[Charts & Rankings] Best Way of Life - Oricon

[Rocky Raven]

Oricon readers in a new poll have voted Namie Amuro as the female entertainer who they thought had the best “way of life.” One respondent (Male/40s/Kyoto) voted for Amuro remarking how she has been capable of being a top artist while overcoming various things. Another respondent (Female/30s/Fukuoka) voted for Amuro because she’s able to shine as a woman while rearing children. Lastly, a female respondent from Shizuoka in her twenties felt that Amuro had become a symbol for independent women.

Diva Ayumi Hamasaki ranked at the second place for "where love is expressed in the lyrics of my life" (Kumamoto, Japan / 30's / men), on the other hand, "the job despite the illness" (Japan / 10's / women) and from the opinion of many readers, just like Amuro, Ayumi has overcome many hardships to shine more in her career.

The 3rd place's rock singer, Kaori Kawamura who recently passed away following her fight with breast cancer. The youngest of four ranked in TOP10 was YUI . "16 good years up to a dress. Despite having a fear, a great strength of faith to overcome it" (Hyogo / 10's / women), "decided to go into the music until high school dropout." (Hiroshima prefecture / 20's / men), and how many people have to admire her passion for music.

...(for more detail click the source below)...

Top 10 List

1. Namie Amuro
2. Ayumi Hamasaki
3. Kaori Kawamura
4. YUI
5. Ringo Shiina
6. Miwa Yoshida
7. Seiko Matsuda
8. Matsutōya Yumi
9. Anna Tsuchiya
10. ayaka

Source: Oricon

Credit: NATE@AMX + Rocky.R

[ayumisrael]

Thank you Rocky! It fits to the Celebrity News Section though. =D
I'm not surprised that namie and ayu are on the top of the poll.
They would be my 2 top for that poll as well.

[zyoeru]

Thanks! Namie deserves that place.

[ren0210989]

thakn you~~
glad Ayu made the 2nd place ^^

[Chef+Vanny]

Guess this is expected?
Gratz to all of them

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

haha if namie is first I was sure u were gonna post it


thanks!

[Rocky Raven]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

haha if namie is first I was sure u were gonna post it


thanks!

That's my bbz, lol, actually there's many times when Namie was at #1 and I didn't post anything =P because there's still some who'r faster.
and @Tal: sorry I wasnt sure where to post it XD anyway next time I will post in Celebrity News Section though

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by Rocky Raven

That's my bbz, lol, actually there's many times when Namie was at #1 and I didn't post anything =P because there's still some who'r faster.

yea! some people in this forum are TOO FAST in posting things up xDD

[chloeM]

glad to see Namie's in the first although she creamed ayu~

but way to go girl~

[Lee^ChaN]

wow cool!!
congratz for both of them!

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

thk u!
congrats ayu!
and namie too..!
love u all!

[TITANIC]

both of them deserve it...

congratz for ayu and namie

[JackieRos]

yep i agree with the rankings namie and ayu are both strong women

[AyUta]

they would have been my top two as well.

[maaya]

congratz to both Namie and Ayu!!

[freedreamer]

Namie really deserves..she been through so much..
Ayu is really being admired in Japan im sure

[waterballoon]

Hahaha I think Kuu... should be up there too, but whatever. Congrats to Namie, she deserves this.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

Hahaha I think Kuu... should be up there too, but whatever. Congrats to Namie, she deserves this.

that's where japanese and non-japanese people's opinions differ, i guess.

anyway, it's good to see both of them on the chart.

Spoiler:

but if ayu had a baby too, would opinions change?

[zyoeru]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

Hahaha I think Kuu... should be up there too, but whatever. Congrats to Namie, she deserves this.

Just out of interest..why do you think that? I mean...Namie and Ayu have had much harder lives than Kumi.
Ayu came from a broken home, lost her ear, left her boyfriend of God knows how many years.
Namie also came from a broken home, is now divorced, and had her mother murdered.

I don't think Kumi can quite compare with that LOL.

[duque]

Congrats to namie and ayu xD