Music Station: The highest number of appearances by an artist

[SunshineSlayer]

I just watched Music Station's 1,000th episode and they listed which artists have been on the show the most. The years are to show how many years it has taken the artist to get that many appearances. I mostly just wanted to post these totals because of the insane number of appearances by Hikaru Genji - I basically spit out my drink while watching! lol.

Women Top 10:

10. Dreams Come True - 43 (1988 - 2008)
tie - Matsuda Seiko - 43 (1987 - 2002)
9. Aiko - 44 (1999 - 2009)
7. Oginome Yoko - 46 (1986 - 1993)
tie - Every Little Thing - 46 (1996 - 2009)
6. Nakamori Akina - 54 (1986 - 1996)
5. Morning Musume - 60 (1997 -2009)
4. Amuro Namie - 63 (1995 - 2007)
3. Kudo Shizuka - 73 (1988 - 2005)
2. Hamasaki Ayumi - 76 (1998 - 2009)
1. Moritaka Chisato - 78 (1988 - 1999)

Ayumi will soon have the most times on Music Station for women.

Men Top 10:

10. L'arc en Ciel - 48 (1995 - 2009)
9. Shonentai - 53 (1986 - 1990)
8. Kondo Masahiko - 59 (1986 - 1998)
7. GLAY - 66 (1994 - 2009)
6. Arashi - 75 (1999 - 2009)
5. Kinki Kids - 93 (1997 - 2009)
3. V6 - 105 (1995 - 2009)
Tie. SMAP - 105 (1991 - 2009)
2. TOKIO - 116 (1994 - 2009)
1. Hikaru Genji - 233 (1987 - 1995)

lol. 233 times in 8 years. Don't see that getting passed.

Strangely they didn't list number 8 for women or number 4 for men. Not sure why. At first I thought number 8 might be Noriko Sakai, but I'm not sure who on the mens list would get left out.