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Make sure to read the character guidelines before adding any new characters. All characters listed who have been in love with, have a crush on, or are in a relationship with someone and are Kuudere for them will be marked with a heart (♥) next to their name. You can also see who this love interest is by dragging the cursor over the heart. Characters who are not romantic versions of this type, but are cute and affectionate towards friends/family must be marked with (platonic) or (familial) instead. |
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"Kuudere" (JP), also known as "Cool-Dere" in Western media, is a term for a character who initially acts cold, expressionless, and indifferent to hide their loving feelings, but becomes cute, lovey-dovey, and deredere around their love interest after getting closer to them. Although it might not appear like it at first, they are hiding a deep inner love that will come out after becoming close to their love interest. They have a clear separation of their character. They don't behave particularly notably when in a group, taking up a stiff cool appearance and a cold "don't get involved with me" aura that creates a wall between themselves and other people. They are also harshly blunt and straightforward with their thoughts which often leads to them making sharp-tongued statements without considering other's feelings.
However, they are also someone who desires love and when alone with their love interest they become so spoiled that their usual character falls apart. They usually have an unfriendly cool demeanor, but when they are alone with their love interest they become extremely clingy and have a more loving side than most. They will start behaving in cute ways, showing lots of emotions, blushing like crazy, and wanting their love interest to give them lots of affection. They are a character with a very drastic gap. After spending enough time with their love interest they will even feel comfortable showing this side of themselves in public, becoming a much more cheerful and emotional person overall.
This is not to be confused with:
- Dandere - A character who is silent and expressionless most of the time, but will suddenly become cute, talkative, and deredere when they are alone with their love interest.
- Sunao Cool - A character who expresses their love and affection honestly and straightforwardly from the very beginning, but is always cool in their behavior because of their calm and expressionless personality. Unlike a kuudere character they do not have two distinct sides and honestly express their love from the very beginning while keeping their cool personality.
- Unofficial:Kuugire - A character who has a unapproachable and expressionless personality at first, but has an unloving or angry side instead of a cute lovey-dovey one like kuudere.
Characters from Cartoons, Comics & Graphic Novels
- Adventure Time
- All Saints Street
- Angel's Friends
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Mai ♥
- Camp Camp
- Code Lyoko
- Cooking with Valkyries
- Craig of the Creek
- Cedric
- Daria
- Ducktales (2017)
- Ever After High
- Frozen
- Elsa (familial)
- Go Jetters
- Generator Rex
- Hamster & Gretel
- Helluva Boss
- Octavia (familial)
- Invader Zim
- Link Click
- Miniforce
- Mixels
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
- Penguins of Madagascar
- Phineas and Ferb
- Ruby Gloom
- RWBY
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
- South Park
- Star Darlings
- Steven Universe
- Teen Titans Go!
- Raven ♥
- The Fixies
- The Haunted House
- The Legend of Korra
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- The Villainess is a Marionette
- Total Drama
- Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
- Trollz
- Wander Over Yonder
- We Bare Bears
- Winx Club
Characters from Video Games & Visual Novels
- Aether Gazer
- Azur Lane
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Brawl Stars
- Closers Online
- Cookie Run
- Dandelion -Wishes brought to you-
- Dangerous Fellows
- deltarune
- Deus Ex
- Dream Daddy
- Dream of Gluttony
- Eldarya
- Elsword
- Ainchase "Ain" Ishmael (Herrscher)
- Ciel
- Elsword / Genesis
- Eve
- Fenriart Solace
- Luciela "Lu" R. Sourcream (Demersio / Nihilida)
- Noah
- Raven Cronwell
- Everhood
- Finding Paradise
- Genshin Impact
- Girls' Frontline
- Hollow Knight
- Honkai Impact 3rd
- Honkai Star Rail
- HuniePop
- Isekai: Slow Life
- Chihaya ♥
- Kuudere Simulator
- League of Legends
- Liar Liar
- Library of Ruina
- Limbus Company
- Lovely Hero
- Magical Paws 2
- Mass Effect
- MetaWare High School (Demo)
- Mini World
- Mobile Legends
- Monster Prom
- My Candy Love
- Mystic Messenger
- No Straight Roads
- OFF
- OMORI
- OneShot
- Predator's Syndrome
- Sandrone ♥
- Shining Nikki
- The Henry Stickmin Collection
- The Kid at the Back
- The Magician's Assistant
- Leander Whitlock (formerly)
- Therapy with Dr. Albert Krueger
- Time Princess
- To the Moon
- Trembling Essence
- Noah ♥
- Try to run away from me
- Ryan ♥
- VA-11 Hall-A
- Vincent: The Secret of Myers
- Yandere Simulator
Characters from Live-Action & Novels
- Breaking Bad
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Charmed
- Escape From New York
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Fringe
- Glee
- Hanna
- Haters Back Off
- Jessie
- Killing Eve
- Lost Girl
- Mr. Robot
- Next Gen
- P2
- Parks & Recreation
- Quantico
- Shameless
- Sherlock Holmes
- Some Assembly Required
- Squid Game
- Stranger Things
- Sucker Punch
- Teen Spirit
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- The Good Place
- The Magnus Archives
- The Sopranos
- The Thing
- The Wheel of Time
- Tormented
- Tyrant
Characters from Other Sources
- Alien Stage
- Sua (familial)
- Disventure Camp
- Ellie ♥
- Emily the Strange
- Internecion Cube
- ItsFunneh
- My Inner Demons
- Mystery Skulls Animated
- Project: Eden's Garden
- Super Danganronpa Another 2 (fangame)
- Titan Academy
- UNDERTALE YELLOW (fangame)
- Welcome Home
Official Characters
Characters who have been officially labeled as Kuudere in their source material will appear here with a ⭐ preceding their name indicating that they are an official example of this archetype. To make a character show up in this list, add a character to one of the above lists and use the {{Official}} template alongside a citation to where the character is referred to as this type: whether its in the series title, description, manga panel, anime/game screenshot, or author comment.