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Actually, going by how broadly the term "tsundere" is applied to fictional characters, I'd argue that a solid majority of all North American women (and possibly a solid majority of women worldwide, but I'll stick to the continent that I know best) could be called "tsundere".
The following is an argument I made about a year ago on the matter...
Increasingly, the following appears to be true of tsunderes:
They are any anime female character that...
1) Isn't a Yamato Nadeshiko
2) Has more overt personality than Yuki Nagato
3) Isn't entirely sweet, or entirely firm/rough/tough
In other words, the character could be harsh 90% of the time and sweet a mere 10% of the time, or sweet 90% of the time and harsh a mere 10% of the time, and still get labeled a tsundere.
Well, if this is the case, I don't see what makes the tsundere special at all anymore. Most girls, or for that matter, most people, have their harsh moments and their kind moments; it's called displaying a full range of emotions. :P
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