Megumi Tadokoro

Megumi Tadokoro is one of the main heroines featured in the manga and anime series Shokugeki no Soma, written by Yuuto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki.

Megumi's main claim to fame is her exceptional performance in two of r/anime's Best Girl Contests. A combination of recency bias, tactical voting, low seeds, and her general likability as a character made a recipe for success in the tournament. The culinary student reached the Elite Eight in Best Girl 2 as a 53rd seed.

In Best Girl 3 the 42nd seeded Tadokoro upset #2 Saber in the quarter-finals and defeated #6 Holo in the semi-finals by 16 votes in what is considered the most infamous match in Best Girl history. She was thoroughly defeated by the supercharged #53 Mikoto Misaka in the following final match. Megumi then secured a tournament-high 9th seed the next year, but lost to Homura Akemi in the fourth round as "revenge" for last year's results. Afterwards, Tadokoro's results settled down into mediocrity in the following Best Girl editions as a result of the manga's decline in reputation.

Megumi's runner-up finish in r/anime's third main waifu contest remains the best performance by a Shokugeki character in any major saimoe contest to date.

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Best Girl Contest
Best Girl 2 - seed 53


 * (460) Kanami 3823 - 1479
 * (204) Maiya Hisau 4130 - 2572
 * (76) MISAKA 10032  4945 - 2982
 * (12) Shiro  4997 - 4707
 * (43) Mayoi Hachikuji  5671 - 4654
 * (5) Jibril  5961 - 5424
 * (4) Hitagi Senjougahara 4995 - 7394

Best Girl 3 - seed 42


 * (471) Bozes Co Palesti 3739 - 923
 * (215) Tomoko Kuroki  3935 - 1448
 * (87) Akatsuki  4453 - 2578
 * (23) Tatsumaki  5568 - 3216
 * (10) Komachi Hikigaya  4547 - 3175
 * (26) Winry Rockbell  5603 - 4381
 * (2) Saber  5589 - 4741
 * (6) Holo  5600 - 5584
 * (53) Mikoto Misaka 5726 - 7149

Best Girl 4 - seed 9


 * (504) Origami Tobiichi  7427 - 2117
 * (265) Neferpitou 8039 - 2766
 * (120) Ais Wallenstein  7214 - 3271
 * (56) Homura Akemi 6178 - 6395

Best Girl 5 - seed 56


 * (457) Junko Enoshima  5519 - 1728
 * (201) Elf Yamada  6141 - 2143
 * (73) Chiyo Sakura  5809 - 5082
 * (9) Winry Rockbell 5172 - 6821

Best Girl 6 - seed 84


 * (429) Henrietta (Log Horizon) 2858 - 1079
 * (173) Meiko Honma  2905 - 1937
 * (45) Tsuyu Asui  3835 - 3430
 * (20) Saber 3376 - 6294

Best Girl 7 - seed 100


 * (413) Erika Yano 1891 - 980
 * (157) Nao Tomori 1721 - 1396
 * (29) Suzuha Amane 1037 - 2637

Best Girl 8 - seed 191


 * (322) Aoi Inuyama 2061 - 1438
 * (66) Hange Zoe 1904 - 2078 

Best Character Contest
Best Character 2 - seed 41


 * (472) Machi Komacine (HxH) 1335 - 407
 * (297) Ennis (Baccano) 1205 - 598
 * (169) Shinichi Izumi 1160 - 956
 * (24) Mumen Rider 970 - 1221

Best Character 3 - seed 86


 * (427) Akeno Himejima 1316 - 466
 * (171) Tomoya Okazaki 1498 - 1055
 * (43) Shigeo Kageyama 1109 - 1550

Best Character 4 - seed 139


 * (374) Sakamoto 1004 - 589
 * (118) Ami Kawashima 829 - 950

Honours
r/anime brackets
 * Best Girl 3: Runner-up

Total Contest Wins = 1
 * 1) Chica Anime Crunchyroll 2015

Navigations
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 * Shokugeki no Soma Wikia
 * MyAnimeList
 * Baike Baidu (Chinese)
 * Moegirl (Chinese)
 * Namuwiki (Korean)