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Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!
Cover of the first issue of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!
CategoriesLight novels
FrequencyAnnually
PublisherTakarajimasha
First issueNovember 26, 2004
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (このライトノベルがすごい!, Kono Raito Noberu ga Sugoi!, lit. This Light Novel is Amazing!) is an annual light novel guide book published by Takarajimasha. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten most popular light novels according to readers polled on the Internet and votes from "collaborators" (critics, influencers, and other people related to the light novel industry).[1] An introduction to each of the works comes with each listing, along with an interview of the light novel's author or authors for first place. Many of the light novels that have been listed in this guide book were later adapted into anime series. Most of the light novels listed contain a series of volumes, but some single-volume light novels also get listed. The first release of the guide book was on November 26, 2004 and is the 2005 listing. The latest release is the 21st volume on November 26, 2024 and is the 2025 listing.

A Certain Magical Index has appeared in the top 10 in 10 out of 19 issues, Sword Art Online has appeared in 9, Ascendance of a Bookworm appeared in 7 and Baka and Test appeared in 6. The Haruhi Suzumiya series, the Book Girl series, the Monogatari series, Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, Classroom of the Elite and Mushoku Tensei have all appeared in 5. A Certain Magical Index and Sword Art Online also hold the longest streak in the top 10, with 9 issues in a row each. My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected and Ascendance of a Bookworm have been ranked first 3 times, more than any other series.

The guide book also ranks male characters, female characters and illustrators from all works released each year. Only on three occasions did a series rank first in all four lists in the same issue: A Certain Magical Index in 2011, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected in 2015, and The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten in 2024.

Hall of Fame

The following are series inducted into the Hall of Fame. Series in the Hall of Fame will not be considered in future rankings.

Year inducted Title Author Artist Imprint
2016 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
2020 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirow Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
2023 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO Books
Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko

Top 10 light novel rankings

2005–2009

Rank Title Author Artist Imprint
2005
01 Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
02 Zaregoto Nisio Isin Take Kodansha Novels
03 Akuma no Mikata Hisamitsu Ueo Kaori Fujita Dengeki Bunko
04 Ryūketsu Megamiden Shinobu Suga Akari Funato Cobalt Bunko
05 Baccano! Ryohgo Narita Katsumi Enami Dengeki Bunko
06 Nana Hime Monogatari Wataru Takano Osamu Otani
07 Sora no Kane no Hibiku Hoshi de Soichiro Watase Minako Iwasaki
08 Allison Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi
09 Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan Masaki Okayu Torishimo
10 Chaos Legion Tow Ubukata Satoru Yuiga Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
2006
01 Zaregoto Nisio Isin Take Kodansha Novels
02 Kino's Journey Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi Dengeki Bunko
03 Satōgashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai Kazuki Sakuraba Mū Fujimi Mystery Bunko
04 Sora no Kane no Hibiku Hoshi de Soichiro Watase Minako Iwasaki Dengeki Bunko
05 The Ending Chronicle Minoru Kawakami Satoyasu
06 Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
07 Watashitachi no Tamura-kun Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
08 Saredo Sainin wa Ryū to Odoru Rabo Asai Kyūjyō Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
All You Need Is Kill Hiroshi Sakurazaka Yoshitoshi ABe Super Dash Bunko
10 Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Tsumugu Hashimoto Keiji Yamamoto Dengeki Bunko
2007
01 Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura Dengeki Bunko
02 Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
03 Zaregoto Nisio Isin Take Kodansha Novels
04 Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Tsumugu Hashimoto Keiji Yamamoto Dengeki Bunko
05 Kino's Journey Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi
06 Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu
07 The Ending Chronicle Minoru Kawakami Satoyasu
08 Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
09 Sora no Kane no Hibiku Hoshi de Soichiro Watase Minako Iwasaki Dengeki Bunko
10 Aruhi, Bakudan ga Ochitekite Hideyuki Furuhashi Yukari Higa
2008
01 Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
02 Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
03 Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
04 Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
05 Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura
06 Kino's Journey Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi
07 Mimizuku to Yoru no Ō Izuki Kogyoku Hiroo Isono
08 Baka and Test Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
09 Tasogareiro no Uta Tsukai series Kei Sazane Miho Takeoka Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
10 Shakugan no Shana Yashichiro Takahashi Noizi Ito Dengeki Bunko
2009
01 Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
02 Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
03 Baka and Test Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
04 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
05 Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura
06 Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
07 Student Council's Discretion Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
08 Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji
09 Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan Hitoma Iruma Hidari Dengeki Bunko
10 The Princess and the Pilot Koroku Inumura Haruyuki Morisawa Gagaga Bunko

2010–2014

Rank Title Author Artist Imprint
2010
01 Baka and Test Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
02 Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
03 Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
04 Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
05 Student Council's Discretion Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
06 Tasogareiro no Uta Tsukai Sazane Kei Miho Takeoka
07 Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan Hitoma Iruma Hidari Dengeki Bunko
08 Ben-To Asaura Kaito Shibano Super Dash Bunko
09 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
10 Sōkyū no Karma Kōshi Tachibana Haruyuki Morisawa Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
2011
01 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Haganai Yomi Hirasaka Buriki MF Bunko J
03 Baka and Test Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
04 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
05 Ben-To Asaura Kaito Shibano Super Dash Bunko
06 Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
07 Student Council's Discretion Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
08 Oreimo Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
09 Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Suzuhito Yasuda
10 Heaven's Memo Pad Hikaru Sugii Mel Kishida
2012
01 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
02 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
03 Ben-To Asaura Kaito Shibano Super Dash Bunko
04 Circlet Girl Satoshi Hase Miyū Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
05 Baka and Test Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
06 Haganai Yomi Hirasaka Buriki MF Bunko J
07 Occultologic Tsukasa Nimeguchi Magomago Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
08 Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito
09 Idolising! Sakaki Hirozawa Cuteg Dengeki Bunko
10 Iris on Rainy Days Takeshi Matsuyama Hirasato
2013
01 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
02 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
03 Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers Ishio Yamagata Miyagi Super Dash Bunko
04 Baka and Test Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
05 Oreimo Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
06 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
07 Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Suzuhito Yasuda Dengeki Bunko
08 Shinonome Yūko wa Tanpen Shōsetsu o Aishiteiru Bingo Morihashi Nardack Famitsu Bunko
09 Sakurada Reset Yutaka Kōno You Shiina Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
10 Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Minoru Kawakami Satoyasu Dengeki Bunko
2014
01 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
02 Alderamin on the Sky Bokuto Uno Sanbasō Dengeki Bunko
03 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
04 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Omori Suzuhito Yasuda GA Bunko
05 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
06 The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Satoshi Wagahara Oniku
07 Tokyo Ravens Kōhei Azano Sumihei Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
08 Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers Ishio Yamagata Miyagi Super Dash Bunko
09 Oreimo Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
10 No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J

