Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Character Design
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The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Character Design is a character design award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its third edition in 2019. It is given for the best character design from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
Awarded forBest character design of the previous year
Country
- United States
- Japan
First awardTakahiro Kishida — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (2019)
Currently held bySatoshi Ishino — Gachiakuta (2026)
| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Character Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best character design of the previous year |
| Country |
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| First award | Takahiro Kishida — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (2019) |
| Currently held by | Satoshi Ishino — Gachiakuta (2026) |
| Most wins | Tadashi Hiramatsu (2) |
| Most nominations | Akira Matsushima (3) |
| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
Takahiro Kishida first won the award in 2019 for his character design of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind. In the latest edition in 2026, Satoshi Ishino won the award for his character design of Gachiakuta.[2]
Winners and nominees
In the following list, the first titles 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.
2010s
| Year | Designer(s) | Anime |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 (3rd) [3] | ||
| Takahiro Kishida, original design by Hirohiko Araki | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4) | |
| Akiko Takase | Violet Evergarden | |
| Ayumi Kurashima, original design by Go Nagai | Devilman Crybaby | |
| Kasumi Fukagawa | Zombie Land Saga | |
| Hiroshi Shimizu, original design by Tetsuya Chiba | Megalo Box | |
| Yeti (for Sanrio) | Aggretsuko | |
| 2019 (4th) [4][5] | ||
| Satoshi Iwataki, original design by Hiroyuki Asada | Dororo | |
| Kayoko Ishikawa, original design by Miggy | Sarazanmai | |
| Takahiko Abiru, original design by Makoto Yukimura | Vinland Saga | |
| Tsunenori Saito, original design by Eisaku Kubonouchi | Carole & Tuesday | |
| Yuko Iwasa, original design by Boichi | Dr. Stone | |
| Yuko Yahiro, original design by Aka Akasaka | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War | |
2020s
| Year | Designer(s) | Anime |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (5th) [6] | ||
| Mayuka Itou, original designs by Iro Aida | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun | |
| Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki | BNA: Brand New Animal | |
| Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino, original designs by SIU | Tower of God | |
| Naoyuki Asano, original designs by Sumito Oowara | Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! | |
| Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma | Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon | |
| Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Hirotaka Katō | Great Pretender | |
| 2021 (6th) [7][8] | ||
| Tadashi Hiramatsu, original designs by Gege Akutami | Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) | |
| Michinori Chiba | SK8 the Infinity | |
| Baku Kinoshita and Hiromi Nakayama | Odd Taxi | |
| loundraw and Yuichi Takahashi | Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song | |
| Atsuko Nozaki, original designs by Sōsuke Tōka | Ranking of Kings | |
| Saki Takahashi | Wonder Egg Priority | |
| 2021/2022 (7th) [9][10] | ||
| Akira Matsushima, original design by Koyoharu Gotouge | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2) | |
| Yoh Yoshinari | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | |
| Masanori Shino, original design by Hirohiko Araki | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (season 5) | |
| Kazumasa Ishida, original design by Shinichi Fukuda | My Dress-Up Darling | |
| Atsuko Nozaki, original design by Sōsuke Tōka | Ranking of Kings (cour 2) | |
| Kazuaki Shimada, original design by Tatsuya Endo | Spy × Family | |
| 2022/2023 (8th) [11][12] | ||
| Sayaka Koiso and Tadashi Hiramatsu, original designs by Gege Akutami | Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) | |
| Akira Matsushima, original designs by Koyoharu Gotouge | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3) | |
| Kanna Hirayama, original designs by Mengo Yokoyari | Oshi no Ko | |
| Kazutaka Sugiyama, original designs by Tatsuki Fujimoto | Chainsaw Man | |
| Kouji Hisaki, original designs by Yuji Kaku | Hell's Paradise | |
| Kouji Tajima | Trigun Stampede | |
| 2023/2024 (9th) [13][14] | ||
| Naoyuki Onda, original designs by Yukinobu Tatsu | Dandadan | |
| Akira Matsushima, original designs by Koyoharu Gotouge | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4) | |
| Naoki Takeda, original designs by Ryoko Kui | Delicious in Dungeon | |
| Reiko Nagasawa, original designs by Tsukasa Abe | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | |
| Tetsuya Nishio, original designs by Naoya Matsumoto | Kaiju No. 8 | |
| Yukiko Nakatani, original designs by Touko Shino | The Apothecary Diaries | |
| 2025 (10th) [15][2] | ||
| Satoshi Ishino, original designs by Kei Urana | Gachiakuta | |
| Naoyuki Onda, original designs by Yukinobu Tatsu | Dandadan (season 2) | |
| Kazumasa Ishida, original designs by Shinichi Fukuda | My Dress-Up Darling (season 2) | |
| Midori Matsuda, original designs by Eiichiro Oda | One Piece | |
| Keita Nagahara, original designs by Taizan 5 | Takopi's Original Sin | |
| Yukiko Nakatani, original designs by Touko Shino | The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) |
Records
| Designer | Wins | Nominations | Anime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadashi Hiramatsu | 2 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 1 cour 2, Season 2) | |
| Akira Matsushima | 1 | 3 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc) |
| Naoyuki Onda | 2 | Dandadan (Season 1, Season 2) | |
| Atsuko Nozaki | 0 | Ranking of Kings (Cour 1, Cour 2) | |
| Kazumasa Ishida | My Dress-Up Darling (Season 1, Season 2) | ||
| Yukiko Nakatani | The Apothecary Diaries (Season 1, Season 2) | ||