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.
- Kakashi Hatake – 22,692 votes
- Naruto Uzumaki – 16,729 votes
- Sasuke Uchiha – 13,674 votes
- Iruka Umino – 7,128 votes
- Sakura Haruno – 3,055 votes
- Rock Lee – 2,327 votes
- Gaara – 1,353 votes
- Haku – 1,302 votes
- Zabuza Momochi – 756 votes
- Hinata Hyūga – 553 votes
- Anko Mitarashi – 332 votes
- Neji Hyūga – 288 votes
- Kurenai Yūhi – 217 votes
- Might Guy – 216 votes
- Orochimaru – 199 votes
- Ibiki Morino – 174 votes
- Asuma Sarutobi – 165 votes
- Masashi Kishimoto – 157 votes
- Inari – 156 votes
- Konohamaru Sarutobi – 143 votes
- Kiba Inuzuka – 135 votes
- Kabuto Yakushi – 110 votes
- Team Dosu – 107 votes
- Tenten – 83 votes
- Nine-Tailed Demon Fox – 72 votes
- Temari – 71 votes
- Shikamaru Nara – 66 votes
- Kankurō – 62 votes
- Ebisu – 55 votes
- Ino Yamanaka – 53 votes
Character Poll 2[]
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 107.
- Naruto Uzumaki – 2,788 votes
- Kakashi Hatake – 2,635 votes
- Iruka Umino – 1,562 votes
- Sasuke Uchiha – 1,400 votes
- Rock Lee – 1,013 votes
- Hinata Hyūga – 1,002 votes
- Gaara – 709 votes
- Hayate Gekkō – 590 votes
- Gamabunta – 581 votes
- Jiraiya – 503 votes
- Haku – 434 votes
- Minato Namikaze – 402 votes
- Neji Hyūga – 396 votes
- Sakura Haruno – 359 votes
- Zabuza Momochi – 269 votes
- Shikamaru Nara – 245 votes
- Kiba Inuzuka – 199 votes
- Might Guy – 172 votes
- Nine-Tailed Demon Fox – 170 votes
- Akamaru – 138 votes
- Masashi Kishimoto – 126 votes
- Kabuto Yakushi – 122 votes
- Tadpole – 113 votes
- Shino Aburame – 110 votes
- Anko Mitarashi – 108 votes
- Orochimaru – 105 votes
- Kotetsu Hagane – 100 votes
- Temari – 94 votes
- Asuma Sarutobi – 92 votes
- Tenten – 75 votes
- Kankurō – 64 votes
- Ino Yamanaka – 63 votes
- Itachi Uchiha – 62 votes
- Izumo Kamizuki – 50 votes
- Kurenai Yūhi – 49 votes
- Pochi – 33 votes
- Konohamaru Sarutobi – 29 votes
- Dosu Kinuta – 28 votes
- Squirrel – 26 votes
- Snow hare – 25 votes
- Ninken – 24 votes
- Inari – 24 votes
- Ibiki Morino – 20 votes
- Ebisu – 17 votes
- Unnamed Tokubetsu Jōnin – 17 votes
- Unnamed Anbu – 16 votes
- Kin Tsuchi – 16 votes
- Ningame – 14 votes
- Gama – 14 votes
- Chōji Akimichi – 13 votes
Character Poll 3[]
- Note: The results for this poll have not been verified and may be inaccurate.
- Kakashi Hatake – 8,198 votes
- Naruto Uzumaki – 7,759 votes
- Iruka Umino – 4,627 votes
- Sasuke Uchiha – 3,826 votes
- Shikamaru Nara – 1,788 votes
- Hinata Hyūga – 1,534 votes
- Gaara – 1,413 votes
- Rock Lee – 1,390 votes
- Sakura Haruno – 1,186 votes
- Neji Hyūga – 1,174 votes
- Itachi Uchiha – 1,020 votes
- Shino Aburame – 997 votes
- Might Guy – 896 votes
Character Poll 4[]
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 199.
