I never get tired of these things.

In February, Nikkei Entertainment conducted a survey among 3300 people to find out who in Japan's wide pool of talent is on . A pool of 1019 of actors/actresses, singers/musicians, idols, comedians, sports figures, etc. to be exact. Below are the results the from the women - teenaged to 30s.

It wasn't just a matter of whom the women liked or disliked. The survey checked a celeb's level of recognition -- how well known is the talent's name/face? -- as well as how much interest people have in them -- do people want to watch them/listen to them/know more about them. From that their "Talent Power Score" was calculated, which gave us the following rankings.

Teenage Girls
1) Taka and Toshi
2) Katori Shingo (SMAP)
3) Kobukuro
4) Arashi
5) Inoue Mao
6) Nakai Masahiro (SMAP)
7) Oguri Shun
8) SMAP
8) Yamashita Tomoshia (NEWS)
10) Aragaki Yui
11) Suzanne
12) EXILE
13) Koike Teppei (WaT)
14) Ikuta Toma
15) YUI
16) Takizawa Hideaki (Takki & Tsubasa)
16) NEWS
18) Shibasaki Kou
19) Okada Junichi (V6)
19) Ninomiya Kazunari (Arashi)
19) Tutorial

Heh. Taka and Toshi of "Oubei ka!" fame. Gotta love a catchphrase and a smack in the head.

Women in their 20s
1) Arashi
2) Okada Junichi (V6)
3) Kobukuro
4) SMAP
5) Katori Shingo (SMAP)
6) Fukuyama Masaharu
7) Wentz Eiji (WaT)
8) Okamura Takashi
8) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (SMAP)
8) Tsumabuki Satoshi
8) Yanagihara Kanako
12) EXILE
12) DREAMS COME TRUE
14) Kokubun Taichi (TOKIO)
15) KinKi Kids
16) Taka and Toshi
16) Tamaki Hiroshi
18) Oguri Shun
18) Nakai Masahiro (SMAP)
20) Mr.Children

Arashi! Arashi! Oh yeah! ♪ Nice work, Okada. These women have good taste. Although, I'm kinda WTFing over how low Shun is.

Women in their 30s
1) DREAMS COME TRUE
2) Fukuyama Masaharu
3) Southern All Stars
4) Kobukuro
4) TOKIO
6) Hirai Ken
7) Katori Shingo (SMAP)
8) Asada Mao
8) V6
10) Okada Junichi (V6)
11) Kuwata Keisuke (Southern All Stars)
12) Kimura Takuya (SMAP)
13) Higashikokubaru Hideo
14）SMAP
14) Takenouchi Yutaka
14) Yamaguchi Tomoko
17) Akashiya Sanma
18) Tomochika
19) Yamaguchi Tomomitsu
20) Bakushou Mondai
20) Kojima Yoshio

Hey, look at that, some estrogen at the top.

Well, there you have it. Plenty of obvious absences for you to ponder on. Also needs more women.

Power Ranking
This is the top 10 of the big result and main focus of Nikkei Entertainment's survey.
1) SMAP - 49.8
2) Southern All Stars - 49.7
3) Ichiro - 48.3
4) Kobukuro - 48.27
5) Akashiya Sanma - 47.5
6) Fukuyama Masaharu - 47.1
7) Kitano "Beat" Takeshi - 46.8
8) Katori Shingo - 46.6
9) Kuwata Keisuke - 46.2
10) Oota Hikari - 46

sources: 寝ても覚めても芸能アイドル | 日刊スポーツ