Isekai Anime & Manga With Protagonists Reincarnated As Royalty

A second chance at life is a golden opportunity that is not easy to find, except in isekai anime or manga. The main character dies, and sometimes they have the chance to be reborn in an alternate or fantasy world. The main character could be an average person in their new world, but one thing is most likely certain: they get special powers as compensation.

Some protagonists hit the jackpot by reincarnating as royalty or part of a royal family as a prince, princess, king, or queen. These characters with recollections of their previous lives tend to live their new lives to the fullest since they have resources at their disposal.

Updated November 22, 2024, by Oluwatokiloba Folami: The beauty of the isekai genre is that it believes in second chances. In this genre, protagonists who are reincarnated get the chance to live as anything, and while some might get the short end of the straw and reincarnate as the weirdest creatures, others get lucky enough to be reincarnated or called into royalty. Protagonists reincarnated as royalty offer a rich tapestry of narratives blending fantasy, adventure, and the complex dynamics of power. These stories typically follow characters from our world who are reborn into positions of influence in fantastical realms, confronting not only the challenges of their new royal roles but also the intrigues and responsibilities that come with them.

16 Hercule

Santairiku Eiyuuki

A young boy from Japan dies and is born into a declining royal family. With everything going bad, from the empire filing for bankruptcy to the military declining, the young boy named Hercule has no choice but to take over the empire, hoping to restore its lost glory.

Although Hercule is young with this great burden, what helps him greatly are his past memories from his time in Japan. This manga dwells on Hercule’s journey to restore the Lemurian empire. He is able to do so, and he is so successful that he becomes known in history as the great monarch as Hercule the First.

15 Ellen

Reincarnated As The Daughter Of The Legendary Hero And The Queen Of Spirits

Ellen Vankrieft, reincarnated as part human and part spirit, possesses the ability to materialize objects using her knowledge of the periodic table, and this is partially due to the fact that she was a scientist in her previous life. For 8 years of her life, Ellen has been living with her father, Rovel, but after sustaining injuries during a fight with the neighboring city, Ellen makes contact with her mother.

Ellen realizes her mother is the queen of spirits, Lady Origin, and her parents have to reunite. Although there is a bit of family drama in Ellen’s new life, an unfortunate accident reunites her royal mother, who happens to be a spirit with her father, Rovel, the hero of the kingdom and also a human. The injury that Rovel sustains causes him and his Lady Origin to reconnect and try to strengthen their bond as a family of three while trying to uncover dark secrets tied to the royal family and a centuries-long curse affecting them.

14 Princess Alicia

This Reincarnated Cross-Dressing Princess Won’t Be Looking for a Fiancé

A Japanese girl dies and reincarnates as Princess Alicia, a character from one of her favorite romance novels. Living as Princess Alicia, she is required to get married, but as a sucker for love and romance, she does not want an arranged marriage. Rather, she wants to marry a man she is in love with.

Princess Alicia’s mother is impatient and wants her to get married, so they make an agreement. Princess Alicia has to go undercover in an all-boys school where she meets all the approved candidates her mother has selected for her, and she has to meet and fall in love with one. However, she falls for someone who is not on her mother’s approved list and has to figure out a way for her mother to accept him.

13 Bertia Ibil Noches

An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess

Reborn into an otome game, Bertia has memories of her past life. Bertia was born into royalty, as she is the daughter of Duke Noches. Her royal status does not end there, as she goes on to marry the prince of her kingdom, Alphasta Kingdom.

The plot of this story is quite simple and romantic, as it tells the story of Bertia and Cecil, the prince. Their presence in each other’s lives changes them, especially the prince, who now cares about things around him since Bertia came into his life. Bertia, who is supposed to be the villain of this story, cannot seem to do an evil deed. Everything she does turns out to be good, which warms Cecil’s heart even more.

12 Yuri Shibuya

Kyou Kara Maou!

Yuri’s life was quite normal — until it was not. He saw a classmate being bullied, and like most people who cannot stand bullies, Yuri intervened. His intervention freed the bullies’ victims, but he drew the attention of the bullies to himself, and they began bullying him. Yuri’s head was shoved into a toilet, but the toilet turned into a portal and swallowed him, freeing him from his bullies and taking him to another world.

In this new world, Yuri finds himself in the midst of royalty, as his appearance makes the inhabitants of this world, the demons, see him as their next Demon King because of his appearance.

11 Ein Roundheart

Magic Stone Gourmet: Eating Magical Power Made Me the Strongest

Things started off great for Ein as he was reborn into a noble family. But unfortunately for him, unlike most isekai characters that are overpowered, Ein’s new skill was plain, simple, and not quite powerful, which made his family make fun of him. However, things start looking up for Ein as he discovers that he has more royal blood in him and is the prince of the neighboring country.

Not only is he the prince, but he now has a suitable environment where he can train, be strong, and avoid being mocked by his peers and family for being weak. Ein realizes that he can eat the magic stone of monsters, absorbing their skills and powers, which makes him stronger. Things are looking up for Ein as he journeys to become the king of his country.

10 Aileen Lauren Dautriche

I’m The Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss

Aileen is the main protagonist of I’m The Villainess, So I’m Taming The Final Boss and the daughter of Duke d’Autriche. Before she became Aileen, she was a sick Japanese teenager who died and reincarnated as the villainess of the otome game she was familiar with. She realizes that she is the villainess and that her death is inevitable at the end of the game, but she is determined to rewrite her fate and avoid dying.

