Meanings
plural himedanshis
- slanglifestyleA male fan of yuri.
Almost all of my bestest guy friends are himedanshis, including my roomies, they are good men
2024 August 26, @Tora_sideacc, Twitter1 more example
The way modern "yaoi" and "yuri" anime/manga are totally make sense when you realize 90% of it is meant to feed the sexual appetites and gay/lesbian fetishes of straight women and men. Which has been true of bl since the beginning, since it was always meant to be an outlet for Japanese women to explore their sexuality sans the patriarchal norms that loomed over even fictionalized heterosexual couplings. Yuri arguably started in a more genuinely queer place, but since then it has been almost totally co-opted by himedanshi.
2021 September 23, Ralizah, NintendoLife, comment section
Origin
- Japanese姫男子
- Englishhimedanshi
Borrowed from Japanese 姫男子 (literally “princess boy”).
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himedanshi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/himedanshi
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