List of crossdressing characters in animated series

This is a characters who cross-dress, whether LGBTQ+ or not, in animated series. This includes some characters listed on the list of animated series with LGBTQ characters page, drag queens, drag kings, tomboys, and others who cross-dress.

Crossdressing generally runs counter to established gender norms and can be seen as a form of transgender behavior but it doesn't always indicate such an identity, even though popular media often "lump crossdressing and homosexuality together."[1] There is also the phenomenon of "situational crossdressing" where heterosexual characters crossdress as a plot device or "other non-gender-expressive reasons," especially superheroes and supervillains.[2][3]

The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname. If more than two characters are in one entry, the last name of the first character is used.

History

Harry Benshoff and Sean Griffin write that animation has always "hint[ed] at the performative nature of gender" such as when Bugs Bunny puts on a wig and a dress, he is a rabbit in drag as a human male who is in drag as a female.[4] This was proceeded by cross-dressing in motion pictures began in the early days of the silent films. For instance, Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel occasionally dressed as women in their films. Even the beefy American actor Wallace Beery appeared in a series of silent films as a Swedish woman. The Three Stooges, especially Curly (Jerry Howard), sometimes appeared in drag in their short films. The tradition has continued for many years, usually played for laughs. Only in recent decades have there been dramatic films in which cross-dressing was included, possibly because of strict censorship of American films until the mid-1960s.

Drag queens and drag kings

Characters	Show title	Character debut date	Notes	Country
Donizete Patrick Ralph	Super Drags	November 9, 2018	The series follows the adventures of Donizete, Patrick, and Ralph, three gay friends working in a department store,[5] who are also drag queen superheroes, named Scarlet Carmesim, Lemon Chifon, and Safira Cyan are the Super Drags, and are responsible for protecting the LGBTQ community.[6]	Brazil
Ryōuji "Ranka" Fujioka	Ouran High School Host Club	June 6, 2006	Haruhi's father Ryouji is bisexual and works in a gay bar as a drag queen under the name Ranka, as shown in the episode "A Day in the Life of the Fujioka Family!" for example.[7] Ryoji still deeply loves his deceased wife, Kotoko, and declares that he works as a cross-dresser because he will never truly love another.	Japan
Mermaid Sisters	Carole & Tuesday	June 5, 2019	This a cappella group of genderqueer performers call themselves "not men or women" and a "new kind of human" when they perform their expletive-heavy song, "Galactic Mermaid" in the episode "Dancing Queen."[8][9] They physically threaten Catherine, the head judge for Mars' Brightest, and the other judges, who rejects them from the quarter-finals due to their lyrics.

