Who are the top ten anime heroines?

[Gumbo Maximillian]

Sailor Moon
Lain
Washu
A-Ko and B-ko; they are a pair so listed as one, that and from same show
Zeiram

Thats the total that comes to mind right now and my brain goes on the blank when I try to think of more that would fit.

[MKTerra]

I believe you mean Iria; Zeiram's the monster.

...or is Zeiram female? :eek:

I'll add Hikaru Shidou, of Magic Knight Rayearth.

[Wonder Bebs]

I'll add:

Kei from Akira.

Nami from One Piece.

Android 18 from DBZ


And, I'd add Mince from Excel Saga, but, she's a puppy and I don't supposed she'd count.

[Gumbo Maximillian]

Yeah its Iria; hmmm, I guess Zeiram technically gives birth to monsters (its been a little since I've seen the show correct me if I'm wrong) so it could be classified as female I suppose.

Linda Inverse from Slayers could round out as number ten.

[Sanagi]

There is no way that Nausicaa doesn't make number one.

Other than that, let's see... I'm not sure if I can rank them, but here's a bunch more. The Dirty Pair, Nadia, A-ko, Faye Valentine, Motoko Kusanagi, Juna(Earth Maiden Arjuna), Haruhara Haruko, Maetel, Naomi Armitage, Hitomi(Escaflowne), Rei Ayanami, Asuka Souryu, Kiki(Kiki's Delivery Service), San(Mononoke Hime), Utena, Sailor Moon et al, Lum, Devil Hunter Yohko...

[Robotech Master]

You'd call Haru Haru Haruko a Heroine? She's one or two steps over the line in the *other direction* in my opinion. Not evil by any means, but certainly not a heroine. 80% of what she does in the show turns out to be trouble, including almost flattening the universe, and in the end she fought with Naota/Atomsk (in the end I'd say Naota is the protagonist and Haru, for all her niceness to him, is ultimately the antagonist).

[Sanagi]

I don't think it's possible to classify Haruko simply as a protagonist or antagonist. You could say much the same for Maetel... Anyway, I was just brainstorming.

[Tuan]

Do Birdy (although, technically she's half male) from Birdy the Mighty and Gally from Battle Angel qualify?

Also, let's not forget Cutey Honey!

[Anon_me]

Not all of these are heroines in the strictest sense...

Lum
Creamy Mami
Kyoko Otonashi
Kasumi Tendo
Fujiko
Sailor Venus
Sailor Mars
Sailor Neptune
Sailor Mercury

[MKTerra]

Ohh, good point! I would nominate Alita, from the Battle Angel Alita mangas :)

[Tuan]

So is it really Gally or Alita?

[Siegzon]

1. Tohru Honda
2. The lil girl who saved her parents from being pigs
3. Nuku-Nuku
4. Beldandy
5. Naru Narugasawa
6. Ryoko
7. LAIN
8. Akane Tendo
9. Trixie :D
10. Kaolla Su


Honorable Mention:
The Puma Twins (okay, not heroes but they rock)

Bonus points if you can name each anime :)

[MKTerra]

So is it really Gally or Alita?
It's Alita in the mangas (don't think the name Gally was ever used there, though her original name was Yoko). Dunno much about the anime myself.

[The Real Nemo]

What definition of heroine are we going by here exactly? As in protagonist or as in genuinely heroic? Anyway these are my choices in order, based only on anime I'm familiar with of course.

1. Utena Tenjou

2. Lina Inverse

3. Usagi Tsukino

4. Hikaru Shidou

5. Kagome Higurashi

6. Sakura Kinomoto

7. A-ko Magami

8. Robin Sena

9. Eclair

10. Asuka Langley Soryu

[yeoman]

I am shocked and outraged no one has mentioned Yomiko Readman yet.

Though for my list Nausicaa likely ranks number one, with Utena a close second. (Assuming we are rating them on their heroic merits, and not how much we like the characters).

[Melchior]

1. Tohru Honda
2. The lil girl who saved her parents from being pigs
3. Nuku-Nuku
4. Beldandy
5. Naru Narugasawa
6. Ryoko
7. LAIN
8. Akane Tendo
9. Trixie :D
10. Kaolla Su


Honorable Mention:
The Puma Twins (okay, not heroes but they rock)

Bonus points if you can name each anime :)

English titles OK?

