History Main / OdangoHair

It is particularly common with {{Anime Chinese Girl}}s as it is a traditional Chinese hairstyle. Although in China, the style is called "ox horn" and it was gender neutral for children. In fact, the ox horns were a ''children's only'' hairstyle -- it was completely inappropriate to continue wearing it into adulthood (which a lot of Japanese media does not seem to get). During childhood it was acceptable to cut the hair and wear it loose but after reaching adulthood, hair cutting was taboo and the hair would have to be fastened in some way. When a person in ancient China had their coming-of-age ceremony to represent their transition from child to adult, men would start to wear their hair in a topknot and women could wear all sorts of formal hairstyles (which varied throughout history).

The style is named after the ''odango'', a sweet dumpling eaten on a skewer as a Japanese snack, traditionally served at ''hanami'' (cherry blossom and flower viewing {{festival| episode}}s.) Compare DevilishHairHorns and PrimAndProperBun. This style can be wildly over-exaggerated as MegaTwintails.

The style is named after the ''odango'', a sweet dumpling eaten on a skewer as a Japanese snack, traditionally served at ''hanami'' (cherry blossom and flower viewing {{festival| episode}}s.) Compare HornedHairdo and PrimAndProperBun. This style can be wildly over-exaggerated as MegaTwintails.

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
%%* Tekkanomakichan from ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'' has an interesting case of these: hers are tall cylinders...and are actually pieces of rolled tuna sushi!
%%* Momo Hinamori from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'':
** Syaoran's cousin Meiling wears her hair in a similar way to Usagi/Sailor Moon, with her hair in buns combined with long pigtails, which fits her overall image as an AnimeChineseGirl (although she's technically from Hong Kong).
** In TheMovie where Sakura and the gang go to Hong Kong, Tomoyo briefly wears a variation, where her hair is in buns with small cloth covers, and the rest falls in braided pigtails.
%%* Maruko from ''Manga/ChibiMarukoChan'' had her hair like this, with no tails and without its being covered up when she went to the Momoe-chan concert.
%%* In episode 9 of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', Misaki's Chinese friend Alice Wang dresses her up in a {{Qipao}} and odango for a party.
%%* Minerva Orlando from ''Manga/FairyTail''. In the Sabertooth spin-off manga, this even gets lampshaded.
* May Chang from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' wears two small high buns with BraidsOfAction. She's an innocent and polite AnimeChineseGirl.
%%* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', the ChineseGirl Xia Yu Lan wears her hair in this hairstyle during a mission.
%%* A {{Bird |People}}girl with odango feathers appeared in one episode of ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet''.
* Miaka Yuuki from ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' has this as her default hairstyle; though she isn't Chinese herself, it's still fitting since she's TrappedInAnotherWorld that greatly resembles ancient China. In the manga, she often wears different hairstyles, but in the anime she has odango hair almost exclusively when her hair isn't let down.
%%* Miki "Nodamiki" Noda from ''Manga/GAGeijutsukaArtDesignClass''.
%%* Kagura from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' has these, sort of. She has two bun covers on either side of her head, but when her hair is down, it's quite short, so it might not fill up her bun covers.
%%* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
%%** Lady Une from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' wore her hair like this, generally when in psycho bitch mode.
%%** In Season 1, [[RebelliousPrincess Marina Ismail]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' wears a pair of those whenever she's in her princess dress.
%%* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' started with Odango as one of her hairstyles. They vanished as soon as she founded the SOS Brigade, however.
* Hiro from ''Manga/HidamariSketch''. Her two hair buns are such an distugnishing feature for her such that it becomes her anime {{motif}}. It is used to emphasize her girliness.
%%* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In one episode of the ''Kira'' OVA, Hanyuu wears her hair this way, to conceal her horns while out in public ([[spoiler:especially in front of Past-Mini-Moe!Rika]]). Another character, Natsumi, who only appears in the manga and visual novels, also wears her hair in this style.
%%* Suzume from ''Manga/{{Hyakko}}''
%%* ''Anime/TheIdolMaster'':
%%** Miki uses this on the ''Live for You'' OVA.
%%** Kasumi, Yayoi's sister, sports this too.
%%* Hikari from ''Manga/InterviewsWithMonsterGirls'' has these; she is a vampire and the odangos [[OurVampiresAreDifferent are her equivalent to pointed ears]].
* In ''Anime/JinzoKonchuKabutoBorgVXV'', Linlin Ryūshō wears two covered high buns on the sides of her head. She is the daughter of the manager of Shōryūken, a Chinese restaurant.
%%* Jolyne Cujoh, protagonist of Part 6 of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''.
