Popularity polls

Weekly Shōnen Jump periodically polls the popularity of Bleach characters and publishes the results. There were four such polls as of February 2008. The third and fourth polls had their results published in the manga itself.

1st Poll
The first poll was a character poll and the results were published in Bleach manga Volume 8.

1. Ichigo Kurosaki = 9742

2. Rukia Kuchiki = 6804

3. Uryū Ishida = 3310

4. Kon = 2962

5. Orihime Inoue = 2413

6. Yasutora Sado = 2109

7. Kisuke Urahara = 1105

8. Tatsuki Arisawa = 949

9. Mizuiro Kojima = 828

10. Ururu Tsumugiya = 504

11. Keigo Asano = 496

12. Isshin Kurosaki = 488

13. Yuzu Kurosaki = 482

14. Chizuru Honshō = 475

15. Yoruichi Shihōin = 471

16. Karin Kurosaki = 462

17. Misato Ochi = 459

18. Jinta Hanakari = 457

19. Byakuya Kuchiki = 446

20. Tite Kubo = 395

21. Don Kanonji = 390

22. Tsubaki = 382

23. Renji Abarai = 374


 * Shun'ō = 374

25. Masaki Kurosaki = 351

26. Tessai Tsukabishi = 333

27. Ryō Kunieda = 292

28. Rukia's horror manga = 281

29. Yūichi Shibata = 268

30. Menos Grande = 236

31. Sora Inoue = 203

32. Midori Tōno = 166

33. Soul Candy: Chappy = 132

34. Michiru Ogawa = 107

35. Shun Shun Rikka = 104

36. Lily = 85

37. Ayame = 69

38. Girl Plus from Chapter 1 = 41

39. Mahana Natsui = 28

40. Sōken Ishida = 25

41. Gitano Shigeo = 22

43. Grand Fisher = 12

45. Reiichi Ōshima = 9

47. Acidwire = 8

48. Random Hollow = 7

51. Harutoki Ide = 6

53. Enraku = 5


 * Kouchou Sensei = 5


 * Mi-chan = 5

58 Postuff = 4


 * Kagine = 4


 * Hinagiku = 4

64. Baigon = 3


 * The Hollow(s) that came out of Shrieker = 3


 * Fishbone D = 3


 * Yama-Bro = 3

74. Shrieker = 2


 * Magical Girl Megaron = 2

79. Kon's stuffed animal without Kon in it = 1


 * Parakeet that isn't Yūichi Shibata = 1


 * Oscar Joaquín de la Rosa = 1

2nd Poll
The second poll was a character poll and the results were published in Bleach manga Volume 13.

1. Ichigo Kurosaki = 7388

2. Rukia Kuchiki = 5943

3. Renji Abarai = 4741

4. Kisuke Urahara = 3673

5. Gin Ichimaru = 3602

6. Tōshirō Hitsugaya = 2796

7. Hanatarō Yamada = 2667

8. Uryū Ishida = 2509

9. Momo Hinamori = 1852

10. Byakuya Kuchiki = 1712

11. Kon = 1574

12. Orihime Inoue = 1289

13. Sōsuke Aizen = 1168

14. Yasutora Sado = 835

15. Ururu Tsumugiya = 439

16. Isshin Kurosaki = 421

17. Karin Kurosaki = 368

18. Izuru Kira = 354

19. Yoruichi Shihōin = 321

20. Tatsuki Arisawa = 283

21. Keigo Asano = 269

22. Ikkaku Madarame = 225

23. Tite Kubo = 212

24. Zangetsu = 207

25. Kūkaku Shiba = 201

26. Ganju Shiba = 197

27. Kenpachi Zaraki = 173

28. Mizuiro Kojima = 152

29. Yachiru Kusajishi = 135

30. Zennosuke Kurumadani = 63

31. Bonnie-chan = 61

32. Nemu Kurotsuchi - 54

34. Yuzu Kurosaki = 52


 * Yumichika Ayasegawa = 52

36. Shunsui Kyōraku

39. Rangiku Matsumoto = 40

40. Akon = 35

42. Jinta Hinakari = 32

43. Tsubaki = 31

44. Suì-Fēng = 29

45. Zangetsu (Sword form) = 27

47. Masaki Kurosaki = 24


 * Shūhei Hisagi - 24

49. Yūichi Shibata = 22

50. Princess & Dragon drawing = 21

3rd Poll
The third poll was a character poll and the results were published in Chapter 214 of the Bleach manga.

