This is a list of wearers of nekomimi (Japanese 猫耳, literally cat ear(s)). Catgirls and catboys are found in various fiction genres and in particular Japanese anime and manga.
Soo-katoa in the Trigun series in episodes over a period of about 3 seasons. She derives pleasure from yarn, and shows other signs of being a catgirl, even though she is discreet and tends toward avoiding making waves and generally being the focus of attention.
Johari the wereleopard from Quest for Glory III: Wages of War.
Kisa Sohma from Fruits Basket transforms into a tiger from the zodiac when hugged by a guy or whenever her body is under a lot of stress.
Meeko from Catnapped!.
Minea from Vassalord is an android maid who can transform into a Persian cat. She spends most of her time in her cat form, only transforming when necessary to carry out her duties around the house or to attack someone.
Rose from +Anima, a Cat +Anima; her fingernails turn into claws and she gains catlike speed. She also has two tiger-like stripes on her cheeks and a stripe on her forehead.
Shampoo from Ranma ½ transforms into a cat when splashed with cold water.
Shina from Bloody Roar 2 and subsequent games.
Starfire from Teen Titans transforms into a cat in the comics when hit with a ray that causes evolutionary regression, suggesting that her race evolved from cats, or cat-like extraterrestrial creatures; additionally, she becomes a cat in the anime in the episode Bunny Raven.
Uriko from Bloody Roar 2 and subsequent games (not a catgirl in the first game).
Yoruichi Shihouin from Bleach has the ability to transform herself into a black/dark blue cat as a matter of will (ironically, she is often mistaken for a male in this form as a result of her cat form's deep voice).
Ichigo Momomiya from Tokyo Mew Mew transforms in her Mew Mew form, which gives her black cat ears and a black cat tail, and her ears and tail pop up when she gets extremely excited, or is under immense stress. She transforms into a cat when she is kissed.
Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo!, is often seen wearing a cat tail belt in the OVA series. She can move the tail at will, as if it was really a part of her body. Ryoko often has the mannerisms of a catgirl.
Sailor Tin Nyanko, one of the Sailor Animamates from Sailor Moon
Catra from She-Ra: Princess of Power can transform into a panther and has telepathic control of cats
Catwoman (Selina Kyle), Alley-Cat, and Cyber Cat from the DC Comics mythos
C'Mell, from the 1962 science-fiction short story The Ballad of Lost C'Mell, may be the original catgirl.
In The Destroyer book 32, 'Killer Chromosomes' and then again in book 117, 'Deadly Genes', Remo Williams, the destroyer, faces off against a female mastermind who has genetically modified herself with tiger DNA with plans on similarly transmuting the entire human race.
Felina Feral and the rest of her species from SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Ms. Fortune from Skullgirls
Hellcat from Avengers (comics) (this Hellcat is an alternate reality version from the "Hero's Reborn" limited series)
Hepzibah from the X-Men early spin off The Starjammers
Doctor Paula Hutchison from Rocko's Modern Life
Intress from Chaotic
Josie and the Pussycats
Katnappe from Xiaolin Showdown
Kit Ballard from Blade Kitten
Kitty Katswell from T.U.F.F. Puppy
Minerva McGonagall, who can transform into a cat in the Harry Potter series.
Hermione Granger, who takes Polyjuice potion and temporarily has catlike features (ears and a tail) in the Harry Potter series.
Meppy from recent issues of Ninja High School
Mirage from the Aladdin TV Series'
Nefer-Tina from Mummies Alive! has cat-like battle armor inspired by Bastet, but she also became a real catgirl in the episode "Paws"
Nyara from Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series (the result of her father's blood magic)
Omaha the Cat Dancer
Pantha from the Teen Titans DC Comic book.
Rita from Animaniacs
Roseroar from The Day of the Dissonance by Alan Dean Foster
She Cat from Femforce
Talullah, Ingrid in CatDog
The Thundercats Cheetara, Wilykit, Pumyra, and Jagara, from the eponymous show
Tigra (Marvel Comics)
blake belladonna from rwby
Live-action depictions of catgirls[]
Allasandra in the Sliders episode: This Slide of Paradise, played by Melinda Clarke.
Cat Lady in the motion picture Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), portrayed by stuntwoman Linda Fetters.
Chloe, Jasmine and Valentina from The Nine Lives of Chloe King are part of the Mai a cat-like race descended from Bast.
Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx Power Rangers S.P.D. played by Michelle Langstone
Katarina from Dark Angel Season 2 episode 5: Boo, played by Sarah Carter.
Kitty from the movie Monkeybone played by Rose McGowan
Bobcat, a super villain from the City of Heroes online role playing game.
Boo Cat from Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
Catreece and her sister Mimi from Reality Check (comics)
Captain Amelia from Treasure Planet
Cheetah (comics) from Justice League Unlimited
Chibi-neko from The Star of Cottonland is a physically a cat but is always drawn as a catgirl; this 1979 work is credited with popularizing the catgirl character type[3]
Kagaya-hime from the novel Fudoki by Kij Johnson (a tortoiseshell cat that transforms into a woman and assumes the role of a warrior)
Kami Osbank, a Turkish woman who is secretly a member of a hidden feline humanoid race known as the Pride, who possess tails, retractable claws, heightened senses, strength and agility, and leopard-like tracks of spots running along their limbs and torsos. Their prehensile tails possess cartilage and muscle rather than bone, and thus with practice can retract to the base of the spine and allow the Pride to live hidden among humans (The Pride, by Edie Bingham)
Khajiit (both male and female) from Morrowind and Oblivion
Maggie the Cat from Gargoyles
Max from Dark Angel (TV series) (she looks human but is spliced with feline DNA, as are the other members of the X-5 group)
Lt. M'ress, a Caitian communications officer (voiced by Majel Barrett), from Star Trek: The Animated Series
Mynx, a super hero from the City of Heroes online roleplaying game.
Nei from Phantasy Star II
Neko (a staff member) and the species Kera'sha from the book series Dragon Tamers
Neko from Keroro Gunso is a cat that transforms into a catgirl in two episodes and the cat humanoid alien Space Kumiko Watanabe
Miss Nyako and her niece, Konyako, from Eden's Bowy
Odd Della-Robbia from Code Lyoko (while not technically a cat/human hybrid, Odd's form on the virtual reality Lyoko includes over-sized 4-fingered paw-like hands and a prehensile tail - he also displays cat-like-reflexes and mannerisms, has called himself 'a giant purple cat' and has been seen to meow)
Para-dice from Ōban Star-Racers (a biomechanical-looking catlike alien)
Rena, or Reena, from Genesis of Aquarion Even though she is not a catgirl in the usual sense, she has cat-like teeth, and the ribbon she wears in her hair resembles cat ears.
SeeU, a Vocaloid, her cat ears/nekomimi are speakers.
Sekhmet (also spelt Sachmet, Sakhet, and Sakhmet; Greek name: Sacmis), The Egyptian goddess of war and protector of the Pharaoh. She was envisioned as a fierce lioness, and in art, was depicted as such, or as a woman with the head of a lioness, dressed in red, the colour of blood.
Taokaka from BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. She has a real cat tail and is always wearing a large coat that obscures her true face, only exposing red eyes and a row of teeth.
Teekl from the Batman mythos (a cat who can transform into a hybrid humanoid form, familiar of Klarion the Witch Boy)
A race of sapient genetically engineered catpeople has appeared in several episodes of the newest Doctor Who series in the episodes dealing with the setting of New New York