- Naruto Uzumaki – 7,689 votes
- Kakashi Hatake – 6,560 votes
- Sasuke Uchiha – 4,843 votes
- Shikamaru Nara – 4,700 votes
- Iruka Umino – 3,855 votes
- Neji Hyūga – 3,222 votes
- Rock Lee – 2,522 votes
- Gaara – 1,868 votes
- Itachi Uchiha – 1,619 votes
- Sakura Haruno – 1,348 votes
- Jiraiya – 1,235 votes
- Hinata Hyūga – 1,182 votes
- Tsunade – 1,058 votes
- Haku – 941 votes
- Temari – 930 votes
- Hayate Gekkō – 876 votes
- Kiba Inuzuka – 599 votes
- Might Guy – 567 votes
- Genma Shiranui – 541 votes
- Minato Namikaze – 529 votes
- Chōji Akimichi – 399 votes
- Orochimaru – 345 votes
- Ino Yamanaka – 286 votes
- Akamaru – 271 votes
- Shino Aburame – 253 votes
- Asuma Sarutobi – 237 votes
- Kabuto Yakushi – 237 votes
- Zabuza Momochi – 207 votes
- Tenten – 135 votes
- Anko Mitarashi – 120 votes
Jutsu Poll 1[]
- Rasengan – 5,128 votes
- Lightning Cutter – 4,395 votes
- Chidori – 3,216 votes
- Shadow Imitation Technique – 3,160 votes
- Summoning Technique – 1,897 votes
- Byakugan – 1,728 votes
- Sharingan – 1,639 votes
- Shadow Clone Technique – 1,415 votes
- Reverse Lotus – 1,400 votes
- Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms – 1,162 votes
- Sexy Technique – 1,013 votes
- One Thousand Years of Death – 909 votes
- Dance of the Crescent Moon – 864 votes
- Lion Combo – 700 votes
- Naruto Uzumaki Combo – 666 votes
- Sand Binding Coffin – 641 votes
- Front Lotus – 610 votes
- Tsukuyomi – 597 votes
- Sand Waterfall Funeral – 566 votes
- Harem Technique – 493 votes
Character Poll 5[]
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 245.
- Sasuke Uchiha – 6,647 votes
- Naruto Uzumaki – 5,614 votes
- Kakashi Hatake – 5,430 votes
- Iruka Umino – 4,128 votes
- Shikamaru Nara – 3,003 votes
- Itachi Uchiha – 2,997 votes
- Neji Hyūga – 2,497 votes
- Sakura Haruno – 2,394 votes
- Hinata Hyūga – 1,598 votes
- Gaara – 1,383 votes
- Temari – 1,037 votes
- Kiba Inuzuka – 788 votes
- Rock Lee – 722 votes
- Ino Yamanaka – 717 votes
- Haku – 706 votes
- Tsunade – 595 votes
- Might Guy – 559 votes
- Kimimaro – 478 votes
- Kabuto Yakushi – 473 votes
- Hayate Gekkō – 434 votes
- Shino Aburame – 377 votes
- Minato Namikaze – 345 votes
- Jiraiya – 317 votes
- Tenten – 280 votes
- Tayuya – 225 votes
- Asuma Sarutobi – 221 votes
- Orochimaru – 211 votes
- Kisame Hoshigaki – 202 votes
- Shizune – 163 votes
- Kankurō – 117 votes
Jutsu Poll 2[]
- Rasengan – 6,354 votes
- Chidori – 5,665 votes
- Lightning Cutter – 5,188 votes
- Tsukuyomi – 3,447 votes
- Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms – 1,624 votes
- Summoning Technique – 1,611 votes
- Shadow Imitation Technique – 1,575 votes
- Sharingan – 1,531 votes
- Byakugan – 1,197 votes
- Mangekyō Sharingan – 670 votes
- Shadow–Neck Binding Technique – 653 votes
- Sexy Technique – 617 votes
- Lion Combo – 616 votes
- Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance – 576 votes
- Mind Body Switch Technique – 535 votes
- Reverse Lotus – 513 votes
- Sakura Blizzard Technique – 511 votes
- Harem Technique – 509 votes
- Shadow Clone Technique – 499 votes
- One Thousand Years of Death – 490 votes
Character Poll 6[]
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 292.
- Sasuke Uchiha – 3,242 votes
- Kakashi Hatake – 2,916 votes
- Deidara – 2,555 votes
- Naruto Uzumaki – 2,283 votes
- Iruka Umino – 2,232 votes
- Sasori – 1,949 votes
- Gaara – 1,934 votes
- Neji Hyūga – 1,785 votes
- Minato Namikaze – 1,458 votes
- Shikamaru Nara – 1,409 votes
- Itachi Uchiha – 1,369 votes
- Sakura Haruno – 1,359 votes
- Hinata Hyūga – 1,048 votes
- Kabuto Yakushi – 829 votes
- Kiba Inuzuka – 677 votes
- Temari – 671 votes
- Ino Yamanaka – 662 votes
- Rock Lee – 640 votes
- Kankurō – 519 votes
- Might Guy – 503 votes
- Asuma Sarutobi – 449 votes
- Tenten – 395 votes
- Hayate Gekkō – 283 votes
- Orochimaru – 237 votes
- Genma Shiranui – 230 votes
- Shino Aburame – 226 votes
- Haku – 168 votes
- Tayuya – 164 votes
- Tsunade – 161 votes
- 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.
