Aromatic aminocatalysis refers to transformations that employ aromatica mines, such as anilineso ra minopyridines, as catalysts. Owing to the conjugation of the amine moiety with the aromatic ring, aromatic amines demonstrate distinctive features in aminocatalysis compared with their aliphatic counterparts. For example, aromatic aminocatalysis typically proceeds with slower turnover,b ut is more active and conformationally rigid as ar esult of the stabilized aromatic imine or iminiums pecies. In fact, the advent of aromatic aminocatalysis can be traced back to before the renaissance of organocatalysis in the early 2000s. So far,aromatic aminocatalysis has been widely applied in bioconjugation reactions through transamination;i na symmetrico rganocatalysis through imine/enamine tautomerization;and in cooperative catalysis with transition metals through CÀH/CÀCa ctivation and functionalization. This Focus Review summarizes the advent of and major advances in the use of aromatic aminocatalysisi nb ioconjugation reactions and organic synthesis.