1. Ichigo Kurosaki = 8370

2. Tōshirō Hitsugaya = 8321

3. Rukia Kuchiki = 6122

4. Renji Abarai = 4517

5. Gin Ichimaru = 4039

6. Byakuya Kuchiki = 3752

7. Yoruichi Shihōin = 3744

8. Kisuke Urahara = 3676

9. Kenpachi Zaraki = 3001

10. Orihime Inoue = 2901

11. Izuru Kira = 2873

12. Momo Hinamori = 2735

13. Shūhei Hisagi = 2317

14. Jūshirō Ukitake = 2298

15. Uryū Ishida = 1742

16. Suì-Fēng = 1628

17. Rangiku Matsumoto = 1377

18. Sōsuke Aizen = 1266

19. Yachiru Kusajishi = 1224

20. Ulquiorra Cifer = 737

21. Yumichika Ayasegawa = 641

22. Nanao Ise = 609

23. Kon = 601

24. Ururu Tsumugiya = 566

25. Hanatarō Yamada = 545

26. Kaname Tōsen = 519

27. Ikkaku Madarame = 456

28. Mayuri Kurotsuchi = 448

29. Shunsui Kyōraku = 445

30. Isshin Kurosaki = 440

31. Yasutora Sado = 370

32. Isane Kotetsu = 346

33. Kaien Shiba = 316


 * Akon = 316

35. Zangetsu = 258

36. Ganju Shiba = 217

37. Nemu Kurotsuchi = 202

38. Retsu Unohana = 181

39. Sajin Komamura = 175

40. Tatsuki Arisawa = 174

41. Keigo Asano = 171

42. Shinji Hirako = 155

43. Hiyori Sarugaki = 151

44. Ryūken Ishida = 145

45. Chōjirō Tadaoki Sasakibe = 142

46. Hisana Kuchiki = 137

47. Aizen's glasses = 134

48. Rin Tsubokura = 129

49. Kūkaku Shiba = 109

50. Kiyone Kotetsu = 88

4th Poll
The fourth poll was a character poll and the results were published in Chapter 307 of the Bleach manga.

1. Tōshirō Hitsugaya - 8278

2. Rukia Kuchiki - 7895

3. Ichigo Kurosaki - 7829

4. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez - 4987

5. Uryū Ishida - 4710

6. Momo Hinamori - 4102

7. Byakuya Kuchiki- 4010

8. Orihime Inoue - 3975

9. Izuru Kira - 3852

10. Ulquiorra Cifer - 3751

11. Renji Abarai - 3746

12. Gin Ichimaru - 3699

13. Yumichika Ayasegawa - 3443

14. Shūhei Hisagi - 3400

15. Kenpachi Zaraki - 3385

16. Mizuiro Kojima - 3250

17. Shunsui Kyōraku - 2844

18. Yasutora Sado - 2477

19. Jūshirō Ukitake - 2003

20. Kisuke Urahara 1752

21. Rangiku Matsumoto - 1666

22. Ikkaku Madarame - 1621

23. Sōsuke Aizen - 1423

24. Nnoitra Gilga - 1315

25. Suì-Fēng - 1228

26. Kaien Shiba - 1097

27. Yachiru Kusajishi - 980

28. Yoruichi Shihōin - 752

29. Szayel Aporro Granz - 537

30. Nel Tu - 410

31. Soul Candy King - 390

32. Akon - 341

33. Kaname Tōsen - 298

34. Nemu Kurotsuchi - 246

35. Ashido Kanō - 215

36. Sajin Komamura - 190

37. Hollow Ichigo - 180

38. Hisana Kuchiki - 162

39. Luppi Antenor - 155

40. Kon - 135

41. Shinji Hirako - 118

42. Hanatarō Yamada - 107

43. Ryūken Ishida - 99

44. Kensei Muguruma - 82

45. Cirucci Sanderwicci - 69

46. Yylfordt Granz - 62

47. Ganju Shiba - 58

48. Mayuri Kurotsuchi - 53

49. Tesra Lindocruz - 49

50. Isshin Kurosaki - 45

5th Poll
The fifth poll is not a Characters poll but a Zanpakutō poll instead. The name of the top five Zanpakutō were first released in Chapter 348, with the full list released in Bleach manga Volume 40.

