Kisho Taniyama Birthday Poll Puts Bungo Stray Dogs' Chuuya at Top
The poll shows Chuuya Nakahara holding the top spot for a fifth straight year while new roles like Hera from The Daily Life of a Torture Job and Toshiro from Dandadan broke into the top ten for the first time.
Reporting from 1 source: Nijimen.
Nijimen published its 2026 reader poll ranking Kisho Taniyama's most iconic roles, with 3,345 votes cast between July 28 and August 11. Bungo Stray Dogs' Chuuya Nakahara took first place with 488 votes, marking five consecutive years at the top. The top three of Chuuya, Natsuki Shinomiya, and Jean Kirstein held their positions from last year.
Nijimen ran its annual reader survey asking which character best represents voice actor Kisho Taniyama, collecting 3,345 votes from July 28 to August 11. The results, published on his birthday, keep Bungo Stray Dogs' Chuuya Nakahara in first place with 488 votes, a lead of more than 250 over the runner-up and a fifth consecutive year at the top.
The top five faces are unchanged from 2025, with only the fourth and fifth spots swapping between Frieren's Vabel and Kuroko's Basketball's Tatsuya Himuro. The notable movement came from newer roles: Hera from The Daily Life of a Torture Job entered at sixth, and Dandadan's Toshiro landed at seventh on his first appearance in the ranking.
- Chuuya Nakahara (Bungo Stray Dogs): 1st place, 488 votes, five consecutive years at the top
- Natsuki Shinomiya (Uta no Prince-sama): 2nd place, 224 votes
- Jean Kirstein (Attack on Titan): 3rd place, 195 votes
- Vabel (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End): 4th place, 175 votes
- Tatsuya Himuro (Kuroko's Basketball): 5th place, 154 votes
- Hera (The Daily Life of a Torture Job): 6th place, 135 votes, first appearance
- Toshiro (Dandadan): 7th place, 97 votes, first appearance
- Sloth (Shirokuma Cafe): 8th place, 86 votes
- Renatosu Revol (MASHLE: Magic and Muscles): 9th place, 81 votes, up from 14th last year
- Ren Tsukimori (La Corda d'Oro): 10th place, 74 votes
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