Top Ten Yandere Characters in Anime

The Top Ten
Yuno Gasai - Mirai Nikki Yuno Gasai is the main female protagonist from the anime series "Mirai Nikki" or "Future Diary" published in October 10, 2011. Yuno Gasai is the second dairy owner and is a yandere who kills for Yukki, she owns the Diary of Future Love. She has pink hair tied into two low hanging pigtails with red ribbons... read more

I personally prefer Yuno as a yandere queen over anybody else. Yuno was the one who made the yandere trend, after all. She made the brand, basically. Not only that, she became a goddess and can basically do whatever she wants in the end.

There's a reason why when we talk about yandere, Yuno is always on top of the list. She is literally the symbol of all yandere characters, and even now, no one has demonstrated the definition of a yandere as well as Yuno did, so she's the queen.

I think I know why she's at the top of every yandere list: she always knows what Yuki is up to, breaks into his house in one episode, and even chops off a girl's hand when she kissed Yuki in front of her! That girl is crazy.

Shion Sonozaki - Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni

All the characters in this anime are messed up. Seriously, not even the main character is normal. This girl wins the prize, though. She hanged two men, one with a chain. She stabbed Satoko a couple of times (tortured her, basically), who was the sister of her lover, and killed her own grandma. The lighter part was just messed up. She locked her sister up, who lost three nails because she felt bad over Shion's punishment.

She did fall and die but then came back as a ghost and killed Keiichi. If that's not enough, she wanted to torture Rika too, but Rika killed herself in front of her, and all Shion did was laugh. She even had weird hallucinations of her lover Satoshi, who is dead. She is far more of a yandere than Yuno. To be honest, I believe Yuno is a little overrated.

Ayano Aishi - Yandere Simulator

Ayano doesn't necessarily need a personality to be a yandere. As long as she has the thirst and ability to kill anyone she deems a potential rival for Senpai's love, she is, in fact, a yandere. It's in the title.

Judging by the game's name, we already know that she is a YANDERE! She doesn't care who she hurts until she gets her "Senpai" from her rival. Why does everyone disagree with her being a yandere girl? She is COMPLETELY yandere!

Ayano Aishi is a bloodthirsty high school girl who will get rid of anyone who likes her Senpai. She may not be the most interesting girl, but I believe she is a complete yandere. Ayano for the win.

Katsura Kotonoha - School Days Kotonoha Katsura (桂 言葉 Katsura Kotonoha) is one of the two main heroines of the visual novel and anime series, School Days and a secondary character in Summer/Shiny Days and Cross Days.

Kotonoha is the oldest daughter of Manami and Mr. Katsura, as well as the older sister of Kokoro Katsura... read more

She is not the most skilled, but she has been through so much and so desperately tried to win over Makoto. She went through plenty of heartbreaks and other awful stuff that I do not wish to name. I feel like she deserves a better man.

What I don't understand about Kotonoha and Sekai is: how come they don't become yanderes until the final episode? I never would have expected Kotonoha, of all people, to be one, considering how shy and weak she seemed in every other episode.

She has been through so much. Being with her boyfriend and later finding out that he had been cheating on her. She may not be the most skilled yandere, but she is the kindest yandere I've ever seen.

Lucy - Elfen Lied Lucy (born as kaede), is a tragic, fictional Japanese Anti-Heroine, and Anti-Villianess, who is the main protagonist of her debut source, a manga officially known as Elfen Lied [alfen leed], written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto, which was best known for it's T.V. adaptation of the same name, Directed... read more

Oh, god, where do I start? She has a cruel backstory, an awesome story, and she's cute. Wow...

She's definitely a very... unique yandere.

I wish I had the power to kill people with invisible arms like Lucy does.

Sukone Tei - UTAU Sukone Tei also known as Scottei (Sukottei) is a female Japanese voicebank for the UTAU program. She is created by ミナツキトーカ and voiced by Futaba Kako.

You are mine, all mine, Len. I don't care if you are not a proper vocaloid, you're ALL MINE!

Sekai Saionji - School Days Sekai Saionji (Saionji Sekai) is one of the two main heroines of School Days along with Kotonoha and appear as a secondary character in Summer/Shiny Days and Cross Days

Am I the only person who always confuses Sekai with Kotonoha?

Kaede Fuyou - Shuffle

Spoilers ahead: What sets Kaede apart from others is how sympathetic she is when she goes off the rails. After the accident that killed her mom and Rin's parents, she lost all will to live. Her dad refused to talk to her, and she wasn't given a psychiatrist to guide her through the troubled time. Rin made up a lie to give her a reason to live, saying he was at fault for the accident by asking them to come home earlier than planned.

Kaede then hated Rin and abused him, even dropping a blade that sideswiped his eye. Years later, from a hidden postcard, she learns that they were coming back early because she was sick. This makes her blame herself for the accident and try to atone for her actions by being Rin's slave. This becomes her new reason to live. Out of this, she develops real romantic feelings and dotes on him out of love and guilt over her past actions.

