The results of our main male character ranking for 2025 are also out, and you can see who was the best boy of the year below. Make sure to also check out our 2025 Seiyuu of the Year winners, as well as the 2025 Opening and Ending Theme Song and 2025 Supporting Character winners. The nominees were the top 5 characters from each of the season, including the results for:
A total of 27,067 people voted in the category for the best boy, with Izuku “Deku” Midoriya from My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON taking the win. Deku also won in the Winter 2025 season.
He was followed by Hikaru Indo from The Summer Hikaru Died and Loid Forger from SPY x FAMILY Season 3. You can see the full results below.
Top 20 Best Boy of the Year Ranking | 2025 Anime Awards
| Rank | Title | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Izuku “Deku” Midoriya | 8.48% |
| 2nd | Hikaru Indo | 7.62% |
| 3rd | Loid Forger | 7.37% |
| 4th | Yoshiki Tsujinaka | 7.28% |
| 5th | Jinshi | 7.25% |
| 6th | Rintaro Tsumugi | 6.42% |
| 7th | Ken “Okarun” Takakura | 6.3% |
| 8th | Katsuki Bakugo | 6.22% |
| 9th | Subaru Natsuki | 6.05% |
| 10th | X | 5.06% |
| 11th | Rudo | 4.53% |
| 12th | Haruka Sakura | 4.36% |
| 13th | Sung Jinwoo | 4% |
| 14th | Toshinori Yagi (All Might) | 3.91% |
| 15th | Taro Sakamoto | 3.87% |
| 16th | Hayato Suo | 3.21% |
| 17th | Rentaro Aijo | 3.14% |
| 18th | Taiki Inomata | 2.07% |
| 19th | Morihito Otogi | 1.77% |
| 20th | Arata Shiunji | 1.09% |
Do you think the 2025 best boy winners deserved it or do you think someone else should have won? Let us know! Stay tuned for the rest of our 2025 Anime of the Year Awards!
In the meantime, you can vote for our Winter 2026 weekly rankings.
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The Summer Hikaru Died ©Mokumokuren/KADOKAWA/The Summer Hikaru Died Partners
SPY x FAMILY © Tatsuya Endo, Shueisha / Spy x Family Project
My Hero Academia © Kohei Horikoshi / Shueisha, My Hero Academia Project
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