What makes an anime girl cute? Is it the way they dress? Their demeanor? Their catchphrases like ”tutturu” or ”moe moe kyun”?
A popular ranking website in Japan released a list of the cutest anime girls of 2022. A total of 17,000 anime fans participated in the poll, rating 1,072 two-dimensional girls across different series and movie genres.
Did your waifu make it to the list? Let’s find out the most adorable female anime characters according to Japanese fans.
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The cutest anime girls of 2022 according to Japan
Rem from Re:Zero topped the charts as the cutest anime girl of 2022, while her twin sister, Ram, took 21st place on the list. Rem and Ram work as maids for Roswaal L Mathers, one of the antagonists in the series.
Characters from The Quintessential Quintuplets anime series dominated the rankings, taking five spots in the top 10. Miku Nakano, the third sister of the Nakano Quintuplets, was hailed as the cutest girl in the anime.
Titular protagonist Kaguya Shinomiya of Kaguya-sama: Love is War occupied the sixth spot while supporting character Chika Fujiwara landed at 42nd.
Here are the top 100 cutest anime girls of 2022 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 |
View the full list on ranking.net’s website.
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