2015–2016

Rank Title Author Artist Imprint
2015
01 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
02 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
03 No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
04 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
05 Kōkyū Rakuen Kyūjō: Harem League Baseball Hiroshi Ishikawa Wingheart Super Dash Bunko
06 Zesshinkai no Solaris Rakiruchi Asagiri MF Bunko J
07 Escape Speed Nozomu Kuoka Gin Dengeki Bunko
08 Toaru Hikūshi e no Seiyaku Koroku Inumura Haruyuki Morisawa Gagaga Bunko
09 Kono Koi to, Sono Mirai Bingo Morihashi Nardack Famitsu Bunko
10 Alderamin on the Sky Bokuto Uno Sanbasō Dengeki Bunko
2016
01 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
02 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
03 Alderamin on the Sky Bokuto Uno Sanbasō
04 Eirun Last Code: Kakuu Sekai yori Senjou e Ryuunosuke Azuma Mikoto Akemi MF Bunko J
05 WorldEnd Akira Kareno ue Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
06 No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
07 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
08 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Omori Suzuhito Yasuda GA Bunko
09 Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Fumiaki Maruto Kurehito Misaki Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
10 Escape Speed Nozomu Kuoka Gin Dengeki Bunko

2017–2019

Format Rank Title Author Artist Imprint
2017
Bunkobon
01 The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirow Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
02 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Tappei Nagatsuki Shinichirou Ootsuka MF Bunko J
03 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
04 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
05 Goblin Slayer Kumo Kagyuu Noboru Kannatsuki GA Bunko
06 Melody Lyrik Idol Magik Hiroshi Ishikawa POO Dash X Bunko
07 Gamers! Sekina Aoi Saboten Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
08 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yūki Yaku Fly Gagaga Bunko
09 KonoSuba Natsume Akatsuki Kurone Mishima Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
10 Kono Koi to, Sono Mirai Bingo Morihashi Nardack Famitsu Bunko
Tankōbon
01 Overlord Kugane Maruyama so-bin Enterbrain
02 Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
03 So I'm a Spider, So What? Okina Baba Tsukasa Kiryū Kadokawa Books
04 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Rifujin na Magonote Shirotaka MF Books
05 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
06 Ninja Slayer Bradley Bond, Philip N. Morzez Warainaku Kadokawa
07 Kyūketsuki ni Natta Kimi wa Eien no Ai o Hajimeru: Long Long Engage Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
08 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Fuse Mitz Vah GC Novels
09 Bōkyaku Tantei series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Bungei
10 Kono Sekai ga Game da to Boku dake ga Shitteiru Usbar Ichizen Enterbrain
2018
Bunkobon
01 The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirow Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
02 86 Asato Asato Shirabi Dengeki Bunko
03 Infinite Dendrogram Sakon Kaidō Taiki HJ Bunko
04 Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut Keisuke Masano Karei Gagaga Bunko
05 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
06 Remake Our Life! Nachi Kio Eretto MF Bunko J
07 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yūki Yaku Fly Gagaga Bunko
08 Gamers! Sekina Aoi Saboten Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
09 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Omori Suzuhito Yasuda GA Bunko
10 A Sister's All You Need Yomi Hirasaka Kantoku Gagaga Bunko
Tankōbon
01 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
02 So I'm a Spider, So What? Okina Baba Tsukasa Kiryū Kadokawa Books
03 The Saga of Tanya the Evil Carlo Zen Shinobu Shinotsuki Enterbrain
04 Overlord Kugane Maruyama so-bin
05 Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
06 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Fuse Mitz Vah GC Novels
07 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Rifujin na Magonote Shirotaka MF Books
08 Yokohama Station SF Yuba Isukari Tatsuyuki Tanaka Kadokawa Books
09 Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Jōgi Shiraishi Azul GA Novel
10 If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord Chirolu Kei HJ Books
2019
Bunkobon
01 Sabikui Bisco Shinji Kobukubo Akagishi K Dengeki Bunko
02 The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirow Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
03 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yūki Yaku Fly Gagaga Bunko
04 Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took In a High School Runaway Shimesaba Booota Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
05 86 Asato Asato Shirabi Dengeki Bunko
06 Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
07 Remake Our Life! Nachi Kio Eretto
08 Sankaku no Kyori wa Kagiri Nai Zero Saginomiya Misaki Hiten Dengeki Bunko
09 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
10 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
Tankōbon
01 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
02 Umibe no Byōin de Kanojo to Hanashita Ikutsuka no Koto Hiroshi Ishikawa Mai Yoneyama Kadokawa
03 Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
04 Overlord Kugane Maruyama so-bin Enterbrain
05 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Fuse Mitz Vah GC Novels
06 Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Jogi Shiraishi Azul GA Novel
07 JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World Ko Hiratori Shimano Hayakawa Publishing
08 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Rifujin na Magonote Shirotaka MF Books
09 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Kisetsu Morita Benio GA Novel
10 So I'm a Spider, So What? Okina Baba Tsukasa Kiryū Kadokawa Books