With the help of her memories from her previous life, Aileen has a great chance of avoiding her inevitable doom. Nothing comes easy, which means that as much as she has her memories, she still has a hard time trying to get Claude, the final boss, to love her.

9 Lloyd De Saloum

I Was Reincarnated As The 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability

Lloyd was never always a prince; he was once a sorcerer who lacked skills and sense. He died senselessly after a duel, but luckily for him, his luck picked up as he got reincarnated as Lloyd, a young prince who had little to no responsibilities.

As a prince, Lloyd plans to use his time and resources well, learning magic and improving his skills as a sorcerer from his previous life. Since he has his memories, he knows how best to improve himself, and he plans to do that while enjoying and living his new life as a young prince to the fullest.

8 Iris Lana Armelia

Accomplishments Of The Duke’s Daughter

When it comes to Isekai, it is quite common to see the character get reborn as someone in their favorite novel or game, and Iris’s situation in Accomplishments of The Duke’s Daughter is similar. Iris enjoys playing games, but she, unfortunately, has an accident and dies. But her life does not end there; she finds herself in one of the otome games she plays as the villain. This villain is also named Iris, and she is engaged and ready to be married to the prince of the world.

As the villain, Iris’s life does not have a favorable end, but with her memories from her previous life, she knows exactly how her new life is going to end, and she wants to avoid it. Iris uses her status and resources as a duke’s daughter to carry out her plans and make good use of her second chance.

7 Haruto

The Reborn Prince Wants To Be Lazy

Haruto is a college student who is tired of working and studying. He just wants to eat and be lazy without any form of responsibility, and in modern-day Japan, this is almost impossible, except the individual is from a wealthy home. An encounter with a truck kills Haruto and puts him in an alternate world where he can live out his dreams.

Haruto reincarnates as Phil Gleshart, a young prince, and with memories of his previous life as Haruto, he wants to make sure he is as lazy as he can ever be. As a young prince, this seems possible since he has servants at his beck and call to bring him food and do things for him. However, this manga takes a turn as Phil is unable to relax because there are so many things happening around him.

6 Pride

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior

A young girl goes from being an avid fan of her favorite otome game to being the main character of the game, who happens to be the Queen. As the Queen of Freesia, with a sudden recollection of her previous life and every detail about the game she is in, Pride is ready to change things for the better.

Pride is aware of how she was in the game; she was a villainess who caused so much trouble, and now she is trying to make amends, but messing with the game’s events has some consequences. Most importantly, Pride is trying to avoid her unfortunate end at the hands of her younger sister, Tiara.

5 Ryouko Hayakawa

Herscherik: The Epic Of The Reincarnated Prince

From birthday to death day, but instead of dying, Ryouko Hayakawa gets a final birthday present from the universe as she reincarnates into a fantasy world. Things might not be looking in her favor, as she is now in the body of a young boy. But this young boy, Herscherik, is three years old and happens to be a prince, so Ryouko can live through him without any worries or responsibilities.

As a young boy with the soul of a 35-year-old woman, Herscherik is quite wise for his age. He notices how much corruption is the order of the day in his kingdom, and with the skills and memories of Ryouko, they embark on a journey to save the kingdom from ruin.

4 Anisphia

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

The princess of The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady wants one thing, which is the ability to fly. Flying had been Anisphia’s dream before she found herself in the Kingdom of Palettia, a fantasy world. Aniphisa remembers her past life and knows how much her previous self dreamed about flying.

Determined to fly, Anisphia wants to study everything about magic and science to see if they can help her achieve her dreams. This isekai anime takes a different approach because it starts after Anisphia has already adapted to this new world.

3 Lean Olgott

The Child Loved By God

Good things periodically happen to good people, and an old man who has been good all his life gets his reward, which is a second chance at life. This old man reincarnates into a royal family as the grandson of the king, and one thing about grandchildren is that they receive love from their grandparents and everyone around them.

Not an exception from this love, this old man, now Lean Olgott, is living a life filled with love, happiness, and extraordinary abilities that are somewhat God-like.

2 Catarina

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Catarina soon realizes that she is not who she thinks she is; instead, she is a 17-year-old girl from modern-day Japan. As a previous lover of games, she reincarnates as Catarina, the antagonist of one of the games she plays. Not only is Catarina the antagonist, but she is also a member of a royal family as she is the daughter of a Duke.

With the sudden recollection of her previous life, Caterina knows how the events of her life will play out, and she tries to avoid the bad things that will happen to her. Trying to change these events is not going to be easy, but Caterina is not ready to back down.

1 Ryu

Yakuza Reincarnation: Yazuka Princess Of Another World

It might be best to always expect the unexpected when it comes to isekai works because, in Yakuza Reincarnation, the main protagonist, Ryu, dies and reincarnates as a princess. Fans may find the situation a bit funny because, before Ryu died, he was a tough gangster. and now he is a young, beautiful princess.

Clearly out of place in a female’s body, Ryu is not letting that stop him from continuing his Yazuka ways. He plans to introduce and retain the values of Yazuka into this world; fortunately for him, he has the authority and power to do so as a member of a royal family.