Follow the Leader! Fans Choose Anime’s Most Inspiring Leaders

In November, we Americans will choose our new leaders. Turns out the Japanese have us beat to the punch.

Japanese anime fans, that is, who have been asked by pollmasters Charapedia, “who are the anime leaders you’d follow to the bitter end?” Who are anime’s most inspiring leaders? Let’s find out.

20. Bright Noa

Mobile Suit Gundam



19. Kotaro Bokuto

Haikyu!!



18. Mamoru Endo

Inazuma Eleven



17. Edward Newgate

One Piece

16. Tsubasa Ozora

Captain Tsubasa



15. Junpei Hyuga

Kuroko’s Basketball



14. Takami Chika

Love Live Sunshine



13. Kazuya Miyuki

Ace of Diamond



12. Toru Oikawa

Haikyu!!



11. Bossun/Yusuke Fujisaki

Sket Dance



10. Kunimitsu Tezuka

Prince of Tennis



9. Isao Kondo

Gintama

8. Yuki Tetsuya

Ace of Diamond



7. Yukio Kasamatsu

Kuroko’s Basketball



6. Levi

Attack on Titan



5. Seijuro Akashi

Kuroko’s Basketball



4. Gintoki Sakata

Gintama

3. Honoka Kosaka

Love Live



2. Daichi Sawamura

Haikyu!!



1. Monkey D. Luffy

One Piece



Perhaps not surprising that the majority of the characters listed are from sports anime, a genre chock full of loyalty-inspiring, emotional locker room speech-giving leaders. Next up are shows concerning the world of professional music, which also requires strong leadership, and then there’s actual war. But One Piece’s Monkey D. Luffy takes the cake, proving even pirates can be loyal with an inspiring enough leader at the helm.

Who’re your top anime leaders?

Source: Charapedia