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** [[Characters/GenshinImpactTriCommission Sayu]] is a tiny {{Ninja}} associated with the Shuumatsuban, Inazuma's resident ninja organization who uses a combination of her near-extinct ninja art known as the "Yoohoo Arts" with her [[BlowYouAway Anemo Vision]] to both heft the [[{{BFS}} Claymores]] she uses in fighting and leave enemies in the dust... When she's not using said arts to [[{{Sleepyhead}} find a cozy nook to hide away and take a nap in, anyway.]] She's also dealing with a lot of HeightAngst and her voicelines indicate that [[OlderThanTheyLook she's likely in her mid-teens.]] She is the youngest and smallest of the playable Inazuma cast.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky The Liberl arc]]'' has Tita Russell, the grandaughter of a renowned scientist and a brilliant engineer in her own right who [[BadassAdorable fights with what can only be described as portable cannons]] at the tender age of 12. The villains also get a Mini-Moe in the form of [[spoiler:Renne, who's 11.]].

* Like a lot of GachaGames, ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' has its fair share of token mini-moes in its playable cast, both in the form of actual children and [[OlderThanTheyLook girls who look like they're kids but are actually much older]], though VagueAge is ''firmly'' in play for most of them.
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactMondstadt Diona]] is a CatGirl and a bartender who styles herself as the self-proclaimed "wine industry slayer of Mondstadt" and is the youngest member of the barkeeping staff at the Cat's Tail bar in Mondstadt, where she attempts to serve bad-tasting drinks to her patrons (which never works as her [[AnIcePerson Cryo Vision]] ensures that all of her awful-tasting ingredients [[SpringtimeForHitler taste absolutely incredible]]). She is the smallest of the playable Mondstadt cast outside the Knights of Favonius (and presumably among the youngest, with Klee from the Knights being stated to hail from a longer-lived race).

** [[Characters/GenshinImpactQixing Yaoyao]] is a tiny child who is never seen without a [[CheerfulChild bright smile on her face]] or her [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed bunny, Yuegui]]. She's also the youngest member of the playable Liyue cast in general, due to Qiqi having a bad case of ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and despite her age [[AdorablyPrecociousChild she looks after the adults around her,]] befitting the motif of wisdom that earned her the [[GreenThumb Dendro Vision]] she has. She is the youngest of the playable Liyue cast, as well as one of the smallest (alongside Qiqi, a centuries-old jiangshi who has been zombified as a child).

** Maria and Est from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'', joined by Norne in the last. Also [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Chiki/Tiki]], for the CuteMonsterGirl.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' had Elpeo Puru [[note]]now [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn officially]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS translated]] as Elpeo Pull[[/note]], whose name was even a play on words based on the Lolicon magazine Lemon People.

* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Chiyo Mihama (pictured above) is a ChildProdigy who [[GradeSkipper starts her first year of high school at age 10]], while all her classmates are 15 or 16. She's also a parodic deconstruction -- the series is all too quick to point out the problems with a girl as young and small as her attending high school, and then plays it up for laughs.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki The Calvard arc]]'' features 13 year-old Feri as the youngest and smallest member of the Arkride Solutions Office.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has a number of Servants that are either young or young-looking. Any Servant that has the [[https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Child_Servant Child trait]] qualifies. Other Servants that look young but don't have said trait include Euryale, Stheno, Tam Lin Lancelot, Elizabeth Bathory and Medea Lily.

* Murasaki in ''LightNovel/{{Kurenai}}'' is a seven-year-old girl who is being body-guarded by the title character.

* In the classic [=PS1=] ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series, Coco was this.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''

** Clement's little sister Bonnie from ''XY'' serves as this. Her outgoingness serves as a contrast to her older brother.
** ''Sun & Moon'' has two examples: Sophocles and Lana are both much shorter and younger-looking than the rest of their group (Ash, Kiawe, Mallow, and Lillie).