2020–2024

Format Rank Title Author Artist Imprint
2020
Bunkobon
01 Reign of the Seven Spellblades Bokuto Uno Ruria Miyuki Dengeki Bunko
02 The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirow Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
03 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yūki Yaku Fly Gagaga Bunko
04 Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
05 Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose Shūichi Nimaru Shigure Ui Dengeki Bunko
06 Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keeji Mizoguchi
07 My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex Kyōsuke Kamishiro Takayaki Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
08 Kimi no Wasurekata o Oshiete Mirito Amasaki Fly
09 The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbye Mokune Hachi Kukka Gagaga Bunko
10 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
Tankōbon
01 Unnamed Memory Kuji Furumiya chibi Dengeki no Shin Bungei
02 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
03 The Eminence in Shadow Daisuke Aizawa Tōzai Enterbrain
04 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Rifujin na Magonote Shirotaka MF Books
05 Rebuild World Nafuse Gin Dengeki no Shin Bungei
06 Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Jogi Shiraishi Azul GA Novel
07 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Fuse Mitz Vah GC Novels
08 Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Yomu Mishima Monda
09 So I'm a Spider, So What? Okina Baba Tsukasa Kiryū Kadokawa Books
10 Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Suzu Enoshima Eihi
2021
Bunkobon
01 Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko
02 Spy Classroom Takemachi Tomari Fantasia Bunko
03 Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
04 The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojū Umibōzu
05 My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex Kamishiro Kyousuke Takayaki Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
06 Rakuen Noise Hikaru Sugii Shunkafuyu Yuu Dengeki Bunko
07 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yūki Yaku Fly Gagaga Bunko
08 I Kissed My Girlfriend's Little Sister?! Riku Misora Mizore Saba GA Bunko
09 Propeller Opera Koroku Inumura Hitomi Shizuki Gagaga Bunko
10 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
Tankōbon
01 Ishura Keiso Kureta Dengeki no Shin Bungei
02 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
03 Unnamed Memory Kuji Furumiya chibi Dengeki no Shin Bungei
04 Rebuild World Nafuse Gin
05 Babel Kuji Furumiya Haruyuki Morisawa Dengeki Novel
06 Tearmoon Empire Nozomu Mochizuki Gilse TO BOOKS
07 Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party Tsukikage Chyko GC Novels
08 Afumi no Umi: Suimen ga Yureru Toki Israfil Foo Midori TO BOOKS
09 Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Hisaya Amagishi Kei MF Books
10 Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Jogi Shiraishi Azul GA Novel
2022
Bunkobon
01 Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko
02 Agents of the Four Seasons Kana Akatsuki Suou Dengeki Bunko
03 Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
04 The Mimosa Confessions Mei Hachimoku Kukka Gagaga Bunko
05 Propeller Opera Koroku Inumura Hitomi Shizuki
06 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
07 Days with My Stepsister Ghost Mikawa Hiten MF Bunko J
08 The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojū Umibōzu
09 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
10 Bullet Code: Firewall Suzu Saitou Wata Dengeki Bunko
Tankōbon
01 Sasaki and Peeps Buncololi Kantoku MF Bunko J
02 Secrets of the Silent Witch Matsuri Isora Nanna Fujimi Kadokawa Books
03 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
04 Rebuild World Nafuse Gin Dengeki no Shin Bungei
05 Ishura Keiso Kureta
06 Babel Kuji Furumiya Haruyuki Morisawa Dengeki Novel
07 The Exo-drive Reincarcation Games: All-Japan Isekai Battle Tournament! Keiso Tsukasa Kiryuu
zunta		 Dengeki no Shin Bungei
08 Modern Villainess: It’s Not Easy Building a Corporate Empire Before the Crash Tofuro Futsukaichi Kei Overlap Novels
09 Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Hisaya Amagishi MF Books
10 Boku wa Saiseisu, Boku wa Shi Hiroshi Ishikawa Kureta Kadokawa no Shin Bungei
2023
Bunkobon
01 Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
02 Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko
03 Watashi wa anata no Namida ni Naritai Shiki Taiga Sue Yanagi
04 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
05 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
06 Brunhild The Dragonslayer Eiko Agarizaki Aoaso Dengeki Bunko
07 Watashi, Ni-banme no Kanojo de Iikara You Saijou Re:Dake
08 Spy Classroom Takemachi Tomari Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
09 Days with My Stepsister Ghost Mikawa Hiten MF Bunko J
10 The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojū Umibōzu
Tankōbon
01 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
02 Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Hisaya Amagishi Kei MF Books
03 Sentenced to Be a Hero Rocket Shoukai Mephisto Dengeki no Shin Bungei
04 Secrets of the Silent Witch Matsuri Isora Nanna Fujimi Kadokawa Books
05 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Rifujin na Magonote Shirotaka MF Books
06 The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead Mizuki Nagano Saori Toyota TO BOOKS
07 Sasaki and Peeps Buncololi Kantoku MF Bunko J
08 Kusuri no Mamono no Kaiko Riyuu Ayaka Sakuraze As TO BOOKS
09 Overlord Kugane Maruyama so-bin Enterbrain
10 Tensei Reijo to Suki na Jinsei wo Kamihara Shiro46 Hayakawa Bunko JA
2024
Bunkobon
01 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
02 Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table Yuuji Ukai Necometal MF Bunko J
03 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
04 Bathtub de Kurasu Shiki Taiga Sue Yanagi Gagaga Bunko
05 Toumei na Yoru ni Kakeru Kimi to, Me ni Mienai Koi wo Shita. Shima Nanigashi raemz GA Bunko
06 Stella Step Hayashi Hoshisatoru Ankotaku MF Bunko J
07 Bokura wa “Yomi” wo Machigaeru Mikazuki Hizuri Polygon. Kadokawa Senaker Bunko
08 Koibito Ijou no Koto wo, Kanojo ja Nai Kimi to. Yuba Mochizaki Doushima Gagaga Bunko
09 Shū ni Ichido Classmate o Kau Hanashi Haneda Usa U35 Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
10 The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojū Umibōzu MF Bunko J
Tankōbon
01 The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead Nagano Mizuki Toyota Saori TO BOOKS
02 A Tale of the Secret Saint Touya chibi Earth Star Novel
03 The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love Yoimachi SQEX Novel
04 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Rifujin na Magonote Shirotaka MF Books
05 7th Time Loop Touko Amekawa Wan Hachipisu Overlap Novels f
06 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Fuse Mitz Vah GC Novels
07 The Eminence in Shadow Daisuke Aizawa Tōzai Enterbrain
08 Before the Tutorial Starts: A Few Things I Can Do to Keep the Bosses Alive Kotatsu Takahashi Kakao Lantern Dengeki no Shin Bungei
09 Arasa ga VTuber ni Natta Hanashi. Tokumei Class BTK Enterbrain
10 Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party Tsukikage Chyko GC Novels

2025–2029

Format Rank Title Author Artist Imprint
2025
Bunkobon
01 Too Many Losing Heroines! Takibi Amamori Imigimuru Gagaga Bunko
02 Who Killed the Hero? Daken toi8 Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
03 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco
04 Kochira, Shūmatsu Teitai Iinkai. Aiencien Ogipote Dengeki Bunko
05 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
06 Shiroki Teikoku Koroku Inumura Kotarō Gagaga Bunko
07 Kono Monogatari o Kimi ni Sasagu Hinata Mori Nun Yukimaru Kodansha Ranobe Bunko
08 Days with My Stepsister Ghost Mikawa Hiten MF Bunko J
09 Hoshi ga Hatetemo Kimi wa Nare Kuryu Nagayama Sakinoji Dengeki Bunko
10 [Hihō] Ojōsamakei Teihen Dungeon Haishinsha, Haishin Kiriwasure ni Kizukazu Dōgyōsha o Bokotteshimau Hirotaka Akagi Fuku Fox Gagaga Bunko
Tankōbon
01 Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Hisaya Amagishi Kei MF Books
02 A Tale of the Secret Saint Touya chibi Earth Star Novel
03 The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love Yoimachi SQEX Novel
04 Mahō Tsukai no Hikkoshiya Yusaku Sakaichi Haru Ichikawa Kadokawa Books
05 The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead Mizuki Nagano Saori Toyota TO BOOKS
06 Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party Tsukikage Chyko GC Novels
07 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Touko Amekawa Wan Hachipisu Overlap Novels f
08 Hikikomori VTuber wa Tsutaetai Megusuri popman3580 Dengeki no Shin Bungei
09 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Fuse Mitz Vah GC Novels
10 The Eminence in Shadow Daisuke Aizawa Tōzai Enterbrain

