The Haruhi Suzumiya Popularity Vote: KADOKAWA’s Commemorative Event

To commemorate the release of The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Chokkan) on November 25, 2020, an online voting poll called “The General Election of Haruhi Suzumiya“ has been launched, and it asks the most important question—Which Haruhi Suzumiya character is the most popular?

The voting process is live right now and will be till 13:00 JST on the 30^th of November. Fans can vote once daily, and each vote counts for 10 points. The results will be announced sometime late in December this year.

 The following are the characters that you can choose from:

1. Haruhi Suzumiya
2. Kyon
3. Mikuru Asahina
4. Yuki Nagato
5. Itsuki Koizumi
6. Ryoko Asakura
7. Tsuruya-san
8. Sasaki
9. Yasumi Watahashi
10. Asahina-san (adult)
11. Taniguchi
12. Kunikida
13. Kuyoh Suoh
14. Kyoko Tachibana
15. Fujiwara
16. Sonou Mori
17. Arakawa
18. Student Council Chairman
19. Emiri Kimidori
20. Kyon’s Little Sister
21. Shamisen
22. The Computer Research Society President
23. Sakanaka
24. Keiichi Tamaru
25. Yutaka Tamaru
26. John Smith

You can vote here.

KADOKAWA is publishing the 12^th volume of this light novel series by Nagaru Tanigawa, and the poll was published to build anticipation and excitement for the release of this long-awaited volume. It has been more than nine years since the last light novel—The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya, which was published in 2011. The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya will be releasing in Japan on November 25—but Yen Press is also releasing an English digital version of it simultaneously. A hardcover English version is set to be published in June 2021.

The new light novel will be comprised of three stories, and one of them is brand-new: Random Numbers (あてずっぽナンバーズ Atezuppo Numbers), which was issued in the artbook Haruhi’s Many Kinds of Flowers for the franchise’s tenth anniversary; Seven Wonders Overtime (七不思議オーバータイム Nanafushigi Overtime), which was in The Sneaker Legend, KADOKAWA’s Sneaker Bunko’s 30^th anniversary edition; and Tsuruya’s Challenge (鶴屋さんの挑戦 Tsuruya-san no Chōsen) which is the new story, and it takes place after the events of the last light novel.