Kurumi Tokisaki is a major character and antagonist from the Date A Live light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako.
Kurumi is one of the most popular characters in the series because of her sadistic "femdom" personality and a highly marketable design. She thrives in anime contests with a known Chinese contingent of voters, most notably the local Bilibili Moe where she fought a valiant semi-final bout against the eventual champion Rem in China's 2016 edition. Kurumi is also a long-time contender and multi award-winning contestant of the International Saimoe League, having won the 2013 Spring seasona, but she would wait until 2019 to finally start winning necklaces. She also has a long history of good regular season results, but failing to convert the same success in the playoffs.
ISML record[]
History[]
in ISML
As Date A Live is popular among East Asian fans, the series has a powerful presence in the International Saimoe League, with Kurumi leading the series as one of its most recognizable characters. She is also a regular necklace contender, having appeared in the most rounds without a win prior to ISML 2019.
Kurumi debuted in the 2013 Spring seasonals, winning the diadem and that year's seasonal championship. In her first Main Tournament appearance in the 2014 Nova division, she placed 3rd in the regular season and in the subsequent division playoffs, but was upset by Oreimo's Ayase in the first round of the tiara bracket. Her elimination caused support to shift into her same-series rival Kotori instead, resulting in her winning the championship despite possessing a lower seed.
Since then, Kurumi's ISML campaigns have been characterized with good regular season performances and early playoff exits. After being eliminated the Nova division playoffs in 2015 and the playoff round-robin in 2016, she earned her best finish in the 2017 edition, placing 6th overall despite suffering a round of 16 loss to notable "sniper" Illya.
Kurumi's ISML 2018 appearance is the only edition where she failed to reach the playoffs, following a 5th place result in the diamond wildcard round -- one short of the 4th place needed to qualify. However, after the release of DAL season 3, she finally found some success in the 2019 contest by winning her first necklace award and reaching the quarter-finals of the playoffs. The Spirit became a top contender for the ISML 2020 tiara after posting a 32-3 regular season record and winning her second necklace, but suffered yet another loss in the round of 16 to 2019 runner-up Rin Tohsaka.
Tokisaki will compete in ISML 2021 as a directly qualified contestant and is expected to contend for the tiara again.
Main Tournament[]
Overall record
ISML Main Tournament Record | |||||||||||||||||||
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Regular season, playoffs, and consolation 1v1 matches only. Preliminaries, exhibitions, and all matches involving 3+ characters are NOT included. | |||||||||||||||||||
Edition | Eliminated in | Final pos. | W | L | RS Record | ||||||||||||||
ISML 2014 | Round of 16 | 9th | 38 | 6 | 32-3 | ||||||||||||||
ISML 2015 | Nova Playoffs | Nova 10th | 28 | 11 | 26-9 | ||||||||||||||
ISML 2016 | Ro16 Round Robin | 11th | |||||||||||||||||
ISML 2017 | Round of 16 | 6th | |||||||||||||||||
ISML 2018 | Diamond Wildcards | 22nd | 28 | 8 | 28-7 | ||||||||||||||
ISML 2019 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 21 | 3 | 20-1 | ||||||||||||||
ISML 2020 | Round of 16 | 9th | 35 | 5 | 32-3 | ||||||||||||||
ISML 2021 | TBD (Qualified) | TBD | ? | ? | ??? | ||||||||||||||
ISML 2022 | TBD | ??? | ? | ? | ??? | ||||||||||||||
Total W-L Record: | Total RS Record: |
Match History
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Nova Playoffs
Tokisaki Kurumi > Yaya (3814-1886)
Tokisaki Kurumi > Takanashi Rikka (3228-2989)
Aoyama Nanami > Tokisaki Kurumi (3012-2853)
Tokisaki Kurumi > Itsuka Kotori (3289-3082)
Tiara Playoffs
Ayase Aragaki > Tokisaki Kurumi (3632-2983)
Tokisaki Kurumi > Misaka Mikoto (4149-4055)
Gokou Ruri (Kuroneko) > Tokisaki Kurumi (3189-2966)
Tokisaki Kurumi > Shana (4456-4078)
Tokisaki Kurumi > Yuuki Asuna (4753-4571)
ISML 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations: | |||||||||||||||||||
Rd | Opponent | Score | W-L? | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 2 | ![]() |
4861 - 1421 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 4 | ![]() |
4552 - 2032 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 7 | ![]() |
4567 - 2334 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 9 | ![]() |
5851 - 1678 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 12 | ![]() |
4762 - 4113 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 2 | ![]() |
6405 - 3215 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 4 | ![]() |
6938 - 3227 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 6 | ![]() |
4627 - 2615 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 8 | ![]() |
4933 - 3982 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 10 | ![]() |
5692 - 6133 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 2 | ![]() |
