Kemonomimi
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Kemonomimi (獣耳 animal ears) is an anime and manga terminology describing humanoid characters that possess animal-like features. Unlike kemono characters who appear primarily animal-like, kemonomimi characters typically appear human except for added animal-like qualities, such as an added tail and ears. Often, these animal-like characteristics are part of the character's attire and can be removed at will.
The term is used both in Japan and in some western subcultures, including the TAOchan/idlechan imageboard.[1]
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[edit] List of kemonomimi characters by animal
Cat, typically called catgirls/catboys or nekomimi.
- See List of catgirls
Rabbit, typically called bunnygirls or usagimimi (or usamimi for short).
- Alice from Angelic Layer (robotic doll)
- Arina Makihara from Waku Waku 7
- Arisu Arisugawa and the other bunnygirls from Kagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice Rondo
- Berry Shirayuki from Tokyo Mew Mew A la Mode (also part mountain cat)
- Delmo from Cosplay Complex
- Erina Goldsmith from Variable Geo
- Komugi Nakahara from The SoulTaker and Nurse Witch Komugi
- Kuya and Sakuya from Utawarerumono
- Mimika from Usagi-chan de Cue
- Mint Blancmanche from Galaxy Angel
- Pyocola Analogue III from the Di Gi Charat series
- Rami Nana-Hikari from the Keio Flying Squadron series
- Reisen Udongein Inaba from Imperishable Night
- Tewi Inaba from Imperishable Night
- Usada Akari from Di Gi Charat Nyo
- Usada Hikaru (also known as Rabi~en~Rose) from the Di Gi Charat series
- Usahara from Damekko Doubutsu
- Yui Meroko from Full Moon o Sagashite
Dog, sometimes known as inumimi
- Arf from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
- Coo Erhard from Di Gi Charat
- Elga, Luna and Rino from Inumimi
- Erurū, Arurū, Yuzuha, Dorii, Gura, Oboro and many others from Utawarerumono
- Hake from Inukami!
- InuYasha and Sesshomaru from InuYasha
- Ichi from the manga Mahou Shoujo Neko X
- Izumi Lio from Full Moon o Sagashite
- Kotaro Inugami from Negima
- Ky Schweitzer from Di Gi Charat
- Momizi Inubashiri from Mountain of Faith
- Rik Heisenberg from Di Gi Charat
- Sendan, Nadeshiko, Tayune and the rest of Kaoru's pack from Inukami!
- Hinata from Pure Pure
Fox, sometimes known as kitsunemimi
- Aria from the Nintendo DS game Ontamarama
- Firefox-tan, from the Moezilla group - a personification of Mozilla Firefox
- Foxxy Love from Drawn Together
- Kokon from "Kon Kon Kokon" (kyubi foxgirl)
- Lisa from Tsunami Channel
- Meirin and Tamamo-no-Mae from Yami to Boshi to Hon no Tabibito
- Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto
- Ran Yakumo from Perfect Cherry Blossom (kyubi foxgirl)
- Sakura from Hyper Police (kyubi foxgirl)
- Shippo from InuYasha
- Youko from Inukami!
- Youko from Tactics
- Youko Kurama and Koto from YuYu Hakusho
Bird, rarely known as torimimi.
- Arima Ahiru from Princess Tutu (duck)
- Bud Mint from "KO Beast" (chicken)
- Cooro from +Anima (crow)
- Harpy from "Greek mythology" (eagle)
- Kazusa from Kamichama Karin
- Mint Aizawa from Tokyo Mew Mew (lorikeet)
- Mystia Lorelei from Imperishable Night (night sparrow)
- Ringo Akai from Tokyo Mew Mew (penguin)
- Takaoka from Damekko Doubutsu (eagle)
- Touka from Utawarerumono)
- Oswald Cobblepot from Batman (penguin)
Monkey or sarumimi.
- Pudding Fong from Tokyo Mew Mew (Golden lion tamarin)
- The Saiyan race of the Dragon Ball series
- Son Goku from the Saiyuki series
Wolf or okamimimi
- Ayame from InuYasha
- Horo (ホロ?) from Spice and Wolf
- Koga from Inuyasha
- Liru from Renkin 3-kyū Magical ? Pokān
- Link from Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
- Ouka from .hack//Legend of the Twilight
- Uruno from Damekko Doubutsu
- Yuzuha from Utawarerumono
- Zafiira from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (male)
- Zakuro Fujiwara from Tokyo Mew Mew
Other
- Bagi from Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984) (half mountain lion, although many argue that Bagi is a kemono or "furry" character, due to her significantly more animalistic traits).
- Cecaelia from mythology (octopus)
- Donald Duck from Kingdom Hearts (octopus, also turn into a cecaelia,)
- Chiiko from Damekko Doubutsu (cheetah)
- Goofy from Kingdom Hearts II (tortoise/sea turtle)
- Husky from +Anima (fish)
- Juri from YuYu Hakusho (dragon)
- Kumaneesan from Damekko Doubutsu (bear)
- Lettuce Midorikawa from Tokyo Mew Mew (Finless Porpoise, also turns into a mermaid)
- Mei Mah from "KO Beast" (mermaid)
- Mekka Mannen from "KO Beast" (sea turtle)
- Mink from Dragon Half (red dragon)
- Nana from +Anima (bat)
- Peganosuke from Damekko Doubutsu (pegasus)
- Senri from +Anima (bear)
- Sora from Kingdom Hearts (dolphin)
- Unagi-tan from Popotan (ferret / hondo stoat)
- Viral from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (shark)
- Wriggle Nightbug from Imperishable Night (firefly)
- Yunihiko from Damekko Doubutsu (unicorn)
- Wan Dabadadatta from "KO Beast" (tiger)
- An unnamed Shinigami ram-girl in Full Moon O Sagashite
[edit] See also
- Catgirl (nekomimi)
- OS-tan
- Playboy Bunny
- Zoomorphism
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