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15 Hottest Anime Guys with Ponytails (List)

eiaAnimes are best known for their aesthetic characters. Characters that make your jaw drop and wish that they existed in real life. Alas, they aren’t real, but we, as an audience, sure love to get lost in their dreamy eyes, chiseled abs, and mesmerizing hairstyles.

While short hair is a trend for male characters in animes, designs with long hair have always made a special place in our hearts. It’s especially the anime guys with ponytails that have burned their images in our hearts and minds.

It’s easy for an anime guy to have spikes and short wavy hair. But it’s tough for a male anime character to rock a ponytail. Through this article, you will find 15 such anime guys with ponytails that have always inspired their audiences to grow their hair long.

15 Anime Guys with Ponytails

1) Edward Elric

Edward Elric
(Edward Elric) Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Edward Elric is one of the protagonists of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood who, along with his brother Alphonse Elric embarked on a journey to acquire the philosopher’s stone.

Edward stands 144 cm tall with blonde hair that he ties in a ponytail behind his back. He usually ties his hair in a braid but forgoes it for a ponytail whenever the situation demands it. He lets a single strand of hair stick up like an antenna to add to his height. A decision he rarely admits to.

As a character, Edward is immature, arrogant, and stubborn, but when push comes to shove, he is one of the most reliable people in the series. He usually sports an all-black attire to hide oil stains from his auto-mail.

But as the titular character, he is one of the strongest characters in the series, who became the youngest state alchemist at the age of 12.


2) Itachi Uchiha

Itachi
Itachi

Anime: Naruto series

Itachi Uchiha is one of the most loved characters from the Naruto series. He was introduced as a member of the Akatsuki who came to kidnap naruto but was soon revealed to be the older brother of Sasuke.

Once the fans learned of his heartbreaking back-story behind his decision to wipe out the Uchiha clan, his reasons to join the Akatsuki, and his love for his younger brother, he became a favorite who appeared in almost all the top 10 lists related to the series.

He’s fairly tall and has a fair complexion. His eyes are naturally black, but his Sharingan shines red whenever he manifests them.

Itachi has jet-black hair that he ties in a low ponytail behind his head and bangs that run down to his chin. He is known for his iconic look sporting his Sharingan, adorning a slashed Konoha forehead protector and an Akatsuki coat with collars high enough to hide his ponytail.


3) Shikamaru Nara

Shikamaru
Shikamaru Nara

Anime: Naruto series

Shikamaru is easily one of the best strategists in the anime world. He is the first to complain about what a drag life is, but he’s also a character which prevails whenever pushed into a corner.

He is a member of Team 10 in Naruto. Shikamaru has narrow brown colored eyebrows that usually express his bored mood. His shoulder-length black hair is usually tied in a ponytail. As a member of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, he sports earrings and studs that Asuma had given him.

As a future heir of the Nara clan, he is proficient in their signature shadow imitation technique. He is known for his laid-back attitude and quick wit that has earned him multiple victories in the series.


4) Renji Abarai

Renji Abarai
Renji Abarai

Anime: Bleach

The anime world is filled with redheaded hotheads, and Renji Abarai is unapologetically one such hothead. He serves as the lieutenant of the 6th division under Byakuya Kuchiki.

He is one of Ichigo’s closest confidants in Bleach, often portrayed as rivals who propel each other’s growth. Although he and Ichigo are mostly seen arguing, Renji usually turns up to support him with Rukia.

Ranji has long brown eyebrows and tattoos running across his forehead. He has long crimson hair that he usually ties in a high ponytail. His crimson hair reflects his hot but calculative temperament, which has won him and his Zanpakuto Zabimaru many battles.


5) Uta

Uta
Uta

Anime: Tokyo Ghoul

Uta is one of the most mysterious characters from Tokyo Ghoul. He is one of Renji Yomo’s old friends. He runs the HySy ArtMask Studio, which sells masks to both Humans and ghouls. Uta also designed Kaneki’s mask.

Uta has been a part of the clowns, a perplexing group with an unknown agenda that manipulated many pivotal events in the series.

He is fairly tall with long hair cut in an undercut fashion that he ties into a ponytail. A few strands of hair flow free in front of his face complementing the tattoos that cover his body.


6) Giyu Tomioka

Giyu
Giyu

Anime: Demon Slayer

Giyu Tomioka is the current water Hashira from the anime Kimetsu no Yaiba. He introduced Tanjiro to the world of demon slayers after allowing Nezuko to live.

As a Water Hashira, Giyu uses the water breathing style. He also created the 11th form, ‘Dead Calm, ‘ which is unique to him. Once h awakened the demon slayers mark and stood as one of the strongest in the series, defeating the likes of the Father Spider Demon

He has a tall and muscular build with a pale complexion. Ginyu’s unruly black hairs stick upward around his head, which he ties back in a messy low ponytail that runs to the base of his neck.


