Naruto Character Popularity Polls

For the first few years of  Naruto' s publication, an annual character popularity poll was held. Readers could vote for their favourite character and the results would be included with a later chapter. The top-ranking characters are drawn together in a two-page colour spread. Some of the later polls also included a jutsu popularity poll. The most recent poll was in 2013.

Character Poll 1
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 60.


 * 1) Kakashi Hatake - 22,692 votes
 * 2) Naruto Uzumaki - 16,729 votes
 * 3) Sasuke Uchiha - 13,674 votes
 * 4) Iruka Umino - 7,128 votes
 * 5) Sakura Haruno - 3,055 votes
 * 6) Rock Lee - 2,327 votes
 * 7) Gaara - 1,353 votes
 * 8) Haku - 1,302 votes
 * 9) Zabuza Momochi - 756 votes
 * 10) Hinata Hyūga - 553 votes
 * 11) Anko Mitarashi - 332 votes
 * 12) Neji Hyūga - 288 votes
 * 13) Kurenai Yūhi - 217 votes
 * 14) Might Guy - 216 votes
 * 15) Orochimaru - 199 votes
 * 16) Ibiki Morino - 174 votes
 * 17) Asuma Sarutobi - 165 votes
 * 18) Masashi Kishimoto - 157 votes
 * 19) Inari - 156 votes
 * 20) Konohamaru Sarutobi - 143 votes
 * 21) Kiba Inuzuka - 135 votes
 * 22) Kabuto Yakushi - 110 votes
 * 23) Team Dosu - 107 votes
 * 24) Tenten - 83 votes
 * 25) Nine-Tailed Demon Fox - 72 votes
 * 26) Temari - 71 votes
 * 27) Shikamaru Nara - 66 votes
 * 28) Kankurō - 62 votes
 * 29) Ebisu - 55 votes
 * 30) Ino Yamanaka - 53 votes

Character Poll 2
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 107.


 * 1) Naruto Uzumaki - 2,788 votes
 * 2) Kakashi Hatake - 2,635 votes
 * 3) Iruka Umino - 1,562 votes
 * 4) Sasuke Uchiha - 1,400 votes
 * 5) Rock Lee - 1,013 votes
 * 6) Hinata Hyūga - 1,002 votes
 * 7) Gaara - 709 votes
 * 8) Hayate Gekkō - 590 votes
 * 9) Gamabunta - 581 votes
 * 10) Jiraiya - 503 votes
 * 11) Haku - 434 votes
 * 12) Minato Namikaze - 402 votes
 * 13) Neji Hyūga - 396 votes
 * 14) Sakura Haruno - 359 votes
 * 15) Zabuza Momochi - 269 votes
 * 16) Shikamaru Nara - 245 votes
 * 17) Kiba Inuzuka - 199 votes
 * 18) Might Guy - 172 votes
 * 19) Nine-Tailed Demon Fox - 170 votes
 * 20) Akamaru - 138 votes
 * 21) Masashi Kishimoto - 126 votes
 * 22) Kabuto Yakushi - 122 votes
 * 23) Tadpole - 113 votes
 * 24) Shino Aburame - 110 votes
 * 25) Anko Mitarashi - 108 votes
 * 26) Orochimaru - 105 votes
 * 27) Kotetsu Hagane - 100 votes
 * 28) Temari - 94 votes
 * 29) Asuma Sarutobi - 92 votes
 * 30) Tenten - 75 votes
 * 31) Kankurō - 64 votes
 * 32) Ino Yamanaka - 63 votes
 * 33) Itachi Uchiha - 62 votes
 * 34) Izumo Kamizuki - 50 votes
 * 35) Kurenai Yūhi - 49 votes
 * 36) Pochi - 33 votes
 * 37) Konohamaru Sarutobi - 29 votes
 * 38) Dosu Kinuta - 28 votes
 * 39) Squirrel - 26 votes
 * 40) Snow hare - 25 votes
 * 41) Ninken - 24 votes
 * 42) Inari - 24 votes
 * 43) Ibiki Morino - 20 votes
 * 44) Ebisu - 17 votes
 * 45) Unnamed Tokubetsu Jōnin - 17 votes
 * 46) Unnamed ANBU - 16 votes
 * 47) Kin Tsuchi - 16 votes
 * 48) Ningame - 14 votes
 * 49) Gama - 14 votes
 * 50) Chōji Akimichi - 13 votes

