kansai accent to come across as more personable. He also goes through a major attitude overhaul at this point, losing the accent and the hair and shifting to full badass gear.]]
82** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'': Akiko Narumi, whose foolishness comes more from being somewhat sheltered and being the AudienceSurrogate, emigrating to Fuuto in the first episode. Her father [[HardboiledDetective Sokichi]] thoroughly averts this, though it's unclear if he was Osakan or if his family simply lived there. Making it even funnier, a MonsterOfTheWeek puts Akiko in an ImagineSpot which transplants the plot to Osaka, including [[TheSmartGuy Philip]] and [[SixthRanger Ryu Terui]] transformed into stereotypical lazy Osakans while [[TheHero Shotaro]] is the FishOutOfWater transplant from the big city. In Philip's case it may be an ActorAllusion, as Masaki Suda actually ''is'' from Osaka.
83** ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'': Nishiki from TheMovie, in keeping with the five movie Riders' Location Theming.
84** ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'': Kintaros isn't actually from Osaka, but speaks the dialect. And while he's not an idiot, he is kind of TheDitz; in his spotlight story arc, his contractor wanted to become the best karate-ka he could, so Kintaros trained his body...with Sumo. And didn't realize it until a couple of preteen boys told him.
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88* ''Music/HypnosisMic'': Sasara Nurude and Rosho Tsutsujimori of Dotsuitare Honpo, ''boke'' and ''tsukkomi'' respectively (and Sasara is ''boke'' to Samatoki during their time as Mad Comic Dialogue). Sasara is the one who fits the trope best, having the most overt Kansai dialect, his occasional tendency to play the fool to lighten the mood and his beckoning cat/''koban'' speakers bringing to mind the concept of someone who likes to make money. Rosho also tends to slip into a Kansai dialect when angered.
89* ''Music/Kanjani8'', a boyband devoted to the stereotype.
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93* Wrestling/{{CIMA}} has sometimes dipped into this during his late babyface runs, emphasizing traits of this as his brash, lively and wily nature. His frenemy Gamma also counts, although he has done it even while heel.
94* Wrestling/SumieSakai has lived in Yokkaichi, Suzuka and Kanazawa but has been billed from Osaka more than once and been treated as a dimwit more than once while she was. Ironically the most extreme case was in the US based Womens Extreme Wrestling, though it did use the WEW initialism in reference to the Kodo Fuyuki era off Japan based Wrestling/{{FMW}}, [[ContinuityNod which Sakai was also briefly a part of]]. After "returning" from "deportation" this was {{downplayed|trope}} to Sakai "merely" not knowing what was going on because she knew no English. Most US promoters bill Sakai from {{Joisey}} instead.
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98* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'': Susie is a loud, brash, and crass bully whose book smarts are implied to be well below ideal. Consequently, the Japanese translation depicts her as a {{Bokukko}} who normally refers to herself with the pronoun "ore" but switches to "atashi," commonly associated with the Kansai region, when trying to be polite around Toriel in Chapter 2.
99%%* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI'': The shopkeeper Shilleka.
100* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': Rika may count, considering her StalkerWithACrush and SelfProclaimedLoveInterest tract on Ichinose Kazuya. She's also a very unconvincing liar.
101* ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'':, Tora is so painfully stereotypically Osakan (despite being a literal, but not figurative, ChessMaster) it even bleeds through into the ''English version of the game'', even without any of the usual conventions of rendering a Kansai dialect.
102* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
103** In a meta-example, some of the characters' behavior in the [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Generation II games]] becomes somewhat amusing when you remember that [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Johto is Kansai]].
104** Whitney has an Osaka accent in the Japanese version and, though she's not an idiot per se, she is a GenkiGirl.
105* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'': [[Creator/YurikoFuchizaki Li Kohran]]. Despite being of Chinese descent, she speaks in an Osakan accent, since she was raised there. An idiot mechanical genius who is prone to having her creations blow up in her face. In one episode of the {{OVA}}s, she even threw in a random "What the heck" just for the Osakan reference.
106* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure'', Marine The Racoon is definitely this trope. In the English version, she has an [[LandDownUnder Australian accent.]]
107* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Asuka Kazama. She can back up her bravado, to a degree, but is hot-headed to a fault and quick to jump to conclusions.
108* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'': Goes without saying.
109** Invoked with [[CloudCuckooLander Goro Majima]], a Tokyo yakuza boss also known as "the Mad Dog of Shimano", and, as part of his mercurial, ultraviolent and goofy-in-a-the-Joker-sort-of-way persona, affects a Kansai accent thick enough to cut with a knife. However, this is very much a deliberate act; Majima is a complete nutter and approaches problems in ways that make no sense to anyone else, but there is method to his madness and his solutions, unorthodox and zany as they are, ''always'' work. Also, one of the first signs that [[LetsGetDangerous things are about to get real]] is that Majima drops the accent.
110** Downplayed with Ryuji Goda, another Yakuza Boss, this time for the Go-Ryu Clan (he's also the very son of the 6th Omi Chairman Jin Goda). He's more DumbMuscle at first glance, but he's suprisingly competent for merely being TheBrute of the Omi. [[spoiler:Subverted; He's actually a Korean born in the Jingweon Mafia, but as he's lived in Kansai since he was just an infant, he blends in remarkably well]].
111** ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'' has [[BoisterousBruiser Tsuyoshi Nagumo]], who's actually more of "The Idiot from Hiroshima" due to being from Onomichi.
112** ''VideoGame/LostJudgment: Kaito Files'' has [[TheBrute Shusuke]] [[TheAlcoholic Kenm]][[BloodKnight ochi]]. He speaks with a loud Kansai accent, is an alcoholic, and loves to brawl. [[spoiler:Both the Alcohol and the Brawling both cloud his head enough to make him forget about accidentally killing Mikiko's family by way of arson.]]
113* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'': Babblong has an Osaka accent in the Japanese version. He is [[CharacterFilibuster extremely talkative]], [[RamblingOldManMonologue prone to boring rambling]], and has a GagNose. Anyone he possesses also begins to speak with an an Osaka accent. The English dub made him into [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed a parody of Jimmy Durante]].
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117* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Oosawagi Natsumi (Lotta Hart in the localization) is a fiery tabloid photographer. Reportedly she was so much of an Osaka stereotype that one of the Osaka-born staff members took mild offense to her. In the localization she is from 'The Heartland' and speaks with an appropriate accent. Natsumi/Lotta often [[LampshadeHanging outright admits]] the fact that she is the walking embodiment of this trope and always fiercely tries to defend her homeland and de-power the stereotype by claiming that she's the only one who really fits the trope in Osaka/Rural America.
118* ''VisualNovel/YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito'': Ken-chan and Meirin. The two even have a LampshadeHanging moment over how great it is to meet other Kansai people, even though neither of them comes from our actual universe.
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122* ''Webcomic/{{Krakow}}'': [[http://www.krakow.krakowstudios.com/krakow/archive.php?date=20031114 Discussed:]]
123-->'''Boss:''' Tom, [[InformedAttribute have you noticed]] that Yamaguchi-san speaks with an Osaka accent?\
124'''[[FishOutOfWater Tom:]]''' She's from Osaka?\
125'''Boss:''' No, she's from Kanto. But Yamaguchi-san is a very unrefined, gruff woman. She also [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drinks heavily]] and is overly obsessed with money.\
126'''Tom:''' But... that doesn't make any sense!\
127'''Boss:''' *thhk* It would seem you do not understand Japanese culture.
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132* In the [[AccentAdaptation Japanese dubs]] of the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' movies, the eponymous character (played with a Scottish accent in English), voiced by [[Series/GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende Masatoshi Hamada]], is given a Kansai accent to match his violent, crude, and temperamental personality (as supposedly the Scottish accent does as well).

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