The following is a list of fictional catpeople, typically referred to as catgirls or catboys, characters with cat traits, such as cat ears, a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body.
The list excludes humans who dress in cat costumes or otherwise identify as catpeople, anthropomorphic cats (e.g. Hello Kitty, Top Cat, The Cat in the Hat), 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 there is strong recognition as a catgirl or catboy 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.
| Character(s) | Origin | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felix/Ferris Argyle | Re:Zero | Crusch's knight and member of the Royal Guard, who is skilled in Water Magic, which includes healing, and refuses to use a sword. Despite having a feminine and cat-like appearance, Felix is a male. | [1] |
| Blair | Soul Eater | A black cat with exceptionally strong magic powers, including the power to transform into a young, alluring human woman among other spells, such as conjuring pumpkin-shaped explosions and summoning a giant flying pumpkin for transportation. | [2] |
| Cat girl ninja | A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof | A ninja, and catgirl, who plans on murder Satoko but killed off in the middle of her transformation sequence. | [3] |
| Cheshire Cat | Pandora Hearts | A chain that lives in a dimension created from Alice's memories. He resembles a human form of the Cheshire Cat from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . Cheshire was actually Alice's pet cat from 100 years ago. The bell around his neck is the 'truth' from 100 years ago, later taken by Break. The Cheshire cat is a unique chain in that he does not need a contractor to leave the Abyss due to not residing there. | [1] |
| Yuni/Cure Cosmo | Star Twinkle PreCure | A shapeshifting catgirl from Planet Rainbow whose people were petrified by Aiwarn's experiments. She maintains her cat ears and tail regardless of form. | [4] |
| The Caitan race | Cat Planet Cuties | An alien race. They look and speak just like humans, except they have cat ears and tails. | [5] [6] |
| Dejiko | Di Gi Charat | Dejiko is a princess of a planet that is also called Di Gi Charat and she is also depicted as a catgirl which is highlighted by her ending each sentence with the cat sound 'nyo'. | [5] [7] |
| Fran | Reincarnated as a Sword | A 12-year-old Black Cat girl who fights with a powerful, legendary sword. | [8] [9] [10] |
| Izutsumi | Delicious in Dungeon | A young tallman catgirl who was kidnapped and turned into a beast-man when she was six years old. She shares her form with the essence of a Big Cat, a monster resembling a large cat. | [11] |
| Josette | From Bureaucrat to Villainess | A cat girl and apprentice maid at Grace's household. She at first fears Grace due to her cruelty, but starts to warm up to her after seeing her personality change. | [12] [13] |
| Kyaru | Princess Connect! Re:Dive | A catgirl and magic-user who can control monsters, and later joins the Gourmet Guild. She also appeared in the video game series of the same name. | [5] [14] |
| Leone | Akame ga Kill! | An assassin working for Night Raid for whom gathers intelligence and corroborates the mission requests. | [15] |
| Mathilde | From Bureaucrat to Villainess | A cat girl maid who works for Grace. She can wield fire magic. | [16] |
| Ichigo Momomiya | Tokyo Mew Mew | Series protagonist who transforms from a normal schoolgirl into a catgirl. | [17] [18] |
| Neferpitou | Hunter x Hunter | A kemonomimi-themed Chimera Ant and the firstborn of the Royal Guards. Pitou is one of the first Chimera Ants to fully utilize Nen with enough skill to be recognized by even Netero as a superior combatant. | [19] |
| Nekos race | Nekopara | This is a race of catgirls who are still pets but can go on their own if they wear bells and pass a special training regimen. This includes protagonists Chocola, Vanilla, Maple, Cinnamon, Aazuki, and Coconut, among others. These characters also appear in a visual novel of the same name. | [20] [5] |
| Himari Noihara | Omamori Himari | Himari is a bakeneko, a shapeshifting demon cat, and the female protagonist of the series. She is known to other ayakashi as the Crimson Blade of Noihara (野井原の緋剣, Noihara no Hiken) due to her expert swordsmanship, and refers to herself as the "sword that protects" (護り刀, mamorigatana) Yuto. | [21] [22] [23] |
| Panther Devas | Inuyasha | Consists of Tōran, Karan, Shunran, and Shūran from Inuyasha episode 75. | [24] |
| Pondeli | I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level | An undead catgirl who died 40 years prior after becoming so lazy from boredom that she forgot to eat. After rising from death, Pondeli becomes a graveyard security guard, but is lonely without anyone keeping her company. | [25] |
| Puma Sisters | Dominion: Tank Police | Two androids who resemble catgirls and were created as sex dolls, but rebelled against their programming and became criminals. | [26] |
| Natsuki Sasahara | Hyper Police | Half-human half- nekomata who was born to a cat-demon mother and a normal human father. | [27] [28] |
| Schrödinger (Hellsing) | Hellsing | Resembling a young, teenage blond boy in a Hitler Youth uniform with cat ears and a perpetual smirk, Schrödinger shares The Major's love for war and bloodshed while serving mainly as his envoy for Millennium. | [1] |