In order:
1. Fruits Basket
2. Spirited Away
3. All Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku
4. Oh! My Goddess
5. Love Hina
6. Tenchi Muyo! is what I would guess going from your other choices. I can think of a few others, though.
7. Serial Experiments LAIN (Iwakura Lain)
8. Ranma 1/2
9. Now this one is hard... No, that's Pixie Misa.... actually, this is the only one I cannot think of off the top of my head.
10. Love Hina again.

Hon. Men: Normally "Dominion Tank Police", though they pop-up in the background in "Ghost in the Shell".

For my own, going by "heroine" rather than "female protagonist". In other words, "I Need a Hero" starts playing and they enter the room.

1. Princess Nausciaa, daughter of Jhil, of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - manga). Just read the series. If you need something, well.... in the English translation, after her father passes away, Nausicaa is never referred to as Queen Nausicaa. She's the KING.

2. Tenjou Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena - anime). Managed to do what she set off to do in the first place. No one else ever pulled that off in that series, and she was willing to pay for it. Even did.

3. Oscar Francois de Jarjeyes (Rose of Versailles - anime). In uniform, she's the toughest would-be bishonen in the nearly-spot-on historical France. In a dress, she's a Greek goddess. Just a great character.

4. Honda Tohru (Fruits Basket - manga). Admittedly, I have only read five volumes. Normal humans cannot do what she does and remain so happy, and everyone else in the series knows that. Kind of a passive heroine.

5. Shindou Hikaru (Magic Knights Rayearth - anime). Did her best, felt like she failed. Tried again, got in a fight with god when she did not like the outcome again, and won. Do I really have to go on?

6. Ahiru (Princess Tutu - anime). In episode three, she's told that if she tells the person she loves that she loves him, she will disappear in a flash of light. In this sort of world, this is literal. She still sticks it out, deals with fate, fights a monster crow, and helps make ballet look cool.

7. Sasara (Legend of Basara - manga). Forced to take up the slack when her twin brother, destined to unite Japan and overthrow the Emperor. Another strong woman who works well in her series.

8. Kanna (20th Century Boys). Unites the two largest Mafia in Tokyo with the homeless after pulling off a few minor miracles to try and save the world. If it wasn't for the fact that Friend is a plotter on par with Dr. Doom on his best day, she might have pulled it off.

9. Queen Emeraldas (Leiji Matsumoto's works). If for no other reason then the fact that she can do an old fashion Western shoot-out at high noon against an advanced space fighter, and win after giving the thing the first shot.

10. Chise (Saikano - anime). She tried. She tried so, so hard. Enough to actually make a place on this list. I also love the series, so I am biased.

Honorable Mentions: the Daicon Girl (Daicon III & IV - anime), Rally Vincent (Gunsmith Cats - manga), Priss (Bubblegum Crisis - anime), Sister Rosette (Chrno Crusade - anime, since I have seen more of it), Yomiko Readman (R.O.D. manga, anime, and OVA), Gally (Gunnm or Battle Angel Alita - manga), and Ginga (Like the Clouds, Like the Wind - anime). Couple of others, but these stand out.

[The Drunkard Kid]

In no particular order...

Gally (Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita), Nami (One Piece), Lina Inverse (Slayers), Rally Vincent (Gunsmith Cats), Madoka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road), Kagome Higurashi (Inu Yasha), the Original Kikyo (Inu Yasha), Fuuko Kirisawa (Flame of Recca), Kagerou (Flame of Recca), and rounding off with Excel (Excel Saga), just cause she's too funny and incompetent to be a villain.

[OverMaster]

Lime, Cherry and Bloodberry. Willing to sacrifice themselves two times to save a planet. Why, we even should add Marine and the reformed Tiger, Panther and Luchs to the list...

Sango and Kagome.

And Sasami/Magical Girl Pretty Sammy. And Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne.