LGBTQ+ crossdressers

Characters	Show title	Identity	Character debut date	Notes	Country
Makoto Ariga	Wandering Son	Straight trans woman	January 20, 2011	Makoto, known as Mako for short, was assigned male at birth like Shuichi, expressing a desire to be a straight trans woman primarily due to her love of men and crossdressing like Shuichi.[10] He even dreams of entering into a relationship with a cool adult man.	Japan
Yellow Belmont / Yellow Dancer	Genesis Climber MOSPEADA	Genderqueer	October 2, 1983	A male soldier who disguises themself as Yellow Dancer, a female singer.[11][12] In the OAV, Sorji is living with Yellow in a cabin in the woods.[13]
Fish-Eye	Sailor Moon	Gay	March 4, 1995	The villain Fish-Eye is an effeminate cross-dressing man who is romantically interested in men as first shown in the episode "Meeting of Destiny: The Night Pegasus Dances."[14] He was changed into a woman in the English dub.
Oscar François de Jarjayes	The Rose of Versailles	Genderqueer	October 10, 1979	Oscar is a young woman raised as a soldier, dressing and behaving as a man, whose former love interest is one of the series protagonists, Princess Marie Antoinette.[15] She also has a relationship with André, a childhood friend, who is only able to share one passionate night with Oscar.
Aoi Futaba	You're Under Arrest	Trans woman	November 2, 1996	Aoi Futaba was initially male but once had to go undercover as a woman in a sting operation to catch some male molesters targeting women as shown in the episode "The Beauty, His Name is Aoi." However, she went "native" and has since considered herself and has been treated by her colleagues as a trans woman.[16] Though her romantic preferences are made unclear, she seems to prefer men, as shown in episodes like "Aoi-chan has a White Rose."
Honjō Kamatari	Rurouni Kenshin	Gay	June 18, 1997	A crossdresser and member of the Juppongatana, they are gay and are in love with Shishio Makoto as shown in the episode "To Make a Miracle: The Battle at the Aoiya." They tend to dress as a woman but know they will never be as loved like the female Yumi or Shishio's right-hand man since Sojiro is far more skilled.[17]
Mr. Bon Kurei	One Piece	Genderqueer Gay	August 26, 2001	Mr. Bon Kurei, also known as Bentham of the Wild, is a man who dresses effeminately and whose shapeshifting powers allow him to change his form to whomever he wishes. Inazuma is also an okama that can change from a man to a woman and serves under Ivankov.[18] Izuma, like Ivankov, has the power that he can change from a woman to a man, or vice versa, subservient to Ivankov like Bon Kurei.
Shuichi Nitori	Wandering Son	Lesbian Trans Woman	January 13, 2011	Shuichi Nitori, otherwise known by Shu (シュウ, Shū) and Nitorin (にとりん), is a lesbian transgender woman and often dresses to assume the role of the female gender, and is often described as cute, able to appear as a girl while cross-dressing, which is encouraged by their friends Yoshino Takatsuki and Saori Chiba.[19] Later on, they exhibit signs of gender dysphoria and displays an outward attraction to two characters in the series—Yoshino, a transgender man, and their female classmate, Anna Suehiro. The latter date for a shirt time, until the relationship is broken off, and later resumed.
Nuriko	Fushigi Yûgi	Bisexual	April 2, 1995	Nuriko initially dresses and acts as a woman named Kang-lin,[20] one of Hotohori's concubines because Kang-lin was his twin sister who died and he wanted to keep her memory alive as shown in the episode, "The Seven Stars of Suzaku."[21] He enjoys cross-dressing, as indicates in the episode "Even If I Die...," and is in love with Hotohori, but later also grows to love the main heroine Miaka as indicated in the episode "Brief Parting."[22]
Peppo	Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo	Gay	October 12, 2004	Peppo is a boy who enjoys cross-dressing as a girl, leading some reviewers to mistake him as transgender,[23] and is gay. He develops feelings for Albert.
Astolfo (Rider)	Fate/Apocrypha	Genderqueer Bisexual	July 9, 2017	Astolfo, while genetically and biologically male, he likes to cross-dress, and identifies in this official Fate/Grand Order bio as "gender: unknown" or "le secret". He is willing to allow other characters to believe him to be either gender without objection, and has had relationships with women in the past, while also harbouring romantic feelings towards the series' male protagonist, Sieg, as shown in the episode "Knight of Rebellion."
Roger	American Dad!	Pansexual	February 6, 2005	Roger is the very zany pansexual alien who lives in the Smith family's attic.[24] Roger is shown to assume different aliases[25] and a carousel of seemingly-endless lives, often outrageously deceiving numerous people.[26] This includes a sweatshop owner, a bastard son of a prostitute and whore, wedding planner Jeannie Gold, news anchor Genevieve Vavance, and Meredith Fields (assuming the life of a socialite of the same name), along with hundreds of other personalities he embodies.[27]	United States
Sapphire	Steven Universe	Genderqueer Lesbian	March 12, 2015	In the episode "Reunited", Sapphire cross-dresses as a bridegroom in a tuxedo, when she gets married to Ruby, who wears a dress, to their wedding.[28] When they fuse back into Garnet as a result of ceremony, Garnet wears a blend of both outfits.
Princess Sapphire	Princess Knight	Genderqueer	April 2, 1967	Princess Sapphire is raised as a boy by her parents since women are not eligible to inherit the throne.[29] In addition, she is born with both a male and female heart but refuses to give up her boy heart as she needs it to vanquish evil. Nonetheless, she falls in love with and marries Prince Frank.	Japan
Izumi Sena	Love Stage!!	Bisexual	July 9, 2014	Izumi dresses up as a girl, in episodes such as "Because I Was Able to Meet You," and when Ryoma, the man he loves, finds out, he gets angry.[30]
Yūjirō Shiratori	The High School Life of a Fudanshi	Gay	August 17, 2016	Yūjirō is a gay effeminate crossdresser with a liking toward men,[31] as indicated in episodes such as "Everyone's Fun Times," with strong "female power."[32]
Seiji Takamori / Kiyoka	Super Lovers	Gay	May 11, 2016	Seiji, better known as Kiyoka, runs a bar/café with his high school classmate,[33] Haru, dressing in woman's clothes and appears to prefer men.[34] He once confessed to Haru in the episode "Cloudy Sky," and has been turned down. He also has transgender friends as shown in the episode "Marine Blue."
Utena Tenjou	Revolutionary Girl Utena	Bisexual	April 2, 1997	Utena is a tomboyish teenage girl who expresses her desire to be a "prince" as she cross-dresses to be a male student, but with her shorts on, at Ohtori Academy where she has been drawn into a series of swordsmen's duels to win the hand of her close friend, Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious girl who is known as the "Rose Bride" but is later revealed to be connected to "End of the World",[35][36] while Utena is also in love with Akio Ohtori, as shown in episodes like "The Barefoot Girl," even though Akio has been sexually assaulting Anthy.[37] Utena also cross-dresses to appear a lot as a boy with the relationship between her and Anthy becoming more sexually-tinged in the film adaptation Adolescence of Utena.
Haruka Tenoh	Sailor Moon	Genderqueer Lesbian	April 16, 1994	One of the Sailor Soldiers who is a swordsman and acts like a charming boy, though she is really a cross-dressing girl, to get the romantic attention of Michiru Kaioh, with their relationship kept in the English re-release of Sailor Moon.[38][39]
Jun Watarase	Happiness!	Gay or Trans woman	August 5, 2006	Despite reportedly being born male,[40] Jun is alluded to being either an androgynous gay boy who crossdresses, in episodes such as "The Shikimori Treasure," to appear as a girl or a transwoman largely due to the fact that in the OVA, "The Brilliant Day of Jun Watarase," she was happy to have been turned into a girl.[41]
Yukikaze	Demon Lord, Retry!	Gay	July 25, 2019	A B-rank adventurer who is accompanied with fellow adventurer Mikan. He is often been described as a "girlish boy" because of his feminine appearance, crossdressing as a girl in episodes such as "Yu Kirino."[42] He is deeply infatuated with the Demon Lord Kunai after being saved twice by him.