- Kakashi Hatake – 48,431 votes
- Naruto Uzumaki – 42,862 votes
- Sasuke Uchiha – 33,632 votes
- Iruka Umino – 23,532 votes
- Shikamaru Nara – 11,211 votes
- Sakura Haruno – 9,701 votes
- Neji Hyūga – 9,362 votes
- Gaara – 8,660 votes
- Rock Lee – 8,614 votes
- Itachi Uchiha – 7,067 votes
- Hinata Hyūga – 6,917 votes
- Haku – 3,551 votes
- Might Guy – 2,913 votes
- Temari – 2,803 votes
- Minato Namikaze – 2,734 votes
- Deidara – 2,555 votes
- Kiba Inuzuka – 2,398 votes
- Hayate Gekkō – 2,183 votes
- Jiraiya – 2,055 votes
- 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[]
- Naruto Uzumaki – 38%
- Shikamaru Nara – 12%
- Hinata Hyūga – 11%
- Neji Hyūga – 8%
- Sakura Haruno and Rock Lee – 5%
- Kakashi Hatake and Kiba Inuzuka – 4%
- Shino Aburame – 2%
Akatsuki Poll[]
- Sasuke Uchiha – 28%
- Itachi Uchiha – 20%
- Pain and Tobi – 10%
- Deidara – 7%
- Suigetsu Hōzuki – 5%
- Konan – 4%
- Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori, and Hidan – 3%
- Zetsu – 2%
- Karin and Kakuzu – 1%
Character Poll 7[]
Results for this poll were given with manga chapter 531.
- Naruto Uzumaki – 6,880 votes
- Sasuke Uchiha – 5,791 votes
- Kakashi Hatake – 4,828 votes
- Gaara – 4,239 votes
- Itachi Uchiha – 4,011 votes
- Deidara – 3,623 votes
- Minato Namikaze – 3,477 votes
- Sasori – 3,152 votes
- Shikamaru Nara – 2,533 votes
- Hinata Hyūga – 2,517 votes
- Iruka Umino – 2,494 votes
- Sakura Haruno – 2,188 votes
- Sai – 2,188 votes
- Yamato – 1,925 votes
- Neji Hyūga – 1,794 votes
- Jiraiya – 1,723 votes
- Hidan – 1,635 votes
- Temari – 1,628 votes
- Tobi – 1,621 votes
- Rock Lee – 1,597 votes
- Kushina Uzumaki – 1,338 votes
- Kisame Hoshigaki – 1,320 votes
- Pain – 1,320 votes
- Konan – 1,320 votes
- Killer B – 1,312 votes
- Might Guy – 1,299 votes
- Kankurō – 1,214 votes
- Kiba Inuzuka – 1,079 votes
- Ino Yamanaka – 989 votes
- Shino Aburame – 989 votes
- Karin – 862 votes
- Tenten – 723 votes
- Tsunade – 667 votes
- Suigetsu Hōzuki – 539 votes
- Torune – 539 votes
- Kakuzu -381 votes
- Fū – 212 votes
- Kotetsu Hagane – 212 votes
- Haku – 212 votes
- Kabuto Yakushi – 212 votes
- Izumo Kamizuki – 83 votes
- Zabuza Momochi – 72 votes
- Danzō Shimura – 54 votes
- Orochimaru – 27 votes
- Zetsu – 27 votes
- Utakata – 27 votes
- Inomatsu – 27 votes
- Samui – 27 votes
- Kimimaro – 19 votes
- Nagato – 19 votes
- Obito Uchiha – 19 votes
- Nine-Tails – 19 votes
- Animal Path – 15 votes
- Tayuya – 15 votes
- Asuma Sarutobi – 15 votes
- Eight-Tails – 12 votes
- Omoi – 12 votes
- Rin – 9 votes
- Tobirama Senju – 9 votes
- Masashi Kishimoto – 9 votes
- Yahiko – 9 votes
- Mei Terumī – 8 votes
- Hayate Gekkō – 8 votes
- Genma Shiranui – 8 votes
- Chōji Akimichi – 8 votes
- Jūgo – 8 votes
- Anko Mitarashi – 8 votes
- Shisui Uchiha – 7 votes
- Darui – 7 votes
- Ao – 7 votes
- Yagura – 7 votes
- Konohamaru – 7 votes
- C – 7 votes
- Shizune – 7 votes
- Hashirama Senju – 7 votes
- Sage of the Six Paths – 6 votes
- Pakkun – 6 votes
- Shin – 6 votes
- A – 6 votes
- Chōjūrō – 6 votes
- Tokuma Hyūga – 6 votes
- Akamaru – 6 votes
- Kurenai Yūhi – 6 votes
- Yamato's headgear – 6 votes
- Hiruzen Sarutobi – 6 votes
- Amaru – 6 votes
- 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.