The media analysts over at 'Nihon Monitor' published their list of the most-coveted celebrities for commercials during the first half of 2011.

The top winners of both of the male and female rankings should look familiar to those who remember similar rankings from� recent years. Pro golfer Ishikawa Ryo topped the men's ranking with a total of fourteen deals, while actress Ueto Aya did the same in the female ranking with thirteen commercial contracts. Both have been known as the commercial king and queen for several years now, and topped this particular ranking for the third consecutive year.

Actor Mukai Osamu's fame has increased a lot since his role in the morning drama, "Gegege no Nyobo". He climbed to� second place by increasing his commercial deals from seven to an amazing number of eleven. Of course, all the members of Arashi made it into the top five as well, with Sakurai Sho and Ninomiya Kazunari sharing third place with ten deals each.

The female ranking has three second place winners, all of whom are members of AKB48 - Oshima Yuko, Itano Tomomi, and Shinoda Mariko. They each appeared in commercials for eleven different companies. Talento Becky made it into� third place with a very nice number of ten commercial deals. The fourth and fifth place are shared by many celebrities, including seven more AKB48 members and, of course, child actress Ashida Mana.

Check out the complete ranking below!

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Note: The measurement counted all commercials on NTV, TBS, Fuji TV, TV Asahi, and TV Tokyo; these do not include the appearances in and promotions for their own CDs, DVDs, music downloads, movies, music videos and so on.

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Top 5 Male Celebrities With The Most Commercials

01 - Ishikawa Ryo (14)
02 - Mukai Osamu (11)
03 - Sakurai Sho (10)
03 - Ninomiya Kazunari (10)
04 - Kimura Takuya (9)
04 - Aiba Masaki (9)
04 - Sato Takeru (9)
05 - Ohno Satoshi (8)
05 - Matsumoto Jun (8)
05 - Miura Haruma (8)
05 - Ichiro (8)

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Top 5 Female Celebrities With The Most Commercials

01 - Ueto Aya (13)
02 - Oshima Yuko (11)
02 - Itano Tomomi (11)
02 - Shinoda Mariko (11)
03 - Becky (10)
04 - Ashida Mana (9)
04 - Maeda Atsuko (9)
04 - Kojima Haruna (9)
04 - Takajo Aki (9)
04 - Takahashi Minami (9)
04 - Miyazawa Sae (9)
05 - Sashihara Rino (8)
05 - Watanabe Mayu (8)
05 - Sasaki Nozomi (8)
05 - Kichise Michiko (8)

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Source: N-Monitor via Oricon