Nikkei TOP 100 entertainers 2009

[SunshineSlayer]

http://ent.nikkeibp.co.jp/ent/
Nikkei Power Ranking is an annual list of entertainers that ranks how powerful they are within the entertainment industry. Here are the results:




(obviously I got this from an Arashi fan since they highlighted the Arashi names^_^)

Here is some of the people on the list romanized. If anyone wants to do the full list, feel free.

Ayu is noticeably absent - I can't remember if she made the list last year or not either.

1. Southern All Stars
2. SMAP
3. Ichiro (baseball player)
4. Katori Shingo (SMAP)
5. Fukuyama Masuharu
6. Kawata Keisuke (southern all stars)
10. Kobukuro
12. Kimura Takuya (SMAP)
15. Nakai Masahiro (SMAP)
17. Becky
19. Arashi (jumped up from 60 last year.)
21. Tamori
22. TOKIO
23. Downtown
25. Shibasaki Kou
26. Mr. Children
27. Ninety-Nine
28. Dreams Come True
31. Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (SMAP)
33. EXILE
35. Utada Hikaru
36. Ueto Aya
37. Shimura Ken
39. Amuro Namie
42. Shuchushin
44. Kokubun Taichi (TOKIO)
45. Okada Jun'ichi (V6)
48. Nagase Tomoya (TOKIO)
53. Yamaguchi Tatsuya (TOKIO)\
59. Inagaki Goro (SMAP)
61. Kinki Kids
65. Matsumoto Jun (Arashi, big jump from 118 last year)
68. Sakurai Sho (Arashi, another big jump from 160)
75. Ninomiya Kazunari (Arashi, slightly smaller jump from 101^_^)
86. Daigo
99. B'z (surprisingly, last year they were 99 as well.)

How Nikkei gets the rankings:

This is basically "THE" list annually. It tends to be given more weight compared to other lists. As far as the processes, here is what I know:

-It is similar to how Ninki is done, only with a MUCH larger sample. It is also (supposedly) done with an equal number of people from each gender as well as from each age group.
-They test the celebrities level of recognition (how well is their name or face recognized?)
-They ask how much interest the person has in them. Do they want to know more about them? Listen to their music? Watch them on TV? etc etc
From that, they come up with a combined total called the talent power score and then make the list as you see it.

So when you see Southern All Stars at the top with the number 50.3, it means that of all the people asked, slightly more than half answered that they are interested in this artist.