[News] Who Japan wants to see Perform at the 2020 Olympics' Opening Ceremony

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On October 10th, Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) announced the results of a public service and voters had to pick the idol they would like to see performing in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.


TOP 20:

01. Southern All Stars (8,939 votes)
02. Arashi (7,482 votes)
03. EXILE (6,820 votes)
04. SMAP (5,956 votes)
05. Yuzu (3,760 votes)
06. DREAMS COME TRUE (3,167 votes)
07. AKB48 (3,057 votes)
08. Utada Hikaru (2,952 votes)
09. B’z (2,840 votes)
10. Wada Akiko (2,336 votes)
11. MISIA (2,240 votes)
12. Mr.Children (2,146 votes)
13. Yuki Saori (2,114 votes)
14. Akikawa Masafumi (2,063 votes)
15. Fukuyama Masaharu (2,015 votes)
16. Kitajima Subaro (2,010 votes)
17. Kuwata Keisuke (1,944 votes)
18. Ikimonogakari (1,888 votes)
19. Hikawa Kiyoshi (1,876 votes)
20. Namie Amuro (1,814 votes)

On this day, JOC also announced the big success in the number of applications to collaborate in the creation of a commemorative t-shirt for this event. 103,537 votes were received from the JOC’s official site and 39,857 from postcards, making a total of 143,394 voters.

Source: http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/5074806.html

Pretty solid list overall...though I'm sad to see that Perfume isn't there....but I suppose they will have disbanded in 7 years anyway...not sure AKB48 will even be relevant in 2020....even if they basically saved the entire Jpop industry.

Japan should just pass a law ordering Hikki to sing at the opening. She's basically the most influential Japanese singer of the past decade anyway. It's a freaking requirement. No Utada, no olympics. Hopefully she'll age as well as Namie has, who will probably still look amazing even then. Even though I'm not a huge fan of Namie, she's equally iconic and I could see her making an appearance as well.