History Main / OjouRinglets

* The GratuitousPrincess of ''Anime/HelloSandybell'' has thick, cymotrichous curls tied into braids and secured by a Gem-Encrusted headpiece.

* ''Anime/IsabelleOfParis'': Isabelle was once a loud-mouthed {{Tomboy}} but at fifteen she's decided to leave that behind and become a proper Parisian Bourgeiosie woman. She dons [[https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Isabelle_Laustin?file=Isabelleofparis-episode-4.png these]].

* In ''Anime/VoltesV'', many noble Boazanian women don this hairstyle, most notably Katherine and Lozaria. Katherine has thin ones alongside a French braid and a ponytail, and Lozaria has a BeehiveHairdo and braid-like ringlets.

* 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.

* 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.
* ''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).

* 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.

* Eru Daiunji from ''P/A Potential Ability'' has two tight armpit-length ringlets that start behind her ears.

* 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.

* Rosalia from ''VideoGame/{{Angelique}}'' is from a noble family and the PrivilegedRival of the main character. She has two corkscrew curls in front of her ears and collarbone.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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 hangs 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]].]]

* Juri Arisugawa from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has multiple pairs of ringlets framing her face. She's part of the TheBeautifulElite and 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.

* 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 it is to protect the Takayanagi family.

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* 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.

* 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 who ''owns'' the school where she is studying.

* 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 cast, she's one of TheBeautifulElite.

** Jessiebelle, James' [[WhipItGood 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''.

* Martina, a [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain minor antagonist]] from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} NEXT'', is a spoiled princess with a pair of tight ringlets in front of her ears.

* Montmorency in ''LightNovel/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.

* Tisalia Scythia from ''LightNovel/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.
* ''LightNovel/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).

* 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 [[HundredPerCentAdorationRating highly respected and loved]].

A SubTrope of RegalRinglets. Compare MegaTwintails and QuirkyCurls.

* Ame-Warashi from ''Manga/XxxHolic'' is a high ranking Gothic Lolita fashioned water spirit. She has MegaTwintails and two smaller ringlets in front of her ears.

Do '''not''' confuse them for the sideburns Orthodox Jewish men wear, called ''peyot'' ([[NoPronunciationGuide pronounced "pay-ott"]]) (''peyos'', pronounced "pay-ohs," if you're [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]]).

* ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte'': 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.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

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%%* 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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%%* Beatrice from ''LightNovel/ReZero'' has high curled pigtails behind her ears. Bonus points for them actually spinning when Subaru pulls them.
%%* ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'':
%%** Regardless of whether she has her hair up or down, Pacifica Casull always has two curls in front of her ears.
%%** Queen Elmyr has two curls in front of her ears.
* The be-monocled Caterina Sforza from ''LightNovel/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.

* ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' adds these as a hairstyle option for the Octolings. Interestingly because of changes to how CharacterCustomization works it's possible for male Octolings to have this style as well.

Do '''not''' confuse them for the sideburns Orthodox Jewish men wear, called ''peyot'' (pronounced "pay-ott") (''peyos'', pronounced "pay-ohs," if you're Ashkenazi).

%%** 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.
%%** One of Dawn's rivals, Ursula, has high curled pigtails behind her ears.
%%* 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.