The Akihabara Moe Characters Contest (Japanese: 「アキバで見かけた萌えキャラコンテスト」, literally "Contest of the Moe Characters seen in Akihabara") is a yearly popularity contest held by Akiba PC Hotline!, in which people can vote for characters personifying various PC shops, hardware and software (which include OS-tans) that were featured in Akihabara.
Tsukumo-tan, the mascot of the Tsukumo shop from 2009 to 2020, won the first popularity contest, as well as the ten next ones in a row, before her retirement due to licensing reasons. Nanami Madobe and other members of the Madobe Family also consistently reached high positions, with Nanami sometimes reaching the second place after Tsukumo-tan.
Below, you will find the results (top 10 + any OS-tan) of the contests.
2009 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2009 Contest[1]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
つくもたん |
Tsukumo-tan |
1402 |
Tsukumo
|
2 |
窓辺ななみ |
Nanami Madobe |
1047 |
Windows 7
|
3 |
いつはちゃん |
Itsuha-chan |
657 |
NEC server
|
4 |
音々ちゃん |
Onone-chan |
645 |
Nipponbashi Project
|
5 |
らびたん |
Rabi-tan |
519 |
Yamada Denki
|
6 |
アンテッ子 |
Anteco |
475 |
Antec
|
7 |
ギガバイ子 |
Gigabyko |
457 |
Gigabyte
|
8 |
フォルサたん |
Forsa-tan |
233 |
Forsa
|
9 |
オリたん |
Ori-tan |
229 |
SilverStone
|
10 |
ZOAたん |
ZOA-tan |
214 |
ZOA
|
2010 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2010 Contest[2]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
つくもたん |
Tsukumo-tan |
1126 |
Tsukumo
|
2 |
窓辺ななみ |
Nanami Madobe |
753 |
Windows 7
|
3 |
らびたん |
Rabi-tan |
472 |
Yamada Denki
|
4 |
ふぉっくす紺子 |
Foxconnko |
453 |
Foxconn
|
5 |
アンテッ子 |
Anteco |
447 |
Antec
|
6 |
音々ちゃん |
Onone-chan |
393 |
Nipponbashi Project
|
7 |
いつはちゃん |
Itsuha-chan |
387 |
NEC server
|
8 |
ギガバイ子 |
Gigabyko |
373 |
Gigabyte
|
9 |
アク子 |
Akuko |
237 |
Ark
|
10 |
Ikina |
Ikina |
191 |
AMD
|
2011 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2011 Contest[3]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
つくもたん |
Tsukumo-tan |
1178 |
Tsukumo
|
2 |
窓辺ななみ |
Nanami Madobe |
945 |
Windows 7
|
3 |
クラウディア・窓辺 |
Claudia Madobe |
581 |
Windows Azure
|
4 |
ふぉっくす紺子 |
Foxconnko |
574 |
Foxconn
|
5 |
すのこタン。 |
Sunoko-tan |
550 |
Marudai Ltd.
|
6 |
アンテッ子 |
Anteco |
492 |
Antec
|
7 |
らびたん |
Rabi-tan |
429 |
Yamada Denki
|
8 |
ギガバイ子 |
Gigabyko |
385 |
Gigabyte
|
9 |
ばるくちゃん |
Baruku-chan |
324 |
Links International
|
10 |
美星 藍 |
Ai Mihoshi |
239 |
MSI
|
2012 Results
2013 Results
2014 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2014 Contest[6]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
つくもたん |
Tsukumo-tan |
673 |
Tsukumo
|
2 |
暮井 慧 (プロ生ちゃん) |
Pronama-chan |
655 |
Pronama LLC
|
3 |
クラウディア・窓辺 |
Claudia Madobe |
345 |
Windows Azure
|
4 |
美雲このは |
ConoHa Mikumo |
277 |
ConoHa
|
5 |
窓辺ななみ |
Nanami Madobe |
257 |
Windows 7
|
6 |
いのり |
Inori |
243 |
Mansei Co., Ltd.
