During last December’s Jump Festa, the ultimate Naruto character poll called NARUTOP99 was announced. Fans from around the world could vote for their favourite character from Masashi Kishimoto’s manga, and the winning character would get their own one-shot manga.
Polls were open between December 17th, 2022 until January 31st, 2023, limited to one vote a day, with the results being revealed in April 2023.
The wait is now over, with the outcome posted in a 17-minute long video shared on YouTube. Approximately 4.6 million votes were cast across 45 days with the clear winner declared as the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Kishimoto had originally planned to draw the top 20 characters, but decided to add both Might Guy and Kurama, numbers 21 and 22 respectively, in the artwork. He was hoping to include the Nine Tails as he figured the fox demon would break the top 20, but did so anyways.
Here’s the full list of all top 99 characters from the poll, in reverse order.
- Kohada
- Ninja Cats
- Gamatatsu
- Monkey King Enma
- Yugito Ni’i
- Gengetsu Hozuki
- Mu
- Foo
- Tonton
- Omoi
- Hanzo
- Chiyo
- Pakkun
- Choji Akamichi
- Otoha
- Gamabunta
- Shizune
- Hanabi Hyuga
- Ten Tails
- Mikoto Uchiha
- Anko Mitarashi
- Hikaku Uchiha
- Shikaku Nara
- Yahiko
- Zetsu
- Hayate Gekko
- Utakata
- Yagura
- Samui
- Darui
- Danzo Shimura
- Ashura Otsutsuki
- Akamaru
- Hamura Otsutsuki
- Karin
- Mei Terumi
- Kagami Uchiha
- Kankuro
- Konohamaru Sarutobi
- Suigetsu Hozuki
- Kabuto Yakushi
- Tayuya
- Genma Shiranui
- Shino Aburame
- Hagoromo Otsutsuki
- Asuma Sarutobi
- Rin Nohara
- Killer Bee
- Kiba Inuzuka
- Indra Otsutsuki
- Might Dai
- Izuna Uchiha
- Kimimaro
- Kakuzu
- Hiruzen Sarutobi
- Ino Yamanaka
- Tendo
- Sai
- Mito Uzumaki
- Kisame Hoshigaki
- Yamato
- Temari
- Konan
- Teuchi
- Tenten
- Haku
- Kaguya Otsutsuki
- Zabuza Momochi
- Nagato
- Ashina Uzumaki
- Tsunade
- Fugaku Uchiha
- Tobi
- Iruka Umino
- Kushina Uzumaki
- Hidan
- Orochimaru
- Kurama
- Might Guy
- Rock Lee
- Sasori
- Neji Hyuga
- Deidara
- Hashirama Senju
- Gaara
- Tobirama Senju
- Shikamaru Nara
- Jiraiya
- Obito Uchiha
- Hinata Hyuga
- Madara Uchiha
- Sasuke Uchiha
- Sakumo Hatake
- Naruto Uzumaki
- Kakashi Hatake
- Shisui Uchiha
- Sakura Haruno
- Itachi Uchiha
- Minato Namikaze
Minato will get his own one-shot manga drawn by Masashi Kishimoto, which is expected at a later date.
Source: NARUTOP99
©1999 by Masashi Kishimoto/ SHUEISHA Inc.
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