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July 31 is a Beach day.

It is an anniversary established to spread the importance of beaches, which comes from the words play of “Na (7) Mi (3) Ga Ii (1)” (Lit. “Waves are good”).
The blue sky is indispensable for sunbathing on the beach. The beauty of the clear blue color is fascinating.

Many characters with blue as the image color have been appearing in anime and games. Among all of them, which character is attracting the most readers of Anime!Anime!?

Therefore, this time, we conducted a reader survey entitled “Speaking about characters whose image color is blue, who comes to your mind first?” We received responses from 278 people during the survey period from July 14 to July 21.
The male-female ratio is about 30% for males and about 70% for females. About 60% of the age group were teens, and about 25% were in their 20s.

■ Multiple cool characters are ranked in!

1st place

1st place goes to Aomine Daiki from “Kuroko’s Basketball” with an approval rating of about 12%.

Aomine Daiki is a member of the “Generation of Miracles”. Readers commented, “Needless to say, he is in charge of the blue color of ‘Generation of Miracles’. He is so powerful that no one can compare him in basketball. He’s a confident man who boasted, ‘I’m the only one who can beat myself’, but he also has a blue heart to suffer from being too strong.”, and “He has ‘blue’ (‘Ao’ is ‘blue’ in Japanese) in his name and in his hair, so he comes to my mind immediately. Each of ‘Generation of Miracles’ has an assigned color, so it is easy to remember.”

2nd place

2nd place goes to Matsuno Karamatsu from “Mr. Osomatsu” with an approval rating of about 8%.

Karamatsu is the second son of the Matsuno family of six children. Readers pointed on narcissistic personality which matches blue color so well”, “Speaking of blue, it is Karamatsu! Even if it hurts, blue suits him the best”, “Because blue hoodies look great on him”, and “As long as he is quiet, he looks the coolest among the 6 siblings, which matches the image of blue!”

3rd place

3rd place is shared between Izumi Iori from “Idolish Seven”, Sonoda Umi from “Love Live!”, and Doraemon from “Doraemon”.

For Izumi Iori, “All characters of ‘Idolish 7’ have their own colors and it is so cool! Among them, blue suits Iori because of his calm personality.”
For Sonoda Umi, “When it is about blue as a color image, only Umi-chan comes to my mind. Her name also suits summer and feels refreshing.”

For Doraemon, “A national character that everyone knows. The episode that originally he had a yellow body, but the it turned blue is also great.”

■ Let’s introduce other comments!

About Hijirikawa Masato from “Uta no Prince-sama”, “Both the image color and the hair color are blue. I think there are many media with him that use water even at live performances.”, and “The CD jacket and costume are also blue, so I voted for Masato-kun!”
For Iida Tenya from “My Hero Academia”, “The blue flame of the Super Move, Recipro Burst is impressive. Blue is an image of a bright color, so it’s perfect for class president Iida!”

About Samatoki Aohitsugi from “Hypnosismic: Division Rap Battle”, “The kanji is different, but the name contains the word ‘blue’. The team color of MAD TRIGGER CREW, led by Samatogi, is also blue.”
About Tomas from “Thomas & Friends”, the character that is known all over the world, “Because his body color is blue. Actually, at first, he was green when he arrived at the Sodo Island.”

In the ranking of image colors where blue is the image color, cool characters stand out overall. Another feature is that many characters have blue hair.

■ Top 10 rankings

“Speaking about characters whose image color is blue, who comes to your mind first?”
1st place Aomine Daiki “Kuroko’s Basketball”
2nd place Matsuno Karamatsu ” Mr. Osomatsu”
3rd place Izumi Iori “Idolish 7”
3rd place Sonoda Umi “Love Live!”
3rd place Doraemon “Doraemon”
6th place Hijirikawa Masato “Uta no Prince-sama”
7th place Iida Tenya “My Hero Academia”
8th place Shinkai Kanata “Ensemble Stars!”
9th place Rem “Re: Life in a Different World from Zero”
10th place Samatoki Aohitsugi “Hypnosis Mike: Division Rap Battle”
(Response period: July 14 to 21, 2021)

■ Ranking Top 20

“Speaking about characters whose image color is blue, who comes to your mind first?”
1st place Aomine Daiki “Kuroko’s Basketball”
2nd place Matsuno Karamatsu ” Mr. Osomatsu”
3rd place Izumi Iori “Idolish 7”
3rd place Sonoda Umi “Love Live!”
3rd place Doraemon “Doraemon”
6th place Hijirikawa Masato “Uta no Prince-sama”
7th place Iida Tenya “My Hero Academia”
8th place Shinkai Kanata “Ensemble Stars!”
9th place Rem “Re: Life in a Different World from Zero”
10th place Samatoki Aohitsugi “Hypnosis Mike: Division Rap Battle”
11th place Mizuno Ami / Sailor Mercury “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon”
12th place Miki Sayaka”Puella Magi Madoka Magica”
13th place Gojo Satoru “Jujutsu Kaisen”
13th place Edogawa Conan “Detective Conan”
13th place Nakano Miku “The Quintessential Quintuplets”
13th place Karen Minazuki / Cure Aqua “YES! PreCure 5 ”
17th place Shiota Nagisa “Assassination Classroom”
17th place Thomas “Thomas & Friends”
17th place Hashibira Inosuke “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”
17th place Hidaka Hokuto “Ensemble Stars!”
17th place Yotsuba Tamaki “Idolish7”

(Response period: July 14 to 21, 2021)