Which series has the most characters overall? Naruto, One Piece or Bleach?

[RomanMack]

It's a question I've been meaning to ask... The three current popular shonen are full of characters, but which one truely has the most?

[H Guggs]

I would probably have to One piece has more characters. All the induvidual groups have, like, 4 or more named members. Some with over 10 (Barouqe Works). Plus all the background characters.

[Timmay]

I think One Piece wins, probably because it's been around longer and uses new villains each arc. Bleach is somewhere close in second for introducing 100 new characters within the span of 20 or so chapters.. and Naruto way at the bottom in third.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

One Piece owns all.

List of Pirate crews.
List of minor characters.

[Captain Highwind]

Whatever the answer is (it's already been given, but still), One Piece will win this battle if it plans on being the next Dragonball series by spanning the next decade. Or so I've heard.

And yes, it goes through characters like a box of tissues.