Rem (Re:Zero)

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Honours

Rem

I SMELL WITCHES IN THE AIR

Gender

Female

Series

Re:Zero

Source Media

Light Novel

Debut

LN: 2014
Anime: Spring 2016

Voiced by

JP: Inori Minase
EN: Brianna Knickerbocker

Other Languages

Japanese

レム

Chinese

雷姆

Korean

렘

ISML

Best result

Champion (2018)

r/anime

Best result

Champion (BG5)

Best Char

1 (BCh3)

Best result

R4 / Top 64

Bilibili Moe

Best result

Champion (2016)

Aniplus Character Tournament

Best result

Champion (2016)

Rem is a supporting character from Tappei Nagatsuki's isekai web / light novel Re:Zero. She is a one-horned oni and the blue-haired twin sister of Ram, and serves as one of the housemaids of Roswaal's mansion.

Rem became a breakout character in the fandom because of her moment in the anime's season 1 episode 18, which cemented her progress from being Subaru Natsuki's murderer to becoming his most devoted lover. In the episode, she confesses her feelings in painstaking detail to a despairing Subaru, who just wants to give up and run away. Although he "rejects" her afterwards by saying "he loves Emilia" to her face (which she accepts anyway), Rem's inspiring speech succeeded in convincing him to "start over from zero", face his problems, and strive towards becoming the greatest hero that she has ever seen. Since that episode, the blue oni has experienced a dramatic rise in popularity and fan arts, to the point of overshadowing the novel's designated main heroine.

In the context of saimoe tournaments, Rem is undeniably the most successful waifu EVER, due to her sheer record-setting number of over 100 contest victories (recognized by this wiki's editors) as of this time of writing, and shows no signs of stopping soon. For reference, her closest competitor and fellow "G.O.A.T" candidate, Mikoto Misaka, has won barely half of that amount. Furthermore, Rem also holds a special distinction for being the only girl to win Bilibili Moe (in 2016), the International Saimoe League (in 2018), and /r/anime's Best Girl Contest (in 2018) - three of the biggest character tounaments in terms of voter turnout at the time. She also won the Korean Aniplus tournament in 2016 (considered the nominal successor of Anizone saimoe), and has consistently made the final rounds in subsequent appearances.

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ISML[]

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(written by Momento10)

If only she was not around. If only she never thought those selfish thoughts that fateful day. If only she never existed.

For the longest time, Rem suffered from an inferiority complex. No matter what she did, she could never measure up to the caliber of her genius older sister that everyone wanted her to be. In her head, all she heard was the subtext of the sugar-coated phrases dumped at her. And the one moment when she found solace from her inner demons, she does what she believed was the most unatonable sin imaginable: wishing her elder sister never existed.

Time moves on, and she finally reached a point where she can claim to be better than her sister in every category: cooking, cleaning, medicine, fighting. But, she never wanted grow this way. Every day was a day of success and agony. She felt more in debt with her sister, and her inferiority towards her began to rise exponentially. She came to the conclusion that her growth would be her punishment. The sentence of her crimes can only be paid with her life.

The sun rises, and Rem starts the day with a forced smile, hoping that, one day, she can smile genuinely just like did before everything turned awry.

Seasonal & Exhibition[]

ISML 2016 - Spring Seasonal

Anime: Re:Zero season 1
Bye round
Amet 5: Anne Hanakoizumi @ Anne Happy -- 2283 - 506
Sapp 2: Akane Segawa @ NetoYome -- 1927 - 652
PO 1: Mumei @ Kabaneri -- 2197 - 776
PO 3: Emilia @ Re:Zero -- 1973 - 1618

Main Tournament[]

Overall Record

ISML Main Tournament Record
Regular season, playoffs, and consolation matches only. Preliminaries, gem rounds, and wildcard rounds are NOT included.
Edition	Eliminated in	Final pos.	W	L	RS Record
ISML 2017	Quarter-finals	5th	36	3	34-1
ISML 2018	Champion	1st	38	1	34-1
2019-2026: Banned due to Champions rule (8 years)
ISML 2027
Total W-L: 74-4 (94.87%)		Postseason: 6-2 (75%)		RS Record: 68-2 (97.14%)

Match History

ISML 2017
Directly Invited (2016 Spring seasonal winner)
Rd	Opponent	Score	W-L?
Aqua 2	Ruiko Saten	1173 - 709	W
Aqua 6	Isuzu Sento	1601 - 874	W
Aqua 10	Sora Kasugano	1131 - 577	W
Aqua 14	Kokoa Hoto	1460 - 727	W
Aqua 18	Reina Kousaka	1374 - 1147	W