|
7 |
Tuneちゃん |
Tune-chan |
241 |
G-Tune
|
8 |
愛真田 心 |
Amada Kokoro |
208 |
AMD
|
9 |
ふぉっくす紺子 |
Foxconnko |
200 |
Foxconn
|
10 |
ギガバイ子 |
Gigabyko |
181 |
Gigabyte
|
12 |
窓辺ゆう |
Yū Madobe |
136 |
Windows 8
|
15 |
窓辺あい |
Ai Madobe |
87 |
Windows 8
|
2015 Results
2016 Results
2017 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2017 Contest[9]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
つくもたん |
Tsukumo-tan |
1035 |
Tsukumo
|
2 |
暮井 慧 (プロ生ちゃん) |
Pronama-chan |
636 |
Pronama LLC
|
3 |
水晶雫 |
Suisho Shizuku |
611 |
CrystalDiskInfo
|
4 |
アキバたん |
Akiba-tan |
465 |
Bic Camera Akiba
|
5 |
モナコインちゃん |
Monacoin-chan |
403 |
Monacoin
|
6 |
ニパ子ちゃん |
Nipako-chan |
364 |
Project Nipako
|
7 |
窓辺ななみ |
Nanami Madobe |
347 |
Windows 7
|
8 |
Unnamed Ryzen Girl with Blue Hair |
344 |
AMD Ryzen
|
9 |
クラウディア・窓辺 |
Claudia Madobe |
326 |
Windows Azure
|
10 |
美雲このは |
ConoHa Mikumo |
320 |
ConoHa
|
11 |
窓辺とおこ |
Tōko Madobe |
312 |
Windows 10
|
25 |
窓辺ゆう |
Yū Madobe |
107 |
Windows 8
|
26 |
窓辺あい |
Ai Madobe |
99 |
Windows 8
|
2018 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2018 Contest[10]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
つくもたん |
Tsukumo-tan |
822 |
Tsukumo
|
2 |
暮井 慧 (プロ生ちゃん) |
Pronama-chan |
524 |
Pronama LLC
|
3 |
アキバたん |
Akiba-tan |
486 |
Bic Camera Akiba
|
4 |
水晶雫 |
Suisho Shizuku |
400 |
CrystalDiskInfo
|
5 |
窓辺ななみ |
Nanami Madobe |
332 |
Windows 7
|
6 |
Unnamed Ryzen Girl with Straight Long Hair |
311 |
AMD Ryzen
|
7 |
Unnamed Ryzen Girl with Twintails |
306 |
AMD Ryzen
|
8 |
美雲このは |
ConoHa Mikumo |
265 |
ConoHa
|
9 |
まぷ子 |
Mapko |
250 |
Sofmap
|
10 |
窓辺とおこ |
Tōko Madobe |
218 |
Windows 10
|
18 |
クラウディア・窓辺 |
Claudia Madobe |
157 |
Windows Azure
|
25 |
窓辺ゆう |
Yū Madobe |
76 |
Windows 8
|
28 |
窓辺あい |
Ai Madobe |
54 |
Windows 8
|
2019 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2019 Contest[11]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
つくもたん |
Tsukumo-tan |
1035 |
Tsukumo
|
2 |
窓辺ななみ |
Nanami Madobe |
761 |
Windows 7
|
3 |
水晶雫 |
Suisho Shizuku |
653 |
CrystalDiskInfo
|
4 |
アキバたん |
Akiba-tan |
568 |
Bic Camera Akiba
|
5 |
暮井 慧 (プロ生ちゃん) |
Pronama-chan |
491 |
Pronama LLC
|
6 |
窓辺とおこ |
Tōko Madobe |
451 |
Windows 10
|
7 |
Unnamed Ryzen Girl with Straight Long Hair |
354 |
AMD Ryzen
|
8 |
Unnamed Ryzen Girl with Twintails |
333 |
AMD Ryzen
|
9 |
アスラ |
Asura |
313 |
AsRock
|
10 |
エレーナ |
Elena |
297 |
AverMedia
|
2020 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2020 Contest[12]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
水晶雫 |
Suisho Shizuku |
689 |
CrystalDiskInfo
|
2 |
暮井 慧 (プロ生ちゃん) |
Pronama-chan |
620 |
Pronama LLC
|
3 |
窓辺とおこ |
Tōko Madobe |
549 |
Windows 10
|
4 |
九十九 トッカ |
99-Tokka |
452 |
Tsukumo
|
5 |
アキバたん |
Akiba-tan |
446 |
Bic Camera Akiba
|
6 |
アスラ |
Asura |
402 |
AsRock
|
7 |
エレーナ |
Elena |
396 |
AverMedia
|
8 |
すのこタン。 |
Sunoko-tan |
365 |
Marudai Ltd.
|
9 |
ギガバイ子 |
Gigabyko |
354 |
Gigabyte
|
10 |
Unnamed Ryzen Girl with Straight Long Hair |
334 |
AMD Ryzen
|
2021 Results
Akihabara Moe Characters 2021 Contest[13]
# |
Name (Japanese) |
Name (translated) |
Votes |
Personification of
|
1 |
水晶雫 |
Suisho Shizuku |
978 |
CrystalDiskInfo
|
2 |
アキバたん |
Akiba-tan |
782 |
Bic Camera Akiba
|
3 |
暮井 慧 (プロ生ちゃん) |
Pronama-chan |
775 |
Pronama LLC
|
4 |
窓辺とおこ |
Tōko Madobe |
601 |
Windows 10
|
5 |
九十九 トッカ |
99-Tokka |
528 |
Tsukumo
|
6 |
すのこタン。 |
Sunoko-tan |
407 |
Marudai Ltd.
|
7 |
ギガバイ子 |
Gigabyko |
363 |
Gigabyte
|
8 |
エレーナ |
Elena |
351 |
AverMedia
|
9 |
アスラ |
Asura |
325 |
AsRock
|
10 |
Unnamed Ryzen Girl with Straight Long Hair |
315 |
AMD Ryzen
|
Notes and references