Charapedia took up the perennially popular subject of gender-swapping anime characters in their latest 10,000 reader poll, asking fans which switch they’d most like to see. The gender breakdown of responses was 53-47 male to female. 74.6% were from fans in their teens and 20s.
From 127 suggestions, top picks included:
Male
10. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU’s Hachiman Hikigaya – 218 votes
9. Monogatari’s Koyomi Araragi – 223 votes
8. Code Geass’s Lelouch Lamperouge – 234 votes
7. Doraemon – 236 votes
6. IS: Infinite Stratos’ Ichika Orimura – 246 votes
5. The Irregular at Magic High School’s Tatsuya Shiba – 259 votes
4. Dragon Ball’s Son Goku – 297 votes
3. Nisekoi’s Raku Ichijou – 309 votes
2. Sword Art Online’s Kirito – 370 votes
1. To Love-Ru’s Rito Yuuki – 607 votes
Female
10. Snow White with Red Hair’s Shirayuki – 191 votes
9. Himouto! Umaru Chan’s Umaru Doma – 197 votes
8. Haikyu!!’s Kiyoko Shimzu – 206 votes
7. One Piece’s Nami – 219 votes
6. Sword Art Online’s Asuna – 234 votes
5. Kuroko’s Basketball’s Riko Aida – 235 votes
4. Free!’s Gou Matsuoka – 271 votes
3. Kuroko’s Basketball’s Satsuki Momoi – 297 votes
2. Uta no Prince-sama’s Haruka Nanami – 456 votes
1. Gintama’s Kagura – 488 votes