Heterosexual crossdressers

Characters	Show title	Character debut date	Notes	Country
Masaki Akemiya	Whispered Words	October 7, 2009	Masaki likes Sumika, but when he notices that she likes Ushio he cross-dresses in order to catch her attention.[43] After his younger sister finds out, she sends pictures of him to a magazine and pictures of him start appearing in magazines under the alias Akemi Yamasaki. Ushio sees the pictures and develops a crush on Akemi and wants to meet 'her' as shown in the episode "4+1."	Japan
Hime Arikawa	Himegoto	July 7, 2014	He crossdresses to join the Student Council which promises to pay off the debt created by Hime's parents.[44] In the same series, Hime's brother, Kaguya, Hiro Toyotomi, No. 1, and Mitsunaga Oda, all of whom are against the Student Council, also crossdress.
Lady Bat	Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure	May 29, 2004	One of Michel's servants, he cross-dresses as a female in the episode "Love Etude."[45]
Bugs Bunny	Bugs Bunny cartoons	1939	Bugs appeared in ladies garb or crossdressed in at least 40 cartoons.[46] Other characters such as Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, Porky Pig, and Sylvester Cat also crossdressed. As Chuck Jones put it, they put Bugs in drag because it was "funny" with people not thinking that a male character turning was turning into something "inappropriate," with audiences liking it.[47]	United States
Cybersix	Cybersix	September 6, 1999	Throughout this series, during the day Cybersix dresses up as a male literature teacher under the alias "Adrian Seidelman" who teaches at the Meridiana High School in the fictional city of Meridiana.[48] At night, she switches back into her usual attire: a leather outfit, cape, and hat, fighting villains.[49] She is aided by her brother, Data 7, and Lucas Amato, her colleague, friend, and love interest. Cybersix only reveals her dual identity to Lori Anderson, a student who is infatuated with Adrian.	Canada
Haruhi Fujioka	Ouran High School Host Club	April 4, 2006	She cross-dresses as a boy so she can work in a host club to pay off a debt she owes to the other members.[50] Her father is also a cross-dresser. This cross-dressing is later exploited by the Host Club, which struggles to keep her true gender secret as noted in episodes such as "The Job of a High School Host!" and "A Challenge from Lobelia Girls' Academy!	Japan
Him	The Powerpuff Girls	December 2, 1998	A mysterious, sinister, effeminate, and supernatural demon who has lobster-like claws, red skin, pointed ears, a hooked nose, yellow/green eyes, a long curled beard, wearing makeup, a woman's red jacket and skirt, and black boots.[51] Him's plans are usually psychological in nature, and often consist of manipulating events to either drive the Powerpuff Girls insane or drive wedges between them.[52]	United States
James	Pokémon	April 8, 1997	He has a tendency to cross-dress, impersonating Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and Jessie, along with famous celebrities.[53]	Japan
Kei	Dirty Pair	July 15, 1985	A hot headed, aggressive woman who is the first to open fire, often with a short temper.[54] She is a tomboy who is attracted to manly, muscular men, while her fellow team member, Yuri, is more feminine, preferring cultured, refined men.[55]
Ash Ketchum	Pokémon	April 1, 1997	In one episode, Ash crossdresses in order to disguise himself to get into the Celadon Gym since he had been banned from there in the past for causing a fuss as shown in the episode "Pokémon Scent-sation!." He also crossdresses in other episodes as "Juliet" in the episode "Love at First Flight," in a maid outfit in the episode "Tanks for the Memories" as "Ashley" at a theater in the episode "Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!"[56]and as a female nurse in the episode "Real Life...Inquire Within."
Kuranosuke Koibuchi	Princess Jellyfish	October 15, 2010	He is the son of a rich political family and loves to cross-dress in women's clothing and makeup, appearing in various fashionable outfits throughout the series, as well as several different wigs.[57][58][59] He uses the alias "Kurako" in front of the other Amars to hide his gender.
