List of bisexual characters in anime

This is a list of characters in animation that either self-identify as bisexual or have been identified by outside parties to be bisexual. Listed characters are either recurring characters, cameos, guest stars, or one-off characters. For the purpose of this article, anime are considered any animations created in Japan and does not include any anime-influenced animation in the United States, Europe, parts of Asia, and elsewhere in the world. Also see the corresponding lists of lesbian and gay characters.

A cosplayer portraying Anthy Himemiya, a bisexual character, from Revolutionary Girl Utena at Fancy Frontier 20 in July 2012.

For information about fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, see the lists of gay, trans, bisexual, non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and intersex characters.

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.

In the 1960s–1980s

Characters	Show title	Character debut date	Notes
Queen Marie Antoinette	The Rose of Versailles	October 10, 1979	Marie enters a political marriage with King Louis XVI of France but falls in love with Count von Fersen. She is considered a love interest of Oscar, a genderqueer woman.[1] though their relationship never quite goes beyond master and servant.[2][3]
Rosalie Lamorlière			She is the adopted daughter of Nicole Lamorlière,[4] attempting prostitution at one point to get money, as shown in the episode "A Beautiful Devil" and swears to kill her mother's murderer in the episodes "The Secret of the Angel" and "Farewell, My Sister!"[5] She tries to kill Oscar's mother but Oscar stops her and soon takes her as an apprentice, earning Rosalie's admiration and love, as she opens his eyes.[4][6] She later ends up marrying Oscar's friend, Bernard Chatelet in the episode "A Funeral Bell Tolls in the Twilight."

In the 1990s

Characters	Show title	Character debut date	Notes
Anthy Himemiya Utena Tenjou	Revolutionary Girl Utena	April 2, 1997	The two leads of the series, Utena Tenjou and Anthy Himemiya, were confirmed to be in love by director Kunihiko Ikuhara.[7][8] The characters are seen kissing both in the TV show credits and the movie. Utena is also in love with Akio Ohtori as shown in episodes like "The Barefoot Girl". At the beginning of the series, Anthy is engaged to Kyouichi Saionji, a physically abusive man, who she does not resist and acts as a puppet to obey the current dueling champion, surprised when Utena manages to defeat Saionji, referring to him as a "classmate" after his defeat, as shown in episodes like "The Rose Bride". Later on in the series it is revealed that Akio has been sexually assaulting Anthy.[9] This differs from the manga where Anthy has a consensual relationship with Akio and a romantic relationship with Utena.
Fukiko "Miya-sama" Ichinomiya	Dear Brother	July 14, 1991	She appears to be calm and generous, even as she dresses conservatively,[10] but is cruel and manipulative, often psychologically and physically torturing Rei for several ambiguous reasons.[11] She desires that Rei only have eyes for her, no one else, as indicated in episodes 5 and 6. She also jealously tries to destroy their relationship by making Nanako love her instead.[12] It is then revealed that she and Rei are full sisters (proving their relationship to be incestual), daughters of the Ichinomiya leader and a maid of the family mansion, as shown in episodes 12 and 33. In the anime, her love for Takehiko is given a backstory: she met and fell in love with him when she was twelve and he spent several days with her in the Ichinomiya mansion, but he unknowingly broke her heart by not showing up to her birthday party, as indicated in episodes 36 and 37.
Kozue Kaoru	Revolutionary Girl Utena	July 9, 1997	Kozue Kaoru is obsessively in love with her twin brother, Miki.[13] In one episode, "The Landscape Framed by Kozue", she was shown kissing Anthy.
Touya Kinomoto	Cardcaptor Sakura	April 7, 1998	The creators have confirmed that Yukito and Touya (both male) are a couple, which are stated to be in love within the series itself,[14] with Yukita rejecting Sakura's feelings because he is in love with Touya.[15] Before meeting Yukito, Touya dated Kaho Mizuki when she was his junior high school teacher, and she broke up with him when she left to study in England.[16] Some even argued that Touya was either bisexual or pansexual.[17]
Syaoran Li	Cardcaptor Sakura	May 26, 1998	Syaoran and Sakura, the story's protagonist, have feelings for each other, but do not admit them, only engaging in an stilted and accurate "Japanese love confession thing where nobody actually says the word ‘love’" and they say how they admire each other.[18] They eventually leave each other, as Li takes off to another country, leaving with only a smile. Some have argued that Syaoran is bisexual based on his sexual attractions, such as his attraction to Yukito.[19]
Nuriko	Fushigi Yûgi	April 20, 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]
Akio Ohtori Touga Kiryuu	Revolutionary Girl Utena	July 2, 1997	Akio Ohtori and Touga Kiryuu were shown in bed together, and Miki described Akio as "seducing" Touga as indicated in the episode "Miki's Nest Box (The Sunlit Garden-Arranged)". Akio and Touga are playboys with a number of female conquests,[23] with Akio's conquests include Utena and Kozue,[24] while Anthy was formerly Touga's girlfriend before Utena came along,[25] which is even shown in the movie.[26]
Riki	Ai no Kusabi	August 1, 1992	Riki was once the gang leader of the Bison gang.[27] However he was captured and kept as a pet for three years by Iason who grew obsessively in love with him.[28][29] She found the characterization of Iason in the third novel to be realistic and compelling,[30] Prior to this, Riki was in a relationship with Guy.[31] He also once engaged in a one-night stand with a female slave named Mimea.
Shiori Takatsuki	Revolutionary Girl Utena	July 23, 1997	Childhood friend of Juri Arisugawa who returns to Ohtori Academy. She idolized Juri in the past, but this caused her to question their friendship and she eventually became paranoid as indicated in the episode "Thorns of Death." When she finds out that Juri had feelings for her, she acts cruel but has been aware of these feelings toward her for a long period.[32] Even so, she cares enough about Juri to apologize to her in the episode "Azure Paler Than the Sky", although it is not clear if Juri returns her feelings. In the movie, Shiori sleeps with Touga Kiryuu.

