20 Best Sagittarius Anime Characters Ranked By Popularity
Assertive and decisive, Sagittarius’s qualities are all about taking the path less traveled. Sagittarians aren’t afraid to separate themselves from the pack and are natural-born leaders who go after what they want, regardless of other people’s opinions.
Born between the dates November 22 and December 21, Sagittarians are the ultimate empiricists. They will always choose principles over emotions and will continually question who they are. They don’t believe in playing it safe and are always seeking the next grand breakthrough, and almost never look back.
This list details 20 of the most popular Sagittarians and, as always, beware of spoilers.
20. Chifuyu Matsuno
Anime Name: Tokyo Revengers
Date of Birth: December 19
The closest friend and confidant of the main protagonist Takemichi Hanagaki, Chifuyu Matsuno serves as the Vice-Captain of the First Division of the Tokyo Manji gang. He is a level-headed, rational leader who places loyalty to his friends above all, even willing to be beaten up to protect his friends.
He is the first person to discover that Takemichi is a time leaper and conceals his secret to allow Takemichi to alter the future of Tokyo Manji which is destined to turn into a crime syndicate that kills his girlfriend Hinata Tachibana.
19. Mitsuha Miyamizu
Anime Name: Your Name
Date of Birth: December 1
The female protagonist of the critically acclaimed film Your Name, Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school student living in a rustic town and serves as a priestess in her family shrine. She desires to live in Tokyo as a good-looking boy, and her wish becomes fulfilled as she begins to swap bodies in her dreams with a boy named Taki Tachibana.
The story however takes a turn when we realize that Mitsuha’s hometown is destined for doom as a comet hits and destroys everything, killing everyone.
18. Taki Tachibana
Anime Name: Your Name
Date of Birth: December 1
The male protagonist of Your Name, Taki Tachibana is the boy Mitsuha Miyamizu swaps bodies with within her dreams. He is also a high school student who works part-time at a restaurant. Incredibly tenacious and ambitious, Taki finds a way to get in touch with Mitsuha in person after he discovers that she passed away three years ago.
This strong will enables him to save Mitsuha and the residents of her hometown from the comet, and although he loses all memories of her afterward, his persistence to search and find her someday eventually bears fruit.
17. Petra Ral
Anime Name: Attack on Titan
Date of Birth: December 6
Hand-picked by Levi Ackerman for the Special Operations Squad, Petra Ral is a soldier of the Survey Corps and a close ally of Levi Ackerman. Incredibly skilled, she held one of the highest titan kills (58 Titans killed), and in tandem with her team, they were the most skilled squad within Paradis.
During the Female Titan arc after engaging Annie, her team underestimates the titan’s regenerative ability, and they all get brutally killed. Levi is shown to be devastated by her death when he learns that she wanted to dedicate her life to him and his squad.
16. Sanemi Shinazugawa
Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Date of Birth: November 29
Sanemi Shinazugawa is the current Wind Hashira and one of the strongest Demon Slayers in the series. He is the older brother of Genya Shinazugawa, a demon slayer who joins the Demon Slayer Corps at the same time as Tanjiro Kamado. Often seen with a crazy manic expression and his body covered in multiple scars, he comes across as a scary person.
However, his violent childhood as a result of losing a lot of people to demons left him very cold and abrasive, especially towards Genya. Despite all this, he truly cares about him and only wishes to protect him from the perils of demons. He is one of the few Hashiras that obtain the Demon Slayer mark, proving how proficient he is.
15. Eri
Anime Name: My Hero Academia
Date of Birth: December 21
The granddaughter of the boss of the Yakuza organization Shie Hassaikai, Eri possesses a magnificent Quirk named Rewind that allows her to reverse a living person’s body back to a previous state. This means she can make her target younger, heal any injuries, and undo any mutations they may have.
Overhaul, the central antagonist of the Shie Hassaikai arc, taps into her power to create a Quirk-Destroying drug that he uses on his opponents. However, he holds Eri hostage and physically abuses her for his gain until protagonist Izuku Midoriya rescues her and defeats Overhaul.
14. Borsalino
Anime Name: One Piece
Date of Birth: November 23
Commonly known by his epithet Kizaru and as one of the admirals of the Marines, Borsalino is one of the worst opponents a pirate can come across on the seas. He only ranks second to fleet admiral Sakazuki and commands whole fleets and has the power to issue a Buster Call, a military action that possesses immense destructive capability.
Having eaten the Pika Pika no Mi, a Logia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to create, control, and transform his body into light, he has proved to be a constant pain to the Strawhat Pirates, often appearing in the worst scenarios. He can also use Armament and Observation Haki.
