Top 10 actors who made a breakthrough in the first half of 2018 (Oricon)

The following survey was done by Oricon Monitor Research on 1,000 respondents from their teens to 50s between 16 June and 22 June where they chose which actor they felt had made a breakthrough in the first half of 2018. Hirano Sho was the favourite among teenagers while Shison swept the No.1 title for the rest of the age groups:

1) Shison Jun

2) Arata Mackenyu

3) Tanaka Kei

4) Hirano Sho (King & Prince)

5) Nakamura Tomoya

6) Sakaguchi Kentaro

7) Iwata Takanori

8) Nakagawa Taishi

9) Yoshida Kotaro

10) Kitamura Takumi

Source: Oricon