"100 most influential Japanese people" as chosen on the internet

Mr. Goto · #1 30th July 2010, 12:43 AM

Around mid-June, eight prominent Japanese sites conducted the same online poll and compiled all the votes received together - a total of around 265,000 votes - into one comprehensive ranking. The question asked was which Japanese person they considered most influential, and here are the full ranking results:

01. Kitano Takeshi (filmmaker)
02. Ichiro (baseball player)
02. Naoto Kan (Prime Minister)
04. Ozawa Ichiro (House of Representatives member)
05. Koizumi Junichiro (former Prime Minister)
06. Shimada Shinsuke (Talent)
07. Hatoyama Yukio (former Prime Minister)
08. Renho (Minister for Administrative Reforms)
09. Higashikokubaru Hideo (governor of Miyazaki)
10. Honda Keisuke (soccer player)
11. Morita Kazuyoshi (talent)
12. Minomonta (talent)
13. Ishikawa Ryo (golf player)
14. Son Masayoshi (Softbank CEO)
15. Asada Mao (figure skater)
16. Akashiya Sanma (talent)
17. Kimura Takuya (talent)
18. Hashimoto Tooru (govenor of Osaka)
19. Miyazaki Hayao (filmmaker)
20. Aso Taro (former Prime Minster)
21. Matsumoto Hitoshi (talent)
22. Ikegami Akira (journalist)
23. Ishihara Shintaro (Govenor of Tokyo)
24. Arashi (idol group)
25. Masuzoe Yoichi (New Party for Reform representative)
26. Hamasaki Ayumi (singer)

rest of the list in spoiler

Spoiler:

S: http://community.livejournal.com/ara...age=1#comments

I'm surprised she ranked so high, go ayu

NintendoHTF1242 · #2 30th July 2010, 12:48 AM

I lol'd at Becky randomly making the list.

ownsarai · #3 30th July 2010, 12:54 AM

Good to see Ayu in the list.

Thanks for sharing~

labello · #4 30th July 2010, 12:56 AM

I'm really happy that Ayu made it into the list

I think it's great!!
(also happy about honda keisuke

)

noisy_harmony · #5 30th July 2010, 12:56 AM

I'm happy for her

Thanks for sharing, that's pretty interesting list.

Yumsushi · #6 30th July 2010, 01:01 AM

I'm surprised that Miyazaki Hayao, Miyamoto Shigeru and Toriyama Akira didn't rank higher. But yay for the days of Nakata Hidetoshi and more yay for Ayumi. A sign of a second coming?

ストロボ・EdGE · #7 30th July 2010, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

I lol'd at Becky randomly making the list.

That is pretty LOL. I guess maybe cause she's on TV a lot and has that exposure.

love in music · #8 30th July 2010, 01:15 AM

I think she deserves to be higher, but congrats to her anyway!

rakeru · #9 30th July 2010, 01:22 AM

Way too many talents on that list! But at least Ayu is top in her category!

Neko★munication · #10 30th July 2010, 01:26 AM

#26 overall but #1 in the singer category, which is awesome

Seeing as this is an all-encompassing poll (with politicians, filmmakers, athletes, etc.) it's impressive enough that she made it.

Also, OMGWTFYAY FOR NANA MAKING THE POLL <3

Makes sense that Takeshi got #1. I mean, he even influenced one of Ayu's songs

That's pretty influential~

TITANIC · #11 30th July 2010, 01:32 AM

^ I guess Ayu 2nd after Arashi

zellyx · #12 30th July 2010, 01:32 AM

#1 in the singer category. Nice.

primavera♥ · #13 30th July 2010, 01:38 AM

Mao Asada, HAYAO MIYAZAKI, AYU!!!!! LOVE THIS LIST...I think its great. Mr. Miyazaki is a true talent, as is ayu and mao is just beautiful and sweet

mobius · #14 30th July 2010, 01:50 AM

Intresting, most of the names on the list are politicians.

Surprise to see her at #26. Thought she would've been higher on the list.

Thanks for the post.

JinHamasaki · #15 30th July 2010, 02:17 AM

Nice to see Keisuke Honda, Mao Asada and of course my Ayu-chan~~~ make the list!!!

Surprised that Kosuke Kitajima didn't make it along with anyone from Sony/Panasonic/Honda Motors :S

butterfly_ayu · #16 30th July 2010, 02:31 AM

yay~~~ congratulations to ayu!!! Namie, kuu, and arashi are also on the list~!!!!

but I think Hayao Miyazaki should be at the top 15 for the very least, his movies are really great

Beauty4123 · #17 30th July 2010, 03:00 AM

love seeing arashi and ayu on the list

along with namie and kuu, too!

...but where's meisa kuroki?

happiholic★ · #18 30th July 2010, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

I lol'd at Becky randomly making the list.

Me too. I think she got on the list because of the youngsters that like her right now. But, it seems unfair that she made the list and not someone like Utada.

duque · #19 30th July 2010, 03:31 AM

wow! glad she's up high in the list...also considering that "music-wise" she only lost to the -boyband- arashi
thanks for the info

Pieces_of_SEVEN · #20 30th July 2010, 03:35 AM

nice! thanks