Character Poll 3

 * 1) Kakashi Hatake - 8,198 votes
 * 2) Naruto Uzumaki - 7,759 votes
 * 3) Iruka Umino - 4,627 votes
 * 4) Sasuke Uchiha - 3,826 votes
 * 5) Shikamaru Nara - 1,788 votes
 * 6) Hinata Hyūga - 1,534 votes
 * 7) Gaara - 1,413 votes
 * 8) Rock Lee - 1,390 votes
 * 9) Sakura Haruno - 1,186 votes
 * 10) Neji Hyūga - 1,174 votes
 * 11) Itachi Uchiha - 1,020 votes
 * 12) Shino Aburame - 997 votes
 * 13) Might Guy - 896 votes

Character Poll 4
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 199.


 * 1) Naruto Uzumaki - 7,689 votes
 * 2) Kakashi Hatake - 6,560 votes
 * 3) Sasuke Uchiha - 4,843 votes
 * 4) Shikamaru Nara - 4,700 votes
 * 5) Iruka Umino - 3,855 votes
 * 6) Neji Hyūga - 3,222 votes
 * 7) Rock Lee - 2,522 votes
 * 8) Gaara - 1,868 votes
 * 9) Itachi Uchiha - 1,619 votes
 * 10) Sakura Haruno - 1,348 votes
 * 11) Jiraiya - 1,235 votes
 * 12) Hinata Hyūga - 1,182 votes
 * 13) Tsunade - 1,058 votes
 * 14) Haku - 941 votes
 * 15) Temari - 930 votes
 * 16) Hayate Gekkō - 876 votes
 * 17) Kiba Inuzuka - 599 votes
 * 18) Might Guy - 567 votes
 * 19) Genma Shiranui - 541 votes
 * 20) Minato Namikaze - 529 votes
 * 21) Chōji Akimichi - 399 votes
 * 22) Orochimaru - 345 votes
 * 23) Ino Yamanaka - 286 votes
 * 24) Akamaru - 271 votes
 * 25) Shino Aburame - 253 votes
 * 26) Asuma Sarutobi – 237 votes
 * 27) Kabuto Yakushi - 237 votes
 * 28) Zabuza Momochi - 207 votes
 * 29) Tenten - 135 votes
 * 30) Anko Mitarashi - 120 votes

Jutsu Poll 1

 * 1) Rasengan - 5,128 votes
 * 2) Lightning Cutter - 4,395 votes
 * 3) Chidori - 3,216 votes
 * 4) Shadow Imitation Technique - 3,160 votes
 * 5) Summoning Technique - 1,897 votes
 * 6) Byakugan - 1,728 votes
 * 7) Sharingan - 1,639 votes
 * 8) Shadow Clone Technique - 1,415 votes
 * 9) Reverse Lotus - 1,400 votes
 * 10) Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms - 1,162 votes
 * 11) Sexy Technique - 1,013 votes
 * 12) One Thousand Years of Death - 909 votes
 * 13) Dance of the Crescent Moon - 864 votes
 * 14) Lion Combo - 700 votes
 * 15) Naruto Uzumaki Combo - 666 votes
 * 16) Sand Binding Coffin - 641 votes
 * 17) Front Lotus - 610 votes
 * 18) Tsukuyomi - 597 votes
 * 19) Sand Waterfall Funeral - 566 votes
 * 20) Harem Technique - 493 votes

Character Poll 5
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 245.


 * 1) Sasuke Uchiha - 6,647 votes
 * 2) Naruto Uzumaki - 5,614 votes
 * 3) Kakashi Hatake - 5,430 votes
 * 4) Iruka Umino - 4,128 votes
 * 5) Shikamaru Nara - 3,003 votes
 * 6) Itachi Uchiha - 2,997 votes
 * 7) Neji Hyūga - 2,497 votes
 * 8) Sakura Haruno - 2,394 votes
 * 9) Hinata Hyūga - 1,598 votes
 * 10) Gaara - 1,383 votes
 * 11) Temari - 1,037 votes
 * 12) Kiba Inuzuka - 788 votes
 * 13) Rock Lee - 722 votes
 * 14) Ino Yamanaka - 717 votes
 * 15) Haku - 706 votes
 * 16) Tsunade - 595 votes
 * 17) Might Guy - 559 votes
 * 18) Kimimaro - 478 votes
 * 19) Kabuto Yakushi - 473 votes
 * 20) Hayate Gekkō - 434 votes
 * 21) Shino Aburame - 377 votes
 * 22) Minato Namikaze - 345 votes
 * 23) Jiraiya - 317 votes
 * 24) Tenten - 280 votes
 * 25) Tayuya - 225 votes
 * 26) Asuma Sarutobi - 221 votes
 * 27) Orochimaru - 211 votes
 * 28) Kisame Hoshigaki - 202 votes
 * 29) Shizune - 163 votes
 * 30) Kankurō - 117 votes