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* Like a lot of GachaGames, ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' has its fair share of token mini-moes in its playable cast, both in the form of actual children and [[OlderThanTheyLook girls who look like they're kids but are actually much older]], though VagueAge is ''firmly'' in play for most of them.
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactMondstadt Diona]] is a CatGirl and a bartender who styles herself as the self-proclaimed "wine industry slayer of Mondstadt" and is the youngest member of the barkeeping staff at the Cat's Tail bar in Mondstadt, where she attempts to serve bad-tasting drinks to her patrons (which never works as her [[AnIcePerson Cryo Vision]] ensures that all of her awful-tasting ingredients [[SpringtimeForHitler taste absolutely incredible]]).
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeru Dori]] is small and cutesy but her mannerisms, deep integration into the criminal underworld of Sumeru, incredible wealth, and MoneyFetish tied to her [[ShockAndAwe Electro Vision]] are all hints that while she may be tiny, [[OlderThanTheyLook she's actually an adult.]] The Japanese dub of the game even drives this in further with Creator/TomokoKaneda giving her a screechy and shrill voice more in line with an old woman.
** Iansan is a Natlanian girl [[EarlyBirdCameo who first showed up in the "Teyvat Chapter Preview" trailer]] for the game but is the smallest member of the eight playable characters shown in the trailer.
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactKnightsOfFavonius Klee]] is a tiny [[PointyEars Elf-like]] girl who acts like a pure CheerfulChild and is the youngest member of the Knights of Favonius, where she uses her [[PlayingWithFire Pyro Vision]] to serve as the grenadier of the organization, tossing [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals gunpowder-filled stuffed toys]] at her enemies like they're bombs or grenades... When her MadBomber antics don't land her in [[YouAreGrounded solitary confinement]] instead.
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactNahida Nahida]] looks and acts like a tiny child - such as showing moments of [[ChildrenAreInnocent childlike innocence]] in her voicelines (like assuming mushrooms would grow on your head if you're caught out in the rain) and using her [[GreenThumb Dendro Magic]] to make paper dolls or a swing to play with - despite her [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld chronological age of 500]]. [[spoiler:She's also known as [[Characters/GenshinImpactArchons Lesser Lord Kusanali, or Buer,]] the Dendro Archon of Sumeru and is the youngest of the Seven Archons.]]
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyue Qiqi]] is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld thousands of years old]] but due to being an UndeadChild kept alive through Adeptal magic she looks and acts like a [[TheDitz scatterbrained]] three-or-four-year-old child crossed with a [[ChineseVampire Jiangshi]] [[CantGrowUp who will never get older.]] She's the smallest member of the staff of Liyue's Bubu Pharmacy, where she works as an herbalist, and uses what she remembers about her herbalism in conjunction with her [[AnIcePerson Cryo Vision]] to serve as a healer.
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactTriCommission Sayu]] is a tiny {{Ninja}} associated with the Shuumatsuban, Inazuma's resident ninja organization who uses a combination of her near-extinct ninja art known as the "Yoohoo Arts" with her [[BlowYouAway Anemo Vision]] to both heft the [[{{BFS}} Claymores]] she uses in fighting and leave enemies in the dust... When she's not using said arts to [[{{Sleepyhead}} find a cozy nook to hide away and take a nap in, anyway.]] She's also dealing with a lot of HeightAngst and her voicelines indicate that [[OlderThanTheyLook she's likely in her mid-teens.]]
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactQixing Yaoyao]] is a tiny child who is never seen without a [[CheerfulChild bright smile on her face]] or her [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed bunny, Yuegui]]. She's also the youngest member of the playable Liyue cast in general, due to Qiqi having a bad case of ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and despite her age [[AdorablyPrecociousChild she looks after the adults around her,]] befitting the motif of wisdom that earned her the [[GreenThumb Dendro Vision]] she has.
* [[{{Miko}} Himi]] in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn''.

** [[Characters/GenshinImpactQixing Yaoyao]] is a tiny child who is never seen without a [[CheerfulChild bright smile on her face]] or her [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed bunny, Yuegui]]. She's also the youngest member of the ruling Qixing of Liyue (and the playable Liyue cast in general, due to Qiqi having a bad case of ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) and despite her age [[AdorablyPrecociousChild she acts insanely mature,]] befitting the motif of wisdom that earned her the [[GreenThumb Dendro Vision]] she has.

* ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' has the (at the start of the game) 12-year old Laury Callwell as the Token Mini Moe and youngest character in the whole cast, girls and boys included. And considering this game's setting is a CrapsaccharineWorld, she's stalked by a creepy paedophile foreigner who eventually [[spoiler: [[DistressedDamsel kidnaps her]], and, [[BigDamnHeroes if the player]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential doesn't save her]], kills her by strangulation]].

* Wataru Asahina from ''LightNovel/BrothersConflict'', a 10 or 11-ish boy in a cast with mostly teenage or adult men.

* Murasaki in ''LightNovel/KureNai'' is a seven year old girl who is being body-guarded by the title character.
* In ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', the Vanadis [[spoiler: Olga is this; Tigre meets her in Volume 6.]]

* Illya in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. She doesn't get her own path even though it ''is'' [[HGame that kind of game]], (it was cut out before the game was released, though some of its backstory was eventually adapted into ''LightNovel/FateZero'') and she's revealed to be [[OlderThanTheyLook slightly older than Shirou]]. One [[HaveANiceDeath Tiger Dojo]] has Illya mention those [[RapeAsDrama bad end HCGs where she rapes Shirou]] were also left on the cutting room floor due to time constraints.

* Cecille in ''VideoGame/ArcRiseFantasia'' is twelve, and [[LittleMissBadass packs serious power behind her punches]]. She's in full ElegantGothicLolita attire and sporting a pair of MegaTwinTails.

* ''Anime/{{K}}'' has Anna Kushina of HOMRA, an 11-year-old ElegantGothicLolita [[TheEmpath empath]] in a clan of pyro gangsters. [[spoiler: In the movie, [[AChildShallLeadThem she becomes]] [[SheIsTheKing their King]], succeeding Mikoto - one more element forming his death into an homage to [[Anime/CodeGeass another famous Requiem]].]]

* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has Kanna, who looks up to Kobayashi as a mother. There are two other child characters (Saikawa and Shouta), but they don't show up as often.

* Shinobu serves as this in ''Manga/LoveHina''. A second, even younger character later joins the cast, but she's neither a main character nor a haremette.

* Caro and Vivio in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. Kind of odd, as the first two seasons were full of Mini Moe girls. On the villain we have Lutecia and Cinque, the latter ironically one of the [[OlderThanTheyLook oldest]] members of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]] group.
** Nanoha herself was the Token Mini Moe of ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever''.
** ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' adds the [[EnfantTerrible also-villainous]] Stella Irvine.

* Yuma is this for ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'', and, by extension, ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. Maybe ''Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica'' as well, though that one is more seperate.
** There's also Madoka's baby brother Tatsuya, who seems to exist solely for the d'aww-whatta-cute-widdle-toddler factor. [[spoiler:Though he's also the only person who can still see Ascended!Madoka in the ending, because ChildrenAreInnocent]].

* ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'': Kusano "Kuu" is the youngest member amongst the main cast (and youngest Sekirei period). She certainly stands out being a small child among the older, more voluptuous Sekirei.

** [[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyue Qiqi]] is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld thousands of years old]] but due to being an UndeadChild kept alive through Adeptal magic she looks and acts like a [[TheDitz scatterbrained]] three-or-four-year-old child crossed with a [[ChineseVampire Jiangshi]] [[CantGrowUp who will never get older.]] She's the youngest member of the staff of Liyue's Bubu Pharmacy, where she works as an herbalist, and uses what she remembers about her herbalism in conjunction with her [[AnIcePerson Cryo Vision]] to serve as a healer.