[MKTerra]

9. Trixie :D
Uhh... you wouldn't happen to mean Trixie Turnpike (http://www.anipike.com/index.php?sid=710584875&t=left_abouttrix), the mascot of Anime Web Turnpike, would you? :)

[Siegzon]

http://www.speedracer.com/char-trixie.htm
:p :D

[RickThunderclees]

Sarah, from Now and Then, Here and There.

Faye Valentine from Bebop

...what's her name...from Saikano.

[Melchior]

Well, which girl from Saikano?

Akemi was the friend. Chise was the girlfriend. Fuyumi was the older woman. Satomi was the little sister. Yukari was the one who lost her boyfriend the first episode.

[Siegzon]

No one mentioned Subaru (.Hack/Sign) Strong character though at first she appeared weak.

And I geuss I wasn't the only one who did not like Sakura Wars.

[Rod G]

I ' d like to add Ran and Meow from TSUKIKAGE RAN as well as Ryoko Mitsurugi from REAL BOUT HIGH SCHOOL.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell) - All-around badass
Boogiepop (Boogiepop Phantom) - All-around epythome of gothic coolness
Lum (Lum) - All-around babe you´d want if she was real
Nausicaa (Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind) - flygirl!!
Gin-Rei (Giant Robo) - She did wuss out on me on the last half of the series, but I just plain love her
Noah Izumi (Patlabor) - No otaku can resist a girl who´s into mecha
Sophia (Last Exile) - What can I say, I´m a sucker for the teacher-type
Sugar (Tiny snow fairy sugar) - The most sute, cudly chibi character in anime history: Waffo!!!
Monsley (Future Boy Conan) - Bad girls in uniform with an attitude rule
Faye Valkentine (Cowboy Bebop) - Do I even need to explain why?

[Zun Liako]

Definetely the Major from GITS, people who have barely watched any anime at all can identify her over most people. She is just way to kick ass.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Definetely the Major from GITS, people who have barely watched any anime at all can identify her over most people. She is just way to kick ass.

Yeah, Major Motoko Kusanagi.from Section 9 is really something else.

[MKTerra]

Faye Valkentine (Cowboy Bebop) - Do I even need to explain why?Valkentine would be kind of a cool name :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL
Yeah, it does sound cool (too cool?) for what´s actually an offspring of a clunky keyboard, no glasses and 2 bottles of champagne in my bloodstream. :cool:

[pirulaso]

that chick with the big boomerang in inuyasha.
the android in big O
and the three girls from outlaw star

thats about it.
i know thats not ten

[Rod G]

that chick with the big boomerang in inuyasha.
the android in big O
and the three girls from outlaw star

thats about it.
i know thats not ten


1)Sango
2)R. Dorothy Waynewright
3)Suzuka,Aisha and Melfina

[Strahd]

Rei Ayanami. So she doesn't have any super powers, but hey, she can pilot a huge robot who can kill almost anything

[Pikachu]

1) Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
2) Nausicaa (Nausicca Valley of the Winds)
3) Deunan (Appleseed)
4) Niko Robin (One Piece)
5) Kiki (Kiki's Delivery Service)
6) Utena Tenjou (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
7) Asuka (Evangellion)
8) Maya Natsume (Tenjou Tenge)
9) Yomiko (R.O.D TV)
10) Ed (Cowboy Bebop)

It's curious that everyone keeps mentioning Faye Valentine from CBBbop, because other than having big jugs, she didn't accomplish a lot. She got the team into trouble more times than actually accomplishing heroic feats. In fact, Edward (albeit bizarre) saved the group more often. Plus Ed is one of my all time favorite characters, so I think she deserves a spot on the list. Sort of like Asuka vs. Rei. Sure Rei was cool, but she also was the major cause for all of the destruction (the darker subplot to the series). Asuka has more memorable feats of heroics, and her action scenes in her Eva (in my humble opinion) were the best of the entire series.

Also, Deunan is about the coolest female hero ever. The only reason I didn't place her on top is that she is little known, but she kicked major butt in the new 3-D Appleseed movie. I hope they will hurry up and release it in the U.S.