Tpz 1	Kagami Hiiragi	1785 - 728	W
Tpz 4	Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi	955 - 571	W
Tpz 8	Beatrice	1554 - 597	W
Tpz 11	Tohka Yatogami	1501 - 723	W
Tpz 14	Yui Yuigahama	1073 - 752	W

Amet 1	Erina Nakiri	1347 - 595	W
Amet 3	Shinobu Oshino	1069 - 666	W
Amet 5	Yuuki Konno	1509 - 760	W
Amet 8	Chino Kafuu	1173 - 961	W
Amet 10	Kuroyukihime	1521 - 847	W

Sapp 1	Yui (Angel Beats)	1396 - 640	W
Sapp 3	Mirai Kuriyama	1555 - 857	W
Sapp 5	Umaru Doma	1490 - 866	W
Sapp 7	Utaha Kasumigaoka	1679 - 1226	W
Sapp 9	Kurisu Makise	1638 - 996	W

Eme 1	Kaori Miyazono	1469 - 932	W
Eme 2	Isla	1572 - 891	W
Eme 4	Iroha Isshiki	1244 - 829	W
Eme 5	Sinon	1542 - 1091	W
Eme 7	Mitsuha Miyamizu	1591 - 993	W

Ruby 1	Nanami Aoyama	989 - 796	W
Ruby 2	Eriri Spencer Sawamura	1265 - 949	W
Ruby 3	Chino Kafuu ^x2	1453 - 1090	W
Ruby 4	Taiga Aisaka	1430 - 1271	W
Ruby 5	Nao Tomori	1371 - 1453	L
Dia 1	Yui Yuigahama ^x2	2155 - 1394	W
Dia 2	Utaha Kasumigaoka ^x2	1920 - 1767	W
Dia 3	Rikka Takanashi	2004 - 1348	W
Dia 4	Shiro	1728 - 1287	W
Dia 5	Yukino Yukinoshita	2166 - 1537	W
Playoffs - Seed 2
Ro16	(15) Kurisu Makise ^x2	2889 - 1656	W
QF	(7) Megumi Katou	3610 - 3930	L
PO 7	Megumin	5318 - 4133	W
PO 8	Asuna Yuuki ^{Battle for 3rd/5th}	6481 - 6881	L

ISML 2018
Directly Invited (2017 Aquamarine necklace)
Rd	Opponent	Score	W-L?
Aqua 1	Yukina Himeragi	5566 - 1294	W
Aqua 3	Albedo	5309 - 1705	W
Aqua 6	Akane Mizuno	5991 - 1615	W
Aqua 8	Eucliwood Hellscythe	5375 - 2191	W
Aqua 11	Yui Yuigahama	6064 - 3020	W

Tpz 1	Touka Kirishima	6597 - 2620	W
Tpz 3	Kotori Minami	6900 - 4087	W
Tpz 5	Shinka Nibutani	3927 - 2707	W
Tpz 7	Umaru Doma	5227 - 3291	W
Tpz 9	Nao Tomori	5791 - 4134	W

Amet 1	Diamond	4062 - 1754	W
Amet 3	Joan of Arc	3356 - 1768	W
Amet 4	Sakura Matou	3391 - 2976	W
Amet 6	Isla	9522 - 3408	W
Amet 7	Haruhi Suzumiya	7957 - 2485	W

Sapp 1	Tomoyo Daidouji	3636 - 3290	W
Sapp 3	Yoshino	5431 - 1720	W
Sapp 4	Yuki Nagato	2561 - 2955	L
Sapp 5	Sagiri Izumi	8852 - 2587	W
Sapp 6	Kaori Miyazono	8950 - 4371	W

Eme 1	Nero	13,935 - 5991	W
Eme 2	Eriri Spencer Sawamura	12,011 - 8231	W
Eme 3	Megumin	17,375 - 7011	W
Eme 4	Schwi Dola	11,689 - 7807	W
Eme 5	Ai Haibara	18,761 - 6862	W

Ruby 1	Shinka Nibutani ^x2	12,895 - 6737	W
Ruby 2	Nagisa Furukawa	12,563 - 8051	W
Ruby 3	Emilia	17,988 - 16,976	W
Ruby 4	Shiro	24,319 - 12,636	W
Ruby 5	Tohru	18,016 - 17,784	W