When Rin started dating Asa, it took Kaede's reason to live away, and she snapped. Everything goes into a major tailspin until she and Asa have a long talk, as well as one with Rin. If we rewound the clock and Kaede was told the truth, as well as how one could blame any number of factors for not stopping the accident, from traffic lights to the cops pulling over the drunk driver that killed her mom and Rin's parents, and if she had been given proper medical help back then, Kaede wouldn't be on this list. She would be much more like her game counterpart.

Shuu Tsukiyama - Tokyo Ghoul Shuu Tsukiyama, also known as the "Gourmet," is a ghoul character in Tokyo Ghoul. He hails from a wealthy and influential family, possessing an aristocratic demeanor. Tsukiyama has a fascination with literature and fine arts, but he is also obsessed with consuming high-quality human flesh. Despite his... read more

There are not enough male yanderes on the list! Everyone loves the female yanderes, but everyone forgets about the males. Let's try and get Shuu and the other males higher on the list!

I have to admit, Shuu is really hot, especially when he wears that blue suit! That hair of his is awesome, too.

I love Shuu! I even have an anime body pillow of him!

Kurumi Tokisaki - Date A Live

Umm... I don't know much about Kurumi, but she looks sly and cute and seems like she is not afraid to do whatever it takes.

The Newcomers

? Monika - Doki Doki Literature Club

Of course, Monika will always be the second-best yandere. She actually deletes other character files so you'll love her. If you don't know who Monika is or what game she's from, go play Doki Doki Literature Club. Just a disclaimer though, that game has really messed up scenes, such as suicidal stuff. A really bright and cute girl named Sayori commits suicide, and a shy and timid girl, Yuri, stabs herself. Monika made them do all that.

But I won't tell you what to do to get the true ending, but you do have to do what Monika did to the other girls. And Natsuki dies from Monika deleting her because Monika realizes that she doesn't have to manipulate them anymore. She can just delete her right on the spot.

? Yuri - Doki Doki Literature Club

For all of you saying that she's not a yandere, remember, as Monika said herself, Yuri always had obsessive tendencies. She claims that all she did was "untie the knot." Even though Yuri didn't kill anyone (other than herself, of course), you can still be a yandere if you have obsessive tendencies and are very much willing to kill someone. Self-sacrificing yanderes are just a subtrope of yandere, which is way less popular and less used. Plus, she can be dandere and yandere at the same time. You know that, right?

The Contenders
Ryoko Asakura - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Anna Nishikinomiya - Shimoneta
Rika Furude - Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
Shiro - Deadman Wonderland Shiro is a mysterious and enigmatic character in the anime and manga series Deadman Wonderland. Recognizable by her all-white attire and childlike demeanor, she harbors dark secrets and has a deep connection to the protagonist, Ganta Igarashi. Her dual nature of innocent appearance and violent tendencies... read more

Trust me, you don't want to be stuck in a room by yourself with Shiro when she becomes the Wretched Egg. She is hot, though.

One of the best yandere characters ever. Very unexpected, too. Read the manga for Deadman Wonderland.

Shiro has white eyelashes! I have not seen Deadman Wonderland yet, but is she albino?

Mayu - Vocaloid

She may be from an anime, but she is a yandere. She is also the first yandere vocaloid.

There's a yandere vocaloid? Cool!

Toga Himiko - My Hero Academia
Belarus - Hetalia

She's underrated. She needs more screen time. I think she's interesting, funny, cute, cool, and badass. She could be so much more than just the girl obsessed with marrying her own brother. I hate how she's reduced to this. She's one of my favorite Hetalia characters. I wish I had a friend like her.

I've only seen Axis Powers, but I hear that Prussia is a yandere, too. Is that true?

That one episode where she tries to force Russia to marry her. Creepy!

Juvia Lockser - Fariy Tail Juvia Lockser is a Fairy Tail Mage . When Juvia was young she was abandoned by her parents because she was followed by the rain . Juvia lived in a orphanage but she never felt at home there she was mistreated by the children there because she was different from them,she was a Mage she had blue hair... read more

She hasn't really tried to kill anyone, though.

Misa Amane - Death Note Misa Amane is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

She may not be your typical yandere, but she WILL do whatever Light tells her to, even if it means killing people.

Giffany - Gravity Falls
Ayase Aragaki - Ore no Imouto Ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake Ga Nai
Yoosung Kim - Mystic Messenger
Yukako Yamagishi - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Satō Matsuzaka - Happy Sugar Life
Mizuki Himeji - Baka and Test Mizuki Himeji (Japanese: 姫路 瑞希) is one of the main heroines in the light novel and anime series, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu also known as Baka and Test: Summon the Beast in English. She is a second-year school student at Fumizuki Academy who is in the same class as Akihisa Yoshii and her friends... read more
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