My Hero Academia Global Character Popularity Poll Results are out

Key takeaways

• The final volume of My Hero Academia was released in 2024, expanding the original ending with over 30 new pages.
• Bakugo won the World's Best Hero Popularity Poll, with Midoriya as runner-up, receiving over 6 million votes worldwide.
• The top 3 characters will compete for a bronze statue, all top 10 characters will receive new portraits by Horikoshi Kohei in 2025.

Despite My Hero Academia Finished in August, the community is more active than ever. Horikoshi Kohei and his staff have been busy announcing new projects related to the series. In December 2024, My Hero Academia Volume 42 was released. As for the final volume, Horikoshi added over 30 new pages, which expanded on the original ending.

Recently, the official website for My Hero Academia revealed the results of the World Best Hero popularity poll. It was well received with over 6 million people voting. Katsuki Bakugo won the vote. Midoriya became the runner-up.

My Hero Academia World Best Hero Results

1. Katsuki Bakugo
2. Midoriya Izuku
3. Todoroki Shoto
4. Shota Aizawa
5. Ejiro Kirishima
6. effort
7. Hawks
8. the left
9. Shigaraki Tomura
10. Neat mono
11. Uraka of Ocha
12. Everything can happen
13. Himiko Toga
14. Denki Kaminari
15. Hitoshi Shinso
16. Tamaki Amaziki
17. Roadie Sol
18. Tenya Ida
19. Fumikage Tokoyami
20. Why Zero?

The rest of the characters can be found on My Hero Academia's official website. The list goes up to 276, so there's a good chance that fans will find their favorites in it.

The website also provides a detailed view of which characters were the most popular in each region. Interestingly, only Midoriya topped Europe, while Bakugo dominated first place in all other regions.

There is another round of popularity poll where the top 3 characters will enter the competition for 24 hours. Whoever wins will be eligible for a bronze statue. The winner will be immortalized forever by the statue.

Also, it's worth noting that all of the characters who make it to the top 10 will receive new portraits drawn by Horikoshi Kohei.

My Hero Academia ending is a bit controversial

My Hero Academia's new ending proved to be polarizing. Fans either love it or hate it. There seems to be no moderation. Some My Hero Academia fans were so outraged by the ending that they began massively blocking Horikoshi Kohei's X (formerly Twitter) account.

2025 will be a big year for My Hero Academia fans as the final season of the anime will be released. Also, two new books will be released during the next year. One of them is a fanbook, while the other is an artbook.

My Hero Academia is available to watch on Crunchyroll.

Source: Official My Hero Academia website