Arashi named most powerful celebrities in Japan.

In today’s entertainment world, who is the person with the highest degree of familiarity and interest from the public? “Nikkei Entertainment!“‘s June edition, which is now on sale, features its fifth annual “Talent Power Ranking.”

In its “Talent Power Ranking,” public research company Architect investigated “public degree of familiarity (knowing the name and face)” and “degree of interest (wanting to see, wanting to know, wanting to listen)” and calculated their power as talents and finally ranked them. Those included in the list were actors, comedians, musicians, sports figures, announcers, and other celebrities and totaled 1,196 stars.

The ranking’s top ten:

1位「Arashi」（2）
2位「Southern All-Stars」（3）
3位「Matsushima Nanako」（42）
4位「Beat Takeshi」（8）
5位「Ayase Haruka」（11）
6位「Fukuyama Masaharu」（1）
7位「Abe Hiroshi」（22）
8位「Akashiya Sanma」（7）
9位「SMAP」（15）
10位「Ichiro」（5）
*The number in the parenthesis indicate their rank last year

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