In the 2000s

Characters	Show title	Character debut date	Notes
Clio Aquanaut	Tactical Roar	January 7, 2006	She is the player of the crew and is a bisexual, as noted by her voice actress, Rio Natsuki, with many girls after her.[33] She likes to tease and flirt with Hyosuke as well as anyone else and is the Weapons Chief.
Chōryō Bun'en	Koihime Musō	July 8, 2008	She has an obsession and "friendly rivalry" with Kan'u,[34][35] to the point of modeling her own weapon as a black version of the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, indicated in episodes like "Chōryō Faces Off with Kan'u". She also has a husband named Kazuto.
Franz d'Épinay	Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo	October 5, 2004	Franz, a friend of Albert, is engaged to a woman named Valentine for political reasons though he does not love her. He instead heavily implies throughout the series that he has strong feelings for someone else and it is later revealed his feelings are towards his best friend Albert,[36] who is traveling with him.[37] [1] However, he did show some attraction to women and did consider sleeping with a woman in episode 1, "At Journey's End, We Meet".
Ryoji "Ranka" Fujioka	Ouran High School Host Club	June 10, 2006	Ryoji is Haruhi Fujioka's father who works as a cross-dressing entertainer. In the series, he expresses undying love for his deceased wife, but often brings home male lovers while Haruhi is at school.[38]
Chizu Hanashiro	Sweet Blue Flowers	July 2, 2009	Fumi's cousin. Chizu and Fumi were very close as children and developed a more physically intimate relationship once they were older. Fumi was in love with Chizu, but Chizu chooses to get married instead, breaking Fumi's heart.[39] Chizu's first child looks a lot like Fumi did as a baby.
Himeko Kurusugawa	Kannazuki no Miko[lower-alpha 1]	October 1, 2004	Chikane has loved Himeko since they met, although (despite her jealousy of Himeko and Sōma's friendship) she does not admit it until much later, with Chikane's feelings for Himeko bordering on obsession.[40] She eventually turns evil upon joining the Orochi as the Eighth Head, vanquishing all but two of the Orochi heads, sexually assaulting Himeko in the 8th episode, and tormenting her during their final battle. During the last few episodes Himeko realizes and accepts her feelings for Chikane, with Himeko reunited with Chikane. In the show's final episode, "Priestesses of the Gofless Month", they kiss in the final episode after admitting their feelings for each other, and are reunited even after they are reincarnated after the defeat of the Orochi.
Jōji "George" Koizumi	Paradise Kiss	October 3, 2005	George is a designer at Parakiss. He is bisexual and sees himself as an "equal opportunity lover", including with the protagonist, Yukari "Caroline" Hayasaka as shown in episodes like "Atlier" and "Future", and Isabella previously had a relationship with Joji.[41]
Anna Kurauchi	He Is My Master	April 21, 2005	She is bisexual and constantly tries to do perverted acts with Izumi, who is mostly disgusted by her lesbianism.[42] She was originally attracted to Yoshitaka, but because of Izumi's relentless effort convincing her to stay away from Yoshitaka,[43] she mistook it as sign of interest, thus she fell in love with Izumi and became Yoshitaka's maid in order to follow Izumi, as shown in the 3rd and 4th episodes. She even dreams of traveling to the Netherlands to arrange a same-sex marriage, going far as to study the language. She is discouraged later in the episode, finding out that being under 16, they cannot be married (yet).
Tomari Kurusu	Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl	January 18, 2006	Tomari is Hazumu's childhood friend, so the two know a lot about each other and have many memories from the past. After Hazumu's initial transformation, Tomari does not know what to do.[44] Ayuki observes that Tomari liked Hazumu more as a boy, due to the fact that she has had affections for Hazumu for some time. At first, she is very annoyed that everyone around Hazumu is trying to make her more feminine, but ultimately realizes that while Hazumu has changed physically, her personality is still the same, and therefore still the same person inside, as shown "The Girl Realizes That She is a Girl."
