[ORICON STYLE] Female Artists Ranking of 2005

[Raleigh]

It seems that Oricon Style has directed a questionnaire with regards to female artists.

Overall Ranking

1: Mika Nakashima
2: Namie Amuro
3: Ayumi Hamasaki
4: Koda Kumi, Shiina Ringo
6: Hitoto Yo
7. Ai Otsuka
8: aiko
9: BoA
10: Utada Hikaru

Other rankings in which Ayu was included:

Sexy woman artist of charm
1 rank: Koda Kumi(612)
2 rank: Hitomi (70)
3 rank: Amuro Namie(54)
4 rank: Ayumi Hamasaki (30)
5 rank: Shiina Ringo (24)

Life style woman artist
1 rank: Ayumi Hamasaki (114)
2 rank: Utada Hikaru (90)
3 rank: Amuro Namie (66)
4 rank: Mika Nakashima (62)
5 rank: YUKI (40)

Fashion sense woman artist
1 rank: Ayumi Hamasaki (348)
2 rank: Amuro Namie (108)
3 rank: Mika Nakashima (94)
4 rank: Hitomi (64)
5 rank: Aiko (56)

Promotional video woman artist
1 rank: BoA (254)
2 rank: Ayumi Hamasaki (212)
3 rank: Utada Hikaru (114)
4 rank: Koda Kumi (84)
5 rank: Amuro Namie (50)

Female Artist with Demonic Charm
1. Ai Otsuka (62)
2. Koda Kumi, Ayumi Hamasaki (50)
4. Aya Matsuura (48)
5. Mika Nakashima (38)

Coolest Live Female Performer
1 rank: Ayumi Hamasaki (63)
2 rank: Amuro Namie (24)
3 rank: Yoshida Miwa (17)
4 rank: Yaida Hitomi (16)
5 rank: Shiina Ringo (15)



Other rankings in which Ayu wasn't included:

Intellectual atmosphere woman artist
1 rank: Utada Hikaru (86)
2 rank: Hitoto Yo(66)
3 rank: Warehouse wooden Mai and plain Ayaka (42) (No idea on this)
5 rank: Shiina Ringo (40)


A woman whose charm has the air of a calm adult
1 rank: Hitoto Yo (70)
2 rank: Miki Imai (66)
3 rank: Nakashima Mika (64)
4 rank: Plain Ayaka (42)
5 rank: Kaori Mochida (32)

Female Artist with Natural Charm
1. Aiko (272)
2. Hitoto Yo (48)
3. Kaori Mochida (42)
4. Ai Otsuka (36)
5. Hitomi Yaida (24)

A woman with enigmatic charm.
1 rank: Nakashima Mika(218)
2 rank: Shiina Ringo (96)
3 rank: Cocco (60)
4 rank: One blue (40)
5 rank: Sakai spring (36)

Wild charm カッコイイ woman artist
1 rank: Koda Kumi (66)
2 rank: AI (58)
3 rank: Nakashima Mika (50)
4 rank: Daikoku 摩 season (34) (Translation error here)
5 rank: Hitomi (28)

Female Artist with Cute Charm
1. Ai Otsuka (376)
2. Aiko (236)
3. Aya Matsuura (176)
4. YUKI (92)
5. Aya Ueto (30)

Further translations would be wonderful since I am only using altavista's translator which might produce some errors. So corrections on some aspects would be helpful.


Credit: eyn @ Channel Ai
Source: Ai Station
Oricon Style

That last one is basically "Coolest live female performer"

[Annabelle]

I'm happy for each artist listed! These kind of polls are very interesting. BoA's #1 in "Promotional video woman artist" surprises me A LOT. I don't even like her PVs. Kumi totally owns the "Sexy woman artist of charm" poll I'm not surprised hitomi is 2nd, she was considered the sex-symbol of Japan for many years. I'm glad that Ai-chin is ranked well in almost each poll

[Raleigh]

Thanks. I'll edit it then ^^

[ohsixthirty]

she's number two for artist with demonic charm, tied with kumi? haha, thats odd.

thanks for the info!

[Raleigh]

With regards to BoA. I wasn't so surprised since she always manages to look excellent in any promotional video. It's as if the camera loves her XD

And she didn't do bad in these rankings. She managed to rank in 6 out of 12 rankings..excluding the overall ranking. Also correct me if I am wrong but I do think she has appeared most in the rankings along with Mika.

[Cyria]

Fashion sense woman artist
1 rank: Ayumi Hamasaki (348)
2 rank: Yasumuro Nami Megumi (108)

She won this one clearly. But it was pretty interesting to see all the rankings.

thanks for the info ^___^ interesting to see the results ^___^

nice to see ayu still hitting high in the polls ^____^

[FuNsTyLe]

Wtf? Why is there a category called "
The woman artist whose atmosphere of the adult who settles is attractive"
Those crazy japanese... hehe!

[mui-gei-tal]

great info~
ayu is totally the coolest performer =)
thanks for posting!

[Larisa-chan]

Very interesting to see how everyone ranks! Nice to see Ayu in 3rd place overall, as well as ranking high in other places~

Originally Posted by FuNsTyLe

Wtf? Why is there a category called "The woman artist whose atmosphere of the adult who settles is attractive"
Those crazy japanese... hehe!

That's a mistranslation, it should be "A woman whose charm has the air of a calm adult" (something like that, it's difficult to get into English)

If anyone else has any questions on how the titles should be translated, I'll answer them.

[Raleigh]

Hmm.. how about this one, please.."The puzzle め it is the place where the woman artist of charm".

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Hmm.. how about this one, please.."The puzzle め it is the place where the woman artist of charm".

A woman with enigmatic charm.

[Surreal]

Erm I don't get the BoA part for PVs...her PVs are boring and uncreative. Are Japanese that into dancing videos?

[elepop]

I'm just happy she's not in the "cute charm" category.

[ph33r]

Some of these categories are so weird o_O

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by devilayu

A woman with enigmatic charm.

Thanks for your help devilayu ^^

[AyuGAME]

congrats ayu and the other artist
hope ayu can maintain her position there

[shinde]

Congrats to Ayu and other artists! I was a bit surprised that Namie ranked higher than Ayu on the overall lol