* Manatsu Tomosato, the SpoiledSweet {{Cloudcuckoolander}} friend of the eponymous protagonist of ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'', has two buns on her head in this style, though she still keeps most of her hair loose and at chin length.
%%* Meow from ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'', being [[ChineseGirl Chinese and all]].
%%* Momona, NaiveNewcomer protagonist of ''Anime/LadyJewelpet'', has a hairstyle with probably the biggest odangos ever.
%%* Alvis Hamilton from ''Anime/LastExile''.
%%* Mei, Naru's little stepsister in ''Manga/LoveHina''.
%%* Fumika Narutaki and Chao of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''.
* Tenten from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' always wears her hair in two buns. Along with her Chinese-style clothing, it completes her image as an AnimeChineseGirl (though given the series' setting, it's likely that she's not actually from China).
%%* Karna from ''Anime/NieaUnder7'' has these in line with her "{{Chinese girl}}" persona -- complete with [[PandaingToTheAudience panda print]].
%%* Chihiro of ''Anime/OccultAcademy'' wears an odd/distinctive odango hairstyle. She immediately falls in love with Fumiaki when he compliments her hair, something no one had ever done before.
* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'':
** Doremi herself wears her hair in two huge buns, fitting with her naive (bordering on [[TheDitz ditzy]]) demeanor. The enormous size of Doremi's hair buns becomes toned down a little starting with ''Motto''. They are still rather large, but it's kind of justified since her hair actually [[RapunzelHair reaches down to her waist and has a lot of volume]].
** Her fairy Dodo has odango to match, which made for problems when she was learning how to make herself invisible.
%%* Miyako from ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' has an Edo-style counterpart, Omiya, a member from the ''Oedo Chaki Chaki Girls''. She has this hairstyle plus a flower.
%%* Shampoo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', as well as her tribe sisters, Linlin and Ranran, in the anime.
%%* Anita King from ''Anime/RODTheTV''. Though Anita doesn't actually have hair buns, she just wears empty covers on her hair sometimes.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon wears small high buns on the sides of her head that are combined with very long GirlishPigtails, which earned the nickname "''odango atama''" ("dumpling-head"; the Creator/DiC dub of the [[Anime/SailorMoon first anime]] uses "meatball-head", while Creator/VizMedia redub and the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] use "bun-head"). Her hairstyle has become extremely iconic and it's made her one of the most recognizable characters in anime. It's also shown that Queen Serenity, her mother in her past life as Princess Serenity, had the same hairstyle.
** Chibi-Usa also wears her hair in two buns, though hers are shaped like rabbit's ears to reference her and Usagi's [[AnimalMotif rabbit motif]].
%%* Mei-Mei the panda cub from ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' wears rings of flowers around her ears, intentionally giving off this appearance.
%%* Background character Manami from ''Manga/ShugoChara'' wears her hair in a similar style as [[Manga/TokyoMewMew Mint]] and [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Doremi]].
%%* Aeru from ''Anime/{{Simoun}}''.
%%* Gender Inverted with Gourry Gabriev from ''Anime/{{Slayers}}''. He gets his hair done up this way whenever he gets [[DraggedIntoDrag put in a dress]] every 17 episodes or so.
%%* Katase Shima from ''Anime/StellviaOfTheUniverse''.
%%* Linn Minmei from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.
%%* Akira Katou from ''Manga/TeamMedicalDragon''.
%%* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' has Dragon Kid have this while in her hero costume.
%%* Aizawa Minto/Mew Mint from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''.
%%* Kasen of ''[[Manga/TouhouIbarakasenWildAndHornedHermit Wild and Horned Hermit]]'' has these. Or the covers, at least. It's considerably more likely to be (the remains of) horns than hair under them.
%%* The title character from ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' has ''one'' odango (also with a pigtail hanging from it), [[FashionableAsymmetry on her left side]].
%%* Nozomi gets a pair of donut-like ones as Cure Dream in ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' and its sequel, ''[[OneTwoThreeFourGo GoGo]]''.
%%* Vivian Wong from ''Manga/YuGiOh''.
* Akari Akaza from ''Manga/YuruYuri'' wears part of her hair in two buns, and they're often cited as being her main distinguishing trait aside from how [[TheGenericGuy utterly unremarkable she is as a person]]. Most of the time they simply [[ExpressiveHair pop off and reattach to her head when she's suprised]], but in {{Imagine Spot}}s they're detachable, shoot lasers, act like two {{Attack Drone}}s, and are sometimes even implied to be her life source.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Crescent of the new ComicBook/AgentsOfAtlas is a ten-year-old Korean girl, Dan Bi. She has her hair in twin buns (visible when she wears the mask from which she gets her power), plus two short ponytails in back.
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%%[[Folder:Fan Works]]
%%* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics, Kazuriya Sakura, one of Masa (UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura's son)'s friends, has this hairstyle.

