

There are a lot of blond-haired characters in anime, especially the old ones,
like super saiyans, naruto, gundam series, fma, etc.


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Why are many anime characters blond?


It depends on the culture, status of life (family) and the flow of the story.
For example, the anime series of "Ikoku Meiro No Croisee" is used to have most
character's blonde hair because the main story is that people lived in Paris.

Some of the authors preferred to reflect it in the reality.


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Honestly, Asian people just have a fascination with blond hair.

I once went on group trip that visited China, Japan, and Korea. We had this
one blond haired girl in our group and she was basically the center of
attention. Everywhere we went, everyone wanted to take pictures with her.
Natives of their respective countries would randomly come up and ask for a
picture together with her.

It was interesting because they didn't ask to take any pictures with the
brunette. And by seeing their lifestyles, one could see that they also try
very hard to understand and imitate western culture.

They probably see or even sterotype blond hair people as the best of the
western pop culture. This is also probably why dying their hair blond is the
second most popular dye (after orange).

Given that Asian people seem to adore blond hair, it would also make sense for
blond hair to be common in Anime, as Anime is a reflection on the author's
ideal story.


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Japanese with albinism actually have blonde hair and blue eyes. Unlike the
west where people are considered better looking who have a tan; in Japan
whiter skin is considered pretty. Due to this Albino people are considered a
rare beauty by most. Because they are such a rarity and the cultural
association with the idea of "Karma," it has been suggested that if you are
Albino, you must have very good Karma. Anime just takes this concept to a new
level. Due some research and you'll find some information on the subject. It
is hard though to find good sites in English.


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A lot of Japanese find blond hair exotic and attractive. Because of this, many
characters will have bleached hair (like the japanese sometimes do) or have
fully blonde sets of hair.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZEVWsm.jpg)

(Haikyuu!!)

Blondes however, are usually exchange students, foreigners or imbued with
power - much like DBZ. It's usually to make them stand out from the other
characters


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