My runner up vote would go to Nami from One Piece. She's intelligent and a genuine leader, but doesn't have a truely worthy power to save everyone. Just for her strong female persona though, she deffinately deserves a spot; for her cunning alone. However, it is Niko Robin, who is mysterious and intelliegent, who gets my vote. She saves our favorite crew of pirates more times than I can count! Hitomi from Escaflowne, closely followed by Bell Dandy from Oh! My Goddess would be secondary runners up.

Pika!

[Rachel Grey]

Asuka & Priss! Asuka & Priss! Asu- Wait. I just proposed a BGC/Eva crossover lemon didn't I?

Oh well.

[pirulaso]

so ed from cowboy bebop is a girl? i thought they never decided on what to make of it.

[pirulaso]

1) Sort of like Asuka vs. Rei. Sure Rei was cool, but she also was the major cause for all of the destruction (the darker subplot to the series).

what series?

i think one of the female characters in gundam wing should be mentioned....or a gundam series.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

so ed from cowboy bebop is a girl? i thought they never decided on what to make of it.


Yup, she´s all girl.
However,

SPOILER

I would never have picked her as a "Françoise". :rolleyes:

[pirulaso]

how did u find her gender? the manga?

[Sanagi]

how did u find her gender? the manga?
Faye finds out, off-camera(hmm!), at the end of the episode which introduces Edward.

Ed also says so in the movie.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

how did u find her gender? the manga?

The anime.

SPOILERS ABOUND

Albeit a really weird one, "Françoise" is pretty much accepted as a girl throughout the series.
Sure, the other characters may have trouble admitting it sometimes, due to her strange behavior (which I blame solely on the environment since anyone who watched CB knows that nothing good has ever came out of Earth ;) ), but they eventually come around to it.
I mean, there´s even an episode where she poses as Jet´s daughter.

And of course we have her father who shows up later on in the anime to give the final saying.

[pirulaso]

oh..........that clears up alot. i remember the dad not bein able to remember what she is either though. thnx for the info

[666MasterOfPuppets]

INFIDELS!!!!

How could you forget Sayaka Yumi and Jun Honoo??? HUH??? ;) :D

And what about that girl (don't remeber her name right now) from G-Force?

So, my list goes like this, in no particular order, except for the two first places:

1. Sayaka Yumi - Mazinger Z/ Mazinkaiser.
2. Jun Honoo - Great Mazinger/ Mazinkaiser.
3. Major Motoko Kusanagi - Ghost In The Shell.
4. The girl from G-Force.
5. Bloodberry - Saber Marionette J.
6. Faye Valentine - Cowboy Bebop.
7. Sango - InuYasha.
8. Sailor Mars - Sailor Moon.
9. Sailor Venus - Sailor Moon.
10. Sailor Jupiter - Sailor Moon.

[Rod G]

4. The girl from G-Force.


You're referring to Jun the Swan in GATCHAMAN.

(AKA Princess in BOTP,Agatha "Aggie" June in G-FORCE and Kelly Jennar in EAGLE RIDERS)

[Lord Darkwolf]

What definition of heroine are we going by here exactly? As in protagonist or as in genuinely heroic? Anyway these are my choices in order, based only on anime I'm familiar with of course.

1
10. Asuka Langley Soryu



I'd argue against any of the Eva kids as being heros or heroines

[666MasterOfPuppets]

You're referring to Jun the Swan in GATCHAMAN.

(AKA Princess in BOTP,Agatha "Aggie" June in G-FORCE and Kelly Jennar in EAGLE RIDERS)

Ah, thanx a lot. That was a good series. Nothing like the old times.

And what's the name of the female android from Space Adventure Cobra? Lady was it?

[Nyssane]

My top ten heroines...

Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket)
Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)
Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)
Princess Ishtar (Vampire Game)
Nami (One Piece)
Mao Daidoji (Princess Nine)

Those are really the only ones I could think of. I normally don't like the main female of an anime.

[Rod G]

Has anyone included Emeraldas (from the Harlock series)?

[ChibiStarJumper]

Whoa!! We've totally left out Yomiko Readman from Read Or Die (the OVA prequel) and Read or Dream (the TV series). Silly, sweet, pure-hearted, and much smarter than she seems. Well, all the cool stuff she does with paper is friggin' awesome too.