Top 10 female characters rankings

Year Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2005 Dokuro Mitsukai Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan Masaki Okayu Torishimo Dengeki Bunko
2006 Kino Kino's Journey Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi
2007 Holo Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura
2008 Haruhi Suzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya series Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
2009 Tohko Amano Book Girl series Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
2010 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
2016 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
2017
2018
2019
2020 Kei Karuizawa Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
2021
2022 Mahiru Shiina The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
2023
2024
2025

2005–2009

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2005
01 Dokuro Mitsukai Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan Masaki Okayu Torishimo Dengeki Bunko
02 Yomiko Readman Read or Die Hideyuki Kurata Taraku Uon Super Dash Bunko
03 Yuki Nagato Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
04 Haruhi Suzumiya
05 Allison Whittington Allison Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi Dengeki Bunko
06 Tazusa Sakurano Ginban Kaleidoscope Rei Kaibara Hiro Suzuhira Super Dash Bunko
07 Sorasumihime Nanahime Monogatari Kazu Takano Osamu Otani Dengeki Bunko
08 Victorique de Blois Gosick Kazuki Sakuraba Hinata Takeda Kadokawa Beans Bunko
09 Shana Shakugan no Shana Yashichiro Takahashi Noizi Ito Dengeki Bunko
10 Danatia Aryl Ankurouge Rakuen no Majo Tachi Satomi Kikawa Mūnī Mutchiri Cobalt Bunko
2006
01 Kino Kino's Journey Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi Dengeki Bunko
02 Yuki Nagato Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
03 Victorique de Blois Gosick Kazuki Sakuraba Hinata Takeda Kadokawa Beans Bunko
04 Haruhi Suzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
05 Shana Shakugan no Shana Yashichiro Takahashi Noizi Ito Dengeki Bunko
06 Rika Akiba Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Tsumugu Hashimoto Keiji Yamamoto
07 Hiroka Sōma Watashitachi no Tamura-kun Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu
08 Yomiko Togano Missing Gakuto Coda Shin Midorigawa
09 Kaho Sakazaki Modern Magic Made Simple Hiroshi Sakurazaka Miki Miyashita Super Dash Bunko
10 Eguriko Gankyū Mushi to Medama series Akira Mitsuki Mouse MF Bunko J
2007
01 Holo Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura Dengeki Bunko
02 Yuki Nagato Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
03 Haruhi Suzumiya
04 Tohko Amano Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
05 Kino Kino's Journey Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi Dengeki Bunko
06 Taiga Aisaka Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu
07 Rika Akiba Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Tsumugu Hashimoto Keiji Yamamoto
08 Victorique de Blois Gosick Kazuki Sakuraba Hinata Takeda Kadokawa Beans Bunko
09 Shana Shakugan no Shana Yashichiro Takahashi Noizi Ito Dengeki Bunko
10 Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière The Familiar of Zero Noboru Yamaguchi Eiji Usatsuka MF Bunko J
2008
01 Haruhi Suzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
02 Tohko Amano Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
03 Yuki Nagato Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
04 Holo Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura Dengeki Bunko
05 Kaname Chidori Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shiki Douji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
06 Kino Kino's Journey Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi Dengeki Bunko
07 Hitagi Senjōgahara Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
08 Nanase Kotobuki Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
09 Teletha Testarossa Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shiki Douji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
10 Taiga Aisaka Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
2009
01 Tohko Amano Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
02 Holo Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura Dengeki Bunko
03 Taiga Aisaka Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu
04 Nanase Kotobuki Book Girl Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
05 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
06 Kino Kino's Journey Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi
07 Hitagi Senjōgahara Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
08 Kluele Sophi Net Tasogareiro no Uta Tsukai Sazane Kei Miho Takeoka Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
09 Shana Shakugan no Shana Yashichiro Takahashi Noizi Ito Dengeki Bunko
10 Hideyoshi Kinoshita Baka and Test Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko

2010–2014

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2010
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Tohko Amano Book Girl series Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
03 Nanase Kotobuki
04 Hitagi Senjōgahara Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
05 Taiga Aisaka Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
06 Karuma Takasaki Sōkyū no Karuma Kōshi Tachibana Haruyuki Morisawa Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
07 Hideyoshi Kinoshita Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
08 Kino Kino no Tabi -the Beautiful World- Keiichi Sigsawa Kouhaku Kuroboshi Dengeki Bunko
09 Kluele Sophi Net Tasogareiro no Uta Tsukai series Sazane Kei Miho Takeoka Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
10 Holo Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura Dengeki Bunko
2011
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Yūko Shionji / Alice Kami-sama no Memo-chō Hikaru Sugii Mel Kishida
03 Index Librorum Prohibitorum A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
04 Sena Kashiwazaki Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Yomi Hirasaka Buriki MF Bunko J
05 Tohko Amano Book Girl series Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
06 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
07 Itsuwa A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
08 Hitagi Senjōgahara Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
09 Erio Tōwa Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko Hitoma Iruma Buriki Dengeki Bunko
10 Nanase Kotobuki Book Girl series Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
2012
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
03 Sena Kashiwazaki Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Yomi Hirasaka Buriki MF Bunko J
04 Ruri Goko / Kuroneko Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
05 Yūko Shionji / Alice Kami-sama no Memo-chō Hikaru Sugii Mel Kishida
06 Himeko Inaba Kokoro Connect Sadanatsu Anda Shiromizakana Famitsu Bunko
07 Hitagi Senjōgahara Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
Kirino Kousaka Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
09 Haruhi Suzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya series Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
10 Yozora Mikazuki Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Yomi Hirasaka Buriki MF Bunko J
2013
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
03 Himeko Inaba Kokoro Connect Sadanatsu Anda Shiromizakana Famitsu Bunko
04 Kuroyukihime Accel World Reki Kawahara HiMA Dengeki Bunko
05 Sena Kashiwazaki Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Yomi Hirasaka Buriki MF Bunko J
06 Ruri Goko / Kuroneko Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
07 Shino Asada / Sinon Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
08 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
09 Kirino Kousaka Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
10 Yozora Mikazuki Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Yomi Hirasaka Buriki MF Bunko J
2014
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
03 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
04 Yui Yuigahama My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
05 Index Librorum Prohibitorum A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
06 Kirino Kousaka Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki
07 Ayase Aragaki
08 Shino Asada / Sinon Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
09 Miyuki Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satō Kana Ishida
10 Yozora Mikazuki Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Yomi Hirasaka Buriki MF Bunko J

