Anime Girls: What factors contribute to making an anime girl cute? Is it her attire, personality, or catchphrases such as “tutturu” or “moe moe kyun”? According to a recent poll conducted by a popular ranking website in Japan, anime fans rated 1,072 two-dimensional girls across various series and movie genres to determine the cutest anime girls of 2023. A total of 17,000 people participated in the poll.
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So, what makes an anime girl cute? It could be a combination of factors such as their physical appearance, clothing style, and personality. Some fans may find a particular character’s catchphrases or mannerisms to be endearing as well.
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Top 100 Cutest Anime Girls of 2023 according to Japan
According to a recent poll conducted by a popular ranking website in Japan, Rem from Re:Zero was ranked as the cutest anime girl of 2022. Her twin sister, Ram, also made the list, coming in at 21st place. Rem and Ram both work as maids for one of the antagonists in the series, Roswaal L Mathers.
The Quintessential Quintuplets anime series also had a strong showing in the rankings, with five characters in the top 10. Miku Nakano, the third sister of the Nakano Quintuplets, was voted as the cutest girl in the anime.
Other notable entries included Kaguya Shinomiya, the titular protagonist of Kaguya-sama: Love is War, who took the sixth spot, and Chika Fujiwara, a supporting character from the same series, who came in at 42nd.
Here are the top 100 cutest anime girls of 2023 according to ranking.net:
| RANKING | CUTEST ANIME GIRL OF 2022 | ANIME |
| 1st | Rem | Re:Zero |
| 2nd | Miku Nakano | The Quintessential Quintuplets |
| 3rd | Satsuki Nakano | The Quintessential Quintuplets |
| 4th | Nino Nakano | The Quintessential Quintuplets |
| 5th | Takagi-san | Teasing Master Takagi-san |
| 6th | Kaguya Shinomiya | Kaguya-sama: Love is War |
| 7th | Kazuka Nakano | The Quintessential Quintuplets |
| 8th | Nakano Shiba | The Quintessential Quintuplets |
| 9th | Megumin | KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! |
| 10th | Emilia | Re:Zero |
| 11th | Misaka Mikoto | A Certain Magical Index |
| 12th | Megumi Kato | Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend |
| 13th | Sakura Kinomoto | Cardcaptor Sakura |
| 14th | Violet Evergarden | Violet Evergarden |
| 15th | Ireina | Wandering Witch |
| 16th | Iroha Isshiki | Oregairu / My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected |
| 17th | Kanao Tsuyuri | Demon Slayer |
| 18th | Shinobu Kocho | Demon Slayer |
| 19th | Nezuko Kamado | Demon Slayer |
| 20th | Asuka Langley | Evangelion |
| 21st | Ram | Re:Zero |
| 22nd | Asada Shino | Sword Art Online |
| 23rd | Nami | One Piece |
| 24th | Asuna Yuuki | Sword Art Online |
| 25th | Kagura | Gintama |
| 26th | Hinata Hyuga | Naruto |
| 27th | Yui Yuigahama | Oregairu / My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected |
| 28th | Siesta | The Detective is Already Dead |
| 29th | Kosaki Onodera | Nisekoi |
| 30th | Juliet Persia | Boarding School Juliet |
| 31st | Kanna Kamui | Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid |
| 32nd | Chitanda Eru | Hyouka |
| 33rd | Ryuu Lion | Danmachi / Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? |
| 34th | Alice Zuberg | Sword Art Online Alicization |
| 35th | Aisaka Taiga | Toradora! |
| 36th | Yui Hirasawa | K-ON! |
| 37th | Mai Sakurajima | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai |
| 38th | Chizuru Mizuhara | Rent-A-Girlfriend |
| 39th | Kafu Chino | Is the Order a Rabbit? |
| 40th | Yuuki Konno | Sword Art Online |
| 41st | Kanae Kocho | Demon Slayer |
| 42nd | Chika Fujiwara | Kaguya-sama: Love is War |
| 43rd | Rena Ryugu | Higurashi When They Cry |
| 44th | Ai Hayasaka | Kaguya-sama: Love is War |
| 45th | Madoka Kaname | Puella Magi Madoka Magica |
| 46th | Lum Invader | Urusei Yatsura |
| 47th | Yukinoshita Yukino | Oregairu / My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected |
| 48th | Doma Umaru | Himouto! Umaru-chan |
| 49th | Nao Tomori | Charlotte |
| 50th | Illyasviel von Einzbern | Fate/stay night |
| 51st | Nadeko Sengoku | Bakemonogatari |
| 52nd | Shuna | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime |
| 53rd | Mikasa Ackerman | Attack on Titan |
| 54th | Rei Ayanami | Evangelion |
| 55th | Kokomi Teruhashi | Saiki K |
| 56th | Toga Himiko | My Hero Academia |
| 57th | Ai Haibara | Detective Conan |
| 58th | Saotome Ranma | Ranma 1/2 |
| 59th | C.C. | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion |
| 60th | Azusa Nakano | K-ON! |
| 61st | Kanroji Mitsuri | Demon Slayer |
| 66nd | Bulma | Dragon Ball |
| 63rd | Ranka Lee | Macross Frontier |
| 64th | Aqua | KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! |
| 65th | Momo Belia Deviluke | To LOVE-Ru |
| 66th | Beatrice | Re:Zero |
| 67th | Izumi Masamune | Eromanga Sensei |
| 68th | Shinobu Oshino | Bakemonogatari |
| 69th | Shiro | No Game, No Life |
| 70th | Milim Nava | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime |
| 71st | Sena Kashiwazaki | Haganai: Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai |
| 72nd | Tsukasa Yuzaki | Tonikaku Kawaii |
| 73rd | Makomo | Demon Slayer |
| 74th | Zero Two | Darling in the Franxx |
| 75th | Nanachi | Made in Abyss |
| 76th | Raphtalia | Rising of the Shield Hero |
| 77th | Mio Akiyama | K-ON! |
| 78th | Mayuri Shiina | Steins;Gate |
| 79th | Boa Hancock | One Piece |
| 80th | Shikimori | Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie |
| 81st | Ruka Sarashina | Rent-A-Girlfriend |
| 88nd | Utaha Kasumigaoka | Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata |
| 83rd | Fuuka AKitsuki | Fuuka |
| 84th | Aoi Kanzaki | Demon Slayer |
| 85th | Tsukino Usagi | Sailor Moon |
| 86th | Miko IIno | Kaguya-sama: Love is War |
| 87th | Kirino Kousaka | Oreimo / I can’t believe my little sister is this cute! |
| 88th | Rikka Takanashi | Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions |
| 89th | Princess Syalis | Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle |
| 90th | Roxy Migurdia | Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation |
| 91st | Erio Touwa | Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl |
| 92nd | Maki Nishikino | Love Live! |
| 93rd | Sasha Blouse | Attack on Titan |
| 94th | Kurisu Makise | Steins;Gate |
| 95th | Charlotte Dunois | Inifnite Stratos |
| 96th | Kei Shirogane | Kaguya-sama: Love is War |
| 97th | Tamayo | Demon Slayer |
| 98th | Shoko Makinohara | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai |
| 99th | Rin Tohsaka | Fate/stay night |
| 100th | Aki Adagaki | Masamune-kun’s revenge |
