History Main / PinkHeroine

* Utena of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has pink hair and turns into a pink car at the end of Adolescence of Utena. In the beginning of the manga, her school jacket was pink (although her hair was strawberry blonde).

* In the ''Anime/MagicKnightRayearth'' manga, the protagonist, Hikaru, has pink hair.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'', Ceri the [[DetectiveAnimal dog-tective]] has pink spots, a dark pink collar and bow, and is the one who cracks most of the mysteries in the village.

* ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'': In her first solo outing, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]] gains powers, a talking parasol companion, and control over the local elements of Vibe Island on her way to save Mario and Luigi, all while wearing her frilly pink princess dress.

* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'': The main character, Sakura Kinomoto, is heavily associated with the color pink. One of her favorite colors is pink, her wands are pink, and her most iconic costume is the pink dress and cap from the cover of the first volume of the manga and the first opening of the anime. When the Clow Cards are converted into Sakura Cards, they also become pink. The predominance of pink in her design is likely due to her name meaning "cherry blossom" in Japanese.

* In most of ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'''s movies, you can expect her to be the one decked out in pink.

* The little superheroine ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' sports a pink dress.

* All mages in the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' series have a "magic color": the default tint of their released magical energy. The title character's is pink (though as a character, she's more associated with the color white).
* In ''Anime/WeddingPeach'', the main character has pink hair, a pink themed name (Momoko, meaning "Peach"), and a pink frill at the bottom of her dress in her Wedding Angel form. In the manga, her Fighter Angel outfit is pink as well, though the anime makes it red.

* The main character of ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' retains an entirely pink color scheme throughout her outfit, which changes between seasons.
* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'': Main character Lucia's tail as a mermaid is pink, and her idol form outfit consists of a pink dress, pink gloves, and pink boots.
* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'''s main character, Sakura Kinomoto, is heavily associated with the color pink. One of her favorite colors is pink, her wands are pink, and her most iconic costume is the pink dress and cap from the cover of the first volume of the manga and the first opening of the anime. When the Clow Cards are converted into Sakura Cards, they also become pink. The predominance of pink in her design is likely due to her name meaning "cherry blossom" in Japanese.
* Chocolat of ''Manga/SugarSugarRune'''s witch dress is hot pink, complete with hot pink hat. It was black in the manga, however.
* The online avatar of ''Anime/CorrectorYui'''s default outfit, her fairy corrector suit, is pink.

* Kaname Madoka, the principal ''mahou shoujo'' of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', has pink hair and, when transformed, wears pink and white [[spoiler:though when she goes Goddess near the end of the anime, her costume is a pure white and her eyes are gold]].
* Utena of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has pink hair and turns into a pink car at the end of Adolescence of Utena. In the beginning of the manga, her school jacket was pink (although her hair was strawberry blonde).
* When ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' officially became a magical girl in ''Cutey Honey Flash'', her fiery red hair was changed to hot pink. This change stuck in all future incarnations.
* In the ''Anime/MagicKnightRayearth'' manga, the protagonist, Hikaru, has pink hair.
* The heroine of ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'', Himeno, has both pink hair and pink eyes.
* The protagonist of ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'''s costume is pink and black.
* ''Anime/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo'''s trademark pink hair stays with her no matter what form she takes. Her name, Momo, means peach in Japanese, which is typically associated with the color pink.
* ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'': The protagonist, Illyasviel von Einzbern, wears a very frilly, pink outfit as a magical girl.
* Ahiru of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' has pink-orange hair and a pink and white ballet outfit. In the [[Manga/PrincessTutu manga]], her outfit is completely pink.
* Like her WesternAnimation counterpart, Momoko of ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' wears a pink dress, a pink belt, a pink waistcoat and pink-banded gloves in her Hyper Blossom form. Also, her eyes are pink, she wears a pink bow, and her name means "peach".
* Karin of ''Manga/SuperPig'' transforms into a pink ''pig''.
* Tsubomi of ''Anime/PapillonRose'' - her outfit is pink, her hair is pink, and her Lingerie Soldier name means "Pink Butterfly".
* Ririka from ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' wears a very pink MagicalGirl outfit. Even in casual attire she often wears pink.
* Amu from ''Manga/ShugoChara'' has a largely pink color scheme (and hair), and her default form, Amulet Heart, is the pink one.
* Riko Mikogami, the lead character in ''Anime/AnimalDetectivesKiruminzoo'' has, in her transformed state, the powers of a large, noticeably pink, cat.
* ''Manga/NanakoSOS'': Nanako's "superhero" costume is pink.
* ''Manga/MagicalGirlOre'': Saki has light pink hair, and both her idol and magical boy form wear an all-pink ensemble.
* Akari Sakura of ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'' wears pink everyday clothing and has a magical girl dress in the same color. She's also [[CherryBlossomGirl associated with cherry blossoms]], which have pink petals.
* For a rare male example, we have Kaito Odagiri of ''Manga/WeAreMagicalBoys'', who has the extremely cute and girly Tokimeki Pink transformation despite being a rough and tumble little boy.
* Momoka of ''Manga/MenheraChan'' has pink hair, a pink collar and a pink skirt in magical girl form, her name means "peach" and her codename is Menhera Pink.
* Milfeulle Sakuraba is the main heroine and LoveInterest in the manga based on the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' videogames. She has pink hair, wears pink flowers in her hair, her military uniform has a pink skirt, and her Emblem Frame is also pink in color.

