Rie Kugimiya Birthday Poll Crowns Taiga Aisaka Again
The poll shows Kugimiya's core fanbase still centers on her 2000s tsundere archetypes, with only one new role cracking the top 10.
Reporting from 1 sources: Nijimen.
A Nijimen reader survey for Rie Kugimiya's birthday ranks her most iconic characters. Taiga Aisaka from Toradora! takes first place for the second straight year with 408 votes, while a spring 2026 role, Shaldina Inferiscias, enters the top 10.
Nijimen published the results of a reader survey timed to voice actress Rie Kugimiya's birthday on May 30. The top five are nearly identical to last year's lineup, with Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!) repeating at number one with 408 votes. The only new entry in the top 10 is Shaldina Inferiscias from the spring 2026 anime You Were Killed Again, Detective, which landed at 10th place with 275 votes.
- Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!): 1st place, 408 votes
- Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (The Familiar of Zero): 2nd place, 398 votes
- Shana (Shakugan no Shana): 3rd place, 389 votes
- Nagi Sanzenin (Hayate the Combat Butler): 4th place, 381 votes
- H. Aria Kanzaki (Aria the Scarlet Ammo): 5th place, 361 votes
- Kagura (Gintama): 6th place, 319 votes
- Iori Minase (THE IDOLM@STER): 7th place, 316 votes
- Fenrys (Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army): 8th place, 309 votes
- Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist): 9th place, 298 votes
- Shaldina Inferiscias (You Were Killed Again, Detective): 10th place, 275 votes, new entry
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