List of catgirls and catboys
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A catgirl is a female character with cat traits, such as cat ears, a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. The list excludes anthropomorphic cats (e.g. Hello Kitty, Top Cat, The Cat in the Hat), humans dressed in cat costumes, and characters that fully transform between cat and human and not some in-between stage. It may include characters that wear a cat-themed costume, but only if has strong recognition as a catgirl by news sources, as with Catwoman. For franchise characters, they are listed by their originating media, with ones in manga and anime listed separately from television and film. Male catpeople, called catboys, are also included.
In anime and manga
- Aisha Clanclan, a Ctarl-Ctarl, a catgirl race from Outlaw Star[1][2]
- Alia and Lotte Liese from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's[2]
- Anna Puma and Uni Puma, gynoid catgirls from Dominion[3]
- Blair, a cat who can transform into a human and who exhibits cat-like attributes when in human form, from Soul Eater[2][4]
- Catians, a race of catgirls from Cat Planet Cuties[2]
- Chibi-neko from The Star of Cottonland is physically a cat but is always drawn as a catgirl. This 1979 work is credited with popularizing the catgirl character type.[5][6]
- Clawdia from Fighting Foodons[7]
- Fam, a sorceress who has cat-ears and cat-tail from Ruin Explorers[8]
- Himari Noihara, a bakeneko from Omamori Himari[9][10][4]
- Ichigo Momomiya, who transforms into a catgirl, from Tokyo Mew Mew[2][11]
- Koneko Toujou, a nekomata from High School DxD[12]
- Leonmichelli Galette des Rois, of the Galette family, from Dog Days[2]
- Merle, from The Vision of Escaflowne[2][4]
- Millianna from Fairy Tail[4]
- Miruru from I'm Gonna Be An Angel![2]
- Neferpitou from Hunter x Hunter[4]
- Neko Musume, from GeGeGe no Kitaro[6]
- Nuku Nuku, title character of All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, a catgirl android powered by a cat brain[6][2]
- Nya-tan from Etotama[13]
- Rou, Shii, and Maa from Nyanko Days[14]
- Saborou from Okami-san and Her Seven Companions[4]
- Serval, from Kemono Friends[15]
- Shizuka Nekonome, from Rosario + Vampire[16][4]
- Taruto, from Magical Meow Meow Taruto[17]
- Rem Galleu, from How Not to Summon a Demon Lord[18][19]
- Bagi from Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature[20]
- Various characters from Free Collars Kingdom. They appear to each other as catboys and catgirls, but appear to humans as ordinary cats.[21]
- Yuni/Cure Cosmo from Star Twinkle PreCure[22]
In animation
- Blake Belladonna, a character of the Faunus race from RWBY[23]
- Captain Amelia from Treasure Planet[24]
- Catra from She-Ra: Princess of Power can transform into a panther and has telepathic control of cats[25][26]
- M'Ress, a Caitian communications officer from Star Trek: The Animated Series[27]
- ThunderCats, a race of cat-like humanoids, from the show of the same name
In literature and comics
- Awina from Philip Jose Farmer's The Stone God Awakens[28]
- Catwoman from DC Comics[29]
- Kitrina Falcone, the main DC universe Catgirl; a protégée of Catwoman
- Carrie Kelley, a DC Comics superheroine who also adopts the Catgirl moniker
- C'Mell, from the 1962 science-fiction short story "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell", a woman who was created from cat DNA.[6]
- Nyara, a human who was transformed into a catgirl by his father's magical experiments, from Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar book series[30]
In live-action film
- Kitty from the movie Monkeybone played by Rose McGowan[31]
In live-action television
- The Cat, from Red Dwarf[32]
- Chloe, Alek, Jasmine, Valentina, from The Nine Lives of Chloe King are part of the Mai, a cat-like race descended from Bast.[33]
- Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx Power Rangers S.P.D. played by Michelle Langstone[34]
- Naalune from Idaho.
In video games
- Cyan, from Show By Rock!![35][36][4]
- Felicia, from Darkstalkers[6][2][37]
- Johari, of the Leopardman race, from Quest for Glory III: Wages of War[38][39]
- Kebako, from Cat Girl Without Salad!, a video game by Wayforward Technologies that originated as an April Fool's joke[40][41][42]
- Coyori, catgirl waitress in the video game Battle Fantasia[43]
- Kit Ballard from Blade Kitten[44]
- Kit Cats, also known as Felynns, a race of nekomatas from Disgaea series[45][46][47]
- Kuu, from Wanko to Kurasou[48]
- Miqo'te, a race of cat people from the video game Final Fantasy XIV, initially playable as an all-female race.[49][50][51]
- Mitsue, a catgirl merchant NPC from Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny[52]
- Ms. Fortune (and Robo-Fortune, to an extent) from Skullgirls video game[53]
- Nekos, a race of catgirls from Nekopara[54][55]
- Norn from Atelier Iris[56]
- Okoi, a bakeneko from Muramasa Rebirth[57]
- Stella from VA-11 HALL-A[58]
- Taokaka and Kokonoe from BlazBlue[59]
- Tayutai, a race of catgirls from the visual novel Tayutama[60]
Miscellaneous
- Kitty Cheshire, from Ever After High dolls[61][62][63]
- Toralei Stripe, Purrsephone and Meowlody, Catrine DeMew, and Catty Noir, werecat characters, from Monster High dolls[64]
See also
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