"Which celebrities made the most contributions to television" Ayu made the list
 

Yesterday was the 57th anniversary of television broadcast in Japan. To celebrate the occasion, Japanese website Oricon Style created a poll to see which celebrities made the most contributions to television.

SMAP's Kimura Takuya won the most votes in the actor category. In fact, ever since 1993's Asunaro Hakusho, Kimutaku has had a string of hit dramas, including memorable roles in Long Vacation and Beautiful Life. He is very deserving of the award. In the singer's category, 'Showa's Songstress' Misora Hibari was voted first. In the comedian category, Downtown, the comedic duo comprised of Matsumoto Hitoshi and Hamada Masatoshi placed first. Many voters even complimented them for being revolutionaries in the comedy world. The most contribution by a television host went to Tamori, the host of two long-running television shows, Music Station and Waratte Iitomo.

Singers

1. Misora Hibari
2. SMAP
3. Arashi
4. Yamaguchi Momoe
5. Matsuda Seiko
6. EXILE
7. Pink Lady
8. Hamasaki Ayumi
9. Southern All Stars
10. Amuro Namie

rest of the ranks are here.

who is misora hibari. never heard that person.
most of the list are old singer except EXIle

She is a old popular enka singer considered to be one of Japan's greatest singers. I think during a national poll one of her songs was voted greatest Japanese song of all time. I don't really know much else about her, Zemus or Sunshine Slayer would probably be the people to ask :yes

Congratulations to ayu!

It's great to know that's she is in that top 10 list as one of the singers that made Japanese TV. =D
She even passed southern all stars. B'z and Mr. Children didn't perform too much in shows?

ayu is a legend. i dare say everyone in japan knows her. lol. no surprise she made a significant amount of contributions to television. :)

lol @ this poll cos of the 57th anniversary... waiting 3 more years so it's a 60th anniversary sees more.. grand imo. But I think I'm just OCD lol.

and yay congrats to Ayu!

Congrats Ayu!

I think all the singers there are great and deserving, except probably EXILE. :P ... maybe I'm just mean, lol

Nice! I'm glad she's up there, but I think she deserved higher XP

Congratz Ayu! :D lol @ EXILE they're everywhere :laugh

this :D
Congrats, ayu! :heart

That is great to know~ Ayu is a legend. Congratulations to Ayu~ :heart

wow
and know say ayu lost popularity :laugh

Good job Ayu!!!

I agree xD

She's making a history... Nothing new ;) Congratulations to her!

She is considered to be Japan's greatest singer ever by some people... She was an enka performer and her career was 4 decades long, having hits during all of those 4 decades...

Congrats to Ayu! And hooray for Misora Hibari! I love her <3.

yay go ayu :D

Wh-hoo! Yaaay for Ayu! *woot*

I'm so happy Hibari topped the poll. :)