The Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 2nd Best Pair Poll was held from May 15 to May 19, 2007, five months after the release of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei. Voters could cast one vote for a character pair per day. They were also able to nominate their own characters for one or both members of a pair. Character entries that do not have a portrait are marked with an asterisk in the results table below.
The webpage is no longer online, but the results may still be found on the Internet Archive.
Results
| Rank | Character 1 | Character 2 | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keiichi Maebara | Rena Ryuugu | 1577 | 25.5% |
| 2 | Keiichi Maebara | Mion Sonozaki | 1565 | 25.3% |
| 3 | Keiichi Maebara | Rika Furude | 458 | 7.4% |
| 4 | Satoshi Houjou | Shion Sonozaki | 362 | 5.8% |
| 5 | Satoko Houjou | Rika Furude | 296 | 4.8% |
| 6 | Hanyuu | Rika Furude | 277 | 4.5% |
| 7 | Mamoru Akasaka | Rika Furude | 203 | 3.3% |
| 8 | Keiichi Maebara | Satoko Houjou | 152 | 2.5% |
| 9 | Keiichi Maebara | Satoshi Houjou | 134 | 2.2% |
| 10 | Miyo Takano | Jirou Tomitake | 100 | 1.6% |
| 11 | Mion Sonozaki | Shion Sonozaki | 84 | 1.4% |
| 12 | Satoko Houjou | Shion Sonozaki | 78 | 1.3% |
| 13 | Keiichi Maebara (Yes! HINAMIZAWA!) | Kuraudo Ooishi (Do you know OYASHIRO-SAMA?) | 61 | 1.0% |
| 14 (tied) | Mamoru Akasaka | Kyousuke Irie | 55 | 0.9% |
| 14 (tied) | Rumiko Chie | Curry✰ | 55 | 0.9% |
| 16 | Useless god Hanyuu* | Chibi god Yashiro* | 46 | 0.7% |
| 17 | Shion Sonozaki | Tatsuyoshi Kasai | 36 | 0.6% |
| 18 | Rena Ryuugu | Mion Sonozaki | 35 | 0.6% |
| 19 | Keiichi Maebara | Hanyuu | 34 | 0.5% |
| 20 | Mamoru Akasaka | Kuraudo Ooishi | 30 | 0.5% |
| 21 | Rika Furude* | Oyashiro-sama* | 29 | 0.5% |
| 22 (tied) | Keiichi Maebara | Shion Sonozaki | 26 | 0.4% |
| 22 (tied) | Okonogi | Mion Sonozaki | 26 | 0.4% |
| 24 | Okonogi | Mamoru Akasaka | 24 | 0.4% |
| 25 | Mamoru Akasaka* | Toshiki Inukai* | 22 | 0.4% |
| 26 | Mion Sonozaki | Satoshi Houjou | 21 | 0.3% |
| 27 | Ono-san (小野さん)* | Nata-san (奈多さん)* | 20 | 0.3% |
| 28 (tied) | Satoko Houjou | Satoshi Houjou | 19 | 0.3% |
| 28 (tied) | Natsumi Kimiyoshi* | Akira Toudou* | 19 | 0.3% |
| 30 (tied) | Satoko Houjou | Good Teppei* | 17 | 0.3% |
| 30 (tied) | Ryukishi07-shi | BT-shi | 17 | 0.3% |
| 32 | Akane Sonozaki | Tatsuyoshi Kasai | 16 | 0.3% |
| 33 (tied) | Satoko Houjou | Kyousuke Irie | 15 | 0.2% |
| 33 (tied) | Satoko Houjou* | Skylark 13* | 15 | 0.2% |
| 35 | 如月一矢* | Rumiko Chie* | 14 | 0.2% |
| 36 | Keiichi* | Kameda* | 12 | 0.2% |
| 37 | Rena Ryuugu | Rika Furude | 11 | 0.2% |
| 38 (tied) | Launch Hanyuu* | Muumuu Alien* | 9 | 0.1% |
| 38 (tied) | Rika Furude* | Soy Sauce* | 9 | 0.1% |
| 38 (tied) | Ooishi* | Kumagai* | 9 | 0.1% |
| 41 (tied) | Akane Sonozaki | Kuraudo Ooishi | 8 | 0.1% |
| 41 (tied) | Rena Ryuugu | Shion Sonozaki | 8 | 0.1% |
| 41 (tied) | Hanyuu* | Cream Puffs* | 8 | 0.1% |
| 44 (tied) | Teppei Houjou* | Rina Mamiya* | 7 | 0.1% |
| 44 (tied) | Soul Brother Tommy | Soul Brother Kuraudo | 7 | 0.1% |
| 44 (tied) | Akasaka* | Yukie* | 7 | 0.1% |
| 44 (tied) | Tomita-kun* | Okamura-kun* | 7 | 0.1% |
| 44 (tied) | 木之下サツキ* | Tomita-kun* | 7 | 0.1% |
| 49 (tied) | Soul Brother Tommy | Soul Brother Ill | 6 | 0.1% |
| 49 (tied) | Higurashi* | Hinamizawa* | 6 | 0.1% |
| 49 (tied) | Riku Furude* | Hanyuu* | 6 | 0.1% |
| 49 (tied) | Rika Furude* | Frederica Bernkastel* | 6 | 0.1% |
| 53 (tied) | Hanyuu | Miyo Takano | 5 | 0.1% |
| 53 (tied) | Satoko Houjou* | Hanyuu* | 5 | 0.1% |
| 53 (tied) | Principal* | Rika-chama* | 5 | 0.1% |
| 56 (tied) | （・３・）* | (・ε・)* | 4 | 0.1% |
| 56 (tied) | Mionw* | Jirou Tomitake* | 4 | 0.1% |
| 56 (tied) | Mion* | Doll* | 4 | 0.1% |
| 59 (tied) | Miyo Takano | Rika Furude | 3 | 0.0% |
| 59 (tied) | Satoshi Houjou | Kyousuke Irie | 3 | 0.0% |
| 59 (tied) | Soul Brother TOMI | Rina Mamiya | 3 | 0.0% |
| 59 (tied) | Jirou Tomitake | Mamoru Akasaka | 3 | 0.0% |
| 59 (tied) | Keiichi Maebara* | Renya* | 3 | 0.0% |
| 59 (tied) | Victory* | Game* | 3 | 0.0% |
| 59 (tied) | Okonogi* | Nightingale 1* | 3 | 0.0% |
| 59 (tied) | Rika* | Miyuki* | 3 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Kyousuke Irie | Tatsuyoshi Kasai | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Tatsuyoshi Kasai | Hanyuu | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Miyo Takano | Okonogi | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Rika Furude | Tatsuyoshi Kasai | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Rumiko Chie | Keiichi Maebara | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Oryou Sonozaki* | Satoko Houjou* | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Tatsuyoshi Kasai* | Shotgun* | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Keiichi* | kouta-san's Rika-chan (growth)* | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Hifumi Takano* | Miyoko Tanashi* | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Ouka* | Hanyuu* | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Houjous' father (Teppei's brother)* | Houjous' real mother* | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | The Angel Mort girl who nursed Keiichi in the Watanagashi arc* | Maebara Keiichi* | 2 | 0.0% |
