Which popular anime characters look best in a swimsuit? Thousands of fans came together to answer that question.
Otamart—a popular Japanese app that specializes in anime, manga and idol products—have recently announced the results of a survey asking fans which anime characters look best in traditional summer wear, specifically a swimsuit or a yukata. The survey categories have been divided based on gender and clothing. The results have even been boiled down to what color looks best on them and even the type of swimsuit.
Standing at #1 in the anime/manga girl in a swimsuit category is
Love Live!‘s Nozomi Tojo, who fans like to see in a purple bikini. trailing behind her at #2 and #3 is Eli Ayase and Maki Nishikino of the same show in a light blue bikini and red bikini respectively.
Umi Sonoda of
Love Live! tops the anime/manga girls in yukata list wearing navy colors, with Nozomi also making this list at second wearing purple and retaining her third place status is Maki Nishikino wearing red.
The fictional girl categories go as follows:
Swimsuit Girl Rankings:
- Nozomi Tojo from Love Live! in a purple bikini
- Eli Ayase from Love Live! in a light blue bikini
- Maki Nishikino from Love Live! in a red bikini
- Nico Yazawa from Love Live! in a pink bikini
- Kotori Minami from Love Live! in a yellow bikini (tied with Nico)
- Satsuki Momi from Kuroko no Basuke in a pink bikini
- Rin Hoshizora from Love Live! in a yellow bikini
- Hanayo Koizumi from Love Live! in a white bikini
- Nami from One Piece in an orange bikini
- Haruka Nanami from Uta no Prince Sama in a white bikini (tied with Nami)
- Kiyoko Shimizu from Haikyuu!! in a black bikini
- Umi Sonoda from Love Live! in a white bikini
- Asuna Yūki from Sword Art Online in a white bikini
- Gō Matsuoka from Free! in a white bikini
- Honoka Kōsaka from Love Live! an orange bikini
- Saber from Fate/stay night in a white bikini
- Chizuru Yukimura from Hakuōki in a pink bikini (tied with Saber)
- Sheryl Nome from Macross F in a white bikini
- Tsukuyo from Gintama in a black bikini
- Kagura from Gintama in a red bikini (tied with Tsukuyo)
Yukata Girl Rankings:
- Umi Sonoda from Love Live! in navy
- Nozomi Tojo from Love Live! in purple
- Maki Nishikino from Love Live! in red
- Nico Yazawa from Love Live! in pink
- Hanayo Koizumi from Love Live! in pink
- Kotori Minami from Love Live! in pink
- Haruka Nanami from Uta no Prince Sama in pink
- Kiyoko Shimizu from Haikyū!! in navy
- Eli Ayase from Love Live! in light blue (tied with Kiyoko)
- Chizuru Yukimura from Hakuōki in
- Rin Hoshizora from Love Live! in yellow
- Gō Matsuoka from Free! in red
- Honoka Kōsaka from Love Live! in orange
- Kagura from Gintama in red
- Asuna Yūki from Sword Art Online in white
- Riko Aida from Kuroko no Basuke in orange
- Anri Sonohara from Durarara!! in pink
- Tsukuyo from Gintama in light blue
- Tsukihi Araragi from Bakemonogatari in light blue
- Yūko Ichihara from xxxholic in black (tied with Tsukihi)
When it came to boys in swimsuits, characters from the swimming anime
Free!—often clad in tight Speedo swimwear—easily made a splash by topping the list with Haruka Nanase, Makoto Tachibana and rival Rin Matsuoka in first, second and third respectively. The rest of the Iwatobi Swim Club—Nagisa Hazuki and Rei Ryūgazaki—also made the list, albeit at lower positions. Also worthy of note is the hefty amount of male characters from
Uta no Prince Sama that made the list.
Masato Hijirikawa made first place in the yukata-wearing division, with fans preferring him in a navy color. Behind him in second if Seijūro Akashi from
Kuroko no Basuke in white with third place going to Gintoki Sakata from
Gintama also in white.
Swimsuit Boy Rankings:
- Haruka Nanase from Free! in a black Speedo
- Makoto Tachibiana from Free! in a black Speedo
- Rin Matsuoka from Free! in a black Speedo
- Syo Kurusu from Uta no Prince Sama in pink trunks
- Yasutomo Arakita from Yowamushi Pedal in black trunks
- Gintoki Sakata from Gintama in light blue trunks
- Ren Jinguji from Uta no Prince Sama in black trunks
- Otoya Ittoki from Uta no Prince Sama in red trunks
- Rei Ryūgazaki from Free!
- Ryōta Kise from Kuroko no Basuke in yellow trunks
- Kazuto Kirigaya from Sword Art Online in black trunks
- Seijūro Akashi from Kuroko no Basuke in red trunks
- Daiki Aomine from Kuroko no Basuke in black trunks
- Tokiya Ichinose from Uta no Prince Sama in black trunks
- Ranmaru Kurosaki from Uta no Prince Sama in black trunks
- Nagisa Hazuki fromFree! in yellow trunks
- Tōru Oikawa from Haikyuu!! in light blue trunks
- Kazunari Takao from Kuroko no Basuke in orange trunks
- Shokudaikiri Mitsutada from Touken Ranbu in black trunks
- Taiga Kagami from Kuroko no Basuke in black trunks
Yukata Boy Rankings:
- Masato Hijirikawa from Uta no Prince Sama in navy
- Seijūro Akashi from Kuroko no Basuke in white
- Gintoki Sakata from Gintama in white
- Makoto Tachibiana from Free! in navy
- Tokiya Ichinose from Uta no Prince Sama in navy (tied with Makoto)
- Japan from Hetalia in navy
- Syo Kurusu from Uta no Prince Sama in pink
- Jinpachi Tōdō from Yowamushi Pedal in navy
- Yasutomo Arakita from Yowamushi Pedal in black
- Mikazuki Munechika from Tōken Ranbu in navy
- Shintarō Midorima from Kuroko no Basuke in green
- Hozuki from Hozuki’s Coolheadedness in black
- Kazuto Kirigaya from Sword Art Online in black
- Daiki Aomine from Kuroko no Basuke in navy
- Ai Mikaze from Uta no Prince Sama in light blue (tied with Daiki)
- Ranmaru Kurosaki from Uta no Prince Sama in black
- Toshiro Hijikata from Gintama in black (tied with Ranmaru)
- Hajime Saito from Hakuōki in navy (three-way tie)
- Toshizo Hijikata from Hakuōki in navy (three-way tie)
- Sōgo Okita from Gintama in black (three-way tie)
The same survey was even held for Japanese voice actors and celebrities. Voice actress/singer Kana Hanazawa (Castle Town Dandelion, Psycho-Pass) topped both the swimsuit and yukata rankings while voice actor/singer Mamoru Miyano (Assassination Classroom, Show By Rock!!) pulled off the same results for the boys’ side.
[Via Jig]