The realm of Japanese anime is home to a dazzling variety of characters who are known for an equally wide variety of superpowers, lifestyles, weapons, and certainly their hobbies and taste in food and drink. A character feels much more rounded when they have some personal preferences and hobbies to enjoy.

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Some anime characters are known for enjoying alcoholic drinks, anything from beer and wine to fancy mixed drinks or even drinks with fictional ingredients. These anime characters are all known for knocking back a few hard drinks on-screen, and some of them actually define their lifestyle or combat style with alcohol.

10 Cana Alberona Chugs Booze All Day (Fairy Tail)

Cana Alberona Chugging A Bottle Of Beer

The card-slinging wizard Cana Alberona is known for more than just her love of drink. Cana is also a crafty and clever member of the Fairy Tail Guild who has saved the day more than once and has a strained relationship with her distant father, the mighty Gildarts Clive. In addition, she's also a total party animal.

Cana can somehow down an entire barrel of wine or beer and not end up hospitalized, and she can drink almost anyone under the table. During the Grand Magic Games tournament, though, she narrowly lost to Bacchus Groh in a drinking contest.

9 Lady Tsunade Drinks & Gambles Often (Naruto)

Tsunade Drunk From Naruto

Lady Tsunade is a powerful and talented kunoichi, and she is also one of the three Sannin. While Orochimaru is a scheming monster and Jiraiya is a notorious womanizer, Tsunade is known for her vices of drinking, boasting, and gambling, which makes her oddly similar to Bender in Futurama, of all characters.

Tsunade isn't a great gambler, and she can't always hold her liquor, but she certainly tries, and she won't give up this lifestyle easily. When Jiraiya introduced her to Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto could hardly believe what he was seeing. He later learned to respect her and look up to her, however.

8 Captain Shunsui Kyoraku Will Pour Anyone A Drink (Bleach)

Shunsui Kyoraku From Bleach

Captain Shunsui Kyoraku was the commander of squad 8 for centuries, and he was noted for being a powerful but easygoing Soul Reaper who definitely preferred peace over war. He isn't a pacifist by any means, but then again, he would much rather pour someone some sake than fight them.

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When Shunsui first appeared in the Soul Society story arc, he took a seat and invited Chad to join him for drinks, which Chad politely declined. Then again, Shunsui could have a drink with Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto, who loves booze as much as he does.

7 Yukari Tanizaki Is Fond Of Beer (Azumanga Daioh!)

yukari from azumanga daioh

Yukari Tanizaki is a teacher in the high school comedy series Azumanga Daioh!, and she doesn't typically act her age. Yukari is competitive, impatient, obnoxious, impulsive, and she is also a terrible driver, reinforcing more than one stereotype in the process. At least her friend Nyamo is better at all this.

Yukari also likes to have fun, and she won't hesitate to down a few beers while eating out with Nyamo. In fact, Nyamo takes it upon herself to strain Yukari and prevent her from drinking herself into oblivion. She'd rather not see Yukari get sick from one too many beers.

6 Hanako Koyanagi Also Loves Beer (Wotakoi)

Hanako Wotakoi

Hanako Koyanagi is an office worker with a secret passion for all things boy-love/BL and the world of cosplay. She also loves to drink and often joins her friends at bars after work, though she had better be careful. Hanko's eyes are bigger than her stomach.

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Hanako will act up and say all kinds of weird things after drinking, but fortunately, she doesn't often get too carried away. She loves to drink, but more than that, Hanako is best known for her expertise with cosplay, and she can convincingly turn herself into any fictional character she chooses with some cosplay magic.

5 Revy Often Smokes & Drinks (Black Lagoon)

Revy Annoyed While Smoking

Revy the mercenary would be right at home in an Expendables movie, a tough-talking fighter who can easily navigate the terrifying criminal underworld and demolish anyone who crosses her. She is a bitter but loyal member of the Black Lagoon gang, and she indulges in more than a few vices.

Revy doesn't mind gambling here and there, and she is often seen smoking, too. On top of that, she likes to have a drink anytime she has a free moment, though bad guys have a nasty habit of storming into the bar and shooting up the place. Revy just wants a quiet drink, that's all.

4 Shinji Tokida Chugs Beer Like A Champ (Grand Blue Dreaming)

Shinji Tokita Raising A Mug Of Beer

The rowdy seinen anime Grand Blue Dreaming is based on an ongoing manga of the same name, and fans know that it's all about scuba diving, beer, and wild parties every night. The main characters are all college students, and anytime they're not in class or underwater, they're drinking.

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Protagonist Iori Kitahara was aghast when he met the burly, beer-soaked diving club members. The biggest drinker of all is the huge Shinji Tokita, a third-year student, and an expert diver. He's a friendly but forceful fellow who won't let anyone leave the party without downing a few gallons of beer first.

3 Aqua Drinks More Than She Ought To (Konosuba)

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Aqua the goddess is often mocked for being useless, though she does have her moments if she's up against unholy foes. Meanwhile, Aqua is downright unbearable during everyday life due to her superiority complex, immature behavior, and poor handling of money. She's a real burden sometimes.

Aqua also has no restraint in taverns and bars and tends to drink more than she can actually handle. More than once, she got hammered, only to lose her lunch in the back alley while Kazuma supported her. But no matter how sick she gets, Aqua will get just as drunk the next night if given the chance.

2 Willibald Always Keeps His Wine Close (Vinland Saga)

Willibald Vinland Saga

A minor but interesting character in the medieval fantasy series Vinland Saga is the monk Willibald, who is usually seen hugging a small barrel of wine close to his chest. He kept drinking during his time with Askeladd's gang, but chugging booze wasn't the only thing he did.

Willibald also made some interesting observations about the true nature of love. He argued that love isn't just fondness for another thing or person. Instead, love is a person's willingness to die and return to the endless cycle of all things in the universe, a theme similar to that of Fullmetal Alchemist. One is all, and all is one.

1 Chisato Mizusawa Experiments With Drinks (Love Is Like A Cocktail)

Chisato Mizusawa Love Is Like A Cocktail

Love is Like a Cocktail is a very short but charming seinen series that's like an iyashikei anime for fans of mixed drinks and cocktails. The simple but sweet premise involves Chisato Mizusawa, a hardworking office lady who always looks forward to a fine drink when she returns home.

Chisato's bartender husband Sora experiments with all kinds of mixed drinks, and he's always ready to delight his wife with his newest concoctions every evening. Amusingly, Chisato turns into a carefree and goofy person when she drinks, making her a happy drunk of sorts. However, she doesn't drink in excess, as Chisato believes in quality over quantity.

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