Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Character
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The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Character is fictional character awards given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best anime characters from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
- United States
- Japan
- Protagonist: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya — My Hero Academia
- Antagonist: Gaku Yashiro — Erased
- Boy: Yuri Katsuki — Yuri on Ice
- Girl: Rem — Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World
- (2017)
- Main Character: Sung Jin-woo — Solo Leveling
- Supporting Character: Fern — Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- "Must Protect at All Costs" Character: Anya Forger — Spy x Family
- (2025)
| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Character | |
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| Awarded for | Best anime characters of the previous year |
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| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
Originated as four individual characters awards (Best Protagonist, Best Antagonist, Best Boy, and Best Girl) until 2022, all of which will be consolidated into two categories: Best Main Character and Best Supporting Character, while introducing a new category "Must Protect at All Costs" Character, an award recognizes characters that evoke strong protective instincts in viewers due to their vulnerability or endearing qualities, inspire a strong desire to safeguard them at all costs.
Spy x Family's Anya Forger won the award multiple times, 1 for Best Supporting Character and 3 for "Must Protect at All Costs" Character in consecutive years, the most of any anime characters to date. My Hero Academia holds the records for both the most wins (7) and nominations (18) with Izuku Midoriya received the most with 3 awards out of 7 nominations.
So far, My Hero Academia was the only series to received six nominations in four individual characters categories in a single edition, sweeps all four for the first time; the awards for Best Boy and Best Girl received two nominations from the same series in the second edition.[2]
Current
In the following list, the first names listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
Best Main Character
Best Supporting Character
"Must Protect at All Costs" Character
| Year | Character | Anime |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/2022 (7th) [3][4] | ||
| Anya Forger | Spy × Family | |
| Bojji | Ranking of Kings (cour 2) | |
| Kage | Ranking of Kings | |
| Komi Shōko | Komi Can't Communicate | |
| Kotaro Satō | Kotaro Lives Alone | |
| Marin Kitagawa | My Dress-Up Darling | |
| 2022/2023 (8th) [5][6] | ||
| Anya Forger | Spy × Family (season 1 cour 2) | |
| Bojji | Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage | |
| Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh | Bocchi the Rock! | |
| Miri Unasaka | Buddy Daddies | |
| Pochita | Chainsaw Man | |
| Suletta Mercury | Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury | |
| 2023/2024 (9th) [7][8] | ||
| Anya Forger | Spy × Family (season 2) | |
| Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | |
| Hōjō Tokiyuki | The Elusive Samurai | |
| Ken "Okarun" Takakura | Dandadan | |
| Senshi | Delicious in Dungeon | |
| Yuki Itose | A Sign of Affection | |
| 2025 (10th) [9] | ||
| Anya Forger | Spy × Family (season 3) | |
| Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia: Final Season (season 8) | |
| Kaoruko Waguri | The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity | |
| Maomao | The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) | |
| Suika | Dr. Stone: Science Future (season 4) | |
| Takopi | Takopi's Original Sin |
Former
In the following list, the first names listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
Best Protagonist
Best Antagonist
Best Boy
Best Girl
Records
Anime characters
BOLD indicates the winner
Anime series
BOLD indicates the winner
Single edition
| Edition | Anime | Characters (Categories) | Nominations | Wins |
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| 1st | My Hero Academia |
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4 | 1 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable |
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3 | 0 | |
| Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress | ||||
| Erased |
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2 | 1 | |
| Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World |
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| Mob Psycho 100 |
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0 | ||
| 2nd | My Hero Academia (season 2) |
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6 | 4 |
| The Ancient Magus' Bride |
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3 | 0 | |
| Little Witch Academia |
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2 | ||
| Made in Abyss | ||||
| 3rd | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai |
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3 | 1 |
| Megalobox | 0 | |||
| My Hero Academia (season 3) |
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2 | 2 | |
| Aggretsuko |
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0 | ||
| Golden Kamuy |
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| Zombie Land Saga |
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| 4th | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba |
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3 | 1 |
| The Promised Neverland | ||||
| Dr. Stone |
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2 | ||
| Carole & Tuesday |
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0 | ||
| Dororo |
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| One-Punch Man (season 2) | ||||
| 5th | Jujutsu Kaisen (season 1 cour 1) |
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3 | 1 |
| Dorohedoro | 0 | |||
| Haikyu!! To the Top (season 4) |
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2 | 1 | |
| My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! |
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| Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! |
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0 | ||
| The Misfit of Demon King Academy |
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| Tower of God |
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| 6th | Odd Taxi | 3 | 1 | |
| Tokyo Revengers |
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0 | ||
| Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 1) |
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2 | 1 | |
| Jujutsu Kaisen (season 1 cour 2) |
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| Ranking of Kings |
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| Wonder Egg Priority |
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0 | ||
| 7th | Spy × Family |
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4 | 2 |
| Ranking of Kings (cour 2) |
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0 | ||
| Cyberpunk: Edgerunners |
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2 | ||
| My Dress-Up Darling |
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| 8th | Chainsaw Man | 3 | 0 | |
| Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) |
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2 | 1 | |
| Attack on Titan (The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1) |
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0 | ||
| Bocchi the Rock! |
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| Mob Psycho 100 III (season 3) |
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| 9th | Dandadan |
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5 | |
| Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | 4 | 1 | ||
| The Apothecary Diaries | 2 | 0 | ||
| Delicious in Dungeon |
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| 10th | Dandadan (season 2) |
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4 | |
| The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) |
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| My Hero Academia (Final Season) |
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3 | ||
| Gachiakuta |
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2 |
Consecutive wins
| Category | Character | Anime | No. of wins |
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| Current | |||
| Best Main Character | — | ||
| Best Supporting Character | |||
| "Must Protect At All Costs" Character | Anya Forger | Spy × Family | 3 |
| Former | |||
| Best Protagonist | Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | 2 |
| Best Antagonist | — | ||
| Best Boy | |||
| Best Girl | |||