Fans rank their favorite anime characters who look best in swimwear

In Japan, it’s the height of summer, which means that because of the hot temperatures, many often go to either the beach or the pool, which also means that it’s Japan’s bikini season!

The Japanese anime merchandise shopping app, Otomart, has recently polled its users on which anime character looks best in swimwear, and divided the results between the guys and the girls. Here is what they have to say:

Swimsuit Girl Rankings:

• Swimwear Female Rankings:
  
  1. Nozomi Tojo from Love Live!
  
  
  2. Eli Ayase from Love Live!
  
  
  3. Maki Nishikino from Love Live!
  
  
  4. Nico Yazawa from Love Live! and Kotori Minami and Nico Yazawa from Love Live! (tie)
  
  
  5. Satsuki Momi from Kuroko’s Basketball
  
  
  6. Rin Hoshizora from Love Live!
  
  
  7. Hanayo Koizumi from Love Live!
  
  
  8. Nami from One Piece and Haruka Nanami from Uta no Prince Sama (tie)
  
  
  9. Kiyoko Shimizu from Haikyuu!!
  
  
  10. Umi Sonoda from Love Live!
  
  
  11. Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online
  
  
  12. Gou Matsuoka from Free!
  
  
  13. Honoka Kousaka from Love Live!
  
  
  14. Saber from Fate/stay night and Chizuru Yukimura from Hakuouki (tie)
  
  
  15. Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier
  
  
  16. Tsukuyo from Gintama and Kagura from Gintama (tie)
  
  


• Swimwear Male Rankings:
  
  1. Haruka Nanase from Free!
  
  
  2. Makoto Tachibiana from Free!
  
  
  3. Rin Matsuoka from Free!
  
  
  4. Syo Kurusu from Uta no Prince Sama
  
  
  5. Yasutomo Arakita from Yowamushi Pedal
  
  
  6. Gintoki Sakata from Gintama
  
  
  7. Ren Jinguji from Uta no Prince Sama
  
  
  8. Otoya Ittoki from Uta no Prince Sama
  
  
  9. Rei Ryuugazaki from Free!
  
  
  10. Ryōta Kise from Kuroko no Basuke
  
  
  11. Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito) from Sword Art Online
  
  
  12. Seijūro Akashi from Kuroko’s Basketball
  
  
  13. Daiki Aomine from Kuroko’s Basketball
  
  
  14. Tokiya Ichinose from Uta no Prince Sama
  
  
  15. Ranmaru Kurosaki from Uta no Prince Sama
  
  
  16. Nagisa Hazuki from Free!
  
  
  17. Tōru Oikawa from Haikyuu!!
  
  
  18. Kazunari Takao from Kuroko’s Basketball
  
  
  19. Shokudaikiri Mitsutada from Touken Ranbu
  
  
  20. Taiga Kagami from Kuroko’s Basketball
  
  

And since summer is also festival season, they also ranked which character looks best wearing a yukata:

• Yukata Female Rankings:
  
  1. Umi Sonoda from Love Live!
  
  
  2. Nozomi Tojo from Love Live!
  
  
  3. Maki Nishikino from Love Live!
  
  
  4. Nico Yazawa from Love Live!
  
  
  5. Hanayo Koizumi from Love Live!
  
  
  6. Kotori Minami from Love Live!
  
  
  7. Haruka Nanami from Uta no Prince Sama
  
  
  8. Kiyoko Shimizu from Haikyuu!! and Eli Ayase from Love Live! (tie)
  
  
  9. Chizuru Yukimura from Hakouōki
  
  
  10. Rin Hoshizora from Love Live!
  
  
  11. Gou Matsuoka from Free!
  
  
  12. Honoka Kousaka from Love Live!
  
  
  13. Kagura from Gintama
  
  
  14. Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online
  
  
  15. Riko Aida from Kuroko’s Basketball
  
  
  16. Anri Sonohara from Durarara!!
  
  
  17. Tsukuyo from Gintama
  
  
  18. Tsukihi Araragi from Monogatari and Yuuko Ichihara from xxxholic (tie)
  
  


• Yukata Male Rankings:
  
  1. Masato Hijirikawa from Uta no Prince Sama
  
  
  2. Seijuro Akashi from Kuroko’s Basketball
  
  
  3. Gintoki Sakata from Gintama
  
  
  4. Makoto Tachibiana from Free! and Tokiya Ichinose from Uta no Prince Sama (tie)
  
  
  5. Japan from Hetalia in pink
  
  
  6. Syo Kurusu from Uta no Prince Sama
  
  
  7. Jinpachi Tōdō from Yowamushi Pedal
  
  
  8. Yasutomo Arakita from Yowamushi Pedal
  
  
  9. Mikazuki Munechika from Touken Ranbu
  
  
  10. Shintarō Midorima from Kuroko’s Basketball
  
  
  11. Hoozuki from Hoozuki no Reitetsu
  
  
  12. Kazuto Kirigaya from Sword Art Online
  
  
  13. Daiki Aomine from Kuroko’s Basketball and Ai Mikaze from Uta no Prince Sama (tie)
  
  
  14. Ranmaru Kurosaki from Uta no Prince Sama and Toshiro Hijikata from Gintama (tie)
  
  
  15. Hajime Saito from Hakuouki, Toshizo Hijikata from Hakuouki and Sougo Okita from Gintama (three-way tie)
  
  

While Love Live! is seen dominating the female rankings, the male rankings are dominated by an assortment of female-oriented anime like UtaPri, Hakuouki, and anime popular to women like Gintama and Kuroko’s Basketball. And while the Otomate app is used by both genders, majority of its users are female, and may be the reason why some of the winners in the female categories are from anime most guys usually don’y watch.

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Fans rank their favorite anime characters who look best in swimwear