7) Aki Hayakawa

Aki Hayakawa
Aki Hayakawa

 Anime: Chainsawman

Aki Hawakawa is one of the Public Safety Devil Hunters from the recently released Chainsawman series. He served as the deuteragonist for the public safety arc in the series.

As a devil hunter, he is contracted with the Curse Demon, which allows him to use a nail-like sword. He is also contracted with the Fox Devil, which allows him to enlist its power in combat in exchange for a part of Aki’s body.

Aki is a handsome man who is tall and has medium-length hair tied up in a high ponytail. He wears a black suit and carries a sword around on his back.


8) Glenn Radars

Glenn Radars
Glenn Radars

Anime: Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor

Glenn Radars is the protagonist of Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor. He serves as a professor at the Alzano Imperial Magic Academy. Although he isn’t that powerful regarding magical power, he uses his anti-magic spell to render his opponents powerless.

As a former member of the Imperial Court Mage Corps, codenamed the fool, he is proficient in using magic to eliminate his targets.

He prefers to laze around and lazily dresses up in a white shirt with a loosely tied red tie. He has long black hair tied up in a low ponytail and fringes that descend on his forehead.


9) Eren Yeager

Eren
Eren

Anime: Attack on Titan

Eren Yeager is the protagonist of the hit series Attack on Titan. He is a character we all love and hate. We can’t stop loving him for all the things he has been through in the past and hate him for what he has been doing in recent seasons.

He is one of the nine titan shifters who holds the powers of both the attack titan and the founding titan. After surviving the Shiganshina invasion, he developed a strong hatred for the titans, an event that still serves as a force that propels him towards his actions, like joining the scout regiment and invading Marley.

In the year 854 in the manga, Eren has long shoulder-length hair tied in a ponytail. Although we often see him let them flow free untied.


10) Doppo Kunikida

Doppo Kunikida
Doppo Kunikida

Anime: Bungo Stray Dogs

Doppo Kunikida holds his ideals the closest and responsibilities even closer. He is an integral member of the Armed Detective Agency from Bungou Stray Dogs. The show will release its fourth season in January 2023.

The name of his ability is ‘The Matchless Poet, ‘ which allows him to manifest any object that he writes about in his notebook. The only downside of this ability is that he is unable to manifest anything bigger than his notebook.

Kunikida has a tall, slender build and blonde hair that are tied together in a long ponytail. He wears glasses that complete his signature look.


11) Hyakkimaru

Hyakkimaru
Hyakkimaru

Anime: Dororo

Hyakkimaru is the protagonist of Dororo the series. He’s a ronin who slays demons on a journey to find his body part that was stolen by demons. He is often accompanied by a young orphan called Dororo.

He is often counted among the hottest men in animes, with a tall, slender build and long black hair tied up in a ponytail and bangs that fall over his chin.


12) Ling Yao

Ling Yao
Ling Yao (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherood)

Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherood

Ling Yao is the 12th crown prince of Xing from the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. He ventured into the west looking for the secrets of immortality and encountered Edward, only to later become a host to the Homunculus called ‘Greed.’

He is often accompanied by Lan Fan and Kinsmen Fu, who protect him from any upcoming threats as the heir of the Yao clan.

Ling is characterized by his closed eyes that only opened after merging with Greed. He ties his long black hair into a ponytail with a white ribbon and lets his bangs fall over his face.


13) Sinbad

Sinbad
Sinbad (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)

Anime: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Sinbad is one the most powerful characters in Magi. He serves as a close ally to Alibaba and Alladin, only to later become their enemy as the antagonist of the latter half of the series.

He is guided by a strong moral compass in favor of humanity. Ideals that force him to capture dungeons and acquire his 7 djinns. He is the king of Sindria and stands against Al Thaman to prevent the world from falling into Depravity.

Sinbad is a tall good looking man who wears his crown over his long purple hair. He wears purple robes and has very long hair that he ties into a ponytail.


14) Miroku

Miroku
Miroku

Anime: Inuyasha

Miroku is one of the supporting characters from the Inuyasha series. He is a monk and traveled together with Kagome, Sango, Inuyasha, and Shippō. Bearing the curse of the ancestors, he wields the Kazaana as one of his strongest abilities.

He dresses as a monk donning purple robes with thick bangs and a small ponytail behind his head.


15) Claudia Hodgins

Claudia Hodgins
Claudia Hodgins

Anime: Violet Evergarden

Claudia Hodgins is the founder and president of the CH Postal Company from Violet Evergarden. He was previously a lieutenant colonel in the army, but he quit to establish the postal service.

Claud is Violet’s boss and her guardian, who looks after her at the company. He looks old and ragged with crimson frizzy hair tied in a ponytail.

Long-haired anime guys with ponytails have always stolen our hearts. They have been calm characters who support the protagonist or hot-headed protagonists who simply sweep us off our feet. Hope this list of 15 anime guys with ponytails helped you realize one of your anime crushes.


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