Lilith	Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito	October 2, 2003	Lilith, the guardian of the Great Library, flirts relentlessly with Hazuki, beginning in the show's third episode, "Jill," although she is always turned down. Sometimes she goes to absurd lengths to show her love in various book worlds, sometimes even trying to sleep with her, as shown in episodes such as "Quill" and "Layla".[45] Lilith's previous lover was Adam, the library's previous protector, referred to as a male character in the third episode. While Lilith is close to her sister, Hitsumi, whose real name is Eve, she only loves her in a platonic way.
Yukari Sendou	Rosario + Vampire	January 17, 2008	Yukari (a witchling), has a crush on both Moka (a female vampire) and Tsukune (a male human).[46][47] Yukari openly wants to have a three-way relationship with them, but Moka and Tsukune don't return her feelings. When Yukari is introduced in both the manga and the anime, she only likes Moka, not Tsukune. Once Moka saves Yukari from being bullied by their monster schoolmates, Yukari confesses her love to her in the second episode, "Witchling and Vampire". At this point, Yukari tries to drive Moka and Tsukune apart, out of jealousy. Only after Tsukune puts himself in harm's way to save Yukari from monsters too, Yukari starts to like him as well and confesses her love to him.[48]
Hatsuharu Sohma	Fruits Basket	September 6, 2001	Hatsuharu is part of the Sohma family, a family cursed into turning into members of the zodiac when under stress or hugged by members of the opposite sex as shown in the "Make It Clear If It's Black or White" episode. He was born in the year of the cow and was often annoyed by people's comments about the stupidity of the cow from the zodiac, and blamed his troubles on Yuki who was born the year of the rat.[49] However, Yuki helps him realize he needs to move past people's comments and enters an on/off relationship with Rin Sohma, who dumped him in Season 2,[50] he refers to Yuki as his first love.[51][52]
Kuroko Shirai	A Certain Magical Index/A Certain Scientific Railgun	December 6, 2008 October 2, 2009	Kuroko has an obsessive perverted lesbian crush on Mikoto as shown in the original show and in the A Certain Scientific Railgun spinoff show, where she continues to lust for Mikoto, occasionally leading to punishment.[53] It is revealed, in a light novel, that she liked men prior to Mikoto.
Yasuko Sugimoto	Sweet Blue Flowers	July 9, 2009	After visiting Fujigaya Girls Academy and rejecting Kyōko's confession, Yasuko asks out Fumi, who accepts in the show's second episode.[54] Yasuko developed romantic feelings for a teacher, Masanori Kagami, when she was attending Fujigaya. After his rejection, she switched schools and changed focus from drama to basketball.
Mitsuka Yoshimine	DearS	September 2004	Mitsuka is an exhibitionist high school English teacher, who often strips down to her lingerie during classes, makes her students read erotic stories, openly asks about their sex lives and flirts with them from the first episode.[55] She is also a porn actress, who makes her own original videos, and constantly interprets everything around her in a sexual way, as indicates in the show's first and ninth episodes, for example. She is attracted to boys and girls, sometimes seen flirting with her male student Takeya, and her female "DearS" (human-like aliens) students Ren and Miu in the show's fifth and seventh episodes.
Eiri Yuki	Gravitation	October 4, 2000	Shuichi Shindo falls in love with Eiri Yuki beginning in the first episode.[56] Over the course of the series manages to melt the cold heart of Eiri and the two become a couple. In one episode, "Winding Road", it is revealed that Eiri has a fiancee named Ayaka Usami, but she backs away after seeing the love between Shuichi and Eiri.[57]

