Eru Chitanda

Eru Chitanda is the main female protagonist of the 2012 Kyoto Animation TV series Hyouka, adapted from Honobu Yonezawa's Koten-bu (literally "Classic Literature Club") mystery novel series. She was the champion of International Saimoe League's 2015 edition, and the winner of 2020's female tournament of champions. Chitanda is one of only three females who won the ISML championship without winning a necklace, following Fate Testarossa in 2008 and Kotori Itsuka in 2014.

History
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Kyoto Animation does what it does best: making cute girls with incredibly big, detailed eyes. And Chitanda's eyes are one of the most prominent examples of it. Her apperarance has been blessed by the creative talent at KyoAni, and she puts it to good use by winning the 2015 International Saimoe League, making her the second KyoAni girl to achieve this feat. This remarkable achievement is notable for being a dark horse victory, with her being one of the few ISML winners who have never won a necklace.

Meanwhile, in r/anime's Best Girl Contest, Chitanda has established yet another dark-horse reputation as well. She is a middle-tier contender who constantly occupies double-digit seeds, and always manages to get at least Round 4 in all of her appearances. Her best performance came in Best Girl 3 (2016), where she attained her highest seed so far (#9), and reached the quarter-finals before losing to the top seed Senjougahara. Eru also shares an inexplicable "rivalry" with Attack on Titan representative Mikasa Ackerman, with the two of them meeting three times (BG1, BG3, and BG4), the former losing the first and winning the other two.

Main Tournament
Overall record
 * TBD

2013 Nova Playoffs (Bracket)
 * Nova 9th (27-0-8)
 * Yuzuriha Inori > Eru Chitanda (4833-4395)

2014 Nova Playoffs (Swiss-system)
 * Nova 7th (29-0-6)

Best Character Contest
Best Character 1 (seed 85)
 * (428) Seras Victoria 2240 - 909
 * (172) Erza Scarlet  2291 - 1531
 * (44) Asuna Yuuki 2770 - 2161
 * (21) Holo 1922 - 2725

Best Character 2 (seed 35)
 * (478) Saeko Busujima 1265 - 331
 * (222) Seto Kaiba 1307 - 672
 * (94) Shizuka Hiratsuka 1278 - 670
 * (30) Light Yagami 1139 - 1361

Best Character 3 (seed 28)
 * (485) Umaru Doma 1750 - 335
 * (229) Kagura (Gintama) 1272 - 696
 * (101) Sasha Blouse 2445 - 1379
 * (92) Kyon 1185 - 1088
 * (5) Megumin 1228 - 1878

Best Character 4 (seed 77)

Best Character 5 (seed

Anime Saimoe Tournament
Saimoe 2012
 * Eru Chitanda > Dalian > Yukari Hirai (367-101-78)
 * Ririchiyo Shirakiin > Eru Chitanda > Miyako (367-287-98)

Saimoe 2013
 * Eru Chitanda > Miki Hoshii > Akane Tsunemori (187-101-41)
 * Eru Chitanda > Muromi > Nori (263-124-47)
 * Eru Chitanda > Misaka No. 10032 (284-108)
 * Sayaka Miki > Eru Chitanda (280-183)
 * Madoka Kaname > Eru Chitanda (251-139)

Korea Best Moe Tournament
KBM 2012
 * Eru Chitanda > Nyarlathotep > Rin Tousaka (107-93-73)
 * Eru Chitanda > Charlotte Dunois (134-118)
 * Eru Chitanda > Nadeko Sengoku (133-100)
 * Eru Chitanda > Saber (123-117)
 * Kurisu Makise > Eru Chitanda (232-138)

SenpuuSociety European Saimoe
2012
 * Eru Chitanda = Nyarlathotep (27-27)
 * Eru Chitanda = Nyarlathotep (27-27)
 * Eru Chitanda = Nyarlathotep (27-27)

2013

The Great Awwnime Bracket
Awwnime Girls 2013

Honours
International Saimoe League

Contest wins
Total Wins : 14 + 1 = 15


 * 1) 2012 Best Heroine SP
 * 2) 2012 KTXP (lit. Polaroid) Moe
 * 3) Hong Kong Golden Moe 2014
 * 4) Saimoe Animeclick 2014/2015
 * 5) Best Waifu Animeclick 2014
 * 6) ISML 2015 Heavenly Tiara ★
 * 7) Myanimelist Monia Cafe Waifu Contest(League, 2015)
 * 8) ACGN Miss Anime 2017
 * 9) Sakurasou-Moe 2018 Couple Div (w/ Houtarou Oreki)
 * 10) Facebook Moe Moe World's Best Girl of Kyoto Animation 2019
 * 11) ISML 2020 Tornament of Champions ☆
 * 12) Sakura-sou Moe 2020
 * 13) UP SOMA Soshiki Your waifu is Trash'nt 2020
 * 14) Twitter Best of Heisei anime girls characters 2020

Runner-up Lists
List of runner-up finishes = 10 + 1 = 11
 * 1) ISML 2012 Spring Seasonal
 * 2) FB 2012 Winter/Spring Saimoe
 * 3) Anitown Moe Tournament 2012 Spring/2015 Winter
 * 4) SenpuuSociety European Saimoe 2013
 * 5) The Great Awwnime Bracket 2013
 * 6) Facebook 2012 Spring Heroine Contest
 * 7) ACGN Miss Anime 2016
 * 8) Anime Trending 2012 Grand Run-off polls (2020)
 * 9) Niconico summer 21th century anime girl characters top festival
 * 10) Facebook Waifu War S1 2020