2015–2019

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2015
01 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
02 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
03 Yui Yuigahama My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
04 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
05 Othinus A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
06 Index Librorum Prohibitorum
07 Shino Asada / Sinon Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
08 Komachi Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
09 Misaki Shokuhō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
10 Shiro No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
2016
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
03 Iroha Ishhiki
04 Yui Yuigahama
05 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
06 Megumi Katou Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Fumiaki Maruto Kurehito Misaki Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
07 Shiro No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
08 Miyuki Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satō Kana Ishida Dengeki Bunko
09 Othinus A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
10 Index Librorum Prohibitorum
2017
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Rem Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Tappei Nagatsuki Shinichirou Ootsuka MF Bunko J
03 Megumin KonoSuba Natsume Akatsuki Kurone Mishima Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
04 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
05 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
06 Megumi Katou Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Fumiaki Maruto Kurehito Misaki Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
07 White Queen Mitou Shoukan:// Blood-Sign Kazuma Kamachi Waki Ikawa Dengeki Bunko
08 Emilia Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Tappei Nagatsuki Shinichirou Ootsuka MF Bunko J
09 Index Librorum Prohibitorum A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
10 Othinus
2018
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Myne Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina Nico Nico Seiga
03 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
04 Mai Sakurajima Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keeji Mizoguchi
05 Megumi Katou Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Fumiaki Maruto Kurehito Misaki Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
06 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
07 Yui Yuigahama
08 Rem Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Tappei Nagatsuki Shinichirou Ootsuka MF Bunko J
09 Iroha Isshiki My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
10 Othinus A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
2019
01 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Vladilena Mirizé 86 Asato Asato Shirabi
03 Asuna Yūki / Asuna Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
04 Ginko Sora The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirou Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
05 Myne Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina Nico Nico Seiga
06 Minami Nanami Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yaku Yuuki Fly Gagaga Bunko
07 Mai Sakurajima Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keeji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
08 Kei Karuizawa Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
09 Ai Yashajin The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirou Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
10 Elaina Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Shiraishi Jougi Azul GA Novel

2020–2024

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2020
01 Kei Karuizawa Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
02 Ginko Sora The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirou Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
03 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
04 Mai Sakurajima Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keeji Mizoguchi
05 Minami Nanami Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yaku Yuuki Fly Gagaga Bunko
06 Elaina Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Shiraishi Jougi Azul GA Novel
07 Honami Ichinose Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
08 Mahiru Shiina The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
09 Shouko Makinohara Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keeji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
10 Vladilena Mirizé 86 Asato Asato Shirabi
2021
01 Kei Karuizawa Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
02 Mahiru Shiina The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
03 Myne Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
04 Siesta The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojuu Umibouzu MF Bunko J
05 Mai Sakurajima Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keeji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
06 Honami Ichinose Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
07 Mikoto Misaka A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
08 Kuroha Shida Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose Shūichi Nimaru Shigure Ui
09 Yume Irido My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex Kamishiro Kyousuke Takayaki Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
10 Minami Nanami Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yaku Yuuki Fly Gagaga Bunko
2022
01 Mahiru Shiina The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
02 Siesta The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojuu Umibouzu MF Bunko J
03 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
04 Kei Karuizawa Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
05 Myne Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
06 Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
07 Saki Ayase Days with My Stepsister Ghost Mikawa Hiten MF Bunko J
08 Haru Aomi Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko
09 Yuzuki Nanase
10 Honami Ichinose Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
2023
01 Mahiru Shiina The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
02 Kei Karuizawa Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
03 Yukino Yukinoshita My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
04 Myne Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
05 Dahlia Rossetti Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Hisaya Amagishi Kei MF Books
06 Siesta The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojuu Umibouzu MF Bunko J
07 Yuzuki Nanase Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko
08 Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
09 Saki Ayase Days with My Stepsister Ghost Mikawa Hiten MF Bunko J
10 Vladilena Milizé 86 Asato Asato Shirabi Dengeki Bunko
2024
01 Mahiru Shiina The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
02 Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
03 Wisteria Irene The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead Nagano Mizuki Toyota Saori TO BOOKS
04 Siesta The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojuu Umibouzu MF Bunko J
05 Luciana Dianthus The Villainess’s Guide to (Not) Falling in Love Touya Yoimachi SQEX Novel
06 Fia Ruud A Tale of the Secret Saint chibi Earth Star Novel
07 Rishe Irmgard Weitzner 7th Time Loop Touko Amekawa Wan Hachipisu Overlap Novels f
08 Umi Asanagi Class de 2-ban Me ni Kawaii Onna no Ko to Tomodachi ni Natta Takata Tom Osabe Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
09 Maomao The Apothecary Diaries Natsu Hyūga Touko Shino Hero Bunko
10 Suou Yuki Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko

2025–2029

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2025
01 Mahiru Shiina The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
02 Anna Yanami Too Many Losing Heroines! Takibi Amamori Imigimuru Gagaga Bunko
03 Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
04 Dahlia Rossetti Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Hisaya Amagishi Kei MF Books
05 Suou Yuki Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
06 Fia Ruud A Tale of the Secret Saint Touya chibi Earth Star Novel
07 Luciana Dianthus The Villainess’s Guide to (Not) Falling in Love Yoimachi SQEX Novel
08 Wisteria Irene The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead Mizuki Nagano Saori Toyota TO Bunko
09 Rishe Irmgard Weitzner 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Touko Amekawa Wan Hachipisu Ovelap Novels f
10 Saki Ayase Days with My Stepsister Ghost Mikawa Hiten MF Bunko J

Top 10 male characters rankings

Year Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2005 I (Boku) Zaregoto series Nisio Isin Take Kodansha Novels
2006
2007 Mikoto Sayama Owari no Chronicle (Ahead series) Minoru Kawakami Satoyasu Dengeki Bunko
2008 Sousuke Sagara Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
2009 Hideyoshi Kinoshita Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
2010
2011 Toma Kamijo A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
2012 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
2013
2014 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
2015
2016
2017 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
2018 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
2019 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
2020 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
2021
2022
2023
2024 Amane Fujimiya The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
2025 Kazuhiko Nukumizu Too Many Losing Heroines! Takibi Amamori Imigimuru Gagaga Bunko

