Popularity Polls

Characters Polls
Weekly Shōnen Jump occasionally organizes popularity polls of One Piece characters and publishes the results. The results will also be published later in the One Piece Volumes with some differences from the original.


 * 1st Poll: The poll ran for 2 to 3 weeks after Chapter 49 . The total number of votes was 36,000. In the first poll, many of the cover page animals were listed on the poll. Ganzack is the first non-canon character who was voted by the people.
 * 2nd Poll: Total votes 51,873. Eiichiro Oda was included in the poll and ended up taking the 25th position.
 * 3rd Poll: Total votes 50,804. Results from position 51-99 published only in Volume 43 not in the WSJ (Weekly Shōnen Jump.)
 * 4th Poll: Total votes 42,116. The results first published on WSJ Vol. 49 2008. The 4th poll was the longest with more than 200 characters listed in positions 1-122. Seiyū Mayumi Tanaka and the majority of the Joke Characters appeared on the poll. The characters in position 93 has 4 votes each, in position 100, 3 votes each, in position 110, 2 votes each and in position 122 only one vote each.

Note: The table is sortable click on the arrows in the header cell to sort the results.

Attacks Polls
This is the first "Your Favorite Attack" poll the results publish on Volumes 39 and 40

Most Heartbreaking: "Scene"

 * 1) Falling Snow of Reminiscence (1210 votes) Going Merry's funeral.
 * 2) Vivi's Adventure (1086) Straw Hats showing the X mark on Vivi
 * 3) Declaration of War (398) When Robin said: "I want to live"
 * 4) The Fourth Person (356) When Sanji joins the crew
 * 5) Tears (333) Luffy stops Nami from stabbing herself and gives her his strawhat, then goes to beat up Arlong


 * 1) The Oath (315) Zoro promises to Luffy that until he fights Mihawk and beats him, he won't ever lose again


 * 1) Let's Return (300) When the Going Merry rescues the straw hats from Enies Lobby


 * 1) To the Sea (285) Usopp joins the crew


 * 1) Hiruluk's Sakura (237) Chopper joins the straw hats


 * 1) Pride (199) Usopp joins the crew again after the events at Enies Lobby

Place where you like to live: "Island or Town"

 * 1) Sky Island (1107 votes)
 * 2) Arabasta (981)
 * 3) Water 7 (321)
 * 4) Fuusha Village (228)
 * 5) Loguetown (181)
 * 6) Cocoyashi Village (166)
 * 7) Shimotsuki Village (103)
 * 8) Ocean Restaurant Baratie (98)
 * 9) Sakura Kingdom (Drum Island) (96)
 * 10) Ohara and Sogeking Island (87)

Who people want for a protagonist in the special short story: "Character"
For the winner of this poll Oda would draw a short story. The winner was Shanks, and the story was the Red-Hair of Class 3 - Sea Time.
 * 1) Shanks (1483 votes)
 * 2) Ace (476)
 * 3) Bon Kurei (459)
 * 4) Vivi (380)
 * 5) Paulie (315)
 * 6) Mihawk (197)
 * 7) CP9 (187)
 * 8) Whitebeard (92)
 * 9) Pandaman (85)
 * 10) Super Spot-billed Duck Squad (74)
 * 11) Brook, Buggy (72)