Vote counting work, mission completed! The results of the "Hikaru Midorikawa Birthday Commemoration! Hammer Character Popularity Poll" results announced!

The Akiba Research Institute's official voting project, "Hikaru Midorikawa's Birthday Commemoration! The voting for the "Hamari Character Popularity Poll", which was held from May 2, 2020 to May 8, 2020, has now closed, and we present to you the results.

82 characters were nominated. Here are the top 10 characters.

No. 1: Heero Yui from " New Mobile Suit Gundam W " ... 85 votes
No. 2: Kyosuke Natsume from " Little Busters!...82 votes
No.3: Nash Gold Jr. " Kuroko no Basketball: Last Game " ... 54 votes
No.4: Lancer " Fate/Zero " ...32 votes
No.5: Kaede Ryukawa " SLAM DANK " ...24 votes
No.5 : Shiran Yu " Saiunkoku Monogatari " ...24 votes
No.7 : Ayato GYAKAMAKI " DIABOLIK LOVERS " ... 23 votes
No.8 Garou " One Pan Man " ... 20 votes
No.9 : Naoki Shinjo " Neon Genesis GPX Cyber Formula " ... 14 votes
No.10 :Sakamoto "Sakamoto Desu Desu?...13 votes

Of the 485 votes cast, 85 were cast for Heero Yui of "New Mobile Suit Gundam W" to take first place. He is a quiet, unsociable, and reckless character in his mid-teens due to his upbringing as a gifted operative, but he is a remarkable character who utters the line "Mission Accomplished" in only the second episode, which became a popular phrase among otaku at the time. Other famous quotes (or superlatives?) include "It hurts like hell," "I'm going to kill you," and "How many more of you do we have to kill? How many more people do we have to kill? It is only natural that they leave a lasting impression on us. The impression that "Mr. Midorikawa has a boy's voice!" was strongly planted in the minds of the audience. The result was understandable, since he is the character who left a strong impression of "Midorikawa-san has a boy's voice!

Coming in a close second with 82 votes, only three votes behind Hiiro, was Kyosuke Natsume from "Little Busters! The second runner-up, with 82 votes, was Kyosuke Natsume of "Little Busters! From the beginning to the middle of the voting period, he was in first place, and it looked as if he would finish at the top, but in the latter half of the voting period, he was overtaken by Hiiro, but only by a mere 3 votes. The popular character who had a close race to the end was a calm, playful, and cheerful character, who could be described as the complete opposite of Hiiro. However, his popularity is probably due to the fact that he has a certain reason for being the trickster in his works. He was the only male character to be ranked in the popularity poll of the original game brand Key, and he can be said to have received votes from both men and women.

Nash Gold Jr. ("Kuroko no Basketball LAST GAME"), ranked third, is a character from the anime adaptation of "Kuroko no Basketball EXTRA GAME," a sequel to "Kuroko no Basketball. He is the leader of "Jabberwock," a street basketball team that boasts worldwide popularity. While the other members of the team are stern-looking characters, he is a handsome blonde-haired man who also looks like a gentleman but is quite outgoing and has a first-class foul mouth. This character has a different aspect from the top two characters, and is full of the charms of Midorikawa's performance. Speaking of dark heroic characters, the 8th-ranked character, Garou ("One-Pan Man"), has the same aspect. This character is also popular despite his villainous position.

Speaking of another attractive character, Lancer ("Fate/Zero"), who came in at No. 4, is another character with a different charm from the above-mentioned characters. The weeping mole under his right eye is a mole with the power of charm to make women fall in love with him, and his beautiful appearance and mole have earned him the nickname "shining face" or "devil face. He is also known as "Dilmud Odina," who fell in love at first sight with the Lord's wife and met an unfortunate end, and even though he was summoned to the Holy Grail War in "Fate/Zero," he still had a falling out with the Lord. He is handsome and popular with the ladies. He is a really good guy who is handsome and popular, but he doesn't use his good looks to his advantage, and ends up being a poor man because of his good looks. Sakamoto ("Sakamoto Desu Desu?"), another character with a crying face and also ranked 10th, is also a character who causes trouble like the eye of a typhoon. is another character who causes trouble like the eye of a typhoon.

A character from the new generation basketball manga "Kuroko no Basket" ranked third, and Kaede Nagarekawa from the original basketball manga "SLAM DUNK" ranked fifth. Nagaregawa is as quiet and unsociable as Hiiro, but she has a fan club in her first year of high school and uses honorifics for superiors, which is a different character from Hiiro. He is also a different character from Heero in that he has a fan club in his first year of high school and uses honorifics to address superiors.
However, the fact that both of the characters he played in the old and new basketball manga were ranked in the top 10 is a surprise to us all, given the wide range of Midorikawa's acting.

Shizuran Yu ("Saiunkoku Monogatari"), who tied for fifth place with the same number of votes, is a servant to the main character, Shurei Beni. The Beni family is poor, so she does everything from bargaining for vegetables to picking wild vegetables and carpentry work. From the poor and tough Mr. Midorikawa, we can see the side of an excellent prince, making him a character with many advantages.

In seventh place, Ayato Gyakumaki ("DIABOLIK LOVERS"), a handsome character from an Otome game that I believe is the essence of Mr. Midorikawa, captured the hearts of women. He received many votes from Otome girls who were captivated by the supercilious and domineering voice of Mr. Midorikawa, namely Chichinashi (......).

Also ranked in ninth place was Naoki Shinjo ("Neon Genesis GPX Cyber Formula"), a character that cannot be left out when talking about Mr. Midorikawa. The passionate goal line in the midst of rock bottom in episode 32 of the TV series is a famous scene that will remain in anime history!

However, it is quite an interesting ranking that 3 out of 10 characters have something to do with "Kuroko" (Kuroko/Hokuro), isn't it?

Please see below for the ranking of the other characters ranked 11th and below.