2005–2009

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2005
01 I Zaregoto series Nisio Isin Take Kodansha Novels
02 Sousuke Sagara Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
03 Mikoto Sayama Owari no Chronicle (Ahead series) Minoru Kawakami Satoyasu Dengeki Bunko
04 Orphen Majutsushi Orphen Yoshinobu Akita Yuuya Kusaka Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
05 Maisaka Ryi Beat no Discipline Kouhei Kadono Kouji Ogata Dengeki Bunko
06 Kei Monobe D Crackers Kōhei Azano Hisato Murasaki Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
07 Elion Harmonizer-Elion Yoru Yoshimura Tsukasa Kotobuki
08 Maido B. Garnash Detamaka Kazuyuki Takami Chiyoko Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
09 Ferio Aruseifu Soranokane no Hibiku Wakusei de Soichiro Watase Minako Iwasaki Dengeki Bunko
10 Dr. Kishida Ariel Yūichi Sasamoto Masahisa Suzuki Sonorama Bunko
2006
01 I Zaregoto series Nisio Isin Take Kodansha Novels
02 Mikoto Sayama Owari no Chronicle (Ahead series) Minoru Kawakami Satoyasu Dengeki Bunko
03 Gaius Levina Sorel Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryū to Odoru Asai Labo Miyagi Gagaga Bunko
04 Sousuke Sagara Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
05 Shizuo Heiwajima Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Suzuhito Yasuda Dengeki Bunko
06 Hitoshiki Zerozaki Zaregoto series Nisio Isin Take Kodansha Novels
07 Yuri Shibuya Kyo Kara Maoh! Tomo Takabayashi Temari Matsumoto Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
08 Abel Nightroad Trinity Blood Sunao Yoshida Thores Shibamoto
09 Conrad / Conrart Weller Kyo Kara Maoh! Tomo Takabayashi Temari Matsumoto
10 Daisuke Kusuriya Mushi-Uta Kyouhei Iwai Ruroo
2007
01 Mikoto Sayama Owari no Chronicle (Ahead series) Minoru Kawakami Satoyasu Dengeki Bunko
02 I Zaregoto series Nisio Isin Take Kodansha Novels
03 Hitoshiki Zerozaki
04 Shizuo Heiwajima Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Suzuhito Yasuda Dengeki Bunko
05 Sousuke Sagara Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
06 Kyon Haruhi Suzumiya series Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
07 Gaius Levina Sorel Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryū to Odoru Asai Labo Miyagi Gagaga Bunko
08 Izaya Orihara Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Suzuhito Yasuda Dengeki Bunko
09 Toma Kamijo A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
10 Daisuke Kusuriya Mushi-Uta Kyouhei Iwai Ruroo Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
2008
01 Sousuke Sagara Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
02 Kyon Haruhi Suzumiya series Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
03 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
04 Hideyoshi Kinoshita Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
05 Ryūji Takasu Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
06 Daisuke Kusuriya Mushi-Uta Kyouhei Iwai Ruroo Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
07 Konoha Inoue Book Girl series Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
08 Saito Hiraga Zero no Tsukaima Noboru Yamaguchi Eiji Usatsuka MF Bunko J
09 Kraft Lawrence Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura Dengeki Bunko
10 Kurz Weber Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
2009
01 Hideyoshi Kinoshita Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
02 Ryūji Takasu Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
03 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
04 Sousuke Sagara Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
05 Konoha Inoue Book Girl series Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
06 Koyomi Araragi Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
07 Mii-kun Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan Hitoma Iruma Hidari Dengeki Bunko
08 Akihisa Yoshii Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
09 Kraft Lawrence Spice and Wolf Isuna Hasekura Jū Ayakura Dengeki Bunko
10 Ken Sugisaki Seitokai no Ichizon series Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko

2010–2014

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2010
01 Hideyoshi Kinoshita Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
02 Koyomi Araragi Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
03 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
04 Mii-kun Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan Hitoma Iruma Hidari
05 Ken Sugisaki Seitokai no Ichizon series Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
06 Ryūji Takasu Toradora! Yuyuko Takemiya Yasu Dengeki Bunko
07 Konoha Inoue Book Girl series Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko
08 Neight Yehlemihas Tasogareiro no Uta Tsukai series Kei Sazane Miho Takeoka Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
09 Hideo Kawamura Sentō Jōsai Masurawo Tomoaki Hayashi Yumehito Ueda Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
10 Akihisa Yoshii Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
2011
01 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Accelerator
03 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
04 Hideyoshi Kinoshita Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
05 You Satou Ben-To Asaura Kaito Shibano Super Dash Bunko
06 Sousuke Sagara Full Metal Panic! Shoji Gatoh Shikidouji Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
07 Koyomi Araragi Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
08 Ken Sugisaki Seitokai no Ichizon series Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
09 Mii-kun Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan Hitoma Iruma Hidari Dengeki Bunko
10 Shizuo Heiwajima Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Suzuhito Yasuda
2012
01 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
02 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
03 Koyomi Araragi Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
04 Accelerator A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
05 You Satou Ben-To Asaura Kaito Shibano Super Dash Bunko
06 Hideyoshi Kinoshita Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
07 Kyousuke Kousaka Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
08 Kyon Haruhi Suzumiya series Nagaru Tanigawa Noizi Ito Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
09 Akihisa Yoshii Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Kenji Inoue Yui Haga Famitsu Bunko
10 Ken Sugisaki Seitokai no Ichizon series Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
2013
01 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
02 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
03 Accelerator
04 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
05 Kyousuke Kousaka Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki Dengeki Bunko
06 Koyomi Araragi Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box
07 Tatsuya Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satou Kana Ishida Dengeki Bunko
08 You Satou Ben-To Asaura Kaito Shibano Super Dash Bunko
09 Ken Sugisaki Seitokai no Ichizon series Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
10 Toori Aoi Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Minoru Kawakami Satoyasu Dengeki Bunko
2014
01 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
02 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
03 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
04 Accelerator A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
05 Sadao Maō The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Satoshi Wagahara Oniku
06 Kyousuke Kousaka Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Tsukasa Fushimi Hiro Kanzaki
07 Izayoi Sakamaki Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo? Tarō Tatsunoko Yū Amano Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
08 Tatsuya Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satou Kana Ishida Dengeki Bunko
09 Ken Sugisaki Seitokai no Ichizon series Sekina Aoi Kira Inugami Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
10 Koremitsu Akagi Hikaru ga Chikyū ni Itakoro Mizuki Nomura Miho Takeoka Famitsu Bunko

2015–2019

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2015
01 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
02 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
03 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
04 Accelerator A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
05 Tatsuya Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satou Kana Ishida
06 Sora No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
07 Rentarō Satomi Black Bullet Shiden Kanzaki Saki Ukai Dengeki Bunko
08 Bell Cranel[broken anchor] Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Ōmori Suzuhito Yasuda GA Bunko
09 Saika Totsuka My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
10 Ikuta Soroku Alderamin on the Sky Bokuto Uno Sanbasō Dengeki Bunko
2016
01 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
02 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
03 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
04 Accelerator
05 Tatsuya Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satou Kana Ishida
06 Sora No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
07 Bell Cranel Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Ōmori Suzuhito Yasuda GA Bunko
08 Saika Totsuka My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
09 Sakuta Azusagawa Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keiji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
10 Sadao Maō The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Satoshi Wagahara Oniku
2017
01 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
03 Accelerator A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
04 Subaru Natsuki Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Tappei Nagatsuki Shinichirou Ootsuka MF Bunko J
05 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
06 Ninja Slayer / Kenji Fujikido Ninja Slayer series Bradley Bond
Philip Ninj@ Morzez		 Warainaku Enterbrain
07 Tatsuya Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satou Kana Ishida Dengeki Bunko
08 Kazuma Sato KonoSuba Natsume Akatsuki Kurone Mishima Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
09 Sora No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
10 Kyousuke Shiroyama Mitou Shoukan:// Blood-Sign Kazuma Kamachi Waki Ikawa Dengeki Bunko
2018
01 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
02 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
03 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
04 Tatsuya Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satou Kana Ishida
05 Accelerator A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
06 Sora No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
07 Subaru Natsuki Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Tappei Nagatsuki Shinichirou Ootsuka
08 Ferdinand Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina Nico Nico Seiga
09 Kazuma Sato KonoSuba Natsume Akatsuki Kurone Mishima Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
10 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
2019
01 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
02 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
03 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
04 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
05 Shinei Nouzen 86 Asato Asato Shirabi Dengeki Bunko
06 Accelerator A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
07 Rio Seirei Gensouki Yuri Kitayama Riv Hobby Japan
08 Bisco Akaboshi Sabikui Bisco Shinji Kobukubo Akagishi K Dengeki Bunko
09 Kazuma Sato KonoSuba Natsume Akatsuki Kurone Mishima Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
10 Bell Cranel Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Ōmori Suzuhito Yasuda GA Bunko

