In Nikkei Entertainment’s latest issue, the results were revealed for “Talent Power Ranking 2013“. Conducted last February, the ranking was based on factors, such as name recognition and public’s level of interest to the said individual/group.
It was said that 1251 individual/groups were chosen ranging from actors, talent, musician, variety show hosts, and sports player.
Here are the result for “Talent Power Ranking 2013 TOP 10“
2013 Ranking | 2012 | 2011 | Name | Talent Score |
1 | 5 | 11 | Ayase Haruka | 49.6% |
2 | 1 | 2 | Arashi | 49.1% |
3 | 6 | 1 | Fukuyama Masaharu | 44.2% |
4 | 7 | 22 | Abe Hiroshi | 44.1% |
5 | 8 | 7 | Akashiya Sanma | 44.0% |
6 | 9 | 15 | SMAP | 43.8% |
7 | 10 | 5 | Ichiro Suzuki | 43.5% |
8 | 15 | 6 | Sakurai Sho | 43.3% |
9 | 4 | 8 | Kitano Takeshi | 42.9% |
10 | 12 | 10 | Mao Asada | 42.1% |
Added: TOP 10 "Talent Soaring Ranking"
Nikkei also did a “TalentSoaring Ranking 2013“, which include talents that made a huge improvement or a huge leap from their past rank due to their increase popularity.| Name | Talent Score Difference | 2013 Talent Score | 2012 Talent Score |
| Matsuzaka Tori | 17.3 | 28.7 | 11.5 |
| Fukuda Ayano | 17.1 | 26.7 | 9.7 |
| Momoiro Clover-Z | 15.5 | 23.7 | 8.3 |
| Kyary Pamyu Pamyu | 17.3 | 28.7 | 11.5 |
| Kasumi Ishikawa | 11.8 | 24.3 | 12.5 |
| Masu Taichi | 11.8 | 23.1 | 11.3 |
| COWCOW | 11.5 | 27.0 | 15.5 |
| Rola | 10.8 | 39.7 | 28.9 |
| Ayano Go | 10.3 | 14.5 | 4.2 |
| Tamamori Yuta (Kis-My-Ft2) | 10.2 | 20.0 | 9.8 |
So fierce of Ayase Haruka to oust my beloved Arashi from the top but I'm also happy to see Matsuzaka Tori's name, which means that he's getting popular.XD