NARUTOP99

WORLDWIDE CHARACTER POPULARITY VOTE

CALLING ALL
SHINOBI!

THE NARUTO SERIES IS HOST TO A WIDE VARIETY OF
MEMORABLE
CHARACTERS, AND TO CELEBRATE 20
YEARS SINCE THE ANIME FIRST
AIRED IN JAPAN, WE’RE
HOLDING A WORLDWIDE VOTE TO DETERMINE THE
99
MOST POPULAR CHARACTERS.
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER NOW!
JUST WHO WILL TOP THE RANKING TO BECOME THE
WORLD’S #1 NINJA?

PLAY MOVIE
Watch the promo video here!

INFO

NARUTO FIRST BEGAN ITS PUBLICATION IN 1999. NOW, WE'RE CALLING ALL FANS ACROSS THE GLOBE TO DECIDE WHO IS THE #1 NARUTO CHARACTER.
THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES FOR THIS WORLDWIDE POPULARITY VOTE TOTALS AN ASTOUNDING 488 CHARACTERS. WILL YOU VOTE FOR THE BEST NINJA, THE STRONGEST NINJA, OR PERHAPS THE NINJA YOU JUST LOVE THE MOST? WE'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU. WITH A WORLDWIDE VOTE LIKE THIS, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT THE RESULTS! IF YOU'VE BEEN A FAN OF THE SERIES FOR YEARS, GREW UP WITH IT, OR EVEN JUST STARTED READING IT, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR WHO YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER IS.
NOW, LET'S ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES AND SEE WHO THE REAL #1 NINJA IS!

VOTING RULES
  • YOU CAN VOTE ONCE PER DAY FOR ANY CHARACTER.
  • 00:00 JST EVERY DAY, THE DATE WILL UPDATE AND YOU MAY VOTE AGAIN.
  • SEARCH FOR A CHARACTER BY NAME TO SELECT THEM.
VOTING PERIOD
12/17/2022
1/31/2023
RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT
APRIL 2023
※RESULTS WILL BE POSTED ON THIS PAGE.
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MIDTERM REPORT

The #1 character will be featured in a short manga by Masashi Kishimoto!

The top 20 characters will be drawn in an original illustration by Masashi Kishimoto!