2020–2024

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2020
01 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
02 Sakuta Azusagawa Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keiji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
03 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
04 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
05 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec Dengeki Bunko
06 Kazuma Sato KonoSuba Natsume Akatsuki Kurone Mishima Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
07 Accelerator A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura Dengeki Bunko
08 Bell Cranel Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Ōmori Suzuhito Yasuda GA Bunko
09 Shinei Nouzen 86 Asato Asato Shirabi Dengeki Bunko
10 Fumiya Tomozaki Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Yūki Yaku Fly Gagaga Bunko
2021
01 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
02 Ferdinand Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
03 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
04 Chitose Saku Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz
05 Sakuta Azusagawa Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keiji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
06 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
07 Tōma Kamijō A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
08 Kazuma Sato KonoSuba Natsume Akatsuki Kurone Mishima Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
09 Kimizuka Kimihiko The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojuu Umibouzu MF Bunko J
10 Tatsuya Shiba The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satou Kana Ishida Dengeki Bunko
2022
01 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
02 Chitose Saku Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko
03 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8
04 Ferdinand Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
05 Amane Fujimiya The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
06 Kimizuka Kimihiko The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojuu Umibouzu MF Bunko J
07 Sakuta Azusagawa Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keiji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
08 Shinei Nouzen 86 Asato Asato Shirabi
09 Kazuto Kirigaya / Kirito Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Abec
10 Akira Rebuild World Nafuse Gin Dengeki no Shin Bungei
2023
01 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
02 Chitose Saku Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko
03 Amane Fujimiya The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
04 Hachiman Hikigaya My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Wataru Watari Ponkan8 Gagaga Bunko
05 Ferdinand Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
06 Masachika Kuze Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
07 Shinei Nouzen 86 Asato Asato Shirabi Dengeki Bunko
08 Kimizuka Kimihiko The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojuu Umibouzu MF Bunko J
09 Wolfred Scalfarotto Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Hisaya Amagishi Kei MF Books
10 Yuuta Asamura Days with My Stepsister Ghost Mikawa Hiten MF Bunko J
2024
01 Amane Fujimiya The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
02 Masachika Kuze Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Sunsunsun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
03 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
04 Lloyd Allen Wruning The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead Nagano Mizuki Toyota Saori TO BOOKS
05 Safia Dianthus The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love Touya Yoimachi Earth Star Novels
06 Sakuta Azusagawa Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keiji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
07 Kimizuka Kimihiko The Detective Is Already Dead Nigojuu Umibouzu MF Bunko J
08 Chitose Saku Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Hiromu raemz Gagaga Bunko
09 Bell Cranel Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Ōmori Suzuhito Yasuda GA Bunko
10 Shinei Nouzen 86 Asato Asato Shirabi Dengeki Bunko

2025–2029

Rank Character Title Author Artist Imprint
2025
1 Kazuhiko Nukumizu Too Many Losing Heroines! Takibi Amamori Imigimuru Gagaga Bunko
2 Masachika Kuze Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian SunSunSun Momoco Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
3 Amane Fujimiya The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Saekisan Hazano Kazutake GA Bunko
4 Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Classroom of the Elite Shōgo Kinugasa Shunsaku Tomose MF Bunko J
5 Safia Dianthus The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love Touya Yoimachi SQEX Novel
6 Yuuta Asamura Days with My Stepsister Ghost Mikawa Hiten MF Bunko J
7 Wolfred Scalfarotto Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Hisaya Amagishi Kei MF Books
8 Sakuta Azusagawa Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Hajime Kamoshida Keiji Mizoguchi Dengeki Bunko
9 Cid Kagenou The Eminence in Shadow Daisuke Aizawa Tōzai Enterbrain
10 Krai Andrey Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe Is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party Tsukikage Chyko GC Novels

Top 10 illustrator rankings

2010–2014

Rank Artist Notable works
2010
01 Miho Takeoka Book Girl, Tasogareiro no Utatsukai
02 Noizi Ito Shakugan no Shana, Haruhi Suzumiya
03 Hidari Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan
04 Yui Haga Baka and Test
05 Meru Kishida Heaven's Memo Pad
06 Buriki Haganai, Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
07 Kouhaku Kuroboshi Kino's Journey, Lillia and Treize, Meg and Seron
08 Kira Inugami Student Council's Discretion
09 Ryō Ueda Sayonara Piano Sonata
10 Yasu Toradora!
2011
01 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
02 Buriki Haganai, Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
03 Miho Takeoka Book Girl, Tasogareiro no Utatsukai
04 Meru Kishida Heaven's Memo Pad
05 Hidari Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan
06 Abec Sword Art Online
07 Noizi Ito Shakugan no Shana, Haruhi Suzumiya series
08 Yui Haga Baka and Test
09 Kira Inugami Student Council's Discretion
10 Suzuhito Yasuda Durarara!!
2012
01 Buriki Haganai, Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
02 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
03 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
04 Meru Kishida Heaven's Memo Pad
05 Kantoku The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.
06 Miho Takeoka Book Girl, Tasogareiro no Utatsukai
07 Noizi Ito Shakugan no Shana, Haruhi Suzumiya
08 Shiromizakana Kokoro Connect, Tobira no Soto
09 Hiro Kanzaki Oreimo
10 Hidari Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan
2013
01 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
02 Buriki Haganai, Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
03 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
04 Shiromizakana Kokoro Connect, Tobira no Soto
05 Kantoku The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.
06 Ponkan8 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
07 Miho Takeoka Book Girl, Tasogareiro no Utatsukai
08 Meru Kishida Heaven's Memo Pad
09 Hiro Kanzaki Oreimo
09 Kobuichi Aria the Scarlet Ammo
2014
01 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
02 Ponkan8 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
03 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
04 Buriki Haganai, Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
05 Kantoku The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.
06 Tsunako Date A Live
07 Miho Takeoka Book Girl, Tasogareiro no Utatsukai
08 Hiro Kanzaki Oreimo, Eromanga Sensei
09 Saki Ukai Black Bullet
10 Suzuhito Yasuda Durarara!!

