My Hero Academia honors its most popular character

My Hero Academia has become an iconic shonen series and is definitely the biggest superhero anime at the moment. Sadly, the manga for this series officially ended in 2024 and the anime follows the final season which is currently airing. With all the exciting content unfolding, My Hero Academia she also won many interesting projects, including a worldwide popularity poll.

Now the results of a worldwide popularity survey have come to light Horikoshi draws an illustration of the top 10 winners. The winner of the poll also received his own statuette. As many fans expected based on past results, Bakugo was the winner MHA Global Popularity Surveyand this victory of his was now commemorated with his own statue. Bakugo's rise in popularity has surprised many, including his own creator Kohei Horikoshi. Horikoshi definitely believed that Bakugo would be hatedbut the reception was quite the opposite.

Deku is the main character, but Bakugo wins the global popularity poll

• Bakugo won almost every MHA popularity poll

• Bakugo's victory will be celebrated with a new statue

My Hero Academia conducted a worldwide popularity poll last year, fans from all over the world could vote for their favorite characters, regardless of where they lived. This was very exciting for fans around the world, although the results divided the community.

As revealed long ago, Bakugo ended up winning the polland won by a wide margin. Meanwhile, the real protagonist, Izuku Midoriya, finished second and the difference in scores was quite large. Usually the main character is the most popular in any series but this is not the case with MHA as Deku lost all but the first popularity poll to none other than Bakugo. Even in the first poll, it should be noted that the number of voting fans was much lower and it took place before most of the characters had really established themselves, so it definitely has the least weight.

Bakugo constantly proves how much more popular he is than the others because since his rise to the top no one has been able to dethrone him. In the illustration drawn by Horikoshi for the top ten poll winners, Bakugo was front and center, which was the author's way of paying homage to him. Recently, however, even bigger things have happened to him. Really, Bakugo has now received his own statue to celebrate his victory.

Bakugo's popularity surprised many, including Horikoshi

Horikoshi expected that Bakugo would not like it

Bakugo is without a doubt and by far the most popular character that the MHA series has to offer. He has captivated fans all over the world, yet many are surprised by the fact that he is so popular, including the creator of MHA.

As revealed by the creator of MHA, he didn't expect Bakugo to be so popular. In fact, he thought he wouldn't like it. After all, Bakugo was a huge bully for a long time. He hurt Deku in many ways, both physically and mentally. His character development definitely fixed his behavior for the most part, but he was winning popularity polls long before that.

Q: Is there a character you've created that fans have responded to in a way you didn't expect?

Horikoshi: Bakugo was a bit of a surprise. I assumed everyone would hate him, but the opposite is true. In the character quizzes we do, Bakugo ranks first among the most popular.

The My Hero Academia manga has ended with 431 chapters for fans to read. You can find all these chapters on Manga Plus. As for the anime, the series is now airing its final season, MHA Season 8, which will consist of a total of 12 episodes. The series can be watched on Crunchyroll.

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Release date

April 2, 2016

Network

TBS, MBS, Nippon TV

directors

Shouji Ikeno, Tsuyoshi Tobita, Ikuro Sato, Takudai Kakuchi, Masashi Abe, Tetsuya Miyanishi, Kazuma Komatsu, Yoshifumi Sasahara, Masayuki Otsuki, Daisuke Tsukushi, Takayuki, Yamamoto, Yohei Takada Na Yamamoto, Yohei Takuka, Yohei Takuko Fukui Nakayama, Sayaka Morikawa, Takanori Yano

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  Daiki Yamashita

  Izuku Midoriya (voice)

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  Kaito Ishikawa

  Manga Fukidashi (voice)