History TheBigGuy / AnimeAndManga

* ''LightNovel/ExpectingToFallIntoRuinIAimToBecomeABlacksmith'' has Vaine Lotte, a literal giant (he has to bend to get through doors) with NoSocialSkills. He’s obsessed with wilderness living and training, and is the son of his kingdom’s Knight Commander who’s much the same as him, and a OneManArmy. He develops somewhat of a LadyAndKnight dynamic with the SentIntoHiding foreign princess Curosshi, becoming her bodyguard.

** ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' has Nao Midorikawa aka Cure March who is a LightningBruiser, a {{Tomboy}} and her most powerful attack is [[KickChick a kick]].
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' has Aguri Madoka aka Cure Ace. She's the strongest of the five Cures, but is neither TheHeroine nor TheLancer.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': IdiotHero Gourry Gabriev fits this trope to a T, being a powerful swordsman with no magical abilities.

* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Yuki Nagato's true 'position' (Haruhi sees her as TheSmartGuy) is most likely a form of the CuteBruiser. Compare SuperpowerLottery - She can do ''anything''. But when she ''can't'' do something (Haruhi's powers at full action, Snow Mountain Syndrome chapter) you know it means trouble, which is TheWorfEffect in a distorted way.

* ''LightNovel/RokkaBravesOfTheSixFlowers'': Goldof, leader of the Blackhorn Knights and Nashetania's loyal guard. He is a GentleGiant but can and will kick your butt with his giant spear...but despite that, if Nashetania were to betray him, he would not kick hers.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'' has Sara, as part of a BrainsAndBrawn HeterosexualLifePartners duo with Elena, both of whom fit the BigSisterMentor archetype for the protagonist Akira. Sara is a type of {{Cyborg}} who relies on {{Nanomachines}} stored in her body to fend off a chronic disease she has, which also give her SuperStrength and a HealingFactor (at the cost of using up those expensive nanites). Sara tends to wield a {{BFG}} in [[GunsAkimbo each hand]]. Sara delegates mentally demanding tasks like running their EverythingSensor, leadership of TheSquad, and [[TheFace negotiations]] to Elena.

* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' despite looking like TheChick Yor Forger is definitely The Big Girl ActionMom for her family being easily the physically strongest of the father, mother and daughter trio and the most inclined to straightfoward violence as an assassin. Though in classic TheBigGuy fashion she's practically DumbMuscle in many ways, as Yor comically struggles with anything more compilcated than kicking ass and murder.

** After the TimeSkip Sakura Haruno upgrades from TheChick into The Big Guy for Team 7 having learned to utilize SuperStrength from Tsunade.

** Chopper in his human or his other battle-orientated forms, but Franky fills the role better being the largest crewmate. Though whenever Jinbei comes back to the crew he will most certainly be this trope.

* Randel Oland of ''Anime/PumpkinScissors''. In fact, Oreldo even calls him that.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has several, due to having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters- Kaede, Ku Fei, Mana, Chachamaru, and ''occasionally'' Asuna and Kotaro when they're not being TheLancer.

* Thorkell of ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' goes by the epitaph 'The Tall'. He's a seven feet tall AxeCrazy BloodKnight BoisterousBruiser who isn't above a little KickTheDog action. His men believe he's the Avatar of Thor.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' has several Big Girls.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall''

* ''Manga/OnePiece''

* Kurita Ryokan of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' is this for the Deimon Devilbats as well as a very GentleGiant.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has several, due to having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters- Kaede, Ku Fei, Mana, Chachamaru, and ''occasionally'' Asuna and Kotaro when they're not being TheLancer.

* Gian from ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' takes this role in the movies where he isn't a local JerkJock.

* Yasutora "Chad" Sado from ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' is the resident Big Guy of Ichigo's crew, primarily relying on his strength and his PowerFist to win fights, and having the most destructive power of the group.

* Sweden from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' is a Class 3 Big Guy. Russia ''looks'' like a Class 2, but is [[CuteAndPsycho violently]] [[{{Yandere}} unstable]] and feared by many of the other characters.