1. Tōshirō Hitsugaya's Hyōrinmaru

2. Rukia Kuchiki's Sode no Shirayuki

3. Ichigo Kurosaki's Zangetsu

4. Izuru Kira's Wabisuke

5. Byakuya Kuchiki's Senbonzakura

6. Shūhei Hisagi's Kazeshini

7. Renji Abarai's Zabimaru

8. Gin Ichimaru's Shinsō

9. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez's Pantera

10. Ichigo Kurosaki's Tensa Zangetsu

11. Uryū Ishida's Ginrei Kojaku

12. Kisuke Urahara's Benihime

13. Ikkaku Madarame's Hōzukimaru

14. Yumichika Ayasegawa's Ruri'iro Kujaku

15. Suì-Fēng's Suzumebachi

16. Tōshirō Hitsugaya's Daiguren Hyōrinmaru

17. Jūshirō Ukitake's Sōgyo no Kotowari

18. Sōsuke Aizen's Kyōka Suigetsu
 * Kaien Shiba's Nejibana
 * Rangiku Matsumoto's Haineko

21. Uryū Ishida's Seele Schneider

22. Uryū Ishida's Kojaku 23. Momo Hinamori's Tobiume


 * Szayel Aporro Granz's Fornicarás

25. Byakuya Kuchiki's Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (including Gōkei / Shūkei / Hakuteiken)

26. Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Ashisogi Jizō

27. Yumichika Ayasegawa's Fujikujaku


 * Ikkaku Madarame's Ryūmon Hōzukimaru

29. Kenpachi Zaraki's Zanpakutō

30. Nnoitra Gilga's Santateresa 31. Hanatarō Yamada's Hisagomaru

32. Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Ryūjin Jakka

33. Shunsui Kyōraku's Katen Kyōkotsu
 * Orihime Inoue's Shun Shun Rikka
 * Nel Tu's Gamuza

36. Renji Abarai's Hihiō Zabimaru
 * Senna's Mirokumaru

38. Kensei Muguruma's Tachikaze

39. Retsu Unohana's Minazuki

40. Kaname Tōsen's Suzumushi

41. Tesra Lindocruz's Verruga
 * Zennosuke Kurumadani's Tsuchinamazu

43. Yachiru's Zanpakutō
 * Yasutora Sado's Brazo Izquierda del Diablo
 * Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō

46. Ulquiorra's Murciélago
 * Yylfordt Granz's Del Toro
 * Sajin Komamura's Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō
 * Jirōbō Ikkanzaka's Tsunzakigarasu
 * Luppi Antenor's Trepadora
 * Charlotte Chuhlhourne's Reina de Rosas

52. Aaroniero Arruruerie's Glotonería
 * Matsuri Kudō's Kotōmaru
 * Ryūsei Kenzaki's Benishidare
 * Tenran

56. Abirama Redder's Devorar Pluma
 * Cirucci Sanderwicci's Golondrina
 * Hollow Ichigo's White Zangetsu
 * Getsuga Tenshō
 * Zommari Rureaux's Brujería
 * Shinji Hirako's Sakanade
 * Sajin Komamura's Tenken
 * Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio's Giralda

64. Asauchi (Zanpakutō whose wielder doesn't know its name)
 * U(ryū)'s glove
 * Nanao Ise's glasses-suspension
 * Isane Kotetsu's Itegumo
 * Tetsuzaemon Iba's Zanpakutō
 * Ulquiorra's Resurrección
 * Ulquiorra's eyeball
 * Ulquiorra's nails
 * Edrad Liones's Volcánica
 * Karin's soccer ball
 * Pesche Guatiche's Ultima
 * Troop 9 - Eishima's Zanpakutō
 * Yasutora Sado's Brazo Derecha de Gigante
 * Abirama Redder's Águila
 * Kusaka's Hyōrinmaru
 * Tatsufusa Enjōji's Hōzan
 * "G'mornin' I'chigo~!!"
 * Chōjirō Tadaoki Sasakibe's Gonryōmaru
 * Sado's right arm from when it first transformed
 * Hiyori Sarugaki's Kubikiri Orochi
 * Hanatarō Yamada's Akeiro Hisagomaru
 * Shunkō
 * Hakuren
 * Tatsuki's fists
 * Findor Calius 's Pinza Aguda
 * Don Kan'onji's "Super Spirit Stake"
 * Kakuji Tsuijaku (Tsubaki - Orihime)
 * Uña Tirotear
 * Fujimaru Kudō's Kokyū Ryūjōmaru
 * Maki Ichinose's Nijigasumi
 * Hinamori's "Glasses Cookie"
 * Desgarrón
 * Makimaki's Zanpakutō
 * Lanzador Verde
 * Infinite Slick
 * Jinta Hanakari's Muteki Tekkon
 * Rangiku-san Matsumoto's chest
 * Fujimaru Kudō's Ryūjōmaru

6th Poll


The 6th Bleach poll is a best bout poll. The top ten were published in Chapter 392.

1. Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Byakuya Kuchiki (551 votes)

2. Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Ulquiorra Cifer (512 votes)

3. Ichigo Kurosaki Vs. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (457 votes)

3. Ichigo Kurosaki Vs. Renji Abarai (457 votes)

5. Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Gin Ichimaru (Pretty Boy vs. Pretty Boy)

6. Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki (Eyebrows vs. No Eyebrows)

7. Rukia Kuchiki vs. Aaroniero Arruruerie (Nee-san vs. Not-Nee-san)

8. Uryū Ishida vs. Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Glasses vs. No Glasses)

9. Yoruichi Shihōin vs. Suì-Fēng (Big Boobs vs. Small Boobs)

10. Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Nnoitra Gilga (Eyepatch vs. Eyepatch)