NARUTOP99

NARUTOP99 was a worldwide poll to determine the most popular character of the original Naruto manga. From December 17, 2022 through January 31, 2023, fans of the series could vote once per day for one of 488 possible characters. The results were announced in April 2023. The special one-shot manga, Naruto Gaiden: Whirlwind in the Vortex, featuring the most popular character and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto, was released July 17, 2023.

The 488 candidates are seemingly compiled from the four supplementary databooks: Rin no Sho, Tō no Sho, Sha no Sho, and Jin no Sho. As such, characters that were not featured in any of the databooks, notably Boruto Uzumaki and his age group, are not included. This also means that some characters are listed twice, notably "Tobi" and "Obito Uchiha".

Results

 * 1) Minato Namikaze (Fourth Hokage) - 792,257 votes
 * 2) Itachi Uchiha - 505,014 votes
 * 3) Sakura Haruno - 489,619 votes
 * 4) Shisui Uchiha - 279,062 votes
 * 5) Kakashi Hatake - 212,403 votes
 * 6) Naruto Uzumaki - 182,911 votes
 * 7) Sakumo Hatake - 170,940 votes
 * 8) Sasuke Uchiha - 170,665 votes
 * 9) Madara Uchiha - 144,947 votes
 * 10) Hinata Hyūga - 144,484 votes
 * 11) Obito Uchiha - 132,252 votes
 * 12) Jiraiya - 117,825 votes
 * 13) Shikamaru Nara - 87,838 votes
 * 14) Tobirama Senju (Second Hokage) - 87,442 votes
 * 15) Gaara (Fifth Kazekage) - 70,557 votes
 * 16) Hashirama Senju (First Hokage) - 66,519 votes
 * 17) Deidara - 56,320 votes
 * 18) Neji Hyūga - 49,526 votes
 * 19) Sasori - 40,732 votes
 * 20) Rock Lee - 39,325 votes
 * 21) Might Guy - 37,391 votes
 * 22) Kurama (Nine-Tails) - 35,017 votes
 * 23) Orochimaru - 29,323 votes
 * 24) Hidan - 28,910 votes
 * 25) Kushina Uzumaki - 27,334 votes
 * 26) Iruka Umino - 26,628 votes
 * 27) Tobi - 22,096 votes
 * 28) Fugaku Uchiha - 21,541 votes
 * 29) Tsunade (Fifth Hokage) - 21,362 votes
 * 30) Ashina Uzumaki - 20,875 votes
 * 31) Nagato - 19,221 votes
 * 32) Zabuza Momochi - 18,498 votes
 * 33) Kaguya Ōtsutsuki - 17,553 votes
 * 34) Haku - 16,728 votes
 * 35) Tenten - 16,693 votes
 * 36) Teuchi - 15,590 votes
 * 37) Konan - 14,322 votes
 * 38) Temari - 13,044 votes
 * 39) Yamato - 10,891 votes
 * 40) Kisame Hoshigaki - 10,577 votes
 * 41) Mito Uzumaki - 10,547 votes
 * 42) Sai - 10,346 votes
 * 43) Deva Path - 10,287 votes
 * 44) Ino Yamanaka - 10,276 votes
 * 45) Hiruzen Sarutobi (Third Hokage) - 9,639 votes
 * 46) Kakuzu - 9,338 votes
 * 47) Kimimaro - 8,785 votes
 * 48) Izuna Uchiha - 8,546 votes
 * 49) Might Duy - 7,990 votes
 * 50) Indra Ōtsutsuki - 7,206 votes
 * 51) Kiba Inuzuka - 7,051 votes
 * 52) Killer B - 6,499 votes
 * 53) Rin Nohara - 6,496 votes
 * 54) Asuma Sarutobi - 6,395 votes
 * 55) Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki - 6,023 votes
 * 56) Shino Aburame - 5,959 votes
 * 57) Genma Shiranui - 5,728 votes
 * 58) Tayuya - 5,449 votes
 * 59) Kabuto Yakushi - 5,082 votes
 * 60) Suigetsu Hōzuki - 5,000 votes
 * 61) Konohamaru Sarutobi - 4,724 votes
 * 62) Kankurō - 4,466 votes
 * 63) Kagami Uchiha - 4,061 votes
 * 64) Mei Terumī (Fifth Mizukage) - 3,843 votes
 * 65) Karin - 3,192 votes
 * 66) Hamura Ōtsutsuki - 3,161 votes
 * 67) Akamaru - 2,926 votes
 * 68) Ashura Ōtsutsuki - 2,871 votes
 * 69) Danzō Shimura - 2,859 votes
 * 70) Darui - 2,849 votes
 * 71) Samui - 2,746 votes
 * 72) Yagura (Fourth Mizukage) - 2,700 votes
 * 73) Utakata - 2,660 votes
 * 74) Hayate Gekkō - 2,657 votes
 * 75) Zetsu - 2,654 votes
 * 76) Yahiko - 2,556 votes
 * 77) Shikaku Nara - 2,553 votes
 * 78) Hikaku Uchiha - 2,545 votes
 * 79) Anko Mitarashi - 2,477 votes
 * 80) Mikoto Uchiha - 2,378 votes
 * 81) Ten-Tails - 2,366 votes
 * 82) Hanabi Hyūga - 2,153 votes
 * 83) Shizune - 2,078 votes
 * 84) Gamabunta - 2,078 votes
 * 85) Otoha - 2,045 votes
 * 86) Chōji Akimichi - 2,003 votes
 * 87) Pakkun - 1,958 votes
 * 88) Chiyo - 1,872 votes
 * 89) Hanzō - 1,808 votes
 * 90) Omoi - 1,780 votes
 * 91) Tonton - 1,667 votes
 * 92) Fū - 1,598 votes
 * 93) Mū (Second Tsuchikage) - 1,523 votes
 * 94) Gengetsu Hōzuki (Second Mizukage) - 1,488 votes
 * 95) Yugito Nii - 1,458 votes
 * 96) Monkey King: Enma - 1,440 votes
 * 97) Gamatatsu - 1,408 votes
 * 98) Ninneko - 1,300 votes
 * 99) Kohada - 1,296 votes

