Transgender Characters in Shoujo and Josei Anime
Anime
Transgender characters in shoujo and josei anime (anime aimed at a female audience). There may be other anime with those demographics (ex. BL), but weren't labelled as shoujo or josei just because of how their mangas were published.
Some of the trans characters are headcanons- those are indicated by question marks.
Organized roughly by release date.
Manga version 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/63968
Manga version 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/63971
(Anime not out yet)
Ikoku Nikki (TBA)
Itsuki Juno (non-binary) (supporting)
Some of the trans characters are headcanons- those are indicated by question marks.
Organized roughly by release date.
Manga version 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/63968
Manga version 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/63971
(Anime not out yet)
Ikoku Nikki (TBA)
Itsuki Juno (non-binary) (supporting)
Versailles no Bara
The Rose of Versailles
TV, 1979,
40 eps
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Oscar François de Jarjeyes (genderqueer?) (main)
11-nin Iru!
They Were Eleven
Movie, 1986,
1 ep
Me:-
Author:7
Frol Frolbericheri (intersex woman) (main)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S
Sailor Moon S
TV, 1994,
38 eps
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Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus (genderqueer?) (main)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS
Sailor Moon SuperS
TV, 1995,
39 eps
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Author:-
Fish Eye (trans woman?) (supporting)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
TV, 1996,
34 eps
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Kou Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter (genderfluid?. gender-bending) (supporting)
Kou Taiki/Sailor Star Maker (genderfluid?, gender-bending) (supporting)
Kou Yaten/Sailor Star Healer(genderfluid?, gender-bending) (supporting)
Kou Taiki/Sailor Star Maker (genderfluid?, gender-bending) (supporting)
Kou Yaten/Sailor Star Healer(genderfluid?, gender-bending) (supporting)
Shoujo Kakumei Utena
Revolutionary Girl Utena
TV, 1997,
39 eps
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Utena Tenjou (genderqueer?) (protagonist)
Maria-sama ga Miteru 3rd
Maria Watches Over Us 3rd
OVA, 2006,
5 eps
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Author:-
Alice Arisugawa (trans girl) (supporting)
Ouran Koukou Host Club
Ouran High School Host Club
TV, 2006,
26 eps
Me:-
Author:9
Haruhi Fujioka (genderfluid?) (protagonist)
Lovely★Complex
Lovely Complex
TV, 2007,
24 eps
Me:-
Author:7
Seiko Kotobuki (trans girl) (supporting)
Natsume Yuujinchou
Natsume's Book of Friends
TV, 2008,
13 eps
Me:-
Author:8
All youkai (genderless?) (main and supporting)
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru
The Betrayal Knows My Name
TV, 2010,
24 eps
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Elegy (intersex woman) (supporting)
Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu
The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi
TV, 2016,
12 eps
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Author:-
Yuujirou Shiratori (trans girl?) (supporting)
Baraou no Souretsu
Requiem of the Rose King
TV, 2022,
24 eps
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Author:-
Richard Plantagenet III (intersex boy) (main)