In the 2010s

Characters	Title	Character debut date	Notes
Mei Aihara	Citrus	January 6, 2018	Yuzu is a self-proclaimed gyaru who becomes Mei Aihara's older stepsister, and had never dated.[58] Mei is the beautiful and serious Student Council President who is stern, cold and composed, but has a short temper, and appears deadpan. Mei was briefly the fiancé of her male homeroom teacher, until Episode 2. While the two of them have had very intimate moments with each other, for a time Yuzu thought it would be in Mei's best interests if she did not pursue her romantically, feeling that Mei needed a sister more than she needed a lover. However, she grows to love her, eventually admitting that she wanted to be with Mei.[58] After both confessing their true feelings for each other she starts dating Mei in the show's final episode.
Maria Akizuki	From the New World	September 29, 2012	She falls in love with and begins to date Saki but later enters a duty pact[59] with and marries Mamoru Itō. As she is one of the main characters, she appears "ambiguously bisexual."[60]
Shun Aonuma	From the New World	September 29, 2012	He dated Satoru Asahina for a time but was in love with Saki since childhood.[59] However, he stayed away from Saki for fear of his growing uncontrollable power. As he is one of the main characters, he appears "ambiguously bisexual."[60]
Apollo	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?	July 31, 2019	Apollo is bisexual as he has many male members of his familia that he loves[61] and also shows sexual desire towards Bell Cranel, a male adventurer.[62][63] In addition, when he was in heaven he was besotted with the female goddess Hestia, much to her disgust.[62]
Satoru Asahina	From the New World	September 29, 2012	Satoru dated Shun for a while but the two later broke up and he began to date another boy for a time, but that relationship also failed. He later falls in love with and marries Saki, shown in the episode "From the New World".[59] Since he is one of the main characters, he appears "ambiguously bisexual".[60]
Astolfo (Rider)	Fate/Apocrypha	July 9, 2017	Astolfo, while genetically and biologically male, likes to cross-dress, and has been described as androgynous.[64] They are willing to allow other characters to believe them 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, shown in the episode "Knight of Rebellion".
Dio Brando	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure	October 5, 2012	Dio is canonically bisexual in both the anime and manga.[14] In the 2007 Eureka interview with Araki (the author of the franchise), when asked about Dio's sexuality, Araki responded: "...Dio's sort of a composed character that could go either way. He could go with a man or a woman."[65] Dio's sexuality is incidental to his villainy, and his same-sex relationship with Enrico Pucci in Part 6 of the manga is actually one of his few humanizing moments.
Reiner Braun	Attack on Titan	April 21, 2013	In one episode, it is revealed Reiner "had no interest in women" while suggesting Ymir's shared homosexuality in episodes like "Soldier".[14] But despite that, Reiner has shown some interest in Krista, asking her to marry him on multiple occasions in his mind.
Clarence	Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online	June 9, 2018	In episode 9, Clarence, a fellow GGO player, is dying and Karen demands Clarence give up her remaining magazines. Clarence demands a kiss in exchange and reveals she is female (and chose an androgynous avatar) and that she is bisexual.[66]
Kim Diehl	Soul Eater Not!	April 15, 2014	Kim befriends Jacqueline, one of her bully victims who has a secret crush on her, and they become partners.[67] They break up in the show's seventh episode, "Nice Day For a Death Bazaar!", but may still have some feelings for each other after that point. Kim also has feelings toward Ox Ford at the same academy.
