Personality Quiz

Dere Type Quiz: What Dere Are You?

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How it works

How this dere test decides your type

Plenty of dere quizzes tag each answer with one type and hand you whichever got tagged most. The trouble is that almost nobody is a pure anything: a single “I went quiet” answer could be a kuudere keeping their composure or a dandere too nervous to speak, and a one-label quiz has to guess which.

This one scores every answer onto all 8 types at once. A strongly characteristic answer gives its type three points; an answer that fits two types gives a point to the second as well. After 12 questions you get your top type and the share of your answers that went to every other type — your dere mix — so you can see whether you are a clear-cut tsundere or a kuudere with a tsundere streak.

The questions are about behaviour, not anime knowledge: what you do when you are complimented, when someone disagrees with you, when a rival shows up. You do not need to have watched a single series to take it.

8 dere types

Every dere type explained, with examples

Tsundere, Yandere, Kuudere and Dandere are the long-standing four — each has an entry in Wikipedia’s glossary of anime and manga. Deredere, Himedere, Kamidere and Bakadere are newer fan coinages, documented by anime outlets rather than dictionaries. Every character example below is one a named source calls that type; sources are listed at the bottom of the page.

Tsundere

tsun-tsun (standoffish, prickly) + dere-dere (lovestruck)

Harsh or dismissive toward the person they like, warming up over time. Wikipedia describes it as a character-development arc — cold first, affectionate later — and notes that the type is not limited to female characters.

Examples: Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia) · Nobara Kugisaki (Jujutsu Kaisen) · Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!)

Yandere

yanderu (病んでる, mentally or emotionally unwell) + dere-dere

Sweet and affectionate at first, until the affection turns possessive or obsessive. In fiction that often escalates to violence, which is why the archetype turns up in horror as often as in romance.

Examples: Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia) · Misa Amane (Death Note) · Yuno Gasai (Future Diary)

Kuudere

kūru (クール, from the English "cool") + dere-dere

Stoic and expressionless, calm under pressure, affectionate through actions rather than words. Wikipedia calls it one of four popular dere types, alongside tsundere, yandere and dandere, and credits Rei Ayanami of Neon Genesis Evangelion with popularising it.

Examples: Giyu Tomioka (Demon Slayer) · Megumi Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen) · Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)

Dandere

danmari (黙り, silence) + dere-dere

Quiet and asocial, often anxious about saying the wrong thing, and only really opens up to people they trust. The type most often confused with kuudere — the comparison below explains the difference.

Examples: Hinata Hyuga (Naruto) · Kanao Tsuyuri (Demon Slayer) · Tamaki Amajiki (My Hero Academia)

Deredere

dere-dere (でれでれ), Japanese onomatopoeia for being lovestruck

Energetic, cheerful and openly affectionate, without the jealousy of a yandere or the front of a tsundere. Wiktionary labels the word internet and fandom slang.

Examples: Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) · Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer) · Orihime Inoue (Bleach)

Himedere

hime (姫, princess) + dere-dere

Acts like royalty and expects to be treated that way. Anime outlets covering the type often read the demands as a cover for insecurity.

Examples: Daki (Demon Slayer) · Minerva Orland (Fairy Tail) · Erina Nakiri (Food Wars!)

Kamidere

kami (神, god) + dere-dere

A god complex: proud of their talent, convinced they are superior, sometimes certain they are destined for something divine. More often a villain or anti-hero than a love interest.

Examples: Light Yagami (Death Note) · Enel (One Piece) · Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)

Bakadere

baka (馬鹿, fool or idiot) + dere-dere

Clumsy and a little dense, runs on feelings rather than logic, and stays kind even while making a mess of things.

Examples: Goku (Dragon Ball) · Mina Ashido (My Hero Academia)

Series links go to that anime’s character test, if you would rather find out which specific character you are.

Tsundere vs kuudere vs dandere

These three all keep their feelings hidden, so they are the ones people confuse most. The difference is why they hold back — and that is also what the quiz leans on to tell them apart.

Type	On the surface	Why they hold back	How affection shows
Tsundere	Sharp, sarcastic, sometimes openly hostile	Embarrassed by their own feelings	Kind acts they immediately deny
Kuudere	Calm and expressionless, rarely flustered	Composure is simply their temperament	Quiet, practical help rather than words
Dandere	Shy, silent, avoids attention	Anxious about saying the wrong thing	Opening up and talking — once they trust you

FAQ

Dere type quiz — frequently asked questions

What is my dere type?

Take the quiz at the top of this page. It asks 12 questions about how you act around people you like, how you handle embarrassment, rivals and arguments, and scores every answer onto the 8 dere types. You get your strongest type plus your full "dere mix", so you can see how close the runner-up was. It takes about two minutes and needs no signup.

What are the main dere types?

The four with the longest history are Tsundere, Yandere, Kuudere and Dandere — each has an entry in Wikipedia's glossary of anime and manga, and Wikipedia's kuudere article names those four as the popular dere types. Fans have coined many more since; this quiz also includes Deredere, Himedere, Kamidere and Bakadere, which anime outlets such as CBR document even though dictionaries mostly do not yet.

What does "dere" mean?

It comes from dere-dere (でれでれ), Japanese onomatopoeia for being lovestruck or openly affectionate. Every dere type pairs that affection with a second word describing how the character acts — tsun-tsun (prickly), kūru (cool), danmari (silence), yanderu (mentally unwell), hime (princess), kami (god) or baka (fool).

What is the difference between a kuudere and a dandere?

Both are quiet, which is why they get mixed up, but for different reasons. A kuudere is calm and composed — they hold back emotion because that is their temperament, and they are rarely flustered. A dandere is shy — they hold back because talking makes them anxious, and they open up once they feel safe. If a character goes red and stammers, they are a dandere; if they stay expressionless under pressure, they are a kuudere.

Is the dere type quiz accurate?

It is a personality quiz for fun, not a psychological assessment, and no dere quiz can be more than that. What it does do is score consistently: identical answers always give the identical result, every type is reachable, and no type is structurally favoured — we test that the most common result under random answers wins no more than a quarter of the time. Showing your full mix instead of a single label is deliberate, because most people are a blend.

Is it bad to get yandere?

No — it means your answers leaned toward intense loyalty and devotion, which is the part of the archetype worth keeping. The fictional yandere takes that to possessive and often violent extremes, and those traits belong in anime. In a real relationship, jealousy that turns controlling is a warning sign, not a personality type.

Can I be more than one dere type?

Yes, and most people are. Even anime outlets disagree about famous characters — CBR files some under two different types in different articles. That is why your result shows the percentage split across all eight types rather than just the winner.

Sources

Definitions, word origins and character examples on this page come from the sources below, each checked on 13 September 2026. Dere labels are argued about constantly, so where a character has been filed under more than one type we use the label the cited article gives.

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