Spike's character has been well received in Japan. He won first place in the Best Male Character category at "Animage"s annual Anime Grand Prix awards two consecutive times in 1998 and 1999. In the August 2001 issue of "Newtype", Spike was ranked first on the magazine's list of "Top 10 Most Popular Male Anime Characters in Japan". The next year in July 2002, Spike was again placed at number one on "Newtype"s anime list of "Favorite Male Character". In a "Newtype" poll from March 2010, Spike was voted by readers as the eighteenth most popular male anime character from the 1990s. In 2014, Kōichi Yamadera was voted by fans as the third coolest "old guy" voice actor in a Goo Ranking poll, and three years later, topped Asahi's list of the 25 best voice actors as voted by their peers, with his portrayal of Spike cited as one of the contributing factors.