List of nekomimi wearers

Catgirl "Wikipe-tan"

This is a list of wearers of nekomimi (Japanese 猫耳, literally cat ear(s)). Catgirls and catboys are found in various fiction genres and in particular Japanese anime and manga.

Catgirls who always have cat ears and a cat tail

Nekomusume

Nekomusume (猫娘), (literally "cat-daughter") meaning "cat-girl".

Catgirls who always have cat ears but not always a cat tail

Characters who transform into catgirls

Non-catgirls who regularly wear catgirl costumes

  • Many of the girls in Mahou Sensei Negima, including Chisame Hasegawa
  • Cham Cham from Samurai Shodown II
  • Chiyoko Nakayama from Shugo Chara
  • Ruri Gokou (Kuroneko) from Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
  • Kohaku from Melty Blood (she has several animations as a catgirl)
  • Maya from Geobreeders (she can look like a catgirl, though she usually chooses not to)
  • Roll from Megaman Powered Up
  • Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo!, is often seen wearing a cat tail belt in the OVA series. She can move the tail at will, as if it was really a part of her body. Ryoko often has the mannerisms of a catgirl.
  • Sailor Tin Nyanko, one of the Sailor Animamates from Sailor Moon
  • Shema from Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero
  • White Tiger X Team from Beyblade and Beyblade G-Revolution

Catboys

Fictional cats which possess human traits

Western catgirls

  • Cassandra Cat from Slylock Fox
  • In The Destroyer book 32, 'Killer Chromosomes' and then again in book 117, 'Deadly Genes', Remo Williams, the destroyer, faces off against a female mastermind who has genetically modified herself with tiger DNA with plans on similarly transmuting the entire human race.
  • Hellcat from Avengers (comics) (this Hellcat is an alternate reality version from the "Hero's Reborn" limited series)
  • Minerva McGonagall, who can transform into a cat in the Harry Potter series.
  • Nefer-Tina from Mummies Alive! has cat-like battle armor inspired by Bastet, but she also became a real catgirl in the episode "Paws"
  • Nyara from Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series (the result of her father's blood magic)
  • Pantha from the Teen Titans DC Comic book.
  • Sue Ellen Armstrong, in Arthur
  • Toralei Stripe, Purrsephone and Meowlody, Catrine DeMew and Catty Noir from Monster high (All dolls have tails, none of them has tail in the Webisodes).

Live-action depictions of catgirls

Others

  • Bast aka Bastet, Ubasti, and Pasht The Egyptian goddess of cats. Sometimes she is depicted as an ordinary cat or a woman with the head of a cat.[2]
  • Black x Pink, an online catgirl drawing wearing a black and pink cropped jacket by Naru Nanao
  • Blaze the Cat from Sonic Series
  • Bobcat, a super villain from the City of Heroes online role playing game.
  • Chibi-neko from The Star of Cottonland is a physically a cat but is always drawn as a catgirl; this 1979 work is credited with popularizing the catgirl character type[3]
  • ISIS Gary 7's Companion (Terri Garr) from Star Trek
  • Kagaya-hime from the novel Fudoki by Kij Johnson (a tortoiseshell cat that transforms into a woman and assumes the role of a warrior)
  • Max from Dark Angel (TV series) (she looks human but is spliced with feline DNA, as are the other members of the X-5 group)
  • Naveed Catlos from Zap! (webcomics)
  • Neko from Keroro Gunso is a cat that transforms into a catgirl in two episodes and the cat humanoid alien Space Kumiko Watanabe
  • Norn from Atelier Iris
  • Odd Della-Robbia from Code Lyoko (while not technically a cat/human hybrid, Odd's form on the virtual reality Lyoko includes over-sized 4-fingered paw-like hands and a prehensile tail - he also displays cat-like-reflexes and mannerisms, has called himself 'a giant purple cat' and has been seen to meow)
  • Rena, or Reena, from Genesis of Aquarion Even though she is not a catgirl in the usual sense, she has cat-like teeth, and the ribbon she wears in her hair resembles cat ears.
  • Sekhmet (also spelt Sachmet, Sakhet, and Sakhmet; Greek name: Sacmis), The Egyptian goddess of war and protector of the Pharaoh. She was envisioned as a fierce lioness, and in art, was depicted as such, or as a woman with the head of a lioness, dressed in red, the colour of blood.
  • Taokaka from BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. She has a real cat tail and is always wearing a large coat that obscures her true face, only exposing red eyes and a row of teeth.
  • A race of sapient genetically engineered catpeople has appeared in several episodes of the newest Doctor Who series in the episodes dealing with the setting of New New York
  • Katy/Chao from Unico. Is actually a cat that gets turned into a human girl.

References

  1. ↑ Chapman, Edgar L. (1984). The Magic Labyrinth of Philip José Farmer. Wheeling, IL: Whitehall Company. p. 42. ISBN 0-89370-158-0.
  2. ↑ Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo (2002-08-30). Cats Don't Always Land on Their Feet. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-1-57324-721-4.
  3. ↑ Jaqueline Berndt (1995). Phänomen Manga (in German). Berlin. p. page 111. ISBN 3-86124-289-3.