Video Research TV Talent Image Survey Top 50 Celebrities (August 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) Akashiya Sanma (54.7%)
2) Abe Hiroshi (52.6%)
3) Matsuko Deluxe (51.3%)
4) Hakata Hanamaru Daikichi (47.6%)
5) Uchimura Teruyoshi (46.7%)
6) Ichiro / Tokoro George (46.4%)
8) Sandwich Man (44.2%)
9) Abe Sadao (43.9%)
10) Tamori / Okada Junichi (43.7%)
12) Fukuyama Masaharu / Ooizumi Yo (43.5%)
14) Summers (43.4%)
15) Yamada Takayuki (42.7%)
16) Aiba Masaki (42.3%)
17) Degawa Tetsuro (41.9%)
18) Taka And Toshi / Oguri Shun (41.2%)
20) Nagase Tomoya (40.9%)
21) Nishikori Kei (40.7%)
22) Endo Kenichi (40.2%)
23) Shimura Ken (40.0%)
24) Matsumoto Hitoshi (39.6%)
25) Yamazaki Hironari (39.3%)
26) Nishijima Hidetoshi (39.1%)
27) Fujiwara Tatsuya / Ohno Satoshi (38.9%)
29) Miyagawa Daisuke (38.6%)
30) Hanyuu Yuzuru / Sakai Masato (38.4%)
32) Tsutsumi Shinichi (38.2%)
33) Takada Junji (38.1%)
34) Matsuoka Shuzo (37.9%)
35) Shofukutei Tsurube (37.7%)
36) Sakurai Sho (37.3%)
37) Beat Takeshi (37.2%)
38) Ninomiya Kazunari (36.3%)
39) DAIGO / Kuwata Keisuke (36.1%)
41) Mukai Osamu (35.8%)
42) Nakai Masahiro / Ishizuka Hidehiko (35.6%)
44) Ariyoshi Hiroiki / Yanagisawa Shingo (35.4%)
46) Muro Tsuyoshi (35.2%)
47) Yamashita Tomohisa (35.0%)
48) Wakabayashi Masayasu (34.9%)
49) Kagawa Teruyuki (34.3%)
50) Inohara Yoshihiko / Ayano Go (34.2%)

Top 50 female celebrities
1) Aragaki Yui (52.2%)
2) Asada Mao (49.4%)
3) Amami Yuki (48.8%)
4) Ayase Haruka (45.3%)
5) DREAMS COME TRUE (43.0%)
6) Fukada Kyoko (42.7%)
7) Ishihara Satomi (41.2%)
8) Watanabe Naomi (40.9%)
9) Imoto Ayako (40.5%)
10) Kitagawa Keiko (39.5%)
11) Yoshinaga Sayuri (38.9%)
12) Ikimonogakari (38.2%)
13) Ueto Aya (38.1%)
14) An (37.5%)
15) Itou Asako (37.2%)
16) Yonekura Ryoko (37.0%)
17) Yoshida Yo (36.8%)
18) Arimura Kasumi (36.5%)
19) Ishida Yuriko (35.8%)
20) Rola / Utada Hikaru (35.2%)
22) Matsu Takako (35.0%)
23) Kanno Miho (34.9%)
24) Koizumi Kyoko (33.8%)
25) Yanagihara Kanako / Shinohara Ryoko (33.6%)
27) Takeuchi Yuko (32.9%)
28) Kondo Haruna (32.6%)
29) Kiki Kirin (32.0%)
30) Nakama Yukie (31.5%)
31) Amuro Namie (31.3%)
32) Fukatsu Eri (31.0%)
33) Fukuhara Ai (30.8%)
34) Shibasaki Kou (30.6%)
35) Matsushima Nanako (30.4%)
36) Tomochika / Nagasaku Hiromi (29.9%)
38) Miyazaki Aoi / Hirose Suzu (29.7%)
40) Kiritani Mirei / Kimura Yoshino (29.4%)
42) Nakajima Miyuki (29.2%)
43) Nagasawa Masami (29.0%)
44) Tsuchiya Tao / Takahata Mitsuki (28.7%)
46) Takei Emi / Yamaguchi Tomoko (28.5%)
48) Buruzon Chiemi / Mori Izumi / Sasaki Nozomi (28.3%)

Source: Video Research