| 67 (tied) | Ryukishi07* | Agu | 2 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Mamoru Akasaka | Tatsuyoshi Kasai | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Hanyuu | Rena Ryuugu | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Kyousuke Irie | Rumiko Chie | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Soul Brother K | Soul Brother Ill | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Soul Brother K | Soul Brother Tommy | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Keiichi Maebara | Teppei Houjou | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Mion Sonozaki | Hanyuu | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Kuraudo Ooishi | Hanyuu | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Rena Ryuugu | Satoshi Houjou | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Satoshi Houjou | Okonogi | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Shion Sonozaki | Rumiko Chie | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Shion Sonozaki | Rika Furude | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Teppei Houjou | Mamoru Akasaka | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Rumiko Chie | Miyo Takano | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Rumiko Chie | Kuraudo Ooishi | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Tomitake (と御岳)* | Oryou* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Nii nii* | Nee Nee* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Sanada* | Kasai* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Soul Brothers* | The Mountain Dogs member who received a maid education in the Matsuribayashi arc* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Rena* | Kasai* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Hanyuu* | Nightingale 1* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Oryou Sonozaki* | Rena* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Oryou Sonozaki* | Akane Sonozaki* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Otobe* | Arakawa* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Natsumi* | Ooishi* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Keiichi* | Modified model gun* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Miyo* | Rena* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Ko Miyo (子みよ)* | Hanyuu* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | 神野真菜* | Mion Sonozaki* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Akasaka* | Armor-piercing rounds* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Keiichi Maebara* | Hinamizawa* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Ooishi* | Oyassan* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Ooishi* | Forensics Man* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Rumiko Chie* | Glasses* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Rumiko Chie* | 法衣* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | 凪原恵子* | 恵美* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Irie* | Natsumi* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Tragedy* | Comedy* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Tamae Houjou* | Satoshi Houjou* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Little Girls* | Akasaka* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Ryukishi07-shi* | Higurashi* | 1 | 0.0% |
| 80 (tied) | Rena Ryuugu* | Mai Nakahara* | 1 | 0.0% |
Trivia
- The Keiichi and Ooishi pairing in 13th place makes reference to lyrics from the image song "Keiichi Ooishi no Uwasa Jikenbo ABC".
- The "Soul Brothers" are a group comprising Keiichi, Ooishi, Tomitake, and Irie that appear in various comedic scenes and bond over fetish fantasies. The nicknames used here are those from the visual novel.
- Nightingale 1 is the Mountain Dogs member who was the target of psychological warfare by Hanyuu. Skylark 13 is the member who faced off and lost to Satoko's traps
- Oyassan (80th place) is how Ooishi refers to his friend the manager of the dam construction site.
- Mai Nakahara (80th place) is Rena's voice actor.
- Many of the pairings with Chie are references to Ciel from Tsukihime, who Chie is based off of. Ciel wears glasses and is affiliated with a church.