Ertegun	Carole & Tuesday	April 10, 2019	In episode 2, Ertegun states that he has love "only for capable dudes and great chicks".[62]
Akira Fudo	Devilman Crybaby	January 5, 2018	Akira has a girlfriend but he also has a complicated, homoerotic relationship with his childhood friend Ryo Asuka, who is gay.[68]
Garterbelt	Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	October 1, 2010	He is a priest with an interest in young males, Brief in particular.[69][70] In his youth however, he was a brutal thug who committed a wide array of crimes including robbery, prostitution, selling drugs and murder.
Yoshiyuki Hatori	The World's Greatest First Love	May 7, 2011	Yoshiyuki has been friends with Chiaki for a long time[71] and the two eventually start dating, as shown in the OVA, "The Case of Hatori Yoshiyuki". Hatori had a previous girlfriend in the past as shown in the episode "Delay in love is dangerous."
Haru Kaido	Super Lovers	April 6, 2016	Haru Kaido was formerly a player who dated numerous women, but eventually falls for his stepbrother Ren Kaido as shown in the episode "Forest Green".[72] Ren himself has been in love with Haru since he was young and has shown no interest in women.
Akihiko Kaji	Given	July 11, 2019	Akihiko has a romantic history with both men and women. He eventually falls in love with the leader of his band, Haruki Nakayama, himself a gay man, and starts to date him.[73]
Yuzu Kichougasaki	Love Tyrant	April 6, 2017	She has a crush on her half-sister, Akane Hiyama,[74] but later in the series she develops feelings for Seiji Aino, as indicated in the show's ninth episode.[75][76]
Lukkage	Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet	April 21, 2013	She has two female sex slaves who also serve as her co-pilots for her mecha, as shown in the episode "The Villainous Empress" and other episodes.[77] Later she develops a romantic interest in Pinion, especially with his hair down. In the two OVAs for the show, "Far Beyond the Voyage" parts 1 and 2, Lukkage is a former pirate involved with salvaging and guarding Gargantia from threats, with her two companions still by her side, helping her run the ship and gather intel.
Ash Lynx	Banana Fish	July 5, 2018	Ash has slept with men and women during his time as a prostitute. He mainly has relationships with men such as Eiji,[78] while dealing with childhood trauma from molestation.[79] While has a close relationship with Eiji, he admitted in one episode that he had a relationship with a girl who was killed "under suspicion of being his girlfriend."[80]
Honoka Maki	Kiznaiver	April 10, 2016	Honoka is in love with a girl named Ruru and wants a romantic relationship with her, as shown in the show's sixth and seventh episodes.[81][82] Maki later has feelings for a male friend named Yuta and their attractions toward each other are reciprocal.[83][84]
Yumi Mamiya	MM!	October 9, 2010	She hates Taro and loves Tatsukichi, but does not know that Tatsukichi is a cross-dresser, and in other scenes, it is implied that she has lesbian tendencies when groping and fondling Arashiko and Mio.[85]
Marie Anne	Carole & Tuesday	May 1, 2019	Marie used to date Gus, but now is in a relationship with Anne, and the two plan to get married soon, as shown in episode 4.[86]
Mari Maya	Samurai Flamenco	October 31, 2013	Mari Maya, is a central member of the idol group, "Mineral Miracle Muse", writes and composes lyrics,[87] while having a fetish for men in uniforms, and enjoys stepping on the testicles of "molesters and other evildoers."[88] She also has an inferiority complex towards Moe, another member of the idol group, but the two later reconcile by kissing each other in the episode "The Wandering Hero".
Yuma Okazaki Hotaru Mizushina	NTR: Netsuzou Trap	July 5, 2017	The story centers around two high school girls named Yuma and Hotaru who each have a boyfriend but secretly cheat with each other.[89] Yuma cannot explain the feeling she gets around Hotaru, which eventually leads her to believe that their relationship may be more than just a friendship. In the final episode, "Why Did It Take Me This Long to Realize?", Yuma finally realizes that Hotaru has had feelings for her all along and confesses her love for her.[89]
