The final ranking has been announced on the official YouTube channel of ONE PIECE. The "1st ONE PIECE Character World Popularity Vote" is an online popularity voting project to decide the best character in the world out of a total of 1,174 characters, and it became so popular that over 12 million votes were gathered from all over the world. In the online special program "ONE PIECE TIMES: WT100 Final Results Announcement" released on May 5 on the official YouTube channel of "ONE PIECE", the final results were announced in two parts: Part 1 and Part 2. Luffy was ranked 1st, Roronoa Zoro 2nd, and Nami 3rd, a big change from the midterm announcement. Sanji came in 4th, Trafalgar Law came in 5th, Nico Robin came in 6th, and Boa Hancock came in 7th. ONE PIECE TIMES - WT100 Final Result Announcement" is now on view on the official YouTube channel of "ONE PIECE". The characters in the top 50 plus α will be illustrated by the original author Eiichiro Oda at a later date. (C) Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha
【Background】
・Graduated from Kyoto University with a major in Japanese Culture Studies, Faculty of Letters
・After graduation, worked 4 years as editor and proofreader for a print magazine specializing in traditional performing arts and culture
・Became a freelance journalist in 2021 and launched japanculturean.com in 2022
【Expertise】
・Pop-Culture Fusion Analysis
Analytical commentary on how modern pop-culture media (anime, film, fashion) incorporates and reinterprets traditional Japanese motifs.
