Here are the nominations for "Top 100 Internet Buzzwords" 2021 - Uma Musume, Jujutsu Kaisen, Tokyo Revengers, and more!

Top 100 Internet Buzzwords is a project powered by pixiv and Dwango. The two companies have joined forces to analyze the number of visits in 2021 to each entry page on their online dictionaries, pixiv Encyclopedia and Nico Nico Pedia, in order to determine the most popular buzzwords of the year.

About "Top 100 Internet Buzzwords"

Launched in 2018, Top 100 Internet Buzzwords is an event to determine the most popular buzzwords on the internet. 100 words are nominated in advance, and the most popular is elected "Word of the Year".

The award ceremony that announces the winner and the ranking of the 100 words is broadcast on Nico Nico Live, and last year it saw a total of 380,000 spectators, even becoming a trending topic on Twitter. Many personalities and organizations related to each buzzword will join the show to elect the most popular buzzword of the year. Moreover, a "pixiv Award" will be assigned to the word which, in 2021, saw the most dramatic increase of tagged works compared to 2020, while a "niconico Award" will be assigned to the word that Nico Nico users elect as the most popular on the net by answering a dedicated questionnaire.

* Nominations and Winner Selection Method:

The 100 nominated buzzwords are those with the highest number of accesses compared to last year on both services in the period from January 1st (Mon) to November 24th (Fri), 2021. Among these 100 words, the one with the highest difference in the number of accesses will receive the "Word of the Year" Award.

Check out the 100 nominations (in Japanese alphabetical order)!

This year, the buzzwords that received the most nominations are those related to the smash-hit app Uma Musume Pretty Derby. Other chart-topper manga and anime titles include Jujutsu Kaisen, which has emerged as one of the most popular of the year, Tokyo Revengers, which has even been made into a live-action movie, Resident Evil: Village, a video game that has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide, and Evangelion: 3.0+1.0, the new Evangelion movie which was released in March.

In addition, the list also includes memes you might have seen at least once on social media, such as Choco ga ichiban desu wa! (lit. "Chocolate is the best!" from Uma Musume) and Toge! Ora wa oniichan da zo! (lit. "Move, I'm his big brother!" from Jujutsu Kaisen). All in all, the 100 nominations collected by pixiv and Dwango do a great job reflecting the state of the internet in 2021.

1. Agnes Tachyon (Uma Musume)

2. Agemasen! (lit. "I'm not giving it to you!" from Uma Musume)

3. Ethan Winters

4. Yuji Itadori

5. Toge Inumaki

6. Ingoku Danchi

7. Umapyoi Densetsu

8. Uma Musume Cinderella Gray

9. Uma Musume Pretty Derby

10. Ultraman Trigger

11. Eren Yeager

12. Oguri Cap (Uma Musume)

13. Yuta Okkotsu

14. Otoko no hito tte, itsumo sou desu ne! (lit. "Men are always like that!" from I Walk Among Zombies)

15. Oberon (Fate)

16. Oberon Vortigern

17. Alcina Dimitrescu

18. Karl Heisenberg

19. Kakumei no Chi

20. Kamen Rider Revice

21. Noritoshi Kamo

22. Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger

23. Gigi Andalucia

24. Kitasan Black (Uma Musume)

25. Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway

26. Nobara Kugisaki

27. Ξ Gundam

28. Suguru Geto

29. Cernunnos (Fate)

30. Gold Ship (Uma Musume)

31. Gold Ship

32. Satoru Gojo

33. Godzilla Singular Point

34. Silence Suzuka (Uma Musume)

35. Manjiro Sano

36. Haruchiyo Sanzu

37. Asuka Shikinami Langley

38. jackochallenge

39. Jujutsu Kaisen

40. Cursed Womb: Death Paintings

41. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

42. Symboli Rudolf (Uma Musume)

43. Super Robot Wars 30

44. Suo Sango

45. Sakura Suzuhara

46. Special Week (Uma Musume)

47. Naoya Zenin

48. Maki Zenin

49. I Walk Among Zombies

50. SSSS.DYNAZENON

51. Daiwa Scarlet (Uma Musume)

52. Choso (Jujutsu Kaisen)

53. Choco ga ichiban desu wa! (lit. "Chocolate is the best!" from Uma Musume)

54. Twin Turbo (Uma Musume)

55. Yuki Tsukumo

56. Heaven Official's Blessing

57. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

58. Tokai Teio (Uma Musume)

59. Tokyo Revengers

60. Touhou Koryudo ~ Unconnected Marketeers

61. Toge! Ora wa oniichan da zo! (lit. "Move, I'm his big brother!" from Jujutsu Kaisen)

62. Donna Beneviento

63. Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure

64. Nice Nature (Uma Musume)

65. Nijisanji Koshien 2021

66. Baobham Sith (Fate)

67. Resident Evil Village

68. Hathaway Noa

69. Keisuke Baji

70. Tazuna Hayakawa

71. Haru Urara (Uma Musume)

72. Pandora (Re:Zero)

73. Hikari (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)

74. 12-billion-yen incident

75. Pui Pui Molcar

76. Toji Fushiguro

77. Megumi Fushiguro

78. Funingasu (Among Us collaboration tag)

79. Blue Archive

80. PlayStation 5

81. Homura (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)

82. Mari Makinami Illustrious

83. Mother Miranda

84. Chifuyu Matsuno

85. Kazuya Mishima

86. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

87. Mejiro McQueen (Uma Musume)

88. Melusine (Fate)

89. Morgan (Fate)

90. MONSTER HUNTER RISE

91. Yabai Claimer no SUSURU TV

92. Yamato (ONE PIECE)

93. Yandere Simulator

94. Faerie Realm of the Round Table, Avalon le Fae

95. Rice Shower (Uma Musume)

96. Ryomen Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen)

97. Laura La Mer

98. World Trigger

99. Nameless (Kumoko)

100. NKO DICE

Watch the award ceremony on Nico Nico Live!

The award ceremony announcing the winner of "Word of the Year" and the ranking of the nominations from 1 to 100 will be held on Wednesday, December 15th. The event will take place in real-time on Nico Nico Live, and will feature voice actor Katsuyuki Konishi and freelance announcer Haruka Mori as the hosts.

Event name:

Unveiling the Word of the Year: Top 100 Internet Buzzwords 2021 - Award Ceremony - Live Stream

Broadcast date and time:

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 from 7:00 PM (JST)

Broadcast URL:

https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv334574340

Guests:

Hosts: Katsuyuki Konishi (voice actor) and Haruka Mori (freelance announcer)

Top 100 Internet Buzzwords Website:

https://site.nicovideo.jp/nettrend100/2021/

*This year, we will not be accepting applications from the general public.

Guess the winner and win prizes!

What buzzword will win an award this year? Starting November 25th, tweet your guess from the Top 100 Internet Buzzwords website and get the chance to be among the 10 lucky winners of a 2,021 JPY Amazon Gift Card! Moreover, one lucky winner among those who made the right guess will receive a special something related to the winning buzzword!

More details here (Japanese only)

(Tweet using the hashtag: #年末だしネット流行語予想しようぜ)

Entries accepted between November 25th (Thu) to December 15th, 2021 (Wed) 7 PM (JST).

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