History Main / Fundoshi

* The Ruan Brothers from ''Suikoenbu'' all share the same muscled physique with a rokushaku fundoshi as their base sprite. The only difference is that they put on different colored loincloth and various heads.

* Heihachi's 1P costume from ''Tekken 4''. Enough said....

* Mizoguchi's appearance from ''King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2 Regulation A'', his alternate costume is nothing but a fundoshi tied around him.

* ''BakiTheGrappler'''s Hanayama Kaoru is a Yakuza, and so a very traditional man. When he gets serious on a fight, he rips his clothes, shows his family's back tattoo and keeps on fighting. [[http://view.thespectrum.net/series/new-grappler-baki-volume-01.html?ch=Volume+04&page=101 Wearing only a fundoshi.]]

* Juuichi's fundoshi scene during the camping arc of ''{{Morenatsu}}''. Also, Juuichi is sometimes seen outdoors in his fundoshi.

* ¡¡BakiTheGrappler'''s Hanayama Kaoru is a Yakuza, and so a very traditional man. When he gets serious on a fight, he rips his clothes, shows his family's back tattoo and keeps on fighting. [[http://view.thespectrum.net/series/new-grappler-baki-volume-01.html?ch=Volume+04&page=101 Wearing only a fundoshi.]]

* Clain from {{Fractale}}, after being forced to change his dirty pants, he reveals that it's his choice of underwear.

* Junko's from ''IchibanUshiroNoDaimaou'' is [[MaleGaze first thing we see of her]]

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ZbD4VtdPU Here's how to tie a fundoshi.]] (Practical and demonstrative, but for obvious reasons [[YourMileageMayVary may]] be NotSafeForWork. Also, since the fundoshi is occasionally fetish wear, the {{YouTube}} Suggestions column and the Comments section are almost certainly Not Safe For Work.)

* When [[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba]] sees someone in a fundoshi at the town festival, she reacts as a five-year-old probably would: "BUTT!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! BUTT!!!"

* Juuichi's fundoshi scene during the camping arc of ''{{Morenatsu}}''.

The fundoshi (Japanese: 褌／ふんどし) is the traditional {{Japan}}ese style of {{Loincloth}}. Worn by men, it is a single long piece of cloth wrapped into place and fastened by twisting and tucking alone. This versatile tying technique makes any suitable piece of cloth a potential fundoshi. A similar technique can also be used to wear cloth as a headband.

A subtrope of {{Loincloth}} intimately associated with {{Japan}}ese culture. Compare BarelyThereSwimwear. For similarly contextually tasteful forms of {{Fanservice}}, compare SweaterGirl and WetSariScene.

The fundoshi (Japanese: 褌／ふんどし) is the traditional {{Japan}}ese style of {{Loincloth}}. Worn by both men and women, it is a single long piece of cloth wrapped into place and fastened by twisting and tucking alone. This versatile tying technique makes any suitable piece of cloth a potential fundoshi. A similar technique can also be used to wear cloth as a headband.

In Japan, this is also less of an issue for the MoralGuardians, as the fundoshi is a well-recognized part of Japanese traditional culture. Thus it is actually in relatively ''better taste'' than a speedo, despite actually [[TheissTitillationTheory exposing more skin]] than a speedo. Outside of Japan, the fundoshi has become increasingly popular as a form of [[RuleOfSexy sexy underwear or fetish wear]], especially for men.

* In the OuranHighSchoolHostClub manga, Tamaki must wear one of these if his team loses the sports festival. [[spoiler: They do. He does]]

* ''SamuraiJack'' wears a fundoshi under his usual outfit. Since Jack has terminal ClothingDamage in half the episodes, he has many, ''many'' fundoshi scenes. This has made Jack very effective EstrogenBrigadeBait.

The fundoshi (Japanese: 褌 or ふんどし) is the traditional {{Japan}}ese style of {{Loincloth}}. Worn by both men and women, it is a single long piece of cloth wrapped into place and fastened by twisting and tucking alone. This versatile tying technique makes any suitable piece of cloth a potential fundoshi. A similar technique can also be used to wear cloth as a headband.

The fundoshi is the traditional {{Japan}}ese style of {{Loincloth}}. Worn by both men and women, it is a single long piece of cloth wrapped into place and fastened by twisting and tucking alone. This versatile tying technique makes any suitable piece of cloth a potential fundoshi. A similar technique can also be used to wear cloth as a headband.

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ZbD4VtdPU Here's how to tie a fundoshi.]] (Practical and demonstrative, but for obvious reasons [[YourMileageMayVary may]] be NotSafeForWork. Also, since the fundoshi is occasionally fetish wear, the {{YouTube}} Suggestions column is Not Safe For Work.)

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ZbD4VtdPU Here's how to tie a fundoshi.]] (Practical and demonstrative, but for obvious reasons [[YourMileageMayVary may]] be NotSafeForWork.)

The fundoshi is the traditional Japanese style of {{Loincloth}}. Worn by both men and women, it is a single long piece of cloth wrapped into place and fastened by twisting and tucking alone. This versatile tying technique makes any suitable piece of cloth a potential fundoshi. A similar technique can also be used to wear cloth as a headband.

In {{Japan}}, this is also less of an issue for the MoralGuardians, as the fundoshi is a well-recognized part of Japanese traditional culture. Thus it is actually in relatively ''better taste'' than a speedo, despite actually [[TheissTitillationTheory exposing more skin]] than a speedo. Outside of Japan, the fundoshi has become increasingly popular as a form of [[RuleOfSexy sexy underwear or fetish wear]], especially for men.

[[folder:Video Games]]

* As a consequence of fandom injokes, Rinnosuke from ''{{Touhou}}'' (particularly his counterpart '''Man'''nosuke) is almost always depicted wearing nothing but a ''fundoshi''.