Which anime girl deserves your best wishes this Girls' Day? The obvious answers is "all of them," but fans in Japan took a more specific vote to see which girls were the top picks for special Hinamatsuri wishes

Female characters of grade school age or younger were eligible to be voted on. 167 fans responded to the poll run by Anime! Anime, with approximately 63% of the respondants being female and about 60% being teenage or younger. And voters seemed to be in agreement for several of the winners, with the bottom half of the top ten being a five-way tie for sixth place!

Here are the top 10:

6th Place (tie): Ayumi Yoshida, Case Closed

6th Place (tie): Ai Hinatsuru, The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!

6th Place (tie): Charlotte Izoard, The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!

6th Place: Kirin Kumatsuka, School Babysitters

6th Place (tie): Illyasviel von Einsbern, Fate series

4th Place (tie): Mayoi Hachikuji, Monogatari series

4th Place (tie): Himawari Nohara, Crayon Shin-chan

3rd Place: Naru Kotoishi, Barakamon

2nd Place: Renge Miyauchi, Non Non Biyori

1st Place: Tsumugi Inuzuka, Sweetness and Lightning

Is there anyone you think the fans missed? Let us know in the comments!

Source: Anime! Anime!

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Kara Dennison is responsible for multiple webcomics, serves as community manager for (Re)Generation Who and PotterVerse, and is half the creative team behind the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. She blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.