Dia 1	Tamako Kitashirakawa	17,608 - 11,038	W
Dia 2	Azusa Nakano	15,264 - 7566	W
Dia 3	Sakura Kinomoto	15,254 - 12,409	W
Dia 4	Rikka Takanashi	14,153 - 12,695	W
Dia 5	Mashiro Shiina	14,348 - 13,187	W
Playoffs - Seed 3
Ro16	(14) Kurisu Makise	28,765 - 8568	W
QF	(11) Shiro ^x2	31,391 - 12,240	W
SF	(7) Mashiro Shiina ^x2	27,005 - 18,441	W
Final	(1) Kanna Kamui	36,484 - 17,795	W

Necklace record

Appearances: 2
Wins (2): 2017 Aquamarine, 2018 Aquamarine

Tournament of Champions[]

ISML Tournament of Champions history
Rd	Opponent	Score	VF%
ISML 2019
Groups 1st (tied) 6W 1D	Megumi Katou	7614 - 7614
	Shana	8073 - 4627
	Eru Chitanda	8062 - 6537
	Kotori Itsuka	6951 - 6378
	Ruri Gokou	7243 - 5860
	Kanade Tachibana	6643 - 5771
	Mikoto Misaka	9410 - 8700
Final	Megumi Katou (range-voting)	151,883.1 - 79,204.8
ISML 2020
Groups 5th, DNQ 3W 4L	Ruri Gokou	3054 - 1833
	Kanade Tachibana	2843 - 2853
	Eru Chitanda	2477 - 2488
	Kotori Itsuka	3616 - 2526
	Megumi Katou	1849 - 1942
	Shana	2683 - 1865
	Violet Evergarden	2527 - 3212
ISML 2021
Groups 5th, DNQ 3W 4L	Ruri Gokou	1329 - 917
	Shana	2646 - 1537
	Kotori Itsuka	1901 - 1423
	Megumi Katou	1965 - 2161
	Eru Chitanda	1719 - 1916
	Yukino Yukinoshita	1885 - 2395
	Violet Evergarden	2111 - 2365

Poster gallery[]

r/anime[]

Best Girl Contest match history

Best Girl 4 - seed 2

(511) Kaname Chidori @ Full Metal Panic! -- 9194 - 2624 _(77.8%)
(255) Fuu Kasumi @ Samurai Champloo -- 8388 - 3124 _(72.86%)
(130) Touka Takanashi @ Chuunibyou -- 8158 - 3687 _(68.87%)
(63) Hiyori Iki @ Noragami -- 8920 - 4591 _(66.02%)
(31) Winry Rockbell @ Fullmetal Alchemist -- 8704 - 7320 _(54.32%)
(47) Eru Chitanda @ Hyouka -- 9997 - 7898 _(55.86%)
(10) Yui Yuigahama @ Oregairu -- 10,812 - 11,511 _(48.43%)

Best Girl 5 - seed 2

(511) Yaeko Nishimiya @ Koe no Katachi -- 8616 - 1523 _(84.98%)
(255) Nami @ One Piece -- 9334 - 2437 _(79.3%)
(130) Kayo Hinazuki @ Erased -- 9289 - 2583 _(76.5%)
(63) Homura Akemi @ Madoka Magica -- 8581 - 4815 _(64.06%)
(34) Suzuha Amane @ Steins;Gate -- 9448 - 4410 _(68.18%)
(18) Iroha Isshiki @ Oregairu -- 8385 - 5927_(58.59%)
(23) Shouko Nishimiya @ Koe no Katachi -- 12,307 - 8852 _(58.16%)
(14) Holo @ Spice and Wolf -- 11,257 - 8379 _(57.33%)
(1) Aqua @ Konosuba -- 13,988 - 10,805 _(56.42%)

Best Character Contest match history
Best Character 3 - seed 10 (503) Koutarou Amon @ Tokyo Ghoul -- 1752 - 426 (247) Mayaka Ibara @ Hyouka -- 1880 - 842 (119) Hiyori Iki @ Noragami -- 2316 - 1252 (55) Shouko Nishimiya @ Koe no Katachi -- 1166 - 1590

Other contests[]

Bilibili Moe[]

Bilibili Moe 2016
Qualifying: 1st (Advanced)
Rd	Opponent	Series	Score
Top 72	(You)	Re:Zero	134,148 ⁵³⁴²
	Miku Izayoi	Date A Live	28,434 ⁵⁵⁵
	Ayame Yomogawa	Kabaneri	14,358 ⁴¹

