Once again, a famous Sanrio puppy took top marks. Cinnamoroll is the winner of the Sanrio Character Ranking 2021 poll. This marks the second time the character won in a row, as he took first place in 2020 too. In 2019, Cinnamoroll was beaten by Hello Kitty and relegated to second place.
Cinnamoroll was number one on the overall Sanrio Character Ranking 2021 poll with 2,314,222 votes. Pompompurin took second with 2,166,543 votes. 1,468,247 people voted for Pochacco, placing that dog into third place. My Melody and Kuromi rounded out the top five with 1,422,881 and 1,248,520, respectively.
Here’s the overall top 25 Sanrio Character Ranking 2021 characters, starting with the winner Cinnamoroll.
- Cinnamoroll
- Pompompurin
- Pochacco
- My Melody
- Kuromi
- Hello Kitty
- Little Twin Stars
- Show By Rock
- Tuxedo Sam
- Cogimyun
Sanrio also broke down the overseas country and region ranking this year. It seems Cinnamoroll’s popularity in Australia, Brazil, China, France, Italy, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States helped propel him to victory. Pompompurin also appeared in the top three most popular characters in many regions.
Here are the number one winners in all of the overseas areas named.
- Australia: Cinnamoroll
- Brazil: Aggretsuko
- France: Yoshikitty
- Germany: Yoshikitty
- Hong Kong: Ahirunopekkle
- Italy: Yoshikitty
- Mainland China: Cinnamoroll
- Singapore: Pompompurin
- South Korea: Show by Rock!!
- Taiwan: Pompompurin
- Thailand: Yoshikitty
- United Kingdom: Pompompurin
- United States: Cinnamoroll
Both Cinnamoroll and Pompompurin furniture appear in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, provided people scan in their amiibo cards.
