Video Research TV Talent Image Survey Top 50 Celebrities (February 2017)

Video Research conducts a survey twice a year i.e. February and August where they provide respondents with a list of 500 male and 500 female celebrities for them to choose the celebrities who they like. In this edition of the survey, 1,130 people from 10 years old to 69 years old living within a 30km radius of Tokyo Station were polled.

Note that the figures in brackets indicate the popularity percentage of the artiste:

Top 50 male celebrities
1) Abe Hiroshi (55.2%)
2) Matsuko Deluxe (53.6%)
3) Nishikori Kei (51.0%)
4) Akashiya Sanma (50.6%)
5) Tamori (45.8%)
6) Ichiro / Hakata Hanamaru Daikichi (44.8%)
8) Tokoro George (44.1%)
9) Uchimura Teruyoshi (43.7%)
10) Aiba Masaki (43.0%)
11) Ooizumi Yo (42.5%)
12) Watanabe Ken (42.1%)
13) Kuwata Keisuke (41.9%)
14) Matsuoka Shuzo (41.8%)
15) Beat Takeshi / Abe Sadao (40.9%)
17) Nakai Masahiro (40.5%)
18) Okada Junichi (39.8%)
19) Otani Shohei (39.5%)
20) Fukuyama Masaharu / Summers (39.3%)
22) Takada Junji (39.1%)
23) Sakurai Sho (38.6%)
24) Ishizuka Hidehiko (38.2%)
25) Taka and Toshi / Hanyuu Yuzuru (37.9%)
27) Shimura Ken (37.7%)
28) Matsumoto Hitoshi (37.5%)
29) Ohno Satoshi (37.3%)
30) Tsutsumi Shinichi (37.2%)
31) Sakai Masato (37.0%)
32) Degawa Tetsuro (36.8%)
33) Shofukutei Tsurube / Sandwich Man (36.3%)
35) Endo Kenichi (36.1%)
36) Kohinata Fumio (35.8%)
37) Hoshino Gen / Yamada Takayuki (34.9%)
39) Joshima Shigeru (34.7%)
40) Ninomiya Kazunari / Harada Taizo (34.5%)
42) Inohara Yoshihiko (34.2%)
43) Nagase Tomoya (34.0%)
44) Miyagawa Daisuke (33.8%)
45) DAIGO / Wakabayashi Masayasu (33.5%)
47) Hamada Masatoshi / Karasawa Toshiaki (33.3%)
49) Nishida Toshiyuki / Nishijima Hidetoshi (33.1%)

Top 50 female celebrities
1) Ayase Haruka (57.0%)
2) Aragaki Yui (55.0%)
3) Amami Yuki (49.7%)
4) Asada Mao (49.0%)
5) Kitagawa Keiko (45.3%)
6) Rola (45.0%)
7) Fukada Kyoko (44.8%)
8) An (44.4%)
9) Ishihara Satomi (44.1%)
10) Shinohara Ryoko (43.4%)
11) Ikimonogakari / Yoshinaga Sayuri (43.0%)
13) Watanabe Naomi (42.8%)
14) DREAMS COME TRUE (42.3%)
15) Kiki Kirin (41.8%)
16) Koizumi Kyoko (41.4%)
17) Kanno Miho (40.7%)
18) Utada Hikaru (40.5%)
19) Fukuhara Ai (39.8%)
20) Yanagihara Kanako / Yoshida Yo (38.6%)
22) Kondou Haruna (38.4%)
23) Yonekura Ryoko (38.2%)
24) Ueto Aya (37.9%)
25) Nakama Yukie (37.2%)
26) Itou Asako / Arimura Kasumi (37.0%)
28) Matsu Takako (36.6%)
29) Imoto Ayako / Nakajima Miyuki (36.3%)
31) Amuro Namie (35.2%)
32) Tomochika (35.0%)
33) Fukatsu Eri (34.7%)
34) Yuka (34.5%)
35) Kuroyanagi Tetsuko / Nagasawa Masami (34.3%)
37) Ishida Yuriko (34.2%)
38) Takeuchi Yuko (34.0%)
39) Matsutoya Yumi (33.8%)
40) Shibasaki Kou (33.5%)
41) Horikita Maki (32.9%)
42) Shibata Rie / Kiritani Mirei (31.7%)
44) Matsushima Nanako (31.3%)
45) Koike Eiko (31.2%)
46) Kichise Michiko (29.9%)
47) Hirose Suzu / Tabe Mikako (29.7%)
49) Matsushita Nao (29.4%)
50) Nakagawa Shoko (28.7%)

Source: Video Research