My Hero Academia recently revealed the result of its ninth popularity poll — and fans find the results pretty surprising.
The series’ deuteragonist Katsuki Bakugo won the popularity poll once again. Bakugo has a huge fan following and it shows since the character has topped every popularity poll held in both Japan and US except the first ones. Following him at number two is the protagonist Izuku Midoriya aka Deku.
9th popularity poll results1 – Bakugou2 – Deku3 – Shouto4 – Dabi5 – Hawks6 – Endeavor7 – Kirishima8 – Iida9 – Ochako10 – Shouji11 – Monoma12 – Kaminari13 – Aizawa14 – Shinsou15 – All Might16 – Toga17 – Shigaraki18 – Jirou19 – Sero20 – Rody
The number three spot goes to another fan-favorite character, Shoto Todoroki. Shoto and Deku usually interchange the second and third spots in popularity polls. The only exception is the first poll in which Deku ranked first and Shoto was second in Japan and sixth in the US.
The rest of the top 10 are Dabi, Hawks, Endeavor, Kirishima, Iida, Ochako, and Shouji respectively. Fans find it quite unexpected how some major characters likeAll Might, Shigaraki, Toga, and Aizawa weren’t in the top 10s.
Given their role in the story and their popularity in the fandom along with their ranks in the past popularity polls, they were expected to be among the top 10s. However, all of these characters were ranked within the top 20 entries of the ninth My Hero Academia popularity poll.
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Anamika Das was an Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She previously wrote for platforms like Otakus' Notes and Seinen Manga. Anamika is an avid fan of anime, the shounen genre in particular. She loves My Hero Academia, Haikyuu!!, Jujutsu Kaisen, Boruto, and is obsessed with One Piece.