13. Merlin
Anime Name: The Seven Deadly Sins
Date of Birth: December 3
Merlin is one of the members of the Seven Deadly Sins, characterized by the Boar’s Sin of Gluttony, and considered the greatest mage in Britannia. Morning Star Aldan, a sphere that she summons at will is her Sacred Treasure, and she often uses it in tandem with her inherent power Infinity, and her magic spells.
Merlin is a wise, intelligent mage who loves learning above all else, going to the extent of pausing her own age to have all the time to study everything. She is often seen with Escanor as she finds him fascinating because of his bizarre inherent power Sunshine, which makes him immensely powerful during the day but overly frail and timid at night.
12. Ciel Phantomhive
Anime Name: Black Butler
Date of Birth: December 14
Ciel Phantomhive is the head of the Phantomhive house and chairman of the prosperous Funtom Corporation. Despite being a twelve-year-old child, he has a sophisticated butler demon, Sebastian Michaelis, who he made a contract with to serve him, so he could avenge his parents who were murdered.
Willing to sacrifice his soul for vengeance, Ciel is a wealthy, intelligent boy whose skill in chess shows how he thinks of the world as a chess game, using Sebastian as his pawn in the ultimate game of revenge. As the Earl of the Phantomhive house, he is shown to be an outstanding head who inspires devotion from his servants and, in return, shows sensitive attention to their needs.
11. Kishou Arima
Anime Name: Tokyo Ghoul
Date of Birth: December 20
Dubbed as the ‘White Reaper’, Kishou Arima is a legendary Special Class Ghoul Investigator of the CCG who is undefeated for 18 years. He is incredibly strong and can single-handedly turn the tables in a battle whenever he appears. As an incomplete half-ghoul superhuman and the One-Eyed King, he possesses outstanding dexterity, speed, and intellect, being able to rival any ghoul, even Eto, the One-Eyed Owl.
Despite his service to the CCG, Arima spent many years serving as the One-Eyed King, discreetly siding with the Ghouls. As the One-Eyed King, Arima firmly believes that a revolution is in hand. His desire for this revolution resulted in him training Kaneki in the hope that he would become his successor.
10. Seijuro Akashi
Anime Name: Kuroko no Basuke
Date of Birth: December 20
Seijuro Akashi was the former captain of the Generation of Miracles and is now the current captain and point guard of Rakuzan High. Standing at 5’8″ and weighing 64kgs, Akashi is not the most physically robust basketball player, but he is definitely the best player on any court he plays on.
When introduced, he is shown to be extremely intimidating and cavalier and can turn violent if a situation calls for it. Having never faced defeat, Akashi believes that he cannot lose and demands absolute obedience from his players as the captain. Nevertheless, he places complete trust in his teammates and their abilities.
His ability, The Emperor Eye, allows him to watch every movement of his opponent and anticipate their next move, rendering his opponent’s strategy useless. Also, similar to Kagami and Aomine, Akashi possesses the ability to enter the Zone willingly. However, he only does so when he chooses to forsake teamwork and go for victory all by himself.
9. Ippo Makunouchi
Anime Name: Hajime no Ippo
Date of Birth: November 23
Ippo Makunouchi is the titular protagonist of the boxing anime Hajime no Ippo. Originally getting into boxing as a way to know what it means to be strong, Ippo began his boxing career as a featherweight, training at Kamogawa Gym.
Ippo is a pure in-fighter who possesses devastating punching power. Combining this with his signature move, the Diagonal Dempsey Roll, he moves up the ranks to become the reigning featherweight champion.
8. Charlotte Katakuri
Anime Name: One Piece
Date of Birth: November 25
Charlotte Katakuri is the third child and second son of the Katakuri family. As one of the Three Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates, he serves as the Minister of Flour and governs Komugi Island. He is the secondary antagonist of the Whole Cake Island Arc.
Standing at 16’8″ tall, Katakuri is more of a giant than a man. He is very quiet, level-headed, and industrious and devotes himself to protecting his crew and family. Possessing advanced Observation Haki, Katakuri is the strongest subordinate of one of the Emperors of the Sea, Big Mom (Charlotte Linlin).
Katakuri became a fan favorite after his encounter with the Strawhat Pirates, which saw him fight protagonist Monkey D. Luffy. Regarded as one of the best battles of One Piece, Katakuri’s advanced Observation Haki proved to be greatly effective against the Strawhat’s captain, forcing him to devise a better strategy to defeat him, thus inventing the Gear 4: Snakeman.