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%%* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'':
%%** While Sour Sweet appears to put her hair in a ponytail most of the time, she goes for this hairstyle during the archery contest and in the toyline, probably to keep hair out of her face.
%%** The unnamed Wondercolts marching band drum majorette also has this hairstyle, as seen during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7rIzLb-Ing "CHS Rally Song"]] preview.
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[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
* ComicBook/{{Shuri}} wears her hair in these in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. According to WordOfGod, this was meant as an intentional nod to Princess Leia in ''Star Wars''.
* ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'': Poison Ivy styles her hair like this for the majority of the movie ([[WTHCostumingDepartment it is not a great look]]).
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Padmé wears her hair in small buns on the sides of her head during her first scene in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', which is actually the scene when she reveals that she is pregnant with Leia and Luke. This is an intentional reference to Princess Leia's famous hairstyle.
** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Kaydel Ko Connix wears two high buns on the sides of her head.
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%%[[folder:Literature]]
%%* Ling Yu, of the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}''. Probably intentional, as part of her whole AnimeChineseGirl thing.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Lynda Moss of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] wears two high buns on each side of her head.
** Thirteenth Doctor companion Yasmin Khan wears two small high buns on each side of her head in a few episodes.
%%* [[WrenchWench Kaylee]] (Creator/JewelStaite) of ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' and ''{{Film/Serenity}}'' wears her hair in this fashion on occasion. And [[{{Moe}} of]] [[TheCutie course]], [[NerdsAreSexy it's]] ''[[UnkemptBeauty adorable]]''.
%%* Judy Cooper in ''Series/KCUndercover''. She’s never seen without them, nor is she ever seen with her hair loose.
%%* Jen from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' has her hair done like this when she is acting out a {{Wuxia}} film in one episode.
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%%[[folder:Music]]
%%* Music/{{Bjork}} in the music video of ''Big Time Sensuality'' (from ''Music/{{Debut}}'').
%%* One of the backup dancers in the hallway sequence of Music/BritneySpears' "Baby One More Time".
%%* Mel B / Scary Spice from the Music/{{Spice Girls}} sported a variant of the hair style with her hair down during the band's peak of popularity.
%%* Music/BebeRexha sports a variant with her hair down for the music video of ''No Broken Hearts'' featuring Music/{{Nicki Minaj}}.
%%* Marcy from VisualKei band Disacode sported the hairstyle for these [[http://s0.pic4you.ru/allimage/y2012/01-03/11207/1568869.jpeg two]] [[http://data.tokyogirlsupdate.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/artist_disacode.jpg pictures]].
%%* Music/ArianaGrande in the music video of "Everyday".
%%* Music/NickiMinaj in the single cover for "Chun-Li", which also doubles as a ShoutOut.
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%%[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
%%* Mixed martial artist turned pro wrestler Zeda Zhang wears her hair in this manner for promotional photos, as being Chinese is part of her [[TheGimmick gimmick.]] Tends to undo them when its time to fight/wrestle, though.
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%%[[folder:Toys]]
%%* Tori, a character from the ''Franchise/Barbie'' spin-off line "Generation Girls", has odango in the twin-tail style.
%%* Sun Shangxiang Gerbera in ''Toys/BBSenshiSangokuden'' gets ''odango'' as part of her entire outfit, based directly on [[StreetFighter Chun Li]].
%%* Several characters in ''Toys/{{Hairdorables}}'', many with the twin tails look: Rayne Bow, Selfie Noah, Keyboard Kali, and Kat 'N Dogs. A later edition of Kat has smaller ones over long hair. None of this is tried to personality, as the line is marketed by the ever-changing hairstyles.
%%* Sara Sushi from the ''Toys/{{Shopkins}}'' spin-off ''Shoppies'' has the twin-tail style.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
%%* Bella Clarison from ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'' has this hairstyle.
%%* Mei Fang from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''.
%%* Fitz from ''VideoGame/AtelierAnnieAlchemistsOfSeraIsland''.
%%* Argilla from ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' wears this hairstyle.
%%* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', Lenna wears her hair in this style while using the Monk class.
%%* Gender Inverted with [[http://images.wikia.com/jadeempire/images/d/d0/BlackWhirlwind.jpg Black Whirlwind]] from ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''. However, he is rather [[TheBigGuy unlike]] the others on this list, in [[BoisterousBruiser several]] [[AxCrazy respects]].
%%* In ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters The King of Fighters 2000]]'', Athena has this hairstyle.
%%* ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'': Princess Rosella wears this look on her wedding in the FanSequel ''VideoGame/TheSilverLining''.
%%* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
%%** Farore. Also, the only Oracle to wear her hair in a different style than her corresponding golden goddess. (The goddess Farore is usually depicted with short-cut hair, wearing flowers where the oracle has her Odangos.)
%%** Tetra's infamous curl could be seen as a form of Odango as well. (Due to the highly stylized nature of the game's art, it's hard to tell.)
%%* The Twin Tail style is a choice for custom characters in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon''. It's clearly inspired by ''Franchise/SailorMoon''; the style is called "Anime" in game.
%%* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Caroline wears her hair in two buns, to reflect her {{Tomboy}}ish personality, especially in comparison with her twin sister Justine.
%%* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
%%** Fantina from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' has ''four'' of them.
%%** Rosa, the female protagonist from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''.
%%** There's also the rabbit-based pokemon Buneary, whose name is derived from its habit of curling its ear into the shape of a bun on the side of its head. When it has both ears curled, it has the appearance of a girl wearing her hair in this style. Oddly, even the males of the species do this.
* Lidelle from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' has two hair buns deliberately wrapped around her horns to hide them.