* Emma of ''ComicBook/ZodiacStarforce'' has a predominately pink-and-red outfit, unlike her teammates, who have light blue-and-white outfits (with their own individual color scheme). She also gains pink hair in MagicalGirl form.

* ''ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool'': Gwen has pink highlights in her hair, wears a pink and white version of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s costume, and she (along with everyone from her home dimension) speaks in pink word bubbles. As she learns to use her RealityWarper powers, they show up with a pink motif.

* ''Fanfic/ICantBeAMagicalGirlYouAMagicalGirlSay'': GenderInvertedTrope - [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku's]] MagicalGirl outfit consists of a pink cotton dress with a white chest, a white apron, white socks, pink kneepads, pink shoes and white gloves.

* Princess Elodie from ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' has bright pink hair, the option to learn magic, and the outfit you unlock for leveling up her magical powers is a frilly, pink affair.

* ''Magical Girl Pretty Miyuki'', the ShowWithinAShow from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', has the titular character's theme color be pink.
* Sakura Shinguuji and her successor [[VideoGame/SakuraWars2019 Sakura Amamiya]] from ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' are rare mecha examples. Both characters in-story are at the front of the (mostly female) Flower Division in the Imperial Combat Revue, wear pink in their civillian and pilot clothes, and have a bright pink mecha to match due to having CherryBlossoms as a motif.

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* Sakura-nyan from ''WebAnimation/AcedemySugoiSeiun''.

