Mero~n! The first place went to that magical girl after all! The official voting project "Tamura Yukari: Birthday Commemoration! Tamura Yukari's Birthday Popularity Poll" results were announced!

February 27th was the birthday of popular voice actress Yukari Tamura, aka "Princess Yukari!

So, Akiba Research Institute held an official poll from February 27 to March 5, 2020, "Tamura Yukari Birthday Commemoration! Hamari character popularity poll" was held from February 27 to March 5, 2020. Here are the results.

No. 1 Nanoha Takamachi ( Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ): 45 votes

No. 2 Rika Furute ( Higurashi When They Cry) 38 votes

No. 3 Cure Amour/Lulu Amour ( HUGt!Pretty Cure ) 29 votes

No.4 Togome ( Sword Story ) 23 votes

No.5 Jibril ( No Game, No Life ) 18 votes

Ringo Kinoshita ( Noh Ring ) No. 6: 16 votes

No.7 Tsukushi Tsutsukakure ( Prince Pervert and the Cat that Won't Laugh) 　15 votes

No. 8 Yamada ( B-type H-kei ) 13 votes

No. 9 Sakura Yoshino ( D.C.: Da Capo ) 11 votes

No. 9 Ranhana Framboise ( Galaxy Angel ) 11 votes

No. 9 Misa ( Pitaten ) 11 votes

The character played by Yukarin is, if nothing else, a dainty little girl. Or a cute little girl.

Nanoha Takamachi from "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha" and Rika Furute from "Higurashi When They Cry" came in at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, without betraying this public image.

Nanoha, ranked first, is a bright, kind girl with a strong sense of justice. Nanoha, in first place, is a cheerful, kind, and righteous girl who is truly an authentic fighting heroine, and can be described as a Yukarin character of the royal road. Her friendship with Fate, played by Nana Mizuki, is also impressive. As the series progresses, Nanoha also grows into an adult. In the fourth season, "StrikerS," Nanoha has grown into a woman, and she has also matured from a young girl to an adult.

Sakura Yoshino of "D.C.: Da Capo" andMisa of "Pitaten," who came in ninth, are also in this category. Sakura is a genius, but at the same time she has a naïve girlishness, and Misa has a cute way of saying "~ssss! may have reached our ears even more attractively because of Yukarin's voice.

Rika, in second place, is also a loli character (......), but in fact she is a character with a very high mental age. Or rather, she is a causal character who continues to be bound by a fate from which she cannot escape. The gap between the dark side she sometimes shows and her usual carefree expression is thrilling. In a sense, this character also has depth, playing both a young girl and an adult in one character.

This duality is often the key to the characters played by Yukari Tamura, as in the case of "Katanagatari" (No. 4) and "Togame" (No. 5). She is both like a bewitching woman and a naive girl. She may hate the main character Nanaka, but love her at the same time. I had a very strong impression of her tragic end, while her heart was shaken.

In terms of characters with a certain sense of fear, "No Game, No Life" Jibril (No. 5) also left a strong impression on us. The madness that lies within her cuteness is also a characteristic of Yukarin.

The third-ranked character, Lulu from "HUGt! Pretty Cure" Lulu is an android character with high fighting skills but an innocent personality. She was originally an enemy, but she has awakened to the spirit of justice, and the way she learns friendship and compassion for her family as she fights with her friends is very moving. Especially the episodes with his best friend Emiru were impossible to watch without tearing up every time! The emo nature of the show probably touched the hearts of its fans.

The performances of these slightly off-the-wall characters were also very enjoyable, with Tsukushi Tsutsukakure of "The Perverted Prince and the Cat Who Wouldn't Laugh" in seventh place, and Tsukushi Tsutsukakure of "The Hentai Prince and the Cat That Doesn't Laugh" (No. 7), Yamada of "B-type H-kei" (No. 8), and Ranhana of "Galaxy Angel" (No. 9), all of whom seemed light-headed in a good way, were very entertaining.

Personally, the one that had the strongest impact on me was Ringo Kinoshita in "Noirin" (No. 6). She is the popular idol Yuka Kusakabe in the play, and she often used material reminiscent of "Yukarin" in the play. The character song "Cordless☆Teru☆Phone" was reminiscent of Ms. Tamura's music, and included enthusiastic chants reminiscent of the royalty (Yukari Tamura's fans) during the song. In terms of the degree of synchronization with the people inside, the character was by far the best.

Looking back on the event, I realize that Yukari Tamura is a one-of-a-kind voice actress, not only for her wide range of performances as an actor, but also for her ability to bring even her own character, "Princess Yukari," into the anime side of things and bring it into her own arena.

We hope that she will continue to lead the people of Japan as the one and only voice actress!

Please click here to see the results of the 11th place and below!

Finally, Happy Birthday to Ms. Yukari Tamura (a month late)!