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Kazuto Kirigaya, better by his in-game nickname Kirito, is the main protagonist of Reki Kawahara's light novel series Sword Art Online.

SAO's broad appeal helped him garner a massive amount of followers among the anime community. His popularity is most evident in East Asian countries, especially China and Japan. An example of this is in the Japanese magazine Takarajimasha's "Kono light novel ga sugoi!" ranking, where he has achieved first-place on multiple years, and consistently placing among the top three.

Furthermore, in the East Asian-dominated International Saimoe League contest, he won the 2012 Male exhibition tournament, defeating Hideyoshi Kinoshita in the final. Kirito was also one of the favorites to win China's Bilibili Moe contest, reaching the quarter-finals in 2015, and finishing runner-up in the 2017 edition.

On the other hand, Kirito has an infamously poor reputation in the Western anime communities, where prominent voices label him as a "Gary Stu" – a boring, generic character who gets his way when the plot says so. His bad rep is one of the contributing factors for SAO's notorious reputation, which is exploited to comedic effect in the anime's many parodies, most notably the YouTube series Sword Art Online Abridged. Kirito historically performs poorly in r/anime's Best Guy and Best Character contests, and has never advanced beyond the last 128 round in the tournament's entire history.



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Main Tournament[]

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Total Wins = 9 + 3 = 12

  1. ISML 2012 Male Exhibition
  2. Anitown Moe Tournament 2012 Summer/2012 ToC/2014 Summer/2017 Winter [1]
  3. Baidu Nova Moe 2017 Male Div [2]
  4. Pekin University Yuanhuo Moe S1 Male Div [3]
  5. Calendario Fabrio Torneo de Parejas 2019 (w/ Asuna) Image Link
  6. FB @Drawing Valdez Best Sword Character 2020 [4]
  7. Facebook New Onii Chan Gran Torneo Shonen 2021 [5]
  8. Go Toumemes Torneo de husbandos 2021 [6]
  9. Baidu Chinese Moe 2022 (Male) [7]


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International Saimoe League Champions
Heavenly Tiara
Fate Testarossa Fate TestarossaHinagiku Katsura Hinagiku KatsuraMio kon Mio AkiyamaMikoto Mikoto MisakaKanade Kanade TachibanaRuri Gokou Ruri GokouKotori Itsuka Kotori ItsukaEru Eru ChitandaShana ShanaMegumi Katou Megumi KatouRem RemViolet Violet EvergardenYukino Yukino YukinoshitaElaina Elaina • 2022
Lapis Scepter
Lelouch Lelouch LamperougeExKirito Kazuto KirigayaExHoutarou Houtarou OrekiExHideyoshi Hideyoshi KinoshitaExAccel AcceleratorSora SoraKoro Koro-sensei8man Hachiman HikigayaRimuru Rimuru TempestMiyuki shirogane Miyuki ShiroganeSakuta Sakuta Azusagawa • 2022
Ex - Exhibition tournament: Counted as official winners, but not recognized on the ISML website's main page
ISML Pendant Winners
First year of pendant win only. Crowns from 2015 are included.
2015 8man 8manYuzuru OtonashiArcher ArcherKoyomi KoyomiSora SoraAccel AcceleratorLelouch Lelouch
2016 Koro Koro-senseiKiritsugu Kiritsugu
2017 Nagisa assclass Nagisa S.Levi LeviSouma SoumaTouma Touma
2018 Okabe OkabeTaki TakiWillem Willem
2019 Rimuru SlimeRiku RikuSakuta SakutaKiyotaka KiyotakaTomoya TomoyaYuuta Yuuta
2020 Miyuki shirogane ShiroganeIshigami IshigamiGilgamesh Gilgamesh
2021 Sorata SorataKirito Kirito
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