Princess Rona Pricipa O'Lapanesta	Endro!	February 9, 2019	She is obsessed with the idea of becoming the wife of a hero and emphasizes this, even when it turns out that the hero is a girl.[90] Further in the series, she explicitly declares that gender is not a problem for her.
Ritsu Onodera	The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera	March 22, 2011	Ritsu and Masamune dated in their high school years as indicated in the OVA ("No love's like to the first") but due to a misunderstanding broke up on bad terms, causing Ritsu to state he would never fall in love again.[91] He dated other women in the past to forget but he later meets Masamune once more, with the two eventually rebuilding their relationship as shown in the episode "Coming events cast their shadows before them."
Pitohui "Pito" / Elsa Kanzaki	Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online	April 22, 2018	In episode 12, after revealing that she is Elsa,[92] she kisses the main character Karen on the lips and flirts with her.[93] M/Goshi Asogi, who is her manservant and in love with her,[94] warns Karen that Elsa goes through men and women relatively quickly.
Aaya Saitō	Kuttsukiboshi	August 16, 2010	Kiiko is in love with Aaya, but did not have the courage to tell her in the beginning of the summer vacation,[95] while Aaya likes to perform experiments with Kiiko's powers, although actual she is in love with her. She usually takes the lead when it comes to activities and has an outgoing personality. Aaya's older brother, Kōta Saitō had a terminal disease and manipulated Aaya into having sex with him before going in for his operation where he died, as shown in the second episode.
Izumi Sena Ryoma Ichijo	Love Stage!!	July 9, 2014	Ryoma is a 20-year-old popular actor and hard worker,[96] while Izumi is an 18-year-old geeky university student.[97] The two fall in love despite Izumi initially not being comfortable with the idea of being in a relationship with another man and Ryoma struggling to accept his feelings despite having previously only liked women as shown in the episode "The Door to My Dreams" and others.[98]
Aoba Seragaki Ren Koujaku Noiz Mink Clear	Dramatical Murder	July 6, 2014	As the anime is based on a BL game where Aoba is the main character and can end up with Ren, Koujaku, Noiz, Mink or Clear, it is safe to say all these characters have feelings for Aoba in the anime as well.[99] Koujaku is stated to be a womanizer but does have feelings for Aoba though the sexuality of the rest of the cast including Aoba is somewhat more varied and can be gay or bisexual depending on the game's route.
Norba Shino	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans	December 18, 2016	A captain, he acts like a joker,[100] and is a slightly flamboyant eccentric who's suggested to reciprocate another boy's romantic affections, in episodes like "If This Is the End." In a radio broadcast, his voice actor, Murata Taishi, confirmed him as bisexual, having feelings for Yamagi and various women.[101]
Anna Suehiro	Wandering Son	February 3, 2011	She develops feelings for Shuichi as a boy, and disapproves of his crossdressing at first, but later declares that she does not mind if she is "considered a lesbian" if Shuichi comes out as a transgender woman as shown in episodes such as "Rosy Cheeks ~Growing pains~" and "10 + 11 ~Better half~".[102] She also is well-known and experienced as a teenage model, often being outspoken, while also liking to modify the clothes she buys.
Suzuka	Akame ga Kill!	November 2, 2014	She is bisexual, having shown enjoyment at being beaten by a group of spies and showing sexual interest in Esdeath and Tatsumi, indicated in episodes like "Kill the Fate".[103][104]
