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The regal hairstyle worn by many female anime leads.
In its pristine form, the straight black hair endemic to real Asians is worn long, save for perfectly level bangs trimmed just above the upper eyelids, and side locks also trimmed level to roughly shoulder level. It is widely believed to be the court style of the Heian Period, and thus Older Than Feudalism. Well, Japanese feudalism.
It is currently losing favor among new titles. Styles such as Princess Curls are gaining prominence among anime royalty, and the general populace in Japan is adopting distinctive short cuts or ponytail offshoots, such as tsundere pigtails.
This hairstyle still has a good chance of showing up if the character is an ojou or another similar type, like the Yamato Nadeshiko. Also a fairly popular style with mikos. And if the setting is in Japan's past, its appearance is almost a given, although usually the hair in back is gathered with a ribbon, and sometimes the side locks also.
Naturally, any Historical Fiction or Period Piece set between the Heian period and Meiji Revolution will have women in this hairstyle.
Examples
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Anime & Manga
- Most any nubile woman in a Rumiko Takahashi work, especially in InuYasha.
- Sango also wears her hair in a version of this when she's not prepared for battle. Kikyou starts with ribbons binding both her back hair and side locks, but ditches the ribbons, going to the pristine form.
- Akane Tendo used to have this style (usually in a ponytail variation), but then that razor-sharp bandanna boomerang came along...
- A clear example has shown up in RIN-NE, Kaori Himekawa in chapter 8 sports a pristine version, if a trifle short in the back. Fitting, as she is a reincarnated Hime (princess), or rather it was enough to convince a ghost as much.
- Yuuko Ichihara sports this in xxxHOLiC.
- Alto Saotome of Macross Frontier, appropriate given that he used to be a kabuki performer and that his nickname is actually "hime".
- One of the most important features of Yukari Hayasaka from Paradise Kiss, given that she's trying to become a professional model.
- Konoka Konoe in Mahou Sensei Negima, also an Ojou. And Mana, who is a miko, wears her hair in a version with the side locks bound with cords. Also Sayo Aizaka and Chachamaru qualify. Akira Ogouchi would qualify, if she didn't have her back hair in a ponytail. Chisame Hasegawa almost wears her hair like this in class, with a ribbon gathering it in back, but she doesn't quite have the bangs. Ayaka Yukihiro is also only lacking properly trimed bangs to have a hime cut. It probably all stems Akamatsu's professed love of long-haired women.
- Arika, Princess of Vespertatia, and Theodora, Third Princess of Hellas, as befits their stations.
- Riful in Claymore is a major Creepy Child who can turn into a monster at will.
- Motoko Aoyama from Love Hina (pictured above) also sports this type of hairdo.
- So does her older sister Tsuruko.
- Hinata Hyuga from Naruto has her hair in this style following the series' timeskip.
- Dawn/Hikari from Pokémon is an honorable mention
 ◊, as is Gym Leader Erika. Sabrina/Natsume, however, is the series' straight (pristine, that is) example.
- Mizuchi Saiou on Yu-Gi-Oh GX (albeit slightly stylized).
- Nagi from Kannagi, though you're pressed to explain the sky blue hair considering she's an animated tree spirit.
- Wang Liu Mei from Gundam 00, with variations of other hairstyles added to it (buns and low pigtails, high pigtails, pony tail, straight down, etc.).
- The second empress in Seirei No Moribito has this, as befits her station. (Doubtless the first and third empresses do also.)
- Azmaria (on the right) from Chrono Crusade has this hairstyle, despite being Portuguese, not Japanese. It fits her mature personality, although she's quieter and more humble than The Ojou.
- Asakura Ryouko◊ from Suzumiya Haruhi.
- Kuro from Kodomo No Jikan.
- Shizuru from Mai-HiME and Mai-Otome. There's a joke in this somewhere...probably the kind involving her use of slicing weaponry.
- Enma Ai from Jigoku Shoujo.
- Rin from Spirited Away, along with all the female bathhouse workers. The only reason appears to be the vaguely turn-of-the-century feel.
- Mio from K-On!.
- Yomi from Ga Rei Zero.
- Rosa, Bernkastel, Virgilia, Lucifer, Mammon, Gertrude, and more from Umineko No Naku Koro Ni.
- Tomoyo Daidouji from Card Captor Sakura, especially apparent in the anime.
- Touko, Noriko & Yoshino from Maria-sama ga Miteru.
- Coco from the third Boku No Pico OVA, Pico x Coco x Chico. Coco's, as expected in a shotacon OVA, is a boy.
- Ms Yoshinoya in Hidamari Sketch uses it. That's why she was given a leading role in a parody of the story of Kaguya-hime, by her former student Kishi Maiko.
- Rika from Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni.
- Hagino from Blue Drop.
- Rin Itoshiki in Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
- Aisa from To Aru Majutsu No Index.
- Tamami from Mahoraba
- Yuki from Taishou Yakyuu Musume.
- Yamada from Honey And Clover.
- Male example: Sai no Fujiwara in Hikaru No Go. Justified, at his time this hairstyle was gender-neutral.
- Lucia in God Child. Appropriate since, despite her name and the story being set in England, she is Japanese.
- Kamiya Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin, when she wears her hair loose (which admittedly isn't very often, but still).
- Ditto Tomoe, who wears it because she is the daughter of a samurai.
- Fumi from Aoi Hana.
- Sumika from Sasameki Koto.
- Coco from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.
- Arukenimon from Digimon Adventure 02 has a rather scruffy version of this hairstyle in her human form.
Films
- Non-Japanese example: Anck-su-namun in The Mummy Returns sports this cut.
- In Peter Jackson's movie The Lord Of The Rings, several male elves (including Elrond) wear their hair this way.
- Millennium Actress - Chiyoko has her hair (or prop hair) in this style when playing an actual Princess for one of her movies.
Video Games
- Nakoruru from Samurai Shodown has this.
- Sakura Shinguji from Sakura Wars, despite Kosuke Fujishima's linework.
- Morrigan from Darkstalkers is freqently drawn with a green variation of this hairstyle; appropriate, since she's the Rebellious Princess of the Demon World in the series' backstory.
- Princess Zelda usually sports a variation of this, usually with an actual tiara◊ in the place of bangs
- Both Flonne and Princess Sapphire from the Disgaea series. Incidentally, the male Seraph Lamington is the one who wears it in its most pristine form.
- Princess Kaguya in Touhou, which makes her one of the only characters without a Nice Hat. Also Fujiwara no Mokou, who would have been actual Heian nobility.
- Star Sapphire of the Three Mischievous Fairies also has a hime cut, although the effect is altered because she wears a white ribbon.
- Karla from Fire Emblem 7.
- Yukiko Amagi of Persona 4.
- Sabrina/Natsume of Pokemon.
- Maori Kasuga of Arcana Heart, a Miko.
- O-Ichi from Sengoku Basara wears a variation.
- Emily "Lili" Rochefort from Tekken sports a perfectly trimmed blonde example of this.
- Yo-Jin-Bo's Hatsuhime has this cut, but, perhaps because she's a Rebellious Princess, she keeps it tied up in a ponytail with a red bow, leaving only her bangs and framing shoulder locks free.
- Einst Alfimi wears her blue hair in this manner, with a hair clip / ponytail added as bonus.
Western Animation
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