[Alex Scott]

Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Oscar (Rose of Versailles)
Sana Kurata (Kodocha)
Major Motoko Kusanagi (GitS)
Nausicaa (of the Valley of Wind)
Kiki ('s Delivery Service)
Chihiro Ogino (Spirited Away)
The entire cast of Azumanga Daioh
Fujiko Mine (Lupin III)

Also, regarding the Gally/Alita thing. . . her name was "Gally" in the original Japanese manga. When ADV picked up the anime, they used her original name, but when Viz started translating the manga, they decided to change the name to "Alita." So there you go.

[Sanagi]

Whoa!! We've totally left out Yomiko Readman from Read Or Die (the OVA prequel) and Read or Dream (the TV series). Silly, sweet, pure-hearted, and much smarter than she seems. Well, all the cool stuff she does with paper is friggin' awesome too.
Someone mentioned her a while back.

Now that I've seen ROD I would agree.

[SSJVegeta]

1. Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo)
2. Lina Inverse (Slayers)
3. Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost In The Shell)
4. Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
5. Aisha Clan Clan (Outlaw Star)
6. Sango (InuYasha)
7. Android 18 (Dragon Ball Z)
8. Honey Kisaragi/Cutey Honey (Cutey Honey)
9. Seras Victoria (Hellsing)
10. Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)

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11. Belldandy (Oh My Goddess!)
12. Deedlit (Record of Lodoss War)
13. Priscilla S. Asagiri (Bubblegum Crisis)
14. Nuku Nuku (All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku)
15. Lum (Urusei Yatsura)
16. Maya Natsume (Tenjou Tenge)
17. Excel Excel (Excel Saga)
18. Iczer-1 (Iczer-One)
19. Lime (Saber Marionette J)
20. Mirai Ozora/Moldiver (Moldiver)
21. Alita (Battle Angel Alita)
22. Eclair (Kiddy Grade)
23. Arcueid Brunestud (Shingetsukan Tsukihime)
24. Rally Vincent (Gunsmith Cats)
25. Lafiel (Banner of the Stars)
26. Yohko Mano (Devil Hunter Yohko)
27. Kaname Chidori (Full Metal Panic!)
28. Chii (Chobits)
29. Lain (Serial Experiments Lain)
30. Sakura Shinguuji (Sakura Taisen)
31. Birdy Cephon Altera (Birdy the Mighty)
32. Ms. Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh)
33. Sakura Kinomoto (Card Captor Sakura)
34. Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon)
35. Naomi Armitage (Armitage III)
36. Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)
37. Sakura Haruno (Naruto)
38. Nagisa Kai/Normal Type Iczelion (Iczelion)
39. Tomoe Yukishiro (Rurouni Kenshin)
40. Yomiko Readman (Read or Die)
41. Aika Sumeragi (Agent Aika)
42. Kei (Dirty Pair)
43. Najica (Najica Blitz Tactics)
44. Juna Ariyoshi (Arjuna)
45. Princess the Swan (Battle of the Planets)
46. Deunan Knute (Appleseed)
47. Katsumi Liquer (Silent Mobius)
48. Caska (Berserk)
49. Marlene Angel (Blue Gender)
50. Leona Ozaki (Dominion Tank Police)

[Asian Knight]

Lina Inverse from Slayers
Naga the White Serpent from Slayers Next I believe.
Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop
Kagome from InuYasha
Chun Li from Street Fighter
Nakaruru from Samurai Showdown
Kagero from Ninja Scroll
Lynn Minmay from Robotech.

[Deskad]

Chiyo-chan from Azumanga Daioh, no contest.

[Hiromi]

Very few, male or female, have struck me as heroic as Nausicaa did the first time I watched it. Being able to face a stampede like that was a major wow moment.

[Deskad]

Chise from Saikano, that anime almost made me cry.

