Hiroaki Hirata Birthday Poll Puts Sanji on Top for Second Year
The unchanged top six and Sanji's growing vote count show a stable fan consensus on Hirata's representative roles, with only the lower half of the ranking shifting year over year.
Reporting from 1 source: Nijimen.
Nijimen's otaku-selected ranking of characters voiced by Hiroaki Hirata places Sanji from ONE PIECE first with 133 votes, ahead of Wild Tiger from TIGER & BUNNY. The top six entries match last year's order, while Re-Destro from My Hero Academia enters the list at ninth.
Nijimen published the results of its survey on characters voiced by Hiroaki Hirata to mark the voice actor's birthday on August 7. Sanji from ONE PIECE took first place with 133 votes, a 47-vote lead over second place. The top six entries repeated last year's lineup and order, while the only new arrival was Re-Destro from My Hero Academia at ninth.
- Sanji (ONE PIECE): 1st place, 133 votes
- Wild Tiger / Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (TIGER & BUNNY): 2nd place, 86 votes
- Sha Gojyo (Saiyuki Series): 3rd place, 77 votes
- Mutta Nanba (Space Brothers): 4th place, 71 votes
- Koji Sametani (Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi): 5th place, 67 votes
- Shiro Fujimoto (Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Impure King Arc): 6th place, 47 votes
- Tatsugoro Terada (Gintama Series): 7th place, 44 votes, up from 10th last year
- Ghost Waiter / Waiter of Darkness (Ghost Stories): 8th place, 41 votes
- Rikiya Yotsubashi / Re-Destro (My Hero Academia): 9th place, 36 votes, new entry
- Tadaaki Kashimura (Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street): 10th place, 34 votes
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