Top 24	(You)	Re:Zero	97,184 ¹¹⁶⁸
	Erina Nakiri	Shokugeki no Souma	34,745 ¹⁰⁰
	Ritsu	Assasination Classroom	20,543 ¹⁷
Bracket stage
QF	Emilia	Re:Zero	103,701 ⁴⁴⁶⁹ - 90,409 ⁶⁶⁹⁸
SF	Kurumi Tokisaki	Date A Live	143,502 ^18,258 - 132,585 ^22,079
Final	Kotori Itsuka	Date A Live	210,370 ^19,210 - 122,901 ^11,018

Gallery

Aniplus Character Tournament[]

TBD

Honours[]

For the full list of Rem's contest wins, see (You)/Honours.
Waifu Rating = 2490 (15.86 IDV)

Gallery (Outside ISML)

Non-tournament awards

External Links[]

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Re:Zero Wikia
MyAnimeList
Baike Baidu (Chinese)
Moegirl (Chinese)
Namuwiki (Korean)

ISML Seasonal Diadem Winners
2012	Ririchiyo • Kuroyukihime • Asuna • Rikka
2013	Black Rabbit • Kurumi • Kirigiri • Mirai
2014	Chitoge • Shiro • Chiyo • Isuzu
2015	Megumi K. • Isla • Nao • Mitsuki^{ND, SEQ}
2016	Megumin • Rem • Aoba • Chitose
2017	Kanna • Chtholly • Suzune • Nayuta
2018	Violet • Uraraka^{ND, SEQ} • Platelet • Mai-san
2019	Kaguya • Fumino • Gray • Ishtar
2020	Kotoko • Kei S.^SEQ • Chizuru • Elaina
2021	Female	Miku^{ND, SEQ} • Iino^{ND, SEQ} • Keke ^DC • Ran^{ND, SEQ}
2021	Male	Tanjiro^{SEQ, DC} • Natsume^SEQ • Kimihiko • Lugh
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)}

ISML Necklace Winners
First year of necklace win only. Circlets from 2012-2015 included (if applicable).
2008	Shana • Setsuna S. • Kagami • Kyou • Haruhi
2009	Tomoyo S. • Yuki N. • Suigintou • Suiseiseki • Hinagiku • Shinku
2010	Mio • Taiga • Mikoto
2011	Kanade • Ruri • Hellscythe
2012	No new winners.
2013	Mashiro • Rikka • Asuna
2014	Kuroyukihime
2015	Yukino • Kosaki • Chitoge • Chiyo • Ayase
2016	Nao • Tohsaka • Saber • Kurisu
2017	Rem • Emilia • Katou
2018	Chtholly • Azunyan • Kanna
2019	Violet • Sagiri • Kurumi • Mai-san
2020	Kaguya
2021	Elaina

International Saimoe League Champions
Heavenly Tiara
Fate Testarossa • Hinagiku Katsura • Mio Akiyama • Mikoto Misaka • Kanade Tachibana • Ruri Gokou • Kotori Itsuka • Eru Chitanda • Shana • Megumi Katou • Rem • Violet Evergarden • Yukino Yukinoshita • Elaina • 2022

Lapis Scepter
Lelouch Lamperouge^Ex • Kazuto Kirigaya^Ex • Houtarou Oreki^Ex • Hideyoshi Kinoshita^Ex • Accelerator • Sora • Koro-sensei • Hachiman Hikigaya • Rimuru Tempest • Miyuki Shirogane • Sakuta Azusagawa • 2022
^{Ex - Exhibition tournament: Counted as official winners, but not recognized on the ISML website's main page}

/r/anime Elite Eight
Major Character Champions
Best Girls	Kurisu Makise • Yukino Yukinoshita • Mikoto Misaka • Rin Tohsaka • Rem • Asuna Yuuki • Kaguya Shinomiya • Mai Sakurajima • Ai Hayasaka
Best Guys	Lelouch Lamperouge • Koyomi Araragi • Spike Spiegel • Koro-sensei • Shigeo Kageyama • Levi Ackerman • Miyuki Shirogane • Hachiman Hikigaya
Best Chars.	Roy Mustang • Hitagi Senjougahara • Shinobu Oshino • Rintarou Okabe • Edward Elric
Other characters
Bold indicates former runner-up C - Also reached Elite Eight in Best Character C2 - Finished runner-up in Best Character
Best Girl	Aqua • Chika Fujiwara^C • Chiyo Sakura • Emilia • Eru Chitanda • Holo • Himeko Inaba • Jibril • Kyouko Hori • Mayuri Shiina • Megumin^C2 • Megumi Tadokoro • Mikasa Ackerman • Miko Iino • Mio Akiyama • Ochako Uraraka • Ryuuko Matoi^C • Saber^C • Shouko Nishimiya^C • Suruga Kanbaru • Taiga Aisaka • Tohru • Vladilena Milizé • Winry Rockbell • Yoko Littner • Yui Yuigahama
Best Guy	All Might • Alphonse Elric • Archer • Deishuu Kaiki • Erwin Smith^C • Gintoki Sakata^C • Guts • Hisoka Morow • Izaya Orihara • Joseph Joestar • Kamina • Kazuma Satou^C • Killua Zoldyck • Kiritsugu Emiya • Kraft Lawrence • Light Yagami^C • Reigen Arataka^C • Rimuru Tempest • Saitama^C • Sakuta Azusagawa • Shouya Ishida • Souma Yukihira • Subaru Natsuki • Tanjiro Kamado • Yuu Ishigami^C
Best Char.	Eren Yeager • Haruhi Suzumiya • Homura Akemi • Rider (Fate/Zero)