  • ALL
  • Japan
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • North
    America
  • Central &
    South America
  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • Africa
  • 1
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 2
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 3
    Sakura Haruno
  • 4
    Shisui Uchiha
  • 5
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 6
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 7
    Madara Uchiha
  • 8
    Sakumo Hatake
  • 9
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 10
    Jiraiya
  • 11
    Obito Uchiha
  • 12
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 13
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 14
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 15
    Hashirama Senju
    (First Hokage)
  • 16
    Gaara
    (Fifth Kazekage)
  • 17
    Deidara
  • 18
    Neji Hyuga
  • 19
    Rock Lee
  • 20
    Kurama(Nine Tails)
  • 21
    Might Guy
  • 22
    Sasori
  • 23
    Orochimaru
  • 24
    Izuna Uchiha
  • 25
    Tobi
  • 26
    Hidan
  • 27
    Fugaku Uchiha
  • 28
    Ashina Uzumaki
  • 29
    Nagato
  • 30
    Kushina Uzumaki
  • 31
    Tsunade(Fifth Hokage)
  • 32
    Zabuza Momochi
  • 33
    Kaguya Otsutsuki
  • 34
    Iruka Umino
  • 35
    Teuchi
  • 36
    Haku
  • 37
    Konan
  • 38
    Tenten
  • 39
    Temari
  • 40
    Tendo
  • 41
    Mito Uzumaki
  • 42
    Hiruzen Sarutobi
    (Third Hokage)
  • 43
    Kisame Hoshigaki
  • 44
    Sai
  • 45
    Kimimaro
  • 46
    Might Dai
  • 47
    Kakuzu
  • 48
    Ino Yamanaka
  • 49
    Indra Otsutsuki
  • 50
    Yamato
  • 1
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 2
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 3
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 4
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 5
    Sakura Haruno
  • 6
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 7
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 8
    Gaara
    (Fifth Kazekage)
  • 9
    Obito Uchiha
  • 10
    Jiraiya
  • 11
    Deidara
  • 12
    Neji Hyuga
  • 13
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 14
    Sasori
  • 15
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 16
    Might Guy
  • 17
    Iruka Umino
  • 18
    Madara Uchiha
  • 19
    Haku
  • 20
    Rock Lee
  • 1
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 2
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 3
    Sakura Haruno
  • 4
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 5
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 6
    Madara Uchiha
  • 7
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 8
    Shisui Uchiha
  • 9
    Jiraiya
  • 10
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 11
    Obito Uchiha
  • 12
    Sakumo Hatake
  • 13
    Hashirama Senju
    (First Hokage)
  • 14
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 15
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 16
    Kurama(Nine Tails)
  • 17
    Gaara
    (Fifth Kazekage)
  • 18
    Neji Hyuga
  • 19
    Might Guy
  • 20
    Tobi
  • 1
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 2
    Shisui Uchiha
  • 2
    Sakumo Hatake
  • 4
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 5
    Sakura Haruno
  • 6
    Madara Uchiha
  • 7
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 8
    Jiraiya
  • 9
    Hashirama Senju
    (First Hokage)
  • 10
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 11
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 12
    Obito Uchiha
  • 13
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 14
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 15
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 16
    Ashina Uzumaki
  • 17
    Gaara
    (Fifth Kazekage)
  • 18
    Rock Lee
  • 19
    Fugaku Uchiha
  • 20
    Teuchi
  • 1
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 2
    Shisui Uchiha
  • 3
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 4
    Sakura Haruno
  • 5
    Sakumo Hatake
  • 6
    Madara Uchiha
  • 7
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 8
    Jiraiya
  • 9
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 10
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 11
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 12
    Obito Uchiha
  • 13
    Hashirama Senju
    (First Hokage)
  • 14
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 15
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 16
    Rock Lee
  • 17
    Gaara
    (Fifth Kazekage)
  • 18
    Ashina Uzumaki
  • 19
    Fugaku Uchiha
  • 20
    Neji Hyuga
  • 1
    Sakura Haruno
  • 2
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 3
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 4
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 5
    Shisui Uchiha
  • 6
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 7
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 8
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 9
    Madara Uchiha
  • 10
    Jiraiya
  • 11
    Obito Uchiha
  • 12
    Hashirama Senju
    (First Hokage)
  • 13
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 14
    Rock Lee
  • 15
    Sakumo Hatake
  • 16
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 17
    Gaara
    (Fifth Kazekage)
  • 18
    Neji Hyuga
  • 19
    Deidara
  • 20
    Might Guy
  • 1
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 2
    Shisui Uchiha
  • 3
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 4
    Madara Uchiha
  • 5
    Sakumo Hatake
  • 6
    Sakura Haruno
  • 7
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 8
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 9
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 10
    Obito Uchiha
  • 11
    Jiraiya
  • 12
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 13
    Izuna Uchiha
  • 14
    Hashirama Senju
    (First Hokage)
  • 15
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 16
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 17
    Gaara
    (Fifth Kazekage)
  • 18
    Kurama(Nine Tails)
  • 19
    Rock Lee
  • 20
    Deidara
  • 1
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 2
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 3
    Shisui Uchiha
  • 4
    Sakura Haruno
  • 5
    Madara Uchiha
  • 6
    Sakumo Hatake
  • 7
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 8
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 9
    Jiraiya
  • 10
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 11
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 12
    Hashirama Senju
    (First Hokage)
  • 13
    Obito Uchiha
  • 14
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 15
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 16
    Kurama(Nine Tails)
  • 17
    Fugaku Uchiha
  • 18
    Gaara
    (Fifth Kazekage)
  • 19
    Orochimaru
  • 20
    Hidan
  • 1
    Minato Namikaze
    (Fourth Hokage)
  • 2
    Shisui Uchiha
  • 3
    Itachi Uchiha
  • 4
    Madara Uchiha
  • 5
    Sakumo Hatake
  • 6
    Naruto Uzumaki
  • 7
    Sakura Haruno
  • 8
    Hashirama Senju
    (First Hokage)
  • 9
    Kakashi Hatake
  • 10
    Sasuke Uchiha
  • 11
    Obito Uchiha
  • 12
    Jiraiya
  • 13
    Tobirama Senju
    (Second Hokage)
  • 14
    Hinata Hyuga
  • 15
    Fugaku Uchiha
  • 16
    Rock Lee
  • 17
    Hidan
  • 18
    Kaguya Otsutsuki
  • 19
    Shikamaru Nara
  • 20
    Ashina Uzumaki

THE WORLD'S BEST SHINOBI IS DECIDED!