[Professor H]

farovite females or favorite females who do heroic things?

hummmm well one who could be classed as a hero (and who you can probably uess from my tagline) is andou mahoro

but to be honest there are far too many and i hate tryin to put the into any sort of preferential order as i love each of them for who they are

also i tend to like slightly evil girls and some of the better supporting charactors (in CCS i love tomoyo far more than sakura and Morino Ichigo *my avatar* is quite a small roll in onegai teacher/twins)

[Dark Oku]

You guys forgot the some strong the chicks of anime. Chi-chi, goku's wife, and Bulma, vegeta's wife(DBZ). They are strong and old and hot. they should be included in this. And don't forget Beauty from bobobo. She has to put up eith major crap. That should put her in the top ten. :D

[LordEd1976]

Lynn Minmay from Robotech.

AAAAAAAAAA!!!!! How can you list the annoying prissy, whiny, little so-an-so?

Here's my top 20. (in no particular order)

1. Maetel (Galaxy Express 999, Maetel Legend)
2. Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
3. Leona (Tank Police)
4. Motoko (Ghost in the Shell)
5. Lisa Hayes (Robotech)
6. Lina (Slayers)
7. Nausicca (Nausicca)
8. Emeraldas (A whole spitload of Leijiverse shows)
9. Nova (Starblazers/Yamato)
10. Kiki (Kiki's Delivery Service)
11. Jun the Swan/Agatha (Gatchaman)
12. Allura (Voltron)
13. Alita/Gally (Battle Angel)
14. Naomi Armitage (Armitage the 3rd)
15. Sayla Mass (Mobile Suit Gundam)
16. Kei and Yuri (Dirty Pair)
17. Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon)
18. Bulma (Dragonball, DBZ, DBGT)
19. Priss (Bubblegum Crisis)
20. Iria (Iria the Animation)

[The Real Nemo]

I'd argue against any of the Eva kids as being heros or heroines
She's not particularly heroic I'll admit, but I gave her points for being one of my favorite female protagonists.

Anyway after seeing them in action I agree that Nausicaa and Tohru Honda belong on the list.

[saintjon]

Lynn Minmay from Robotech.

Dude wtf did she do that was heroic? If you ask me Lisa was the heroine corner of that particular triangle.

Edit: anyone who can whip ass like Nausicaa and still be a pacifist deserves major respect.

[Violently Apathetic]

I hate most anime heroines, so it should be interesting to see if I can get to ten. In no real order;

1. Lina Inverse- Slayers
2. Utena- Revolutionary Girl Utena. Juri may work as well...
3. Usagi Tsukino- Sailor Moon
4. San- Princess Mononoke
5. Sakura Kinomoto- Card Captor Sakura

Nope, could barely get to five. I suppose there's Naria and Eriya from Escaflowne. Possibly Rouge from Ranma 1/2....but they're pretty minor...

[Rod G]

You might want to include Rushuna Tendo from Grenadier
(if she hasn't been mentioned already.)

[Rod G]

You might want to include Rushuna Tendo from Grenadier
(if she hasn't been mentioned already.)

UPDATE!

Try to Include Shana the Flame Haze from SHAKUGAN NO SHANA and Honoka from THE THIRD.

[Ghost]

What, no Ranma Saotome?

:D ;)

[Len Ikari145]

Let's see:

Shana (Shana no Shakugan)

Saber (Fate/Stay Night)

Lina Inverse (Slayers)

Anna Kyouyama (Shaman King)

Dorothy (MAR Heaven)

Rosette Christopher (Chrono Crusade)

Kaname Chidori (Full Metal Panic)

[EevilJ]

1] Lina Inverse (Slayers)
2] Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo!)
3] Yomiko Readman (Read or Die)
4] Belldandy (Oh My Goddess!)
5] Ranma Saotome [female] (Ranma 1/2)
6] Alita (Battle Angel Alita)
7] Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)
8] Sango (InuYasha)
9] Eclair (Kiddy Grade)
10] Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

[Hikari Tsukishiro]

What, no Ranma Saotome?

:D ;)

I might as well say Haku, Mizuho, or Jun Watarase if Ranma counts.

[chilled monkey]

Not all of these are heroines in the strictest sense...

Sailor Neptune


Oh really?

She was willing to die to save the world (and did so twice) and displayed great selflessness and courage. That sounds like a heroine to me.