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Men & Women Vote on the Brainiest Anime Characters

Japanese website Charapedia asked its visitors which anime character they think is the smartest. 10,000 men and women weighed in on the poll from June 19-25. About 57% of voters were male, 43% were female and 82% were between 13-29. About 18% were 30 years old or older.

Top 20 Characters (Overall)

Rank	Character	Title	Votes
1	Lelouch Lamperouge	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion	718
2	Light Yagami	Death Note	659
3	Conan Edogawa	Detective Conan	639
4	Seijūrō Akashi	Kuroko's Basketball	503
5	Shiro	No Game, No Life	366
6	Tsubasa Hanekawa	Monogatari Series	363
7	Tatsuya Shiba	The irregular at magic high school	293
8	Shintarō Midorima	Kuroko's Basketball	264
9	Shintaro Kisaragi	Mekakucity Actors	257
10	L	Death Note	212
11	Sora	No Game, No Life	192
12	Makoto Hanamiya	Kuroko's Basketball	182
13	Keima Katsuragi	The World God Only Knows	152
14	Izaya Orihara	Durarara!!	146
15	Armin Arlelt	Attack on Titan	140
16	Ami Mizuno	Sailor Moon	123
17	Hidetoshi Dekisugi	Doraemon	114
18	Kiyomaro Takamine	Zatch Bell	107
19	Yuki Nagato	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	101
20	Shōichi Imayoshi	Kuroko's Basketball	78

Top 10 Characters (Men)

Rank	Character	Title	Votes
1	Lelouch Lamperouge	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion	533
2	Light Yagami	Death Note	480
3	Conan Edogawa	Detective Conan	357
4	Shiro	No Game, No Life	305
5	Tsubasa Hanekawa	Monogatari Series	288
6	Tatsuya Shiba	The irregular at magic high school	276
7	Sora	No Game, No Life	147
8	L	Death Note	120
9	Keima Katsuragi	The World God Only Knows	113
10	Kiyomaro Takamine	Zatch Bell	107

Top 10 Characters (Women)

Rank	Character	Title	Votes
1	Seijūrō Akashi	Kuroko's Basketball	413
2	Conan Edogawa	Detective Conan	282
3	Shintarō Midorima	Kuroko's Basketball	245
4	Shintaro Kisaragi	Mekakucity Actors	201
5	Lelouch Lamperouge	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion	185
6	Light Yagami	Death Note	179
7	Makoto Hanamiya	Kuroko's Basketball	165
8	Armin Arlelt	Attack on Titan	117
9	L	Death Note	92
10	Izaya Orihara	Durarara!!	81

[Via Yara-On!]