%%* ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims 2]]'' has this among its starter hairstyles, which include one or two less Asian-looking ones.
%%* Chun-Li from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series is probably the quintessential fighting game example.
%%* Tong Pooh and her sisters from ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' sport the pigtailed odango style. From all subsequent appearances, Tong Pooh appropriated it while her sisters took on different hairstyles.
%%* CharacterCustomization options in 'VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' involves two Odango hairstyles. As of the 1.3 updates the Stylist can also give your character a hairstyle like [[Anime/SailorMoon Chibiusa's]] (though interestingly not Usagi's hairstyle) for a total of 3.
%%* ''Franchise/TouhouProject''[='s=] [[Manga/TouhouIbarakasenWildAndHornedHermit Kasen Ibaraki]] wears her hair like this, complete with the Chinese-style covers; it's very heavily implied that she's an {{Oni}} [[HughMann pretending to be a human]] HermitGuru, and the Odango presumably cover up her horns.
%%* Pai Chan from ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' has this hairstyle combined with BraidsOfAction.
%%* Triss Merigold adopts this hairstyle in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2''.
%%* Chromie from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has this hairstyle without the tails.
%%* Eudy in ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion''.
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%%[[folder:Visual Novels]]
%%* Gender Inverted with Finis from ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize''.
%%* Yuuko Shirakawa from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' wears her hair in this style whenever she's working part-time at the Shangai teahouse.
%%* Kokoro Fushikawa in ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'' always sports this hairstyle, in the GirlishPigtails version, fitting her personality.
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%%[[folder:Webcomics]]
%%* The six main Elvish women in [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/276 this page]] of ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' demonstrate the variety of hairstyles in Eytherlia, with one having buns done like this.
%%* Mara from ''Webcomic/ElfBlood'' usually wears her hair in covered ox-tails, being partly a ChineseGirl.
%%* Eun Ah from ''Webcomic/WelcomeToTheConvenienceStore'' always has this hairstyle, with two small stripes of hair falling from each one.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': As Multimouse, Marinette's usual pigtails are pulled up into twin buns to evoke mouse ears.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Mai, though with two small stripes of hair falling from the back of her hair in addition to a third bun as well. The WhoWouldWantToWatchUs episode has someone playing her with ones so big that they make her look like MickeyMouse.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': One of the granddaughters of Aang and Katara named Ikki has this kind of hairdo. She still retained this hairstyle when her hair was down in Book 4.
%%* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode "The Alliance", the blue-haired female biker who is part of a gang led by Rojo has [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ben10/images/7/71/Rojo_old_gang.png/revision/latest?cb=20100806145217 this hairstyle]].
%%* Chick P from ''WesternAnimation/ChopSockyChooks'', a BraidsOfAction variant.
%%* Ami from ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi''. Her buns aren't even connected to her head, looking like they're floating; plus, her hair is down.
%%* Marion from ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends''.
%%* Kai-lan from ''WesternAnimation/NiHaoKaiLan''.
%%* Brenda from ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever''.
%%* Pucca from ''Animation/{{Pucca}}''.
%%* Lola Mbola from ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}''.
%%* Trixie Sting from ''WesternAnimation/{{Slugterra}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Mina Loveberry is a SailorSenshiSendUp (albeit an [[CorruptedCharacterCopy insane and bloodthirsty]] version), and thus she has a hairstyle that's pretty much exactly like Usagi/Sailor Moon's, with two small buns on each side of her head combined with two long pigtails.
%%** Star herself wears her hair like this in one episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': Torra Doza has two small high buns on each side of her head.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** [[BadBoss Holly Blue Agate]] from the "Out of This World" arc has two conical buns that are effectively a cross between this and a HornedHairdo.
** In [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie the movie]], [[spoiler:Spinel]] used to have a pair of heart-shaped buns [[spoiler:in her original form, before being abandoned in Pink Diamond's garden for 6,000 years. Over that time, her hair became messier and messier before loosening into spiky pigtails with her EvilCostumeSwitch]]. Her hair buns always stay in the same place on her head [[CheatedAngle no matter which angle she's facing]], which is a reference to how WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's ears are designed in the same way.
%%* Bumblebee from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Her ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' counterpart sports the same hairstyle in season one.
%%* Arcee in ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' has no actual hair (being a giant alien robot and all), but the sides of her head in the G1 cartoon featured circular patterns that evoked the image of Princess Leia's iconic buns from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
%%* Kimiko Tohomiko from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' sported this hairstyle in three episodes "Night of the Sapphire Dragon", "Dreamscape" and "The Deep Freeze", though, for the latter, it was in a GirlishPigtails variant.
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It is particularly common with {{Anime Chinese Girl}}s as it is a traditional Chinese hairstyle. Although in China, the style is called "ox horn" and it was gender neutral for children. In fact, the ox horns were a ''children's only'' hairstyle -- it was completely inappropriate to continue wearing it into adulthood (which a lot of Japanese media does not seem to get). During childhood it was acceptable to cut the hair and wear it loose but after reaching adulthood, hair cutting was taboo and the hair would have to be fastened in some way. When a person in ancient China had their coming-of-age ceremony to represent their transition from child to adult, men would start to wear their hair in a topknot and women could wear all sorts of formal hair buns (which varied throughout history).