2015–2019

Rank Artist Notable works
2015
01 Ponkan8 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
02 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
03 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
04 Buriki Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
05 Saki Ukai Black Bullet
06 Kantoku The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat., A Sister's All You Need
07 Miho Takeoka Book Girl, Tasogareiro no Utatsukai, Hikaru ga Chikyū ni Itakoro
08 Yū Kamiya No Game No Life
09 Suzuhito Yasuda Durarara!!, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
10 Tsunako Date A Live
2016
01 Ponkan8 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
02 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
03 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
04 Kantoku The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat., A Sister's All You Need
05 Kurehito Misaki Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
06 Suzuhito Yasuda Durarara!!, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
07 Yū Kamiya No Game No Life
08 Kurone Mishima Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, KonoSuba
09 Tsunako Date A Live
10 Saki Ukai Black Bullet
2017
01 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
02 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
03 Kantoku Hentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko., A Sister's All You Need
04 Kurone Mishima Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, KonoSuba
05 Warainaku Ninja Slayer
06 Ponkan8 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
07 Kurehito Misaki Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
08 Shirabii The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!
09 Shinichirou Ootsuka Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-
10 Saki Ukai Black Bullet, Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen
2018
01 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
02 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
03 Kurone Mishima Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, KonoSuba
04 Ponkan8 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
05 Keeji Mizoguchi The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai series
06 Kantoku The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat., A Sister's All You Need
07 Kurehito Misaki Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
08 Shirabi The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!
09 Saki Ukai Black Bullet, Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen
10 Hiro Kanzaki Oreimo, Eromanga Sensei
2019
01 Shirabi The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!, 86
02 Kyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
03 Fly Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
04 Kantoku The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat., A Sister's All You Need
05 Kurone Mishima Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, KonoSuba
06 Keiji Mizoguchi The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai series
07 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
08 Saki Ukai Black Bullet, Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen
09 Riv Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
10 Shunsaku Tomose Classroom of the Elite

2020–2024

Rank Artist Notable works
2020
01 Shirabii The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!, 86
02 Fly Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
03 Shunsaku Tomose Classroom of the Elite
04 Keeji Mizoguchi The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai series
05 Kurone Mishima Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, KonoSuba
06 Kiyotaka Haimura A Certain Magical Index
07 Kantoku The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat., A Sister's All You Need
08 Azul Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
09 Abec Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Progressive
10 Saki Ukai Black Bullet, Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen
2021
01 Shunsaku Tomose Classroom of the Elite
02 Fly Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
03 Shirabi The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!, 86
04 Ui Shigure Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose
05 Kurone Mishima Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, KonoSuba
06 Keeji Mizoguchi The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai series
07 Tomari Spy Classroom
08 Kureta Ishura
09 You Shiina Ascendance of a Bookworm
10 Hanekoto The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
2022
01 Shunsaku Tomose Classroom of the Elite
02 Raemz Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle
03 Shirabi The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!, 86
04 Hanekoto The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
05 Hiten Days with My Stepsister
06 Umibouzu The Detective Is Already Dead
07 Fly Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
08 Ui Shigure Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose
09 You Shiina Ascendance of a Bookworm
10 Momoco Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
2023
01 Shunsaku Tomose Classroom of the Elite
02 Raemz Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle
03 Hanekoto The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
04 Hiten Days with My Stepsister
05 Momoco Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
06 Umibouzu The Detective Is Already Dead
07 You Shiina Ascendance of a Bookworm
08 Shirabi The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!, 86
09 Ui Shigure Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose
10 Fly Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
2024
01 Hanekoto The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
02 Momoco Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
03 Shunsaku Tomose Classroom of the Elite
04 Raemz Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle
05 Umibouzu The Detective Is Already Dead
06 Saori Toyota The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead
07 Hiten Days with My Stepsister
08 Wan Hachipisu 7th Time Loop
09 Shirabi The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!, 86
10 Yoimachi The Villainess’s Guide to (Not) Falling in Love

2025–2029

Rank Artist Notable works
2025
1 Imigimuru Too Many Losing Heroines!
2 Hanekoto The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
3 Momoco Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
4 Hiten Days with My Stepsister
5 Umibouzu The Detective Is Already Dead
6 Shunsaku Tomose Classroom of the Elite
7 Yoimachi The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love
8 Raemz Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle
9 Saori Toyota The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead
10 Kantoku A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, Sasaki and Peeps

Top 10 light novels of the decade

Decade of 2010s

Rank Title Author Artist Imprint
2010s
01 Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara abec Dengeki Bunko
02 A Certain Magical Index Kazuma Kamachi Kiyotaka Haimura
03 The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Shirow Shiratori Shirabi GA Bunko
04 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Fujino Ōmori Suzuhito Yasuda
05 Alderamin on the Sky Bokuto Uno Sanbasō Dengeki Bunko
06 No Game No Life Yū Kamiya MF Bunko J
07 Ascendance of a Bookworm Miya Kazuki You Shiina TO BOOKS
08 The Irregular at Magic High School Tsutomu Satou Kana Ishida Dengeki Bunko
09 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Yūki Yaku Fly Gagaga Bunko
10 Monogatari series Nisio Isin Vofan Kodansha Box

See also

References

General
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2005 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 26, 2004. ISBN 978-4-7966-4388-7.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2006 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 26, 2005. ISBN 978-4-7966-5012-0.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2007 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 21, 2006. ISBN 978-4-7966-5559-0.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2008 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 21, 2007. ISBN 978-4-7966-6140-9.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2009 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 22, 2008. ISBN 978-4-7966-6695-4.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2010 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 21, 2009. ISBN 978-4-7966-7490-4.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2011 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 19, 2010. ISBN 978-4-7966-7963-3.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2012 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 19, 2011. ISBN 978-4-7966-8716-4.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2013 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 19, 2012. ISBN 978-4-8002-0357-1.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2014 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 20, 2013. ISBN 978-4-8002-1954-1.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2015 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 21, 2014. ISBN 978-4-8002-3373-8.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2016 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 21, 2015. ISBN 978-4-8002-4766-7.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2017 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 24, 2016. ISBN 978-4-8002-6345-2.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2018 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 25, 2017. ISBN 978-4-8002-7798-5.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2019 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 24, 2018. ISBN 978-4-8002-9044-1.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2020 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 25, 2019. ISBN 978-4-8002-9978-9.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2021 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 24, 2020. ISBN 978-4-2990-1056-8.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2022 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 23, 2021. ISBN 978-4-2990-2264-6.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2023 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 26, 2022. ISBN 978-4-2990-3647-6.
  • Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2024 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. November 24, 2023. ISBN 978-4-299-04899-8.
Specific
  1. ^ "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!: Sword Art Online is the Light Novel of the Decade". Anime News Network. November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
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