Otaku Vote Camus as Top Tomoaki Maeno Character in 2026 Poll
The poll shows a shift in fan preference for Maeno's roles, with Camus unseating the previous two-year champion White Blood Cell.
Reporting from 1 sources: Nijimen.
A survey by Nijimen asked fans to vote for their favorite character voiced by Tomoaki Maeno, with results published on his birthday. Camus from Uta no Prince-sama took first place with 702 votes, jumping from fourth last year. The top ten also included Yamabagiri Kunihiro, White Blood Cell, Zhongli, and Veldora.
To mark voice actor Tomoaki Maeno's birthday on May 26, Nijimen published the results of a reader survey asking fans to pick their favorite character he voices. The 2026 edition of the poll saw a shake-up at the top: Camus from Uta no Prince-sama surged from fourth place last year to claim first with 702 votes, dethroning White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) from Hataraku Saibou, which had held the top spot for two consecutive years and fell to third. Yamabagiri Kunihiro from Touken Ranbu ONLINE held steady at second place with 619 votes.
- Camus: 1st place, 702 votes, from Uta no Prince-sama
- Yamabagiri Kunihiro: 2nd place, 619 votes, from Touken Ranbu ONLINE
- White Blood Cell (Neutrophil): 3rd place, 609 votes, from Hataraku Saibou
- Zhongli: 4th place, 364 votes, from Genshin Impact
- Veldora: 5th place, 359 votes, from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- Hokuto Hidaka: 6th place, 307 votes, from Ensemble Stars!
- Hak: 7th place, 293 votes, from Yona of the Dawn
- Haru Yayoi: 8th place, 236 votes, from Tsukiuta.
- Atsushi Dōjō: 9th place, 219 votes, from Library War
- Natsume Asahina: 10th place, 189 votes, from BROTHERS CONFLICT
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