A MESSAGE FROM MASASHI
KISHIMOTO

[NARUTOP99] NARUTO has done many character popularity surveys in Japan’s Shonen Jump magazine, but this is our first time doing a vote on a global scale, so I’m excited to see which characters will make it to the top ranks! I’m eagerly awaiting lots of votes from fans around the world!!

投票終了しました。現在集計中です!

The battle that took first place was: Sakura and Chiyo VS Sasori! This epic clash showed how much Sakura had grown as a ninja, and left a huge impact on many viewers, as was made clear by all the votes it received!
Naruto VS Sasuke came in second, with Lee VS Gaara taking third! Many fans left emotional comments, calling these battles "immortal masterpieces" or saying they "always bring me to tears". Make sure to watch the special video Studio Pierrot created for the NARUTO BEST BOUT results announcement!

finish まずはキャラクター人気投票へ
Results Announcement Video
Rock LeeVSGaara Neji HyugaVSKidomaru Sakura Haruno・
Chiyo
VSSasori
Sasuke UchihaVSDeidara Sasuke UchihaVSItachi Uchiha Naruto UzumakiVSPain Minato
Namikaze
VSThe
Masked Man
Kakashi HatakeVSObito Uchiha Might GuyVSMadara Uchiha Naruto
Uzumaki
VSSasuke
Uchiha
投票終了しました。現在集計中です!

After a total of 186,935 votes, the result was a landslide win for Itachi Uchiha! Many voters commented imagining what it would be like to sit next to him, saying things like "I'd be so nervous I couldn't talk!" Coming in second was Konan, followed by Deidara in third.
Some fans also left comments in support of characters who weren't candidates, like Nagato and Kakuzu.
*The candidates for the Special Vote were chosen according to a theme by members of the editorial team.

finish First check out the
Character Popularity Vote
Deidara

30,321PT

Sasori

15,118PT

Konan

38,177PT

Itachi Uchiha

91,542PT

Kisame
Hoshigaki

11,777PT

投票終了しました。現在集計中です!

After a total of 174,123 votes, the winning sensei was Minato Namikaze, who also claimed the lead in the Midterm Report of the main vote!
His kind, warm personality has earned him immense popularity in both arenas! Coming in second was Kakashi Hatake, followed by Jiraiya in third.
Many fans spoke about how they saw themselves in Naruto, who had both of those ninja as teachers.
We also received tons of comments from fans showing their support for characters who weren't candidates, like Itachi Uchiha and Iruka Umino.
*The candidates for the Special Vote were chosen according to a theme by members of the editorial team.

finish First check out the
Character Popularity Vote
Might Guy

22,353PT

Minato Namikaze
(Fourth Hokage)

59,236PT

Kakashi Hatake

50,037PT

Jiraiya

34,215PT

Asuma Sarutobi

8,182PT

投票終了しました。現在集計中です!

After a total of 692,923 votes, the winning jutsu is Naruto's signature Shadow Clone Jutsu!
In addition to being widely known, its wealth of practical applications made it the most sought-after jutsu by a landslide! Kamui took second place, followed by The Infinite Tsukuyomi in third, highlighting the popularity of Sharingan jutsu.
Many fans also expressed their desire to try out jutsu that weren't included in the vote, such as the Flying Raijin Jutsu, Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu, and Sexy Jutsu!
*The candidates for the Special Vote were chosen according to a theme by members of the editorial team.

finish First check out the
Character Popularity Vote
SHADOW CLONE
JUTSU

195,438PT

RASENGAN

56,905PT

CHIDORI:
ONE THOUSAND
BIRDS

56,902PT

SHADOW
POSSESSION JUTSU

22,560PT

8 TRIGRAMS
64 PALMS

26,048PT

THE EIGHT
INNER GATES
FORMATION

47,722PT

SUMMONING
JUTSU:
REANIMATION

55,911PT

ALMIGHTY PUSH

37,693PT

KAMUI

120,106PT

THE INFINITE
TSUKUYOMI

73,638PT

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