Special Votes
Some additional polls were made available to fans after they voted in the character poll. These polls had only a limited number of options offered, though fans could make their own write-in selection.

What jutsu would you like to be able to use?

 * 1) Shadow Clone Technique - 195,438 votes
 * 2) Kamui - 120,106 votes
 * 3) Infinite Tsukuyomi - 73,638 votes
 * 4) Rasengan - 56,905 votes
 * 5) Chidori - 56,902 votes
 * 6) Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation - 55,911 votes
 * 7) Eight Gates Released Formation - 47,722 votes
 * 8) Shinra Tensei - 37,693 votes
 * 9) Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms - 26,048 votes
 * 10) Shadow Imitation Technique - 22,560 votes


 * Special mention
 * Flying Thunder God Technique
 * Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
 * Sexy Technique

Whose apprentice would you like to become?

 * 1) Minato Namikaze - 59,236 votes
 * 2) Kakashi Hatake - 50,037 votes
 * 3) Jiraiya - 34,215 votes
 * 4) Might Guy - 22,353 votes
 * 5) Asuma Sarutobi - 8,182 votes


 * Special mention
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Iruka Umino

Who would you want to sit next to in class?

 * 1) Itachi Uchiha - 91,542 votes
 * 2) Konan - 38,177 votes
 * 3) Deidara - 30,321 votes
 * 4) Sasori - 15,118 votes
 * 5) Kisame Hoshigaki - 11,777 votes


 * Special mention
 * Nagato
 * Kakuzu

Which fight would you call the best battle of the series?

 * Vote tallies were not provided with the results.


 * 1) Sakura Haruno & Chiyo VS Sasori
 * 2) Naruto Uzumaki VS Sasuke Uchiha
 * 3) Rock Lee VS Gaara
 * 4) Kakashi Hatake VS Obito Uchiha
 * 5) Naruto Uzumaki VS Pain
 * 6) Sasuke Uchiha VS Itachi Uchiha
 * 7) Might Guy VS Madara Uchiha
 * 8) Minato Namikaze VS Masked Man
 * 9) Neji Hyūga VS Kidōmaru
 * 10) Sasuke Uchiha VS Deidara