The 30 most and least loved cosplay characters revealed

Cosplaying can be a fantastic way for fans to show their love for a character and become their own hero for the day with some spending thousands of pounds on their costumes. With the gaming industry overtaking the film industry and easier access to anime content, the interest and fascination with cosplay are going up year on year. The MCM Comic-Con in London is coming up on the 27^th of May, so if you haven’t already got a ticket and costume but might be a little too late, but have you ever wondered which costume is the most popular ones, as well as the most hated ones?

Using data from Linkfluence², electrical Retailer Ebuyer found the 30 most loved and most hated cosplay characters over the past twelve months, including characters from the popular manga series My Hero Academia and Demon Slayer.

Character	Character Origin	Positive Sentiment in %	Negative Sentiment in %
Bakugou	My Hero Academia	30.3	18.9
Tifa	Final Fantasy	29.7	7.27
Inosuke	Demon Slayer	28.3	10.7
Sakura	Naruto	27.3	5.98
Jinx	League of Legends	26.2	14.6
Nezuko	Demon Slayer	26.2	10.1
Evelynn	KD/A (League of Legends)	25.7	6.57
Rebel pilots	Star Wars	23.1	16.6
Aeris	Final Fantasy	23.1	8.04
Ezreal	League of Legends	22.7	16.2
Ashe	League of Legends	22.2	15.1
Mitsuri	Demon Slayer	22.2	5.67
Camie	My Hero Academia	21.7	4.75
Shinobu	Demon Slayer	21.5	7.67
Rey	Star Wars	21.3	9.49
Paimon	Genshin Impact	20.7	15.6
Naruto	Naruto	20	10.3
Shenhe	Genshin Impact	19.7	7.85
Todoroki	My Hero Academia	18.5	6.47
Sasuke	Naruto	18.2	12.3
Amber	Genshin Impact	18.1	13.9
Deku	My Hero Academia	18.1	12.7
Tanjiro	Demon Slayer	17.4	11.1
Giyuu	Demon Slayer	17.4	11
Mazen	Demon Slayer	17.3	10.9
Kakashi	Naruto	16.7	9.38
Hinata	Naruto	16.6	7.09
Princess Leia	Star Wars	16.1	2.42
Darth Vader	Star Wars	11.9	6.95
Stormtroopers	Star Wars	7.21	19.1

The most controversial cosplay character

Generating an extremely mixed sentiment, the anime character Bakugou is the most controversial character on our list. The character is often described as an arrogant and aggressive one, so it’s not surprising that the internet feels strongly about this character, with 18.9% of conversations being of negative sentiment. Nonetheless, 30.3% of the generated conversations show a positive sentiment towards Bakugou, bagging the first place as the most loved cosplay character as well as the most hated! Showing how much of a polarising figure Bakugou is.

The most loved cosplay characters

With the first place already taken by Bakugou, we’re moving on to the second and third of the most loved cosplays. Standing out with her strength and personality, Final Fantasy’s character Tifa generated the second most positive sentiment (29.7%) in conversations online. The reckless and wild personality of Demon Slayer’s Inosuke is taking third place with 28.3% of positive conversations about the character. In the series, he is repeatedly bringing himself into dangerous situations and causes many hilarious interactions due to his short temper.

The cosplay characters the internet simply can’t stand anymore

With the Stormtrooper being around since the 70s it’s not surprising that people are getting bored of the character. This is also reflected in the conversations online with 19.1% showing a negative sentiment towards the clones and therefore making the first place on our list of most hated cosplay characters. Even though Star Wars’ Rebel Pilots are fighting the evil of the Galactic Empire, they come in second with 16.6% of negative conversations online, probably for the same reasons as the Stormtroopers as they have simply been around for too long! Despite being such a strong character in the game, Ezreal from League of Legends secures the third spot (16.2%). Paimon, the game character from Genshin Impact, who is guiding the traveller throughout the game, comes in fourth with 15.6% of generated conversations online being of negative sentiment.

Courtney Williamson, marketing manager at Ebuyer, comments on the study: “Cosplaying has polarised like no other trend over the past years and brings a whole new culture with it. The work that goes into designing and making some of the costumes you see at comic cons across the world is very impressive.

“If you’re looking to pick your next cosplay character pick the one you can identify with the most and show off your creativity!”

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