Is honorific speech ever used in the first person?


I'm just starting out learning Japanese, and I've read that when using
honorific and humble forms and conjugations, you use humble forms to refer to
yourself, and honorific forms to refer to others, such as the person you're
talking to.

Is there any context in which a person might refer to themselves using
honorific speech? A CEO, the Queen of England or Emperor Akihito, some
fictional villain who thinks they're a God, someone trying to be insulting?




In ancient Japanese, honorific verbs was used by very noble people to refer to
their own actions (自尊敬語, "self-honorifics"). But you won't see this unless you
learn archaic Japanese seriously. In modern Japanese, even Prime Minister and
Emperor use humble verbs properly to refer to their own actions.

You may see a high person use humble verbs to refer to someone else's actions.
A typical example is 参れ ("Come!") said by a governor in historical samurai
dramas. Beginners can forget this for now, but this is something an advanced
learner may encounter. See: [Humble language for other people as an
insult](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24903/5010)

In addition, you may see someone use honorific name suffix to refer to
themselves. 俺様 is a typical "arrogant" first-person pronoun. In fiction, you
may even see a stereotyped arrogant girl called エリカ call herself エリカ様 ("Miss
Erika"), for example. This is a stereotyped arrogant speech, and real noble
people never speak like this.




In ancient Japanese, honorific verbs was used by very noble people to refer to
their own actions (自尊敬語, "self-honorifics"). But you won't see this unless you
learn archaic Japanese seriously. In modern Japanese, even Prime Minister and
Emperor use humble verbs properly to refer to their own actions.

You may see a high person use humble verbs to refer to someone else's actions.
A typical example is 参れ ("Come!") said by a governor in historical samurai
dramas. Beginners can forget this for now, but this is something an advanced
learner may encounter. See: [Humble language for other people as an
insult](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24903/5010)

In addition, you may see someone use honorific name suffix to refer to
themselves. 俺様 is a typical "arrogant" first-person pronoun. In fiction, you
may even see a stereotyped arrogant girl called エリカ call herself エリカ様 ("Miss
Erika"), for example. This is a stereotyped arrogant speech, and real noble
people never speak like this.