Jutsu Poll 2

 * 1) Rasengan - 6,354 votes
 * 2) Chidori - 5,665 votes
 * 3) Lightning Cutter - 5,188 votes
 * 4) Tsukuyomi - 3,447 votes
 * 5) Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms - 1,624 votes
 * 6) Summoning Technique - 1,611 votes
 * 7) Shadow Imitation Technique - 1,575 votes
 * 8) Sharingan - 1,531 votes
 * 9) Byakugan - 1,197 votes
 * 10) Mangekyō Sharingan - 670 votes
 * 11) Shadow–Neck Binding Technique - 653 votes
 * 12) Sexy Technique - 617 votes
 * 13) Lion Combo - 616 votes
 * 14) Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance - 576 votes
 * 15) Mind Body Switch Technique - 535 votes
 * 16) Reverse Lotus - 513 votes
 * 17) Sakura Blizzard Technique - 511 votes
 * 18) Harem Technique - 509 votes
 * 19) Shadow Clone Technique - 499 votes
 * 20) One Thousand Years of Death - 490 votes

Character Poll 6
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 292.


 * 1) Sasuke Uchiha - 3,242 votes
 * 2) Kakashi Hatake - 2,916 votes
 * 3) Deidara - 2,555 votes
 * 4) Naruto Uzumaki - 2,283 votes
 * 5) Iruka Umino - 2,232 votes
 * 6) Sasori - 1,949 votes
 * 7) Gaara - 1,934 votes
 * 8) Neji Hyūga - 1,785 votes
 * 9) Minato Namikaze - 1,458 votes
 * 10) Shikamaru Nara - 1,409 votes
 * 11) Itachi Uchiha - 1,369 votes
 * 12) Sakura Haruno - 1,359 votes
 * 13) Hinata Hyūga - 1,048 votes
 * 14) Kabuto Yakushi - 829 votes
 * 15) Kiba Inuzuka - 677 votes
 * 16) Temari - 671 votes
 * 17) Ino Yamanaka - 662 votes
 * 18) Rock Lee - 640 votes
 * 19) Kankurō - 519 votes
 * 20) Might Guy - 503 votes
 * 21) Asuma Sarutobi - 449 votes
 * 22) Tenten - 395 votes
 * 23) Hayate Gekkō - 283 votes
 * 24) Orochimaru - 237 votes
 * 25) Genma Shiranui - 230 votes
 * 26) Shino Aburame - 226 votes
 * 27) Haku - 168 votes
 * 28) Tayuya - 164 votes
 * 29) Tsunade - 161 votes
 * 30) Kimimaro - 148 votes

Naruto Databook 3 Character Poll
The third Naruto databook compiled the results of the first six polls to determine the most popular characters overall.


 * 1) Kakashi Hatake - 48,431 votes
 * 2) Naruto Uzumaki - 42,862 votes
 * 3) Sasuke Uchiha - 33,632 votes
 * 4) Iruka Umino - 23,532 votes
 * 5) Shikamaru Nara - 11,211 votes
 * 6) Sakura Haruno - 9,701 votes
 * 7) Neji Hyūga - 9,362 votes
 * 8) Gaara - 8,660 votes
 * 9) Rock Lee - 8,614 votes
 * 10) Itachi Uchiha - 7,067 votes
 * 11) Hinata Hyūga - 6,917 votes
 * 12) Haku - 3,351 votes
 * 13) Might Guy - 2,913 votes
 * 14) Temari – 2,803 votes
 * 15) Minato Namikaze - 2,735 votes
 * 16) Deidara - 2,555 votes
 * 17) Kiba Inuzuka - 2,398 votes
 * 18) Hayate Gekkō - 2,183 votes
 * 19) Jiraiya - 2,055 votes
 * 20) Shino Aburame - 1,853 votes
 * 21) Tsunade - 1,814 votes
 * 22) Ino Yamanaka - 1,781 votes
 * 23) Kabuto Yakushi - 1,772 votes
 * 24) Zabuza Momochi - 1,232 votes
 * 25) Asuma Sarutobi - 1,164 votes
 * 26) Orochimaru - 1,097 votes
 * 27) Tenten - 968 votes
 * 28) Genma Shiranui - 771 votes
 * 29) Kankurō - 645 votes
 * 30) Kimimaro - 626 votes
 * 31) Gamabunta - 581 votes
 * 32) Anko Mitarashi - 580 votes
 * 33) Chōji Akimichi - 412 votes
 * 34) Akamaru - 409 votes
 * 35) Masashi Kishimoto - 283 votes
 * 36) Kurenai Yūhi - 266 votes
 * 37) Nine-Tailed Demon Fox - 242 votes
 * 38) Ibiki Morino - 194 votes
 * 39) Inari - 180 votes
 * 40) Konohamaru Sarutobi - 172 votes
 * 41) Tayuya - 164 votes
 * 42) Tsunade - 161 votes
 * 43) Kimimaro - 148 votes

