Hello Kitty's Sanrio has announced the official results for its 2024 character rankings. Its most popular picks showcase both big movers and familiar faces in 2024, although votes in countries perform very differently from what they might have been according to their international reputation.
Via PR Times, Sanrio has released the 2024 Sanrio Character Rankings, revealing that Cinnamoroll won the title for the fifth year running with a whopping 5.67 million votes. This year's edition is titled The 39th Annual Sanrio Character Ranking Contest with the theme “All We Need Is Love and Thanks to Each Other.” Cinnamoroll was followed by Pochacco in second place with 4.59 million votes and Kuromi in third place with 4.13 million. Hello Kitty ranked fifth. Cinnamoroll's victory declaration was “Yippee!! I'm so grateful for your support! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!” Readers can see the top 10 list with corresponding votes below.
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Top 10 Sanrio character ranking results in 2024
Cinnamoroll: 5,665,543 Pochacco: 4,591,020 Kuromi: 4,125,678 Pompompurin: 4,089,750 Hello Kitty: 3,551,441 My Melody: 2,723,108 Kerokekerokeroppi: 2,244,819 Hangyodon: 2,118,662 Tuxedosam: 9 25,732 Small Double Stars: 1,849,224 AHIRUNOPEKKLE: 1,816,402 Cogimyun: 1,689,085 BADTZ-MARU: 1,633,492 HANAMARUOBAKE: 1,351,001 WISH ME MELL: 1,128,708 GUDETAMA: 1,116,298 MY SWEET PIANO: 83 7,632 KIRIMICHAN: 750,010 COROCOROKURIRIN: 735,312 U・SA・HA・NA: 649,859
Cinnamoroll's 2024 Sanrio Character Rankings win is his fifth in a row
The 2024 Sanrio character rankings also come with important trends. Overall, the total of 57,074,053 votes means 2024 had the most votes in the contest's history, marking a whopping 128% increase over last year. Cinnamoroll's five consecutive wins continued Pochacco's 1991-1995 winning streak to become the second longest winning streak of all time, behind Hello Kitty's 12 consecutive wins from 1998 to 2009. Kerokekerokeroppi reached the top for the first time. into the top 10 after 12 years, while he – – along with Pekkle Duck – jumped five places from last year, marking the schools with the biggest changes in the rankings. Meanwhile, HANAMARUOBAKE ranked 14th, which is very respectable even though it only debuted last year.
While Pochacco's 35th anniversary coincided with his strong second-place finish, Hello Kitty's 50th anniversary failed to see the famous kitten improve from second place. same year in 2023. However, she won a slightly higher percentage of the vote than last year, with 6.2% compared to 5.6% in 2023. While Hello Kitty fans unable to get any comments from the character due to her position, Pochacco and Kuromi thanked fans for their support, while later promising to “Kuromify the world to the next level.”
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Even though Kitty White didn't take first place in the official character rankings, there's still plenty to celebrate for her milestone year. Retrospekt released a Hello Kitty film camera following the company's Gudetama collaboration, and fashion giant Forever 21 launched a beach-themed Hello Kitty collaboration for the summer. Fans in the US and many other places are also eagerly looking forward to Yu-Gi-Oh! of McDonald's. x Hello Kitty & Friends toy collaboration, which sees Kitty joined by nine other Sanrio characters this summer.
Source: Sanrio, PR Times