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 2011.

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

 * Note: The results for this poll have not been verified and may be inaccurate.


 * 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

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 – 3,551 votes
 * 13) Might Guy – 2,913 votes
 * 14) Temari – 2,803 votes
 * 15) Minato Namikaze – 2,734 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 – 1,963 votes

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 531.


 * 1) Naruto Uzumaki – 6,880 votes
 * 2) Sasuke Uchiha – 5,791 votes
 * 3) Kakashi Hatake – 4,828 votes
 * 4) Gaara – 4,239 votes
 * 5) Itachi Uchiha – 4,011 votes
 * 6) Deidara – 3,623 votes
 * 7) Minato Namikaze – 3,477 votes
 * 8) Sasori – 3,152 votes
 * 9) Shikamaru Nara – 2,533 votes
 * 10) Hinata Hyūga – 2,517 votes
 * 11) Iruka Umino – 2,494 votes
 * 12) Sakura Haruno – 2,188 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
 * 31) Karin – 862 votes
 * 32) Tenten – 723 votes
 * 33) Tsunade – 667 votes
 * 34) Suigetsu Hōzuki – 539 votes
 * 35) Torune – 539 votes
 * 36) Kakuzu -381 votes
 * 37) Fū – 212 votes
 * 38) Kotetsu Hagane – 212 votes
 * 39) Haku – 212 votes
 * 40) Kabuto Yakushi – 212 votes
 * 41) Izumo Kamizuki – 83 votes
 * 42) Zabuza Momochi – 72 votes
 * 43) Danzō Shimura – 54 votes
 * 44) Orochimaru – 27 votes
 * 45) Zetsu – 27 votes
 * 46) Utakata – 27 votes
 * 47) Inomatsu – 27 votes
 * 48) Samui – 27 votes
 * 49) Kimimaro – 19 votes
 * 50) Nagato – 19 votes
 * 51) Obito Uchiha – 19 votes
 * 52) Nine-Tails – 19 votes
 * 53) Animal Path – 15 votes
 * 54) Tayuya – 15 votes
 * 55) Asuma Sarutobi – 15 votes
 * 56) Eight-Tails – 12 votes
 * 57) Omoi – 12 votes
 * 58) Rin – 9 votes
 * 59) Tobirama Senju – 9 votes
 * 60) Masashi Kishimoto – 9 votes
 * 61) Yahiko – 9 votes
 * 62) Mei Terumī – 8 votes
 * 63) Hayate Gekkō – 8 votes
 * 64) Genma Shiranui – 8 votes
 * 65) Chōji Akimichi – 8 votes
 * 66) Jūgo – 8 votes
 * 67) Anko Mitarashi – 8 votes
 * 68) Shisui Uchiha – 7 votes
 * 69) Darui – 7 votes
 * 70) Ao – 7 votes
 * 71) Yagura – 7 votes
 * 72) Konohamaru – 7 votes
 * 73) C – 7 votes
 * 74) Shizune – 7 votes
 * 75) Hashirama Senju – 7 votes
 * 76) Sage of the Six Paths – 6 votes
 * 77) Pakkun – 6 votes
 * 78) Shin – 6 votes
 * 79) A  – 6 votes
 * 80) Chōjūrō – 6 votes
 * 81) Tokuma Hyūga – 6 votes
 * 82) Akamaru – 6 votes
 * 83) Kurenai Yūhi – 6 votes
 * 84) Yamato's headgear – 6 votes
 * 85) Hiruzen Sarutobi – 6 votes
 * 86) Amaru – 6 votes
 * 87) Fū – 6 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 Gaara are four characters that have always been on the Top 10 list.