Shojo

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Shojo may refer to:

  • Shōjo (少女), the Japanese word for "young girl", often romanized as shojo (without a macron) or shoujo (with a letter u in the word)
  • Shōjō (猩々 or 猩猩), a sea spirit with red hair and a fondness for alcohol in Japanese mythology
  • Shōjō (猩々 or 猩猩), a less common Japanese word for orangutan
  • Shojo (処女), the Japanese word for "female virgin"
  • Shojō (書状), the Japanese word for letter (message)
  • Shōjo manga, Japanese comics with a target demographic of young or teenage girls

People with the surname

  • Yuki Shoujou (正城 ユウキ, born 1980), Japanese mixed martial artist

See also

  • Shōjo Comic, a shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan since 1968
  • Shōjō-ji, a Buddhist temple in Yugawa, Japan
  • Shōnen (disambiguation), the Japanese word for "young boy" or "minor"
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