* Double-subverted in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', where the main character Bloom is primarily associated with the color blue. As the series goes on she starts adding more and more pink to her outfits. However Flora remains the main source of pink among the team.
* The little superheroine ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' sports a pink dress.
* Happy Ness, the main protagonist in ''[[WesternAnimation/HappyNessTheSecretOfTheLoch Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch]]'', is pink in color.
* The lead singer and protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' is pink-haired and often pink-clad. In her civilian identity, Jerrica Benton, she is a blonde [[ColorCodedSecretIdentity but still tends to wear pink]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'', Ceri the [[DetectiveAnimal dog-tective]] has pink spots, a dark pink collar and bow, and is the one who cracks most of the mysteries in the village.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** This show plays with this trope. Having been hugely influenced by the magical girl genre, the main character is indeed the one with the pink shirt and gem... the twist is that the protagonist is a boy.
** Steven's late mother appeared to be the traditional pink heroine; her hair, gem (which Steven would later have), weapons, and even her name (Rose Quartz) are a light pink. She was also the leader of the Crystal Gems. [[spoiler: To top it off, her true identity was PINK Diamond.]]
* In most of ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'''s movies, you can expect her to be the one decked out in pink.
* The titular superheroine of ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'' is decked out in several different shades of pink, though it's PlayedWith in that [[WholesomeCrossdresser she's actually male and only presents as female while on duty]].
* Mia's (from ''WesternAnimation/MiaAndMe'') elf form has dark pink hair tied with a pink hair tie, she wears a short strapless pink dress, pink stocking-like boots, and has white wings with a slight touch of pink.
* Played with by Twilight Sparkle in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. She is more of a lilac in color, but her magic (from Season 2 on, as in Season 1 it was a very pale pink) and sigils are all bright pink.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders'', Gwenevere, the main heroine, wears pink armor. Since she's also a princess, it also qualifies as PrincessesPreferPink.
* Ami Onuki from ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (her hair is magenta-pink and she is one of our two heroines from the J-pop star duo).
* Though Ruby would consider herself the leader of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}},'' Amethyst is the real protagonist and TheHeart of the team; she's decked out in a bright pink as opposed to her friends' red, purple, blue, and yellow.

* For a rare male example, we have Kaito Odagiri of ''Bokura wa Mahou Shounen'', who has the extremely cute and girly Tokimeki Pink transformation despite being a rough and tumble little boy.

Compare PrincessesPreferPink, PinkProductPloy.

** ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'': Cure Prism fits most of the traits associated with the pink cures, having a pink color motif and a down-to-earth and kindhearted personality. However, she isn't the main protagonist -- that's Cure Sky, who has a blue color motif and an energetic FishOutOfWater personality.

* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'''s wands are pink. Her most iconic costume is also the pink dress and cap from the first opening of the anime. And when the Clow Cards are converted into Sakura Cards, they become pink. The predominance of pink in her design is likely due to her name meaning "cherry blossom" in Japanese.

%% ** Averted by ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'': The leader, Cure Sky, is blue instead of pink.

This trope often crosses over with RoseHairedSweetie and PrincessProtagonist.

* Gender-inverted in ''FanFic/RhythmicPrettyCure'' with Cure Twirl - his hair turns cerise, his tiara has a rose quartz in the centre, and he wears a pink leotard with dark pink and white accents, a white skirt with a pink line along the bottom, a white two-layer underskirt, a pink sash, a dark pink bow on his chest, white OperaGloves, theatrical pink tights, and pink ballet slippers.

* In the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise, the protagonist of each series is always decked out in pink. They also tend to overlap with CheeryPink. ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrecure'' and ''Anime/TropicalRougePrecure'' are the two very rare entries that emphasize a different color altogether for their leading cures (blue and white for ''Hirogaru'' and white+rainbow for ''Tropical Rouge'').

* In the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise, the protagonist of each series is always decked out in pink. They also tend to overlap with CheeryPink.

* ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'': Hitori "Bocchi" Goto is the lead guitarist of Kesshoku Band and the main viewpoint character. Her hair is bright pink, and she wears a pink tracksuit to match.

* ''Fanfic/MapleSugarPrettyCure'': When she is granted Cure powers for the first time, Mei/Cure Panda gets a puffy pink dress with matching booties and hair decorations. Cure Panda is delighted to be a Pretty Cure, even when she loses her first fight.

Having been influenced by {{Sentai}}, many MagicalGirl shows are ColorCodedForYourConvenience. And in these shows the protagonist and/or leader of the team is often the one in pink.

* Blossom, leader of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', sports a pink dress as well as pink eyes.

* ''Animation/BalalaTheFairies'': Only in ''Over the Rainbow'', where the team leader, Jessi, has pink as her theme color. Possibly subverted as she is treated as the red girl rather than pink, though her hair is still pink. For many seasons the team leader was the "yellow", Xiao Lan.

* Aelita from ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink hair]], her Lyoko avatar has also shades of same color, and in real world, she likes to wear pink and purple all over.