** [[Characters/GenshinImpactTriCommission Sayu]] is a tiny {{Ninja}} associated with the Shuumatsuban, Inazuma's resident ninja organization who uses a combination of her near-extinct ninja art known as the "Yoohoo Arts" with her [[BlowYouAway Anemo Vision]] to both heft the [[{{BFS}} Claymores]] she uses in fighting and leave enemies in the dust. She's also dealing with a lot of HeightAngst and her voicelines indicate that [[OlderThanTheyLook she's likely in her mid-teens.]]

** [[Characters/GenshinImpactTriCommission Sayu]] is a tiny {{Ninja}} associated with the Shuumatsuban, Inazuma's resident ninja organization who uses a combination of her near-extinct ninja art known as the "Yoohoo Arts" with her [[BlowYouAway Anemo Vision]] to both heft the [[{{BFS}} Claymores]] she uses in fighting and leave enemies in the dust. She's also dealing with a lot of HeightAngst as her voicelines indicate that [[OlderThanTheyLook she's likely in her mid-teens.]]

** [[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyue Qiqi]] is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld thousands of years old]] but due to being an UndeadChild kept alive through Adeptal magic she looks and acts like a [[TheDitz scatterbrained]] three-or-four-year-old child crossed with a {{Jiangshi}} [[CantGrowUp who will never get older.]] She's the youngest member of the staff of Liyue's Bubu Pharmacy, where she works as an herbalist, and uses what she remembers about her herbalism in conjunction with her [[AnIcePerson Cryo Vision]] to serve as a healer.
** [[Characters/GenshinImpactTriCommission Sayu]] is a tiny {{Ninja}} associated with the Shuumatsuban, Inazuma's resident ninja organization who uses a combination of her near-extinct ninja art known as the "Yoohoo Arts" with her [[BlowYouAway Anemo Vision]] to both heft the [[{{BFS}} Claymores]] she uses in fighting and leave enemies in the dust. She's also dealing with a lot of HeightAngst as her lines indicate that [[OlderThanTheyLook she's likely in her mid-teens.]]

* Mafuyu Hoshikawa of ''Manga/BlendS'' was hired at Cafe Stile [[InvokedTrope specifically to be the cafe's "little sister" type]]. She's small (and built like a middle-schooler, [[ACupAngst which she does not like being reminded of]]), but [[OlderThanTheyLook actually a college student]]. While she plays it up on the clock, she's [[TheNapoleon much more sarcastic and short-tempered when she isn't working]].

* Although she rarely appears in the show itself, [[NoNameGiven Kyon's Little Sister]] from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' is treated like that in some of its advertising. More notably in [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=423421 that picture]].

* Murasaki in ''LightNovel/KureNai'' is a seven year old girl who is being body-guarded by the title character.

* In ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', the Vanadis [[spoiler: Olga is this; Tigre meets her in Volume 6.]]

* Silica in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' is the youngest member of the cast, and is looked after like a little sister by everyone else. Nevertheless, when push comes to shove, [[BadassAdorable she proves to be as capable as the rest]].

* Seth Nightroad of ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood''. Though she enjoys running around town doing odd jobs, she is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:both a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Krusnik]] who is ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, and Empress Augusta Vradica of the Methuselah Empire. The latter is not common knowledge because all of her public appearances are delegated to a more-mature-looking proxy.]]

* Wataru Asahina from ''LightNovel/BrothersConflict'', a 10 or 11-ish boy in a cast with mostly teenage or adult men.

* Silvia Silkcut in ''LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'' is a middle-school student, while her teammates are all in high school. To compensate for her small stature, her Heart Hybrid Gear Taros is a MiniMecha.

** Mint Blancmanche who is supposed to be a teen but [[OlderThanTheyLook looks younger than ten.]]
** Nano-Nano Pudding is this in the sequel.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky The Liberl arc]]'' has Tita Russell, the grandaughter of a renowned scientist and a brilliant engineer in her own right who [[BadassAdorable fights with what can only be described as portable cannons]]. The villains also get a Mini Moe in the form of [[spoiler: Renne]].

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' has Lapis fill the position for C's group, and she ends up being the smallest playable character of the game's ''51'' potential party members.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki'' features 13 year-old Feri as the youngest and smallest member of the Arkride Solutions Office.