| Kyo Soma | Fruits Basket | He is cursed by the cat, an animal not in the Chinese zodiac, but which legend says would have been if it had not been tricked by the Rat into missing the induction feast. | [29] |
| Sailor Tin Nyanko | Sailor Moon | The Materials Collection states she has several cat traits including her eyes, her nine lives, mouth, etc. | [30] |
| Koneko Toujou/Shirone | High School DxD | A white-haired two-tailed humanoid nekomata raised by a devil, Shirone (白音) has to witness her master being killed in self-defense at the hands of Kuroka, who becomes a stray devil. | [31] |
| Yoru | Shugo Chara! | The cat-like guardian of Ikuto Tsukiyomi, who represents his desire for freedom. | [1] |
| Yoruichi Shihōin | Bleach | A woman with the ability to transform into a black cat. Her cat form gives her a deep voice, which leads many characters to initially believe she is male. | [2] |
| Character(s) | Origin | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Belladonna | RWBY | A character of the Faunus race and a huntress who attends Beacon Academy. She later becomes Yang Xiao Long's girlfriend in the ninth volume of RWBY | [32] [33] |
| Catra | She-Ra: Princess of Power | A Force-Captain of Hordak's Evil Horde who has minor sorcery abilities. She wields a magical mask which gives the ability to transform into a purple panther-like creature and telepathically command other felines. | [34] [35] |
| She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | A Force-Captain of Hordak's Evil Horde who possesses cat-like features, including a tail, large furry ears, a mane, and claws. She is a more complex figure than the original series, serving as an antagonist before ultimately redeeming herself and becoming Adora's girlfriend. | [36] [37] [38] | |
| M'Ress | Star Trek: The Animated Series | A Caitian communications officer who serves on the USS Enterprise under command of James T. Kirk. | [39] |
| Olive | High Guardian Spice | A catgirl working for the Triumvirate and a skilled assassin, with a cat friend named Kino. She later helps the protagonists fight Mandrake. She is based on the series creator's cat of the same name, as is her cat friend. | [40] [41] |
| Ortensia the Cat | Mickey Mouse universe | Girlfriend of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, appearing in the Oswald shorts starting with "The Banker's Daughter" (1927), replacing Oswald's former love interest, a much more feminine and sultry rabbit named Fanny in production materials. | [42] |
| Sword Brave | Brave Animated Series | A swordswoman catgirl brave who fights using a katana. | [43] |
| T'Ana | Star Trek: Lower Decks | A Caitian doctor and head of medical team aboard the USS Cerritos. | [44] |
| ThunderCats | ThunderCats francise | An alien race of feline humanoids, including Lion-O, Panthro, Cheetara, Tygra, and Snarf. | [45] |
| Character(s) | Origin | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| C'Mell | "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" | A woman created from cat DNA. | [46] |
| Catreece | Reality Check! | A cat who takes the form of a catgirl when she is connected to the virtual reality VIS. | [47] |
| Catwoman | DC Comics | A villain who dresses in a cat-suit and is recognized as a catgirl. | [48] |
| Cheetah | DC Comics | The name of several villains who are enemies of Wonder Woman. The first two Cheetahs, Priscilla Rich and Deborah Domaine, wear cat-themed suits, while the third and fourth Cheetahs, Barbara Minerva and Sebastian Ballesteros, are mystically empowered werecats. | [49] |
| Kitrina Falcone | DC Comics | The main DC universe Catgirl and a protégée of Catwoman. | [50] |
| Carrie Kelley | DC Comics | Superheroine who also adopts the Catgirl moniker. | [51] |
| Nyara | Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar book series | A human who was transformed into a catgirl by her father's magical experiments | [52] |
| Pandora | Pandora's Tale | She is a trans woman who imprinted on Isabelle Monday, another trans woman who became her mentor and guardian. | [53] [54] |
| Pururin | Welcome to the N.H.K. | A catgirl named Puru Puru Pururin, a show-within-a-show in the novel. | [55] |
| Tigra | Marvel Comics | A feline hero with superpowers and a variety of gadgets. Initially a human, Tigra was given the ability to transform into a humanoid cat by the Cat People, a mystical cat-like species. | [56] |
| (Unnamed) | Venus and the Cat | An ancient story famously reflected Jean de La Fontaine's fable "The cat changed into a woman", has a catgirl protagonist. She is usually a cat turned into a normal-looking woman but retaining feline characteristics. | [ citation needed ] |
| Character(s) | Origin | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baron Humbert von Gikkingen | The Cat Returns | A cat figure who originally appeared in Whisper of the Heart , where he was a fictional character created by Shizuku Tsukishima. Given life by the work of his artist, the Baron travels to the Cat Kingdom with Haru Yoshioka. | [57] [58] [59] [60] |
| Kitty | Monkeybone | Played by Rose McGowan, she is a catgirl waitress who protagonist Stuart "Stu" Miley befriends. | [61] |