3482 - 2341 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 4 | ![]() |
3565 - 2464 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 5 | ![]() |
5642 - 2534 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 7 | ![]() |
5359 - 3402 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 8 | ![]() |
6986 - 3809 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 2 | ![]() |
2902 - 3865 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 3 | ![]() |
3839 - 2656 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 5 | ![]() |
4666 - 6695 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 6 | ![]() |
8816 - 5524 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 7 | ![]() |
8365 - 4343 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 1 | ![]() |
11,169 - 7863 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 2 | ![]() |
12,013 - 8511 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 3 | ![]() |
13,804 - 11,211 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 4 | ![]() |
10,174 - 11,735 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 5 | ![]() |
15,512 - 11,032 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 1 | ![]() |
12,608 - 10,244 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 2 | ![]() |
11,609 - 11,185 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 3 | ![]() |
17,410 - 14,646 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 4 | ![]() |
21,074 - 17,598 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 5 | ![]() |
20,315 - 14,687 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 1 | ![]() |
13,050 - 15,894 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 2 | ![]() |
13,757 - 14,036 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 3 | ![]() |
14,773 - 11,533 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 4 | ![]() |
14,217 - 14,123 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 5 | ![]() |
9055 - 23,977 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Wildcards: 5th, Out (final score: 683,810.93) | |||||||||||||||||||
PO 1 | ![]() |
17,297 - 17,586 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Final position: 22nd (based on what?) |
ISML 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations: | |||||||||||||||||||
Rd | Opponent | Score | W-L? | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 1 | ![]() |
7073 - 3222 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 2 | ![]() |
6549 - 4522 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 3 | ![]() |
6729 - 4775 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 1 | ![]() |
6772 - 4088 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 2 | ![]() |
6818 - 5453 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 3 | ![]() |
8913 - 6390 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 1 | ![]() |
6593 - 3966 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 2 | ![]() |
6381 - 4342 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 3 | ![]() |
6012 - 4517 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 1 | ![]() |
8073 - 6271 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 2 | ![]() |
7026 - 5888 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 3 | ![]() |
8063 - 7211 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 1 | ![]() |
8609 - 4547 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 2 | ![]() |
7995 - 4982 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 3 | ![]() |
7634 - 6044 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 1 | ![]() |
8926 - 4219 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 2 | ![]() |
8295 - 5025 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 3 | ![]() |
8320 - 5538 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 1 | ![]() |
10,951 - 8976 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 2 | ![]() |
11,559 - 8312 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 3 | ![]() |
11,176 - 11,395 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Playoffs: seed 6 (Dia 1st, 2W)
RS CVP: 27.4385 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ro16 | (11) ![]() |
11,388 - 10,540 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
QF | (3) ![]() |
11,520 - 11,946 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
PO 4 | ![]() |
9150 - 9732 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
PO 5 | 4 players (7th-10th, range voting) | 102,741 (1st) | ~N/A | ||||||||||||||||
Final position: 6th |
ISML 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Directly Qualified (2019 emerald necklace) | |||||||||||||||||||
Seedings Rd 1 (range): 33,929.3 (seed 9) | |||||||||||||||||||
Stage | Rd | Opponent | Score | W-L? | |||||||||||||||
Split 1 Group I 1st (Adv.) 5W 0L |
Aqua 1 | ![]() |
3388 - 1018 | ~W | |||||||||||||||
Aqua 2 | ![]() |
3653 - 1503 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 3 | ![]() |
4118 - 1244 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 4 | ![]() |
3962 - 1350 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Aqua 5 | ![]() |