A particular hairstyle common to anime and manga heroines that involves styling one's hair into two buns worn at about 45-degree angles on the side of the head. This can make them look similar to WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse ears depending on how simplified they're drawn. The buns themselves are often given cloth covers tied with ribbons. It is particularly common with {{Anime Chinese Girl}}s as it is a traditional Chinese hairstyle, although in China, the style is called "ox horn" and it was gender neutral for children.

%%* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''

%%* ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'':

%%* Fumika Narutaki and Chao of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''.

%%* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''

%%* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''[='s=] [[Manga/TouhouIbarakasenWildAndHornedHermit Kasen Ibaraki]] wears her hair like this, complete with the Chinese-style covers; it's very heavily implied that she's an {{Oni}} [[HughMann pretending to be a human]] HermitGuru, and the Odango presumably cover up her horns.

%%* Kokoro Fushikawa in ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'' always sports this hairstyle, in the GirlishPigtails version, fitting her personality.

%%* Hiro from ''Manga/HidamariSketch''. She was annoyed that she couldn't braid her hair into these when it's humid, and [[BigEater Miyako]] once say Hiro's odango as cream puffs in one episode, when Hiro's class was making cream puffs in the home economics class.

%%* A {{Bird |People}}girl with odango feathers appeared in one episode of ''Anime/FushigiboshiNoFutagohime''.