Anime awards are highly anticipated by thousands of fans every year. For international fans, the Crunchyroll Awards are usually the most anticipated ones, but in Japan, the NewType Awards are quite popular. The NewType Awards have already been revealed, and along with the best anime, they also showcased through a vote who people believed were the best male and female characters of 2025.
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For the female category, it was Hitori Gotō, the protagonist of the series ‘Bocchi the Rock!’ Meanwhile, in the male category, the grand winner was Hitori Gotō from Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! These results definitely shocked some overseas fans, who expected more globally trending characters to win, such as Sung Jinwoo from Solo Leveling, or maybe Maomao from The Apothecary Diaries
Japan’s NewType Awards Decides The Best Main Characters of 2025
If there’s one anime award that Japanese anime fans are always looking forward to, it’s definitely Japan’s NewType Awards. NewType is a monthly Japanese anime magazine, and every year, they hold their own awards. The NewType awards cover the best anime, best anime film, best director, best voice actor, as well as best female and male character of the year. The best female and male characters for this year have already been revealed, and the results might surprise some.
Hitori Gotō Is 2025’s Best Female Protagonist
When it comes to the category of best female character, the NewType awards choose Hitori Gotō as the best. Hitori Gotō is the main character of the acclaimed series ‘Bocchi the Rock!’
In ‘Bocchi the Rock!’, Hitori is an extremely timid character, but also a very talented one. She’s part of the Kessoku Band, and plays the role of their lead guitarist and lyricist. She’s definitely a character who has taken over the hearts of many fans.
Kazuhiko Nukumizu is the Best Male Main Character of the Year
When it comes to the male category, the winner here was a character known as Kazuhiko Nukumizu. Kazuhiko Nukumizu is from the new popular anime Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
Kazuhiko Nukumizu is the lead of this slice-of-life anime, and fans have definitely gotten invested in his life. After witnessing a girl get rejected by her crush, Kazuhiko Nukumizu builds a friendship with her. It doesn’t stop there, however, as similar events unfold with other girls around him.
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Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Has definitely been a hit, so it’s easy to see why Kazuhiko is as popular as he is. After all, Makeine was also the best anime of the year based on the NewType awards.
Overseas, Solo Leveling’s Sung Jinwoo Is The MC Of The Year
Many overseas fans were surprised to see the winners for the male and female categories in the NewType awards. Makeine and ‘Bocchi the Rock!’ Are, after all, relatively smaller and less heard of series.
Fans abroad instead decided their own favorite main character during Crunchyroll’s 2025 Anime Awards, and the difference in taste couldn't be clearer. Neither Kazuhiko Nukumizu nor Hitori Gotō was voted as the best character. The most popular MC outside of Japan at the moment is none other than Sung Jinwoo, the main character from the new hit anime Solo Leveling. Fans hope to see more of his adventures in 2026.