Top 15 Best Tattooed Characters in Anime

The media culture in the twenty-first century is at its peak where anime has reached every corner of the world. Anime is a way of escapism from reality which is easily relatable for all its audience. The reason behind it is while making an anime, producers, and artists take note of every minute detail. Animators take note of all the cultural aspects that can give the anime characters a personality which includes traits, behavior, perception, dress, and tattoos. Having tattoos is a way of expressing oneself.

This article portrays the best out of the best-tattooed anime characters, taking into mind various perspectives like the meaning of tattoos, artistic beauty, and significance. These are some characters who will stuck in your mind for a very long time and one of the reasons behind that is their tattoos.

Best Tattooed Characters in Anime

15. Kakashi Hatake (Naruto)

• Appearance: Tall, white haired shinobi with a black face mask.
• Created by: Masashi Kishimoto
• Personality: Light headed, goofy, and caring.
• Abilities: Lightening style ninjutsu, Sharingan eye and great physical combat.

Kakashi Hatake is one of the strongest Shinobis from Naruto. He has an Anbu tattoo on his shoulder which is very famous in the anime world. The Anbu tattoo is marked on all the shinobis who are members of the Anbu cops. Kakashi’s tattoo is a sign of him being a member of Anbu cops.

14. Zero Kiryu (Vampire Knight)

• Appearance: Tall, white haired, pale skin.
• Created by: Matsuri Hino
• Personality: Conservative, cold and intelligent.
• Abilities: Wielding anti-vampire tools, healing, and detecting vampires.

Zero Kiryu is a vampire who hunts vampires. The tattoo on his neck is actually a seal which slows down the process of transforming into a vampire from a human. It is called the hunter symbol.

13. Renji Abarai (Bleach)

• Appearance: Tall, red headed male, and wears a bandana
• Created by: Tite Kubo
• Personality: Dedicated, impulsive and smart
• Abilities: Expert swordsman, great physical strength and stamina, zanjutsu and agility/speed.

Renji Abarai was initially portrayed as antagonist but as the story progressed he teamed up with the protagonist. He has tribal tattoos all over his upper body. Renji’s tattoos grew as he did, they do not assist him in any combat.

12. Uta (Tokyo Ghoul)

• Appearance: Many facial piercing, gothic dressing
• Created by: Sui Ishida
• Personality: Savage, introvert and sadist
• Abilities: Shapeshifter, regeneration, superhuman strength, and speed.

Uta is a ghoul who became peacemaker of the 4th ward. He has tattoos all over his body and has a very gothic presence. Tattoos on his hands are artistic masterpiece but the fan favourite is the one on his neck, he has a latin quote written in greek on his neck which means ‘I can not live with you nor without you.’

11. Draken (Tokyo Revengers)

• Appearance: Tall, Blond, Masculine
• Created by: Ken Wakui
• Personality: Bold, caring and selfless
• Abilities: Strength, and Good at physical combat

Draken is one of the most loved characters from Tokyo Revengers. He has always been supporting Mikey and kept him sane. The dragon tattoo on Draken’s head symbolises his personality; as dragons are protectors of the gods, he protects his friends.

10. Chrollo Lucilfer (Hunter x Hunter)

• Appearance: Handsome, dark haired, classy outfits
• Created by: Yoshihiro Togashi
• Personality: Smart, calm and stoic
• Abilities: Copying others abilities, superhuman strength, and speed

The leader of the Phantom troupe, Chrollo always resented other people. He has St. Peter’s cross tattooed on his forehead, which is a symbol of humanity.

9. Meliodas (Seven Deadly Sins)

• Appearance: Short, blonde, wears a white shirt with black west
• Created by: Nakaba Suzuki
• Personality: Pervert, brave, caring
• Abilities: Demon powers, superhuman strength, speed and endurance.

Meliodas is the dragon sin of wrath, the captain of seven deadly sins. He is feared across nations. He has a tattoo of a snake eating its own tail on his shoulder. It is a symbol of immortality and infinity.

8. Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist)

• Appearance: Tall, muscular, white haired male with an ‘X’ shaped scar on his forehead
• Created by: Hiromu Arakawa
• Personality: Angry, determinant and resilient
• Abilities: Decomposing, and alchemy.

Scar is a survivor of the civil war. He lost everything in the civil war. Scar has an arcane transmutation tattoo on his arm which helps him to use alchemy. He kills state alchemists in the name of justice.

7. Izumi Miyamura

• Appearance: Tall, black haired male with blue eyes
• Created by: Daisuke Hagiwara
• Personality: Introvert, gloomy and gentle
• Abilities: No special abilities

Izumi is a grade 3 student who is antisocial and stays alone most of the time. He has several piercings and tattoos on upper left body which he covers while going to school.

6. Trafalgar Law

• Appearance: Tall male, wears black and white polka dots cap, and few golden piercing in earlobe.
• Created by: Eiichiro Oda
• Personality: Calm, opportunistic, and clever
• Abilities: Creating a fully controllable room, counter shock, etc.

Trafalgar Law is a very calculative person who has the power of a devil fruit. He has many tattoos on his torso. Heart shaped tattoo on his chest is a symbol of his sacrifice made for himself. He also has “D E A T H” written on his knuckles.

5. Tatsu (The way of a house-husband)

• Appearance: Tall, short spiky black haired, wears brown shaded glasses and complete black outfit.
• Created by: Kousuke Oono
• Personality: Practical, supportive, and perfectionist
• Abilities: Martial arts, and skilled weapon user.

Tatsu is a former Yakuza member who has now decided to become a house husband.he has a dragon tattoo on his back, shoulders and biceps. The tattoo is a perfect match for a former yakuza.

4. Gaara (Naruto)

• Appearance: Red haired short male, carries a huge gourd on back, green eyes
• Created by: Masashi Kishimoto
• Personality: Serious, intimidating, antisocial
• Abilities: Sand manipulation

Gaara is the son of the Kazekage who has the power of a tailed beast (Shukaku). Gaara lost his mother at the time of his birth and was hated by the whole village for that reason. He started to feel lonely and wrote ‘ai’ on his forehead which means love in English. His tattoo is a symbol of self love.

3. Ryomen Sukuna

• Appearance: Tall, pink haired male, tattoos all over the body
• Created by: Gege Akutami
• Personality: Fierce, Cruel, and Hungry for power
• Abilities: Jujutsu sorcerer, curse manipulation, and curse techniques.

Ryomen Sukuna is the most powerful ancient curse who is considered as the king of all curses. He is sealed partially in all of his fingers. Sukuna has black tattoos all over his body.

2. Revy (Black lagoon)

• Appearance: Tall, red haired female, muscular, brown eyes
• Created by: Rei Hiroe
• Personality: Competitive, mean and sarcastic
• Abilities: Exceptional shooting skills, and Master at Combats

Revy is the best gun fighter from blue lagoon. She is a battle hungry person. She has tattoos on her right arm which looks extremely fearsome when she holds her gun in her hand.

1. Nicolas Brown (Gangsta)

• Appearance: Tall, Short-black haired male, and Muscular
• Created by: Kohske
• Personality: Antisocial, intimidating
• Abilities: Insanely strong and fast.

Nicolas Brown is an extremely powerful character for his own verse. He has a beautiful wing shaped tattoo on his back. When he flexes his back, the tattoo itself looks a bit scary.

Conclusion

As the world of anime and their fans are increasing day by day, we have classified the list of best 15 tattooed anime characters along with their skills, performance, and abilities. These anime characters holds a special place by showcasing deep symbolism and meaning behind their design. Sometimes they make tattoos just to display their strength but sometimes, they even want to carry their past which they depict on body.