My Hero Academia Honors Its Most Popular Character

This article contains spoilers from the My Hero Academia series.

My Hero Academia is a hugely popular and well-known action anime, currently the most prominent superhero series available. While the original manga finished in 2024, the anime is now airing its final season. Alongside the conclusion of the story, My Hero Academia has launched several exciting projects, including a worldwide fan poll.

The results of the worldwide popularity vote are in, and artist Kohei Horikoshi created a special illustration featuring the top 10 characters. The winner even received a statue! As many fans predicted, Bakugo won the My Hero Academia Global Popularity Poll, and this win is being celebrated with a statue in his likeness. Bakugo’s increasing popularity has been a surprise, even to his creator, who originally thought Bakugo would be unpopular, but he’s become a fan favorite.

Deku is the Main Character, But Bakugo Has Won The Global Popularity Poll

  • Bakugo Has Won Almost Every MHA Popularity Poll
  • Bakugo’s Win Will Be Celebrated With A New Statue

I watched with a lot of interest as My Hero Academia ran a worldwide popularity poll last year. It was cool to see fans from every country get a chance to vote for the characters they loved. While the results definitely sparked some debate and disagreement among fans, it was still a really exciting event.

It’s been known for a while that Bakugo won the recent popularity poll by a large margin. Izuku Midoriya, the main character, came in second, with a significant difference in votes. Interestingly, Deku hasn’t won a popularity poll since the very first one, consistently losing to Bakugo. That initial poll also had far fewer voters and took place early in the series, before the characters were fully developed, so it’s considered less reliable.

Bakugo continues to be the most popular character, maintaining his top position since initially rising to fame. Horikoshi, the series author, highlighted this by featuring Bakugo prominently in an illustration of the poll’s top ten winners. Recently, Bakugo’s popularity has been further recognized with the unveiling of a statue in his honor.

Bakugo’s Popularity Has Surprised Many, Including Horikoshi

Horikoshi Expected Bakugo To Be Disliked

Bakugo is easily the most popular character in the My Hero Academia series. Despite his popularity with fans around the world, even the series creator was surprised by how well-liked he became.

The creator of My Hero Academia was surprised by how popular Bakugo became. He originally anticipated fans wouldn’t like him, considering Bakugo spent a lot of time bullying Deku, causing him both physical and emotional pain. Despite this, Bakugo was consistently a popular character, even before his significant character growth and change in behavior.

Q: Is there a character that you’ve created that fans reacted to in a way you didn’t expect?

Horikoshi was surprised by Bakugo’s popularity. He initially thought the character would be disliked, but Bakugo consistently ranks as the most popular character in fan surveys.

The My Hero Academia manga finished its run after 431 chapters, and you can read them all on Manga Plus. The anime is currently airing its last season, My Hero Academia Season 8, which will have 12 episodes. You can watch it on Crunchyroll.

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2025-11-06 16:34