4231 - 2623 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Split 2 Group C 2nd (Adv.) 14W 1L |
Tpz 1 | ![]() |
2921 - 1299 | ~W | |||||||||||||||
Tpz 2 | ![]() |
2966 - 1163 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 3 | ![]() |
3456 - 1520 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 4 | ![]() |
4148 - 1291 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Tpz 5 | ![]() |
3234 - 2355 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 1 | ![]() |
2927 - 1764 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 2 | ![]() |
2396 - 1229 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 3 | ![]() |
3532 - 1910 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 4 | ![]() |
3269 - 1582 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Amet 5 | ![]() |
3996 - 2345 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 1 | ![]() |
5252 - 2067 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 2 | ![]() |
4850 - 1960 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 3 | ![]() |
6376 - 1868 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 4 | ![]() |
5063 - 2695 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Sapp 5 | ![]() |
3328 - 3874 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Split 3 Group B 2nd (Adv.) 13W 2L | |||||||||||||||||||
Eme 1 | ![]() |
5523 - 3088 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 2 | ![]() |
3958 - 2039 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 3 | ![]() |
4727 - 2403 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 4 | ![]() |
4407 - 2390 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Eme 5 | ![]() |
4790 - 2944 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 1 | ![]() |
4493 - 3131 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 2 | ![]() |
3956 - 2652 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 3 | ![]() |
4863 - 2267 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 4 | ![]() |
4931 - 2459 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Ruby 5 | ![]() |
3722 - 4517 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 1 | ![]() |
4550 - 3005 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 2 | ![]() |
5080 - 2772 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 3 | ![]() |
4007 - 3199 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 4 | ![]() |
5346 - 4201 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Dia 5 | ![]() |
4041 - 4213 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
Playoffs Seed B2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ro16 | (A7) ![]() |
4586 - 4630 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
PO 5 | ![]() |
5598 - 5657 | ~L | ||||||||||||||||
PO 6 | ![]() |
6020 - 4600 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
PO 7 | ![]() |
6852 - 6151 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
PO 8 | ![]() |
8401 - 8103 | ~W | ||||||||||||||||
Final position: 9th |
Gem record[]
Poster gallery[]
International Saimoe League
Other tournaments[]
r/anime[]
Anime Saimoe Tournament[]
Yuu Matsumi > Kurumi Tokisaki > Io Nitta (249-195-42)
Jibril > Kurumi Tokisaki > Nio Hashiri (117-105-33)
SenpuuSociety European Saimoe[]
2013
Kurumi Tokisaki > Yui > Haruka Amami (29-13-9)
Yukino Yukinoshita > Kurumi Tokisaki > Ranmaru Rindou (27-20-17)
2014
Kurumi Tokisaki > Sayu Hisanuma > Tsubomi Kido (26-13-11)
Kurumi Tokisaki > Asuna Yuuki > Marika Tachibana (27-20-13)
Shinobu Oshino > Kurumi Tokisaki (44-20)
The Great Awwnime Bracket[]
Girls 2013
Honours[]

ACGN Miss Anime 2022 - Winner
Contest Wins[]
Total Wins = 32
- Facebook Moe Moe World Battle of the Moe 2013 [1]
- ISML 2013 Diadem of Spring
- Anitown Moe Tournament 2013 Spring [2]
- Xingqu Buluo 2D Moe 2017
- Aminoapps Torneo de waifus Legendarias 2017 [3]
- Torneo de waifus ricolinas UwU 2019 [4]
- FACEBOOK Hae Weaboo Waifu Battle Season 2 [5]
- Weeb-Layers Waifu War 2020 [6]
- FACEBOOK Yoelpaa El Rincón De Las Waifus 2020 [7][8]
- FACEBOOK DeJavuu Waifus Tournament 2020 [9]
- 2nd ACG Animation Character Tournment 2020 [10]
- Torneo de waifus Nivel Dios 2020 [11]
- Anime Manga Empire 2021 [12]
- Uri Hiroki Torneo de Waifus 2021 [13]
- The Shiro-Chan torneo de waifus 2021 [14]
- Moego 2021 Saimoe - Xuandongzhizhan [15]
- Go Toumemes Torneo de waifus 2021 - Season II [16]
- El Batallion de Otakus Torneo de waifus 2021 [17]
- FB @kiku posting 沿ヿ蒸 mini torneo de waifus 2021 [18]
- El Tio Miyuki Tdw Random 2021 [19]image link
- Chung Ket cua vote Anime 2021 [20]
- FB @Mahin-Kun Waifu War 2021 [21]
- Tu Mentira en Abril Torneo de waifus 2022 [22]
- FB TdW Rollitos de Itsuki 2022 [23]
- FB @Anime cue waifu competition 2022 [24]
- @Anime-Magic Land Best Girl 2022 [25]
- Fandom Mixto Torneo de waifus 2022 [26]
- Anime Para Todos TdP 2022 [27]
- @Tien-Kurosa : Vung Dat Waifu 2022 [28]
- ACGN Miss Anime Tournament 2022 [29]
- FB Waifu Trophy S2 (2022) [30]
- Thanh Hang Vote Best Waifu 2022 [31]
Runner-up List[]
Kurumi is current highest-record holder of saimoe Runner-ups. According to the Chinese ISML Tieba user - l**x**yu**02**, She is one of the "Kings of Runner-up" due to her many 2nd place finishes in these contests.