Bilibili Moe Elite Eight (Japanese Animation)
Female Winners
Saber • Rem • Mash Kyrielight • Sakura Kinomoto
Male Winners
Lelouch vi Britannia • Yato • Romani Archaman • Gilgamesh

Female Elite Eight Bold underlined indicates runner-up
Anna Kushina • Asuna Yuuki • Chiyo Sakura • Chino Kafuu • Eli Ayase • Emilia • Illyasviel von Einzbern • Jeanne d'Arc (Fate) • Kanade Tachibana • Kotori Itsuka • Kurisu Makise • Kurumi Tokisaki • Megumi Katou • Mikasa Ackerman • Mitsuha Miyamizu • Nero (Fate) • Reiko Natsume • Rin Tohsaka • Sagiri Izumi • Sakura Matou • Tohka Yatogami • Tohru (Dragon Maid) • Umaru Doma • Violet Evergarden

Male Elite Eight Bold underlined indicates runner-up
Ainz Ooal Gown • Ash Ketchum • Archer (F/SN) • Gintoki Sakata • Izaya Orihara • Izuku Midoriya • Karna (Fate) • Kirito • Koro-sensei • Kusuo Saiki • Lancer (F/SN) • Levi Ackerman • Monkey D. Luffy • Osamu Dazai (BSD) • Saitama • Sakamoto • Shirou Emiya • Souma Yukihira • Takashi Natsume • Taki Tachibana

Korean Tournaments

Korea Best Moe (2006-2012, organized by Anizone.net)

Tournaments

2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012

Female Champions

Suiseiseki • Hinagiku Katsura • Holo • Taiga Aisaka • Mio Akiyama • Homura Akemi • Hitagi Senjougahara

Male Champions

Kyon • Lelouch • Mukuro Rokudo • Tsunayoshi Sawada • Kanglim (Ghost Messenger) • Sougo Okita

Aniplus Character Tournament (Active since 2013, organized by Aniplustv.com)

Tournaments

2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022

Champions

Houtarou Oreki • Chiyo Sakura • Producer (Imas CG) • Rem • Chino Kafuu • Megumi Katou • Mai Sakurajima • Elaina • Yukina Minato • ??

Other

Aketo Records & Curses

Elite Eight Contestants
KBM E8	Akari Mizunashi • Azusa Nakano • C.C. • Conan Edogawa • Eri Sawachika • Erio Touwa • Eru Chitanda • Fate Testarossa • Gintoki Sakata • Haruhi Suzumiya • Kagami Hiiragi • Kanade Tachibana • Kurisu Makise • Kuroyukihime • Kyou Fujibayashi • Kyouko Sakura • Light Yagami • Madoka Kaname • Mikoto Misaka • Nagi Sanzenin • Rika Furude • Rin Tohsaka • Roy Mustang • Saber • Shana • Shinobu Oshino • Tomoyo Sakagami • Victorique de Blois • Yui Hirasawa • Yuki Nagato
Aketo E8	Alice Zuberg • Asuna Yuuki • Emilia • Eriri Spencer Sawamura • Eru Chitanda • Hestia • Illyasviel von Einzbern • Kanna Kamui • Karyl • Kirito • Kosaki Onodera • Kotori Minami • Kurumi Tokisaki • Maki Nishikino • Mashiro Shiina • Miku Nakano • Nanami Aoyama • Nino Nakano • Ram • Reina Kousaka • Rin Tohsaka • Saber • Sagiri Izumi • Sena Kashiwazaki • Shinobu Oshino • Sinon • Siesta • Tamako Kitashirakawa • Tohru • Utaha Kasumigaoka