Catgirl

This article is about the anime/manga trope. For the film, see Cat Girl. For the character, see Carrie Kelley. For other uses, see Catgirl (disambiguation).
"Catboy" redirects here. For the musician, see Boyd Terry.
Not to be confused with Cat lady or Catwoman.
Wikipe-tan (a personification of Wikipedia), drawn as a catgirl

A catgirl (猫娘, nekomusume) is a young female character with feline traits, such as cat ears (猫耳, nekomimi), a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. They are not individuals who are literal cats but individuals who only look superficially feline.[1] Catgirls are found in various fiction genres, particularly in Japanese anime and manga.[2] Catboy is a term for the male equivalent of said character type.

  1. ^ "Cat Girl". TV Tropes. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  2. ^ Okum, David (2004-03-24). "Cat Girl". Manga Madness. F+W Media. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-58180-534-5.