| Tigris Snow | The Hunger Games film series | Appearing throughout the Hunger Games franchise, including in the books Mockingjay and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , she is a former Hunger Games stylist who works in a small shop specializing in fur-trimmed underwear. Her face has been altered into a "semi-feline mask" through many surgical operations. | [62] [63] |
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| Character(s) | Origin | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alek Petrov | The Nine Lives of Chloe King | One of the descendants of the Mai race and Jasmine's cousin who reveals himself to Chloe to protect her. | [64] |
| Jasmine | The Nine Lives of Chloe King | One of the descendants of the Mai race who seeks to protect Chloe, the savior of their race. | [64] |
| Chloe King | The Nine Lives of Chloe King | Part of the Mai, an ancient cat-like race descended from Bast, believed to be the savior of the Mai race, with extra abilities and the gift of nine lives, making her a warrior in a prophecy that states that she must save the world and both the Mai and Human races, and stop their war. | [64] |
| Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx | Power Rangers S.P.D. | Played by Michelle Langstone, she is a feline alien, close friend of Doggie Cruger, and S.P.D.'s chief technologist. | [65] |
| Valentina | The Nine Lives of Chloe King | Jasmine's mother, and the leader of all the Mai in San Francisco. | [64] |
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| Character(s) | Origin | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diona | Genshin Impact | A Kätzlein bartender who works at the Cat's Tail. | [66] |
| Felicia | Darkstalkers franchise | Also known as Ferishia, Felicia dreams of being a famous singer and dancer in Las Vegas. She eventually runs an orphanage, as a nun. | [46] [17] [67] |
| Gormotti | Xenoblade Chronicles series | A species from the Titan Gormott who resemble humans with cat ears. Two of the series' playable characters - Nia in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Mio in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - are Gormotti. | [68] [69] |
| Kirara | Genshin Impact | A two-tailed nekomata who works as a courier at Komaniya Express. | [70] |
| Miqo'te | Final Fantasy XIV | They are a race with bestial traits, but can be male or female, unlike the Mithra race. | [71] |
| Mithra | Final Fantasy XI | A race of hunters who live alongside the Tarutaru in Windurst and known for their energy, curiosity, and their penchant for causing playful mischief. Due to a gender imbalance in their race males are a rarity, and so only female mithra leave the home, making females the only playable gender. | [72] |
Ooof. That cat girl ninja was killed off mid-transformation. How dare Roboko ignore long-established tokusatsu rules like that!
Fran, the cat-eared girl
Now instead of berating her staff, she's supportive and thankful; these unprecedented changes triggering panic attacks in her poor, traumatized trainee maid, animal girl Josette.
The cat ears just came out of the main character being named Kitty...So we did that with cat icons, and also thought it would be fun if Kitty's chibi persona was a cat-girl like Tokyo Mew Mew.
Something of a cult classic itself, Dominion Tank Police's wacky take on a dystopian future owes a lot to Blade Runner, and the iconic Puma Sisters, AnnaPuma and UniPuma, share some not too subtle resemblance to Pris Stratton's wild blonde hair, gymnastic ability and toughness
An exciting plot made annoying by the overdone half-human half-catgirl shtick.
A "half-cat" born to a human father and a cat-demon mother...Mother - Cat-demon
One of our artists was the first to draw Catra [Adora's frenemy who spends the series trying to thwart her former sparring partner] a little smaller in stature, whereas in the original, she was this femme fatale who was curvy like all the other characters
The stubborn cat girl could never see beyond that ultimatum, or ponder a future where she left her abusive childhood behind and sought out a new life with the one girl she's ever loved
"We were going to make so many cat puns," Stevenson says. "She sleeps under a refrigerator. They're going to spray her with water bottles and stuff. You know, cat jokes."
about a computer enthusiast named Collin Meeks whose cat, Catreece sleeps under a virtual reality helmet and believes she is human online. Havoc follows.
The first issue of Batman's self-titled comic written by Bill Finger and drawn by Bob Kane, represented a milestone in more ways than one. With Robin now a partner to the Caped Crusader, villains needed to rise to the challenge, and this issue introduced two future legends: the Joker and Catwoman.
...the Cheetah may not be the most popular cat woman DC Comics has been responsible for...the Cheetah...a half-cat, half-woman beast
She returned as Catgirl in Miller's sequel, The Dark Knight Strikes Again, and was even introduced into DC continuity for a little while during the New 52 relaunch.
He takes the job without knowing what it entails and is introduced to the leaders of the expedition: Nia, a sassy catgirl; Jin, a mysterious masked man; and Malos, a smug yet powerful force to be reckoned with.
Noah is a young man with dark hair and a long ponytail while Mio is a Gormotti, a humanoid with cat ears.