List of runner-up finishes = 48 + 1 = 49
- HK Golden Moe 2013 [32]
- Facebook Scientific Railgun Saimoe 2013
- Facebook @DongmanZhaijiban ACGN Sekai (动漫x二次元x宅急便-世界) Moe 2013 [33]
- ACGN Miss Anime Tournament 2016 [34]
- 2014 (Sina.Blog) Yuan Saimoe Super League Summer [35]
- Baidu Mid-season Chinese Conference 2014 [36]
- MISS HOTCHICK 2014
- Facebook AUSML Anime University Moe 2014 [37]
- Facebook Moe Moe World Waifu Awards 2015 [38]
- Baidu ISML forum Shengdan Moe 2015-16 [39]
- Youqing Xiaozhan (= blog for friendship) Moe 2016 [40]
- 2017 Baidu Harem AST [41]
- Animoapps Torneo de Waifus 2017 [42]
- FACEBOOK @DongmanTianzhi 1st ACG Goddess Competition 2019 [43]
- FACEBOOK Kaguya-sama Kawaii Koto en Español Torneo De Waifus 2019 [44]
- Anime-We are Family Vote Best Waifu 2019 [45]
- FACEBOOK AnimeLoli - Waifu Tournament 2020 [46]
- FACEBOOK I made this page to post cute anime girl pics best waifu tournament 2020 [47]
- FACEBOOK Anime Random Torneo de Waifus 2020 [48]
- FACEBOOK AnimeZone Torneo de Waifus 2020 [49]
- FACEBOOK Anime un Mundo Maravilloso Torneo de Waifus 2020 [50]
- 2020 FACEBOOK Hanayome y Más Torneo 2 De Waifus/3 De Waifus [51]
- FACEBOOK Anime Wonderland Waifu War 2020
- Facebook Torneo 3 de Waifus 2020 [52]
- FACEBOOK Avexyz Torneo de Waifu 2020 [53]
- FACEBOOK La taberna del debate Besto Waifu Wars 2020 [54]
- Página chévere de Anime uwu torneo de wafles 2020 [55]
- NHD-Anime/Memes Fanpage Vote Best Girl 2020 [56]
- FACEBOOK Otaku Comunist Federation Torneo de Waifus 2021 [57]
- Faceboom A la Ganadora del Torneo Best Waifu 2021 [58]
- Torneo de la besto Waifu no Humana 2021 [59]
- Fans del Anime Torneo de waifus 2021 [60]
- Facebook Para la Campeona de Camponas I3 (2021) [61]
- Facebook Torneo del la besto waifu Kodaka 2021 [62]
- FACEBOOK Tsuki Zekay Torneo The Best Waifus 2021 [63]
- Anti Drago Torneo de waifus 2021 [64]
- TA Hai La Mejor Waifu Pelinegra 2021 [65]
- FB @Anime-Waifu Thai Vote 2021 [66]
- Anime Hakai TdW Best Random 2021 [67]
- Nacion H Torneo de Waifus the BEST 2022 [68]
- Anime Indonesia Part terakhir Banh 2022 [69]
- Kodaka Anime Torneo de la Besto Waifu 2022 [70][71]
- Mei Hazume Waifu War 2022 [72]
- @reallygreatsite Dongman Xuanmei(lit. Anime Ms. Beauty Poll) Contest 2022 [73]
- De Fhe Anime Manga - Vote Anime 2022 [74]
- FB Cre: Cao Fennik chung ket 2022 [75]
- FB Pandila Otaku Torneo de la D10s4 del Anime 2022 [76][77]
- Torneo de waifus TBSAO 2022 [78][79]
External links[]
Beware of spoilers and pop-ups.
- DAL Wikia
- MyAnimeList
- Baike Baidu (Chinese)
- Moegirl (Chinese)
- NamuWiki (Korean)
ISML Necklace Winners | |
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First year of necklace win only. Circlets from 2012-2015 included (if applicable). | |
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2012 | No new winners. |
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2021 | ![]() |
ISML Seasonal Diadem Winners | ||||
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2021 | Female | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Male | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
2022 | ||||
ND - NOT a DEBUTANT; appeared in a seasonal contest beforehand SEQ - Appeared in a SEQUEL installment DC - Won inter-seasonal playoffs (Divine Circlet / Crown) DCX - Won inter-seasonal playoffs but not a seasonal (listed last) |