With so many anime series set in schools, the position of student council president takes on added importance. With student councils being as powerful as they are in the realm of anime, the person who wins the election and takes on the role of student council president sets the tone for the whole school - for better or for worse.

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In some anime storylines, becoming student council president is a major part of the story and a way for the hero/heroine to develop. In some cases, though, the student council president is a formidable opponent, and, given that it’s anime, there could be any number of supernatural and/or other factors at work behind the scenes. These student council presidents got their positions by way of charm and reputation.

10 Miyuki Shirogane Works Hard To Maintain His Perfect Image (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)

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Miyuki, a third-year student, is president of the 67th and 68th Student Council at Shuchi'in Academy. He comes from a disadvantaged background and had to work his way to the position. He’s a perfectionist when it comes to his image as the ideal student, and is a workaholic with sleep deprivation issues. While his hollowed eyes sometimes turn people away, he's good-looking enough with his blond hair to get a huge pile of cards on Valentine’s Day in this romance anime and elected to the position twice.

9 Tadase Hotori Takes The King’s Chair As Student Council President And Guardian (Shugo Chara!)

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Members of the student council at Tadase Hotori’s school are called Guardians, and each of them holds one of the positions of King, Queen, Jack, and Ace. Hotori takes the King’s chair, and becomes leader of the group as well as president of the student council. He’s hot and charming, which endears him to female students like Amu, the heroine. He’s even got his own fan club of five members. A natural leader, he does have ambitions to be king and has special powers and a guardian spirit in this story about unleashing your potential.

8 Pretty And Perfect, Milly Ashford Uses Her Position For Whimsical Ideas (Code Geass)

Code Geass Feature Chinese Zodiac Milly Ashford

As the beautiful granddaughter of Ashford Academy superintendant Ruben K. Ashford, hailing from the family who founded the school, Milly Ashford's stint as student council president doesn’t exactly come as a surprise. At first, people don't seem to understand her bizarre ideas, like trying to make the World's Largest Pizza using her grandfather's old mecha. But they soon warm to her kind-hearted, albeit a little strange, ways. Among her other ideas is a cross-dressing festival. She’s also a friend to Lelouch, who becomes her vice-president.

7 Iori Sendou Is A School Celebrity And Vampire (Fortune Arterial)

Iori Sendou - Fortune Arterial

The protagonist of Fortune Arterial is an ordinary student who transfers into Shuchikan Academy. It’s a prestigious school located on Tamatsu Island off the coast of Japan that can only be accessed by boat. He discovers that the student next door, Erika, is a vampire.

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Ioro Sendou is Erika’s older brother. He's a vampire and president of the student council. He’s very popular with most students thanks to his good looks. He’s treated like a celebrity.

6 Shirogane Karen Has Been Re-Elected For 20 Years And No One Has Noticed (My Monster Secret)

My Monster Secret

Somehow, the student body in My Monster Secret hasn’t figured out the Shirogane Karen has been re-elected president of the student council for the last 20 years. Not even when she gives an outgoing and incoming speech consecutively. But, not everything is as it appears, and in the world of Jitsu wa Watashi wa, devils and angels are doing battle in the background of everyday human life. Shirogane Karen is an angel who’s lost her halo but is still trying to get to Akane, a trickster demon who is the school principal.

5 Ui Wins The Student Council Election By A Landslide (My Wife Is The Student Council President)

My Wife Is Student Council President

Ui and Hayate begin as rival candidates for the position of student council president. But, it ends up as not much of a contest as Ui wins by a large margin. Hayate ends up as vice-president. Ui’s victory isn’t so surprising, given that her platform is all about what she calls the liberalization of love on campus. It turns out that their parents made an arrangement, and the two of them end up engaged.

4 Kaname Kuran Has Absolute Power Over The Night Class (Of Vampires) (Vampire Knight)

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Yuki, the heroine of Vampire Knight, was rescued years ago by Kaname Kuran, a pureblooded vampire. Now, she protects his identity at their prestigious boarding school. Kaname is student council president for the Night Class, consisting entirely of vampires.

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He has absolute power over his vampire classmates and throughout the vampire world as head of the Kuran family. The Kuran clan is one of the few remaining pureblood families, and Kaname is about 10,000 old. Naturally, he and Yuki end up as a couple and have a child.

3 Manami Amamiya Tries Super Hard To Make School Great (Gakuen Utopia/Manabi Straight!)

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In 2035, the birth rate is in serious decline, and the school Manami attends is in a crisis because of reduced enrolment. She’s super bubbly and positive, though, and decides to try to give it her all when she’s voted student council president at the all-girl Seioh Private High School. She’s got no experience, but her upbeat energy gets her through. Her personal motto is "Massugu Go!" (Onwards!) and gradually, her enthusiasm wins over the apathetic student body.

2 Kyoya Hibari Is Leader Of The Namimori Middle Disciplinary Committee (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!/REBORN!)

Kyoya Hibari Reborn

Rather than being the student council president per se, Hibari’s officially the leader of the Namimori Middle Disciplinary Committee, a group of prefects at Namimori Middle School. Masquerading as a legitimate group of prefects within the school, in reality, they operate as a gang of delinquents who are loyal to their leader. While he’s loyal to the school, he won’t hesitate to use violence. He’s feared and respected rather than loved and admired, and no one dares to go against his leadership.

1 Other Students Look At Satsuki Kiryuin With Awe (Kill la Kill!)

Kiryuin Satsuki - Kill la Kill

Satsuki Kiryuin is the powerful student council leader at Honnouji Academy, and, even though she’s her older sister, a major antagonist of Ryuko Matoi in Kill la Kill. Satsuki rules with an iron fist, and she and the entire student council wear clothes imbued with Life Fibers that give them nearly invincible powers. Her mother is the chairperson on the school’s board of directors, giving Satsuki even more power. Her leadership and authority in the school, needless to say, are rarely questioned.

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