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[[SpearCounterpart Just as]] {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s exist out there, there are Yuri Fans. For those of you not familiar with {{Anime}} terminology, "[[YuriGenre yuri]]" refers to a genre of Japanese media focusing on [[QueerRomance female homoeroticism and lesbian romance]].

In regards to yuri fanboys, the difference between them and a guy who just thinks GirlOnGirlIsHot is that a yuri fanboy is interested in actual {{Yuri}}, including the {{shipping}} aspects of the fandom, while the latter involves individuals who may never have seen a GirlsLove work in their lives, so long as they get turned on by girl on girl. Fictional yuri fanboys don't show up often as a significantly greater emphasis is placed on non-shipping GirlOnGirlIsHot types.

Yuri Fangirls also exist, and are in fact the primary market for much of the genre. Media depicting love between women and girls is actually quite popular among otherwise heterosexual girls, in part because of the "forbidden romance" angle, and for their tendency to be [[CostumePorn lush]], [[BishieSparkle pretty]], and [[SoapOpera chock full of melodrama]]. (Not to mention, as a certain feminist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir author]] pointed out, women enjoy soft, silky, uh... ''feminine'' things just as much as men. A yuri fangirl is rarely questioned about her sexuality (interest in homosexuality is generally seen as "just a phase" in Japan), but she ''is'' often questioned about her...[[{{Otaku}} exuberance]] for the genre. In fiction, Yuri Fangirls are a popular character type within GirlsLove series.

Yuri Fan is for shipper examples. For non-shipping examples who still love seeing girl/girl action, see GirlOnGirlIsHot (although the two tropes can overlap). Not to be confused with fans of [[YuriLowenthal Lowenthal]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Lowell]], [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Sakazaki]], [[ShadowHearts Volte Hyuuga]], [[TigerAndBunny Petrov]], [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 that creepy fellow who failed to take over the Soviet Union by mind control back in the '70s]], [[TheSpaceRace the first man in space]], [[ModernWarfare an ex-Spetsnaz soldier]], a [[HistoryOfTheUSSR former Soviet General Secretary]], or [[LightNovel/DirtyPair a 3WA Trouble Consultant]]... well, there can be some overlap with that last one.

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* Satoshi Furutorisui from ''Secret Of The Tripower''. Constantly taking pictures of girls when they're together.
* Tsumugi Kotobuki from ''[[Manga/KOn K-On]]!'', is this. She frequently has daydreams whenever two girls are holding hands, standing close to each other, and at one point is openly jealous of the skinship between the other girls, to the point that she's seen as having [[ShippingGoggles Yuri Goggles]]... [[AdaptationDecay But much less so on the anime]].
* Pictured above: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA39k5w0B9w Hiyori Tamura]] in ''Anime/LuckyStar''. She is also implied to be a YaoiFangirl but it is [[ImprobablyFemaleCast never elaborated further in the series]].
* The all-girl high school in ''OtomeKikanGretel'' seems to be populated by yuri fangirls, who {{squee}} when they watch Mariya and Yuu kiss. But then again, they are all implied to be SchoolgirlLesbians, as well.
* The girls from ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'' often seem to be rather interested in the amorous entanglements between other girls at their school, although this is rather downplayed in the anime. In the LightNovels, [[{{subtext}} however]]...
* Yurina from ''Hana no Yurina Gumi'' in one ''YuriHimeS'' anthology is a very obsessed Yuri Fangirl. She goes to an all girls school and as president of the school's literature club, she writes fiction pairing up some of the students. She's also been known to {{Squee}} and gush quite loudly when two female students touch their hands together.
* Ushio's brother, Norio from ''SasamekiKoto'', who writes GirlsLove [[LightNovels novels]].
* In {{Haruhi-chan}}, [[spoiler:Yuki Nagato]] is a yuri fangirl. Yes, really. In [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya the original]], she seems strangely interested in shipping Haruhi and Mikuru together.
* Onsokumaru and the ninjas of ''NininGaShinobuden'' are pretty perverted but they've also been seen to cry over the relationships found in a parody of ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru''.
* The ''KannazukiNoMiko'' audio drama reveals that Himeko's favorite manga is a {{yuri}} doujinshi.
* Itta from ''GirlXGirlXBoy'' doesn't start out this way, but he becomes a yuri fan later in the manga. He then can't help but smile and go "Aww" when he sees two females acting friendly towards each other.
* ''Manga/{{Yuru-Yuri}}'' has the yuri fangirl Chitose who [[ShipperOnDeck frequently imagines Kyouko and Ayano together]] in both relatively tame and explicit situations often resulting in her getting a {{nosebleed}}.
** Amusingly, she can only do this when she takes off her glasses. So she's an inversion of ShippingGoggles!
* The students at the all-girl high schools in ''AoiHana'' show several levels of fascination for girl-girl relationships. The news club of Akira's school, Fujigaya, even publishes rumors about them on the front page of their school magazine. [[spoiler:Akira is not amused, even if they don't mention her or Fumi by name]].
* Hayate from ''HayateCrossBlade'' has her yuri goggles permanently on. She sees yuri ''everywhere''.
* Sunohara in ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBgPXOlTtn8 overloading with hormones]] when he and Tomoya tricked Ryou into thinking that Nagisa is going to confess her love to her, and the entire thing started playing out like something straight out of a GirlsLove anime.
* Saito of ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima''. He got amused at the sight of Louise and Tiffania groping each other in the women's bath. Also, he got turned on when he saw Montmorency and Beatrice kiss while under the influence of the LovePotion.
* Fukuyama of ''Manga/GirlsBravo'' set up an all girl wrestling tournament and was especially excited about seeing Kosame and Kirie mud wrestle each other.
* [[GenderBending Nyo!Hungary]] in ''AxisPowersHetalia'' is often portrayed in fanon as this, mirroring his female counterpart's YaoiFangirl tendencies.
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* The {{yuri}} [[{{H-Game}} erotic game]] series ''Sono Hanabira Ni Kuchizuke Wo'' is predictably full of these. Whenever a group of girls witnesses a {{yuri}} act, just like clockwork, many {{squee}}s will be heard.

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* Tedd, the MadScientist from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has an interest in gender bending pretty much everybody in every way but with a notable love for girl and girl.
* Reynardine of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' once asked Annie and Kat if they were gonna kiss because he wanted to watch.
* Caliborn from ''{{Homestuck}}'', who heavily fetishes normal human romantic actions such as hugging or holding hands as porn, and is especially interested in seeing 'the bitches' - i.e. Jane and Roxy - together.

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[[folder: Web Video]]
* With some CharacterDevelopment, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic went from [[GirlOnGirlIsHot salivating over catfights]] to still being into girl/girl, ''but'' also ripping movies like ''Film/TheHaunting1999'' to shreds for just treating homosexuality as {{fanservice}} and nothing more. (He's also a YaoiFanboy.)
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