7. Ulquiorra Schiffer
Anime Name: Bleach
Date of Birth: December 1
Ulquiorra Schiffer is an Arrancar and the fourth Espada in Aizen’s Army, living in Hueco Mundo. Ulquiorra is a very unsympathetic, cruel, and dispassionate Espada, and is rather unfriendly, mopy, and apathetic, willing to hurt his comrades in addition to his enemies should they get in his way.
He is one of the main antagonists of the Arrancar, Hueco Mundo, and Fake Karakura Town arcs. He kidnaps Inoue Orihime under Sosuke Aizen’s orders, resulting in protagonist Kurosaki Ichigo going after him. Their fight is one of the best Bleach fights and made Ulquiorra the most popular Espada.
6. Rintarou Okabe
Anime Name: Steins;Gate
Date of Birth: December 14
Nicknamed Okarin, Rintarou Okabe is a university student, self-proclaimed mad scientist, and central protagonist of Steins;Gate. He is a theatrical, bizarre scientist who seems to have little social courtesy.
He usually gives off the image of being deranged and paranoid, displaying strange mannerisms such as talking to himself on the phone and regaling in fits of delirious laughter. Rintarou likes to pose as an agent operating against a specific ‘Organization’, which he suggests is always after him, as he believes this kind of image gives him a superior and mysterious aura.
5. Ken Kaneki
Anime Name: Tokyo Ghoul
Date of Birth: December 20
Ken Kaneki is the central protagonist of the anime Tokyo Ghoul. Kaneki has a timid and introverted nature but dreams of asking out a stunning girl in his class named Rize Kamishiro, who turns out to be a ghoul that disguised itself as a human and attempts to eat Kaneki but fails. Kaneki who is injured gets some of Rize’s organs transplanted into him, essentially turning him into a half-ghoul.
Kaneki is the most powerful ghoul in the series and becomes the focus of Kishou Arima’s interest, who trains him with the intent of inheriting his power to become the One-Eyed King. As the One-Eyed King, he is able to restore the peace between humans and ghouls.
4. Rock Lee
Anime Name: Naruto
Date of Birth: November 27
Rock Lee is a ninja from the Konoha village and a member of Team Guy. Unlike most ninjas, Rock Lee can’t use ninjutsu or genjutsu, and this causes him to become a target of constant ridicule from other kids his age. However, his indomitable will and intensive training from his master Mighty Guy, a ninja who also can’t use ninjutsu, transforms Rock Lee into one of the strongest characters in the series.
Being an expert in Taijutsu, Rock Lee has very few rivals who can beat him in hand-to-hand combat. During the Chunin Exams, Rock Lee is drawn to fight Gaara, a ninja from the Sand Village and the jinchuriki of One Tail. Despite the significant difference in power between the two shinobis, Rock Lee manages to inflict significant damage on Gaara.
3. Toushirou Hitsugaya
Anime Name: Bleach
Date of Birth: December 20
Toushirou Hitsugaya is the 10th Division Captain of the Gotei 13 and former 3rd Seat under Isshin Shiba, the father of Kurosaki Ichigo. Hitsugaya is typically mature and level-headed, in contrast to his free-spirited lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto. He is a prodigy whose natural talent was evident at a young age.
Having an ice-based Zanpakutou, the polar opposite of the current Captain-Commander’s fire-based Zanpakutou, he has been remarked to have the potential to be the youngest Captain-Commander in the history of the Gotei 13.
2. Lelouch Lamperouge
Anime Name: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Date of Birth: December 5
Lelouch VI Britannia, Lamperouge is the assumed name of the central protagonist of Code Geass and the son of the 98th Britannian Emperor. Lelouch is known for having a very Stoic personality, but behind it is an exceptionally intelligent person who relishes challenges.
In battle, he is very callous and strategic. He is willing to sacrifice civilians and soldiers alike if that is what it takes to accomplish the goal. He is one of the most popular anime characters, often ranking first or second in most polls conducted.
1. Satoru Gojou
Anime Name: Jujutsu Kaisen
Date of Birth: December 7
For such a recent anime, Satoru Gojou’s popularity has grown so quickly, and much of it is attributed to his free-spirited nature and unpredictable personality. He is a special-grade jujutsu sorcerer who works at Tokyo Jujutsu High as a teacher and is one of the main protagonists of the series.
Gojou is virtually unrivaled in the series. The main antagonists of the series don’t even bother trying to fight him and avoid engaging him by essentially trying to seal him. Gojou is a tall lean man who usually covers his eyes with a black blindfold which gives his hair a spikier impression.