Subaru Konoe	Mayo Chiki!	July 7, 2011	Female protagonist of the story and a second year high school student who works as a butler for the Suzutsuki family. She has to cross-dress because Kanade's father has allowed Subaru to be his daughter's butler only if she can spend the entire three years at school with her true gender undiscovered.[60] Her physical features allow her to fool everyone into believing her to be a boy until Kinjirō accidentally discovers her secret in the show's first episode as shown in the episode "End of Earth." Her cross-dressing is a major theme for the rest of the show.
Toru Kouno Yuujirou Shihoudani Mikoto Yutaka	Princess Princess	April 5, 2006	The three boys were selected to be the "princesses" at the all-boy school they attend as first shown in the episode "The All Boys School's Princesses." They crossdress as girls, which is a tradition with the purpose of breaking up the monotony of life surrounded by nothing but males.[61] They are expected to encourage others at school, and cheer at school events as shown in episodes like "Yuujirou's Past."
Makoto Mizuhara	El-Hazard	October 6, 1995	Makoto has an uncanny resemblance to Princess Fatora Venus.[62] So as to not ruin alliances, he crossdresses as her for six of the seven episodes of "The Magnificent World" OVA.[63] Some characters like Shayla-Shayla call him a pervert for doing so, as noted in the episode "The World of Hot Springs," while Alielle tries to have sex with him thinking he is Fatora as noted in the episode "The World of Beautiful Girls." After his true identity is revealed to the royal court in the sixth episode, "The World of Gleaming Light," he wears his usual school clothes (a formal suit and tie) for the rest of the original OVA, "The Magnificent World." In the next OVA, "The Magnificent World 2," he puts on woman's hair and pretends he is a sister of Fatora, which Fatora uses to her advantage so she can kiss Shayla-Shayla in the episode "The Bride of Roshtari."
Rui Ninomiya	Gatchaman Crowds	July 18, 2013	Getting powers from Katze, Rui, has a strong intellect, is trilingual, and developed the social network “GALAX," often crossdressing as a woman in punk rocker fashion named "LOAD." as shown in episodes "Abjection" and "Collaboration" for instance.[64][65] Rui is called male by Hajime Ichinose, surprising Sugane Tachibana, who thinks Rui is female, while other characters don't presume a gender at all or call Rui "buddy as noted in the episode "Forgery." Rui is often identified, in episodes like "engagement," as male and described by one character as girly in one episode, "penetration."[66][67]
Mariya Shidō	Maria Holic	January 4, 2009	Mariya is a cross-dressing boy who attends Ame no Kisaki,[68] a Catholic-based all-girls academy, as a girl as a means to win the chairmanship of both the all-male and all-female schools as shown in the episode "A Flirtatious Kiss." When Kanako first meets Mariya, she is instantly attracted to his playful femininity and kind attitude. He often teases Kanako by playing with his long blonde hair, speaking in a soft voice, and smiling sweetly, but Mariya turns out to be quite sadistic in nature.
Kinji Tohyama	Aria the Scarlet Ammo	April 15, 2011	Similar to Kinichi, Kinji crossdresses at times as Clomaetel Belmondo, a cute, tall girl with red eyes and long hair black hair going down to the waist with a feminine face similar to Kana.[69][70]
Kevin Tubbs	The Cleveland Show	November 22, 2009	Cleveland learns in one episode that Kevin Tubbs adopted a female persona named "Auntie" Momma years earlier because she felt that her niece Donna did not have a strong female role model in her life, as shown in the episode "A Brown Thanksgiving." Bil Browning of the LGBT blog, The Bilerico Project, criticized the character as not transgender but only "a deep-voiced man pretending to be a woman"[71] while GLAAD called the episode Kevin premiered in as "problematic".[72]	United States
Steven Universe	Steven Universe	November 4, 2013	In the episode, "Sadie's Song," Steven sings on stage, wearing Sadie's outfit with a dress and makeup, the "mystery guest" singing a song at the town's Beach-a-Palooza, saving his friend Sadie from embarrassment.[73] Additionally, in the episode "Familiar,"[74] Steven wears his mom's dress to impress the Diamonds with a huge ball, which he also wears in the episodes "Escapism"[75] or in part of "Change Your Mind".[76]

See also

• History of cross-dressing
• Cross-dressing in film and television
• List of yuri anime and manga
• List of LGBT-related films by year
• List of animated films with LGBT characters
• List of tomboys in fiction

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