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[[File:Twitter commemorative - Hinamatsuri 2017.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kirby as the Empress on Hinamatsuri, an example of [[Kirby JP Twitter]]'s tendency to give Kirby the gender roles of both men and women.]] | [[File:Twitter commemorative - Hinamatsuri 2017.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kirby as the Empress on Hinamatsuri, an example of [[Kirby JP Twitter]]'s tendency to give Kirby the gender roles of both men and women.]] | ||
The Japan-exclusive official artbook ''[[20th Anniversary Kirby Pupupu Encyclopedia]]'' lists Kirby's gender as "unknown",<ref name=20th/> as does an official profile written by [[Masahiro Sakurai]],<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/PostReturn117.html ''Super Smash Bros.'' official website (translated from Japanese)]:<br>''"…I wanted to ask a question about Kirby's profile. 'Name: Kirby. Gender: Unknown. Favorite phrase: [[A New Wind for Tomorrow|Tomorrow's wind blows tomorrow]]. Things I want to do but can't: Push-ups, Cossack dancing, rock-paper-scissors.' Was this Mr. Sakurai's idea?"''<br>'''Sakurai:''' ''"Oh, I came up with that profile in the past. I just had to do it…"''</ref> | The Japan-exclusive official artbook ''[[20th Anniversary Kirby Pupupu Encyclopedia]]'' lists Kirby's gender as "unknown",<ref name=20th/> as does an official profile written by [[Masahiro Sakurai]],<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/PostReturn117.html ''Super Smash Bros.'' official website (translated from Japanese)]:<br>''"…I wanted to ask a question about Kirby's profile. 'Name: Kirby. Gender: Unknown. Favorite phrase: [[A New Wind for Tomorrow|Tomorrow's wind blows tomorrow]]. Things I want to do but can't: Push-ups, Cossack dancing, rock-paper-scissors.' Was this Mr. Sakurai's idea?"''<br>'''Sakurai:''' ''"Oh, I came up with that profile in the past. I just had to do it…"''</ref> which he reaffirmed in the [[Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert]] according to unofficial accounts.<ref>[https://twitter.com/L_kurobato/status/876366502198247424 Tweet explaining that Sakurai considers both Kirby and Meta Knight's gender "a mystery"], [https://twitter.com/5656bomb/status/876364677713870849 another tweet claiming the same thing]</ref> Kirby's voice actress, [[Makiko Ohmoto]], has also stated that Kirby's gender is unknown,<ref>{{Cite person|quote="カービィの性別は不明です。" ("Kirby's gender is unknown.")|name=Makiko Ohmoto| url=https://twitter.com/Makiko_Ohmoto/status/1214819520918872065|title=Twitter (translated from Japanese)}}</ref> and that she is instructed to voice him as a gender neutral character.<ref>[https://htwmc.hateblo.jp/entry/2017/09/07/200000 A blog post with a summary of the June 16th 2017 Osaka concert]</ref> Reflecting this, commemorative artwork on the [[Kirby JP Twitter]] has shown Kirby taking on typical gender roles of both men and women, such as appearing as the Empress on [[wikipedia:Hinamatsuri|Hinamatsuri]] and baking sweets with both [[:File:Twitter commemorative - Valentine's Day 2018.jpg|female characters]] on [[wikipedia:Valentine's Day|Valentine's Day]] and [[:File:Twitter commemorative - White Day.jpg|male characters]] on [[wikipedia:White Day|White Day]]. In addition, Kirby is often featured in merchandise that may be considered more traditionally feminine, such as make-up lines, where more definitively male characters such as King Dedede and Meta Knight are never featured. | ||
Japanese spin-off material does not always adhere to this. Some manga write Kirby as male outright; this may be due to his implied attraction to female characters, such as [[ChuChu]] and [[Ribbon]], in the games. The [[Kirby (novel series)|novels by Mie Takase]] also write Kirby with masculine speech patterns, and he shows aversion to cross-dressing as a woman in "''[[Kirby and the Dangerous Gourmet Mansion?!]]''", though he at one point with makeup on sees himself as "cute". Neither of these correlate to Japanese [[canon]], however. | Japanese spin-off material does not always adhere to this. Some manga write Kirby as male outright; this may be due to his implied attraction to female characters, such as [[ChuChu]] and [[Ribbon]], in the games. The [[Kirby (novel series)|novels by Mie Takase]] also write Kirby with masculine speech patterns, and he shows aversion to cross-dressing as a woman in "''[[Kirby and the Dangerous Gourmet Mansion?!]]''", though he at one point with makeup on sees himself as "cute". Neither of these correlate to Japanese [[canon]], however. | ||