Top-knot


 * For the similar hairstyle used in the Water Tribes, see Warrior’s Wolf Tail



Top-knots are a popular hairstyle worn by men in the World of Avatar. They are commonly worn by people in the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation. This article should be about top-knots, not headpieces

Earth Kingdom
Many Earth Kingdom Citizens wear top-knots, most commonly in the countryside or small towns, as in Omashu they wear small green turbans, and in Ba Sing Se they generally don a queue. Top-knots in the Earth Kingdom are generally much larger than those worn in the Fire Nation, and they are most commonly worn with an unadorned green metal ring. The exception, of course, are generals of the Earth Kingdom, who wear all their clothes highly decorated to show their position, and have large elaborate top-knot rings.

Fire Nation
In the Fire Nation, almost all men everywhere and of all classes wear top-knots. In the Fire Nation, top-knots are generally smaller and thinner. There are various styles of wearing a top-knot in the Fire Nation. Lower and middle class citizens appear to wear top-knots plain, tied with a little red material or with a tiny flame decorative piece on top. Nobles and other important people may have more decorative pieces.

Trivia

 * A top knot in Japanese as a chonmage. It is said to assist the samurai in keeping his hat in place.
 * Sumo wrestlers may also wear chonmage, but only when done by a tokoyama (hair dresser employed by the Japanese Sumo Association) and if they are sekitori (A sumo in one of the top two professional divisions).