Naruto Tenth Anniversary Poll
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Naruto, the English Shonen Jump held two popularity polls: voters' favourite Konoha ninja and favourite member of Akatsuki.

Konohagakure Poll

 * 1) Naruto Uzumaki - 38%
 * 2) Shikamaru Nara - 12%
 * 3) Hinata Hyūga - 11%
 * 4) Neji Hyūga - 8%
 * 5) Sakura Haruno and Rock Lee - 5%
 * 6) Kakashi Hatake and Kiba Inuzuka - 4%
 * 7) Shino Aburame - 2%

Akatsuki Poll

 * 1) Sasuke Uchiha - 28%
 * 2) Itachi Uchiha - 20%
 * 3) Pain and Tobi - 10%
 * 4) Deidara - 7%
 * 5) Suigetsu Hōzuki - 5%
 * 6) Konan - 4%
 * 7) Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori, and Hidan - 3%
 * 8) Zetsu - 2%
 * 9) Karin and Kakuzu - 1%

Character Poll 7
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 282.


 * 1) Naruto Uzumaki - 6,955 votes
 * 2) Kakashi Hatake - 6,023 votes
 * 3) Gaara - 5,400 votes
 * 4) Shikamaru Nara - 4,010 votes
 * 5) Iruka Umino - 3,722 votes
 * 6) Sakura Haruno - 3,557 votes
 * 7) Rock Lee - 3,550 votes
 * 8) Sasuke Uchiha - 3,228 votes
 * 9) Might Guy - 3,197 votes
 * 10) Neji Hyūga - 3,077 votes
 * 11) Deidara - 3,055 votes
 * 12) Tsunade - 3,012 votes
 * 13) Jiraiya - 2,997 votes
 * 14) Itachi Uchiha - 2,975 votes
 * 15) Tenten - 2,954 votes
 * 16) Chiyo - 2,787 votes
 * 17) Sasori - 2,522 votes
 * 18) Temari - 2,445 votes
 * 19) Kankurō - 2,234 votes
 * 20) Hinata Hyūga - 2,100 votes
 * 21) Shizune - 1,987 votes
 * 22) Kiba Inuzuka - 1,775 votes
 * 23) Shino Aburame - 1,710 votes
 * 24) Ino Yamanaka - 1,555 votes
 * 25) Kisame Hoshigaki - 1,540 votes
 * 26) Choji Akimichi - 1,112 votes
 * 27) Orochimaru - 1,010 votes
 * 28) Kabuto Yakushi - 920 votes
 * 29) Asuma Sarutobi - 833 votes
 * 30) Kurenai Yūhi - 720 votes

Character Poll 8
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 360.


 * 1) Naruto Uzumaki - 9,928 votes
 * 2) Sasuke Uchiha - 8,852 votes
 * 3) Deidara - 8,005 votes
 * 4) Kakashi Hatake - 7,994 votes
 * 5) Gaara - 6,986 votes
 * 6) Itachi Uchiha - 6,110 votes
 * 7) Shikamaru Nara - 6,001 votes
 * 8) Hinata Hyūga - 5,789 votes
 * 9) Iruka Umino - 5,023 votes
 * 10) Sai - 4,221 votes
 * 11) Sakura Haruno - 4,009 votes
 * 12) Rock Lee - 3,889 votes
 * 13) Neji Hyūga - 3,888 votes
 * 14) Jiraiya - 3,756 votes
 * 15) Hidan - 3,476 votes
 * 16) Yamato - 3,336 votes
 * 17) Sasori - 3,225 votes
 * 18) Kiba Inuzuka - 2,977 votes
 * 19) Shino Aburame - 2,775 votes
 * 20) Minato Namikaze - 2,446 votes
 * 21) Tenten - 2,222 votes
 * 22) Orochimaru - 2,220 votes
 * 23) Choji - 2,205 votes
 * 24) Ino Yamanaka - 2,205 votes
 * 25) Temari - 2,014 votes
 * 26) Kankurō - 1,521 votes
 * 27) Kushina Uzumaki - 1,277 votes
 * 28) Tsunade - 990 votes
 * 29) Kabuto Yakushi - 959 votes
 * 30) Kurenai Yūhi - 917 votes
 * 31) Asuma Sarutobi - 826 votes
 * 32) Tobi - 778 votes
 * 33) Zetsu - 707 votes
 * 34) Kisame Hoshigaki - 655 votes

