9 Beautiful Red-Haired Anime Girls

There’s no doubt that hair color among anime characters is one of the highlight of different series aside from its stories and actions. The physical appearance of every anime character always has a big factor of the impressions of the audiences. One of these physical stuffs that viewers are fond of is the color of the hair of the anime characters. We usually see most of them colored in black, yellow to gold or pink. Those are the commonly seen colors of the hair for an anime character while rarely seen, white, red, blue or green-haired characters do exist in the anime universe. 

In this post, Yu Alexius anime blog feature 9 of the most stunningly beautiful and strong red-haired female anime characters out there. Most of these characters are protagonist while some have supporting roles. So, here’s our list of 9 red-haired anime girls:

1. Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

Erza Scarlet also known as Titania is the strongest female wizard of the mage guild Fairy Tail. The color of her hair is the reason she got the surname “Scarlet” since she does not have a real surname. She’s powerful wizard whose magic is called “Requip” where she can easily changes her armor into many forms with different ability in order to defeat her opponent. She’s one of the strongest female characters so far in the Fairy Tail anime universe.

2. Shirayuki (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime)

The real red-haired lady in this list is Shirayuki, the titular lead character in the 2015 anime series “Snow White with the Red Hair.” She run-away from her hometown because she was pursue by the incapable prince Raji due to her rare red-hair. Her encounter with Zen, the prince of the neighboring kingdom of Wistalia changed the course of her life. With the aim of becoming a useful ally to Zen, she worked hard to become a royal pharmacist at Wistalia’s royal palace. She’s a strong-willed woman who can stand on her own when being underestimate by some people due to her closeness to the prince despite of her not having a royal origin.

3. Kallen Stadtfeld (Code Geass)

This red-haired lady is one of the best anime characters from the phenomenal anime series Code Geass. She’s a great pilot and a capable fighter in a battlefield dominated by men. She’s the ace pilot of the Black Knight who directly works under Lelouch vi Britannia and also served as his bodyguard. Her piloting skills rivaled that of Suzaku Kururugi, who is the pilot of Lancelot from the Holy Britannian Empire.

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4. Shana (Shakugan no Shana)

Shana is the lead character from the series Shakugan no Shana, she’s a Flare Haze and widely known as the "Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter" among her colleagues. She’s a badass red-haired anime character who is extremely good in swordsmanship despite of her frail and short physical appearance.

5. Kushina Uzumaki (Naruto Shippuden)

The kunoichi is known as the mother of the famous Uzumaki Naruto, the titular character of the very popular ninja anime series Naruto. She’s a ninja from Uzushiogakure (Land of the Whirlpool) and born from the famed Uzumaki clan. She’s the jinchuuriki of the nine-tailed fox (Kurama) which was later transfer to Naruto upon her death. She’s a strong female ninja and even her husband, the late fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze testifies about her strength.

6. Rias Gremory (High School DxD)

This hot red-haired chick here is a powerful demon from the anime High School DxD. She’s from the pure-blooded family of Gremory Clan and popularly known as the Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess. Her long and beautiful crimson hair is the most distinctive feature of this lady with a single hair strand sticking out from the top. She is a high-class demon, thus making her a strong and extremely powerful anime character.

7. Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knight Rayearth)

One of the three female protagonist of Magic Knight Rayearth and she also served as the leader of the trio that is destined to save the land of Cephiro. She’s the Magic Knight of Fire who has the power to control fire at her own will. She’s a capable magic user and actually good in swordsmanship.

8. Morgiana (Magi)

She’s a fanalis, in the Magi universe, they are the type of beings who have terrible physical strength and stamina but lacks magoi to perform magic. She was once a slave but is saved by Alibaba, she then vowed to served Alibaba and eventually became a member of his household in order to help him to became a powerful king vessel.

9. Yona (Akatsuki no Yona)

The titular character from the anime series Yona of the Dawn, she is a princess of the Kouka Kingdom as well as the reincarnation of the powerful Red Dragon King Hiryuu. Behind her sweet demeanor lies a powerful character that fuels her strong conviction that can be seen through the run of the anime series. She’s good in archery and able to wield sword too though she still novice at it.

That’s our list of 9 beautiful and stronger red-haired anime girls. If you know an anime characters that suited to be in this list, kindly drop a comment below to let us know.