* ''Manga/KurokoNoBasuke'': The Center players are given this role, due to being the tallest (and often most muscular) players of their team (most of them anyway) and thus are very essential for the team's defense. Kiyoshi for Seirin[[note]]He's only the second tallest, but Kagami is TheHero and Kiyoshi acts like a supporting pillar for the team, which fits this trope and he's also quite strong[[/note]], Mitobe as the other Big Guy for Seirin, Nebuya for Rakuzan, Wakamatsu for Touou, Ootsubo for Shuutoku, Kobori and Hayakawa[[note]]he's a Power Forward, but he's obsessed with getting rebounds and pretty loud and pretty much overshadows Kobori in terms of presence[[/note]] for Kaijou, and Murasakibara, Okamura and Wei Liu for Yousen[[note]]all three are 2m to 2.08m tall and Yousen has a very defensive playstyle that most teams can't penetrate[[/note]].

* Sanji from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is the big guy Martial Artist for the Straw Hat Pirates.

* ''Manga/KurokoNoBasuke'': The Center players are given this role, due to being the tallest players of their team (most of them anyway). Kiyoshi for Seirin[[note]]He's only the second tallest, but Kagami is TheHero and Kiyoshi acts like a supporting pillar for the team, which fits this trope and he's also quite strong[[/note]], Mitobe as the other Big Guy for Seirin, Nebuya for Rakuzan, Wakamatsu for Touou, Ootsubo for Shuutoku, Kobori and Hayakawa[[note]]he's a Power Forward, but he's obsessed with getting rebounds and pretty loud and pretty much overshadows Kobori in terms of presence[[/note]] for Kaijou, and Murasakibara, Okamura and Wei Liu for Yousen[[note]]all three are 2m to 2.08m tall and Yousen has a very defensive playstyle that most teams can't penetrate[[/note]].

* ''Manga/KurokoNoBasuke'': Has Kagami Taiga, Kosuke Wakamatsu, Daiki Aomine and Tsutomu Iwamura

** Tien and Piccolo, after they [[DefeatEqualsFriendship stop being]] [[TokenEvilTeammate token evil teammates]], fill this role, respectively. Both are Goku's strongest non-evil ally at the time, coming the closest to matching TheHero 's battle prowess. Vegeta can also sometimes be this role especially in the [[NonSerialMovie movies]].

** Android Sixteen falls into the GentleGiant category, as while previously enjoying nature and taking on the role of a FriendlyEnemy he does a HeelFaceTurn and subsequently attempts to destroy Cell, who is threatening the peace of the planet.

** Chopper in his human or his other battle-orientated forms, but Franky fills the role better being largest crewmate though whenever Jimbei comes back to the crew he will most certainly be this trope.
*** In terms of crew hierarchy "The Big Guy" can been seen as “The Helmsman”; Sanji, Chopper and Franky have all steered the ship before but Jimbei is the most adept at it.

** Genbo of the [[FloatingContinent Skypeia]] [[ProudWarriorRace Shandorians]] is a Class 1 Big Guy, he even wields bazooka that shoots iron balls. However he is defeated by Yama TheBrute for Enel.

** [[{{Acrofatic}} Shutenmaru]] for late Lord Oden 20 years ago in Wano, after Oden’s death Shentenmaru became the leader of a band of thevies.

** Nekomamushi the massive cat [[PettingZooPeople Mink]] can be seen as this, being BoisterousBruiser compared to Inuarashi (dog Mink) and Nekomamushi is fittingly is more ready to match the savagery of the TheBrute Jack.

*** In terms of crew hierarchy "The Big Guy" can been seen as the Helmsman; Sanji, Chopper and Franky have all steered the ship before but Jimbei is the most adept at it.

** [[{{Acrofatic}} Shutenmaru]] for late Lord Oden 20 years ago in Wano, after Oden’s death Shentenmaru became leader of band of thevies.

* ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland'': While all the main kids are athletic, Don is the biggest and strongest of the group. When Ray is trapped in a room and ineffectively tries knocking the door down, Don breaks in with a single running shoulder check.