Character Poll 9
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 531.


 * 1) Naruto Uzumaki - 8,880 votes
 * 2) Sasuke Uchiha - 7,791 votes
 * 3) Kakashi Hatake - 6,828 votes
 * 4) Gaara - 6,239 votes
 * 5) Itachi Uchiha - 6,011 votes
 * 6) Deidara - 5,623 votes
 * 7) Minato Namikaze - 5,477 votes
 * 8) Sasori - 5,152 votes
 * 9) Shikamaru Nara - 4,533 votes
 * 10) Hinata Hyūga - 4,517 votes
 * 11) Iruka Umino - 4,494 votes
 * 12) Sakura Haruno - 3,188 votes
 * 13) Sai - 2,188 votes
 * 14) Yamato - 1,925 votes
 * 15) Neji Hyūga - 1,794 votes
 * 16) Jiraiya - 1,723 votes
 * 17) Hidan - 1,635 votes
 * 18) Temari - 1,628 votes
 * 19) Tobi - 1,621 votes
 * 20) Rock Lee - 1,597 votes
 * 21) Kushina Uzumaki - 1,338 votes
 * 22) Kisame Hoshigaki - 1,320 votes
 * 23) Pain - 1,320 votes
 * 24) Konan - 1,320 votes
 * 25) Killer B - 1,312 votes
 * 26) Might Guy - 1,299 votes
 * 27) Kankurō - 1,214 votes
 * 28) Kiba Inuzuka - 1,079 votes
 * 29) Ino Yamanaka - 989 votes
 * 30) Shino Aburame - 989 votes

Character Poll 10
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 584.


 * 1) Naruto Uzumaki - 9,889 votes
 * 2) Sasuke Uchiha - 8,099 votes
 * 3) Kakashi Hatake - 7,568 votes
 * 4) Gaara - 6,788 votes
 * 5) Itachi Uchiha - 6,555 votes
 * 6) Minato Namikaze - 6,222 votes
 * 7) Shikamaru Nara - 6,220 votes
 * 8) Hinata Hyūga - 5,789 votes
 * 9) Iruka Umino - 5,444 votes
 * 10) Sakura Haruno - 4,905 votes
 * 11) Might Guy - 4,899 votes
 * 12) Deidara - 4,009 votes
 * 13) Neji Hyūga - 3,975 votes
 * 14) Killer B - 3,556 votes
 * 15) Tobi -  3,109 votes
 * 16) Sasori - 2,975 votes
 * 17) Jiraiya - 2,875 votes
 * 18) Yamato - 2,333 votes
 * 19) Kiba Inuzuka - 2,097 votes
 * 20) Shino Aburame - 1,907 votes
 * 21) Temari - 1,782 votes
 * 22) Kushina Uzumaki - 1,711 votes
 * 23) Kankurō - 1,567 votes
 * 24) Hidan - 1,328 votes
 * 25) Pain - 1,245 votes
 * 26) Kisame Hoshigaki - 1,207 votes
 * 27) Ino Yamanaka - 1,092 votes
 * 28) Konan - 1,042 votes
 * 29) Tenten - 1,009 votes
 * 30) Kabuto Yakushi - 999 votes
 * 31) Orochimaru - 975 votes
 * 32) Tsunade - 972 votes
 * 33) Chōji Akimichi - 970 votes
 * 34) Madara Uchiha - 922 votes
 * 35) Zetsu - 845 votes

Trivia

 * In the Third Naruto Databook, Itachi won the "Which shinobi you would like as your older brother" poll with 158 votes.
 * Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi and Iruka are 4 characters that have always been on the Top 10 list.