Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi 2021 Top 10 Male/Female Characters & Top 10 Illustrators

The latest edition of the annual Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi light novel ranking has been released and results are starting to find their way to English audiences.

If you’re unfamiliar with Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi, it’s a yearly publication which asks a selection of fans, industry people (publishers, editors, etc.), and professional reviewers to rate their favorite light novel titles of the past year. From the results, several top lists are created. In this article we’re covering the Top 10 Female and Male characters, as well as the Top 10 Illustrators.

Here are the results for the Top 10 Female Characters.

1. Kei Karuizawa (Classroom of the Elite)
2. Mahiru Shiina (The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten)
3. Rozemyne (Ascendance of a Bookworm)
4. Siesta (Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru “The Detective is Already Dead”)
5. Mai Sakurajima (Rascal Does Not Dream Series)
6. Honami Ichinose (Classroom of the Elite)
7. Mikoto Misaka (A Certain Magical Index)
8. Kuroha Shida (Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy “The Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose!”)
9. Yuma Irido (Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano datta “My Stepsister is My Ex-Girlfriend”)
10. Minami Nanami (Bottom Tier Character Tomozaki)

Here are the results for the Top 10 Male Characters

1. Kiyotaka Ayanokouji (Classroom of the Elite)
2. Ferdinand (Ascendance of a Bookworm)
3. Hachiman Hikigaya (My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected)
4. Chitose Saku (Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka)
5. Sakuta Azusagawa (Rascal Does Not Dream Series)
6. Kirito (Sword Art Online)
7. Kamijou Touma (A Certain Magical Index)
8. Kazuma Satou (Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World)
9. Kimihiko Kimizuka (Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru “The Detective is Already Dead”)
10. Tatsuya Shiba (The Irregular at Magic High School)

Here are the Top 10 Illustrators

1. Tomoseshunsaku (Classroom of the Elite)
2. Fly (Bottom Tier Character Tomozaki, Tell me How to Forget about You)
3. Shirabi (86, The Ryuou’s Work is Never Done)
4. Shigura Ui (Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy “The Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose!”)
5. Kurone Mishima (Konosuba, Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records)
6. Keiji Mizoguchi (Rascal Does Not Dream Series, 14-sai to Illustrator)
7. Tomari (Spy Kyoushitsu, Yuujin Character wa Taihen desu ka, My Friend’s Little Sister is Annoying Only Towards Me)
8. Kureta (Ishura)
9. Yuu Shiina (Ascendance of a Bookworm)
10. Hanekoto (The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten)

Source: Twitter @RanobeSugoi