Kanade Suzutsuki	Mayo Chiki!	July 7, 2011	She notes that Kinjirō is the first, and only, man who is willing to talk her down and she has fallen in love with him as a result. She is also implied to be a bisexual as she has claimed that Subaru was her first love.[105]
The Nines	Darling in the Franxx	March 31, 2018	Although their piloting system is also a "couple" of a boy and a girl, throughout the show their squad is positioned as an "alternative" to traditional heterosexual relationship, and the leader of the Nines even several times lectures on the meaninglessness of gender differences.[106][107] Previously, he also openly notes his bisexuality, being attracted not only to Ichigo, but also to Hiro as a "cute boy".
Masamune Usami	Mayo Chiki!	August 4, 2011	Masamune has a crush on Suburu and blackmails Jiro into a date at the school festival in the episode "Go Out With Me".[105] By the end of the 6th episode, "Let the War Begin," Jiro and Masamune have become good friends. In later episodes, like "I'm Going on A Journey" and "Nyu!" she expresses feelings for Jiro and Suburu.
Sayaka "Ayaka" Watanabe	The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior	April 3, 2014	Ayaka is a college student who loves to lead men on[108] but reveals later on that she dates both men and women and loves reading BL in the episode "Thought So". She also is shown to have a sexual attraction to her fellow dormmate Mayumi, whom she often fondles despite the latter's resentment.[109]
Saki Watanabe	From the New World	September 29, 2012	She loved Shun[59] for a long time but dates Maria and later marries Satoru, shown in the episode "Omen". Since she is one of the main characters, she appears "ambiguously bisexual."[60]
Charteux "Char" Westia	Boarding School Juliet	October 13, 2018	The male protagonist, Romio, discovered that Char was in love with Juliet, the female protagonist, in the episode "Romio and Princess Char".[110]
Takafumi Yokozawa Zen Kirishima	The World's Greatest First Love	May 21, 2011	Takafumi claims to have liked women in the past, but fell in love with Masamune Takano who did not reciprocate his feelings.[71] He later enters a relationship with Zen Kirishima, who was once happily married until his wife tragically passed as shown in the episode "Actions Speak Louder Than Words", as shown in the movie connected to the franchise.[111]
Kou Yukina	The World's Greatest First Love	March 22, 2011	Shouta Kisa has a bad habit of falling for good looking men and falls for Kou, but is scared to pursue a relationship as he feels love does not really exist.[71] Kou dated women in the past but later falls in love with Shouta and the two develop a strong romantic relationship.
Zess (Luka Corosszeira)	The Betrayal Knows My Name	April 11, 2010	Yuzuki's previous incarnation was a woman named Yuki, who was in love with a man named Luka.[112] In the present, Yuki, now in a male form, is highly protective of Luka, and vice versa, with both highly protective of each other, with implied romantic ties between them.

In the 2020s

Characters	Show title	Character debut date	Notes
Kosame Isshiki	Appare-Ranman!	April 10, 2020	Kosame is a samurai who guards Appare, an “asshole genius” who slowly learns to care for other people. The person Appare cares about the most is Kosame, and he eventually confesses his feelings. Upon hearing Appare's confession, Kosame gives up on getting back with his fiancée in order to stay by his side.[113]

Notes

1. Also known as "Destiny of the Shrine Maiden"

See also

• List of television series with bisexual characters
• List of polyamorous characters in fiction
• List of animated series with LGBT characters
• List of comedy television series with LGBT characters
• List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 1970s–2000s
• List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010s
• List of LGBT characters in television and radio

References

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