On December 11th, Nihon Montor revealed the yearly ranking for the number of CM contracts for 2012.

For the female category, popular idol group AKB48's Itano Tomomi and Shinoda Mariko were tied for the title of 'CM queen' with 20 CMs. On the other hand, pro-golfer Ishikawa Ryo has been able to keep the title of 'CM king' once again. This is the 4th consecutive year for Ishikawa to top the ranking since 2008.

Check out the rest of the ranking below!

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<Ranking of Male Celebrities with the Most Commercials 2012> *(number of CM contracts)

1: Ishikawa Ryo (15)
2: Sakurai Sho (12)
2: Suzuki Fuku (12)
3: Kimura Takuya (11)
4: Aiba Masaki (10)
4: Nakai Masahiro (10)
4: Ninomiya Kazunari (10)
4: Matsumoto Jun (10)
4: Mukai Osamu (10)
5: Ohno Satoshi (9)
5: Katori Shingo (9)
5: Matsuoka Shuzo (9)
6: Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (8)
6: Kokubun Taichi (8)
6: Dandy Sakano ( 8)
6: Jang Keun-suk (8)
6: Nagase Tomoya (8)
6: Miura Haruma (8)

<Ranking of Female Celebrities with the Most Commercials 2012> *(number of CM contracts)

1: Itano Tomomi (20)
1: Shinoda Mariko (20)
2: Takahashi Minami (18)
3: Maeda Atsuko (17)
4: Kojima Haruna (16)
4: Sashihara Rino (16)
5: Ashida Mana (15)
5: Ueto Aya (15)
5: Oshima Yuko (15)
5: Kashiwagi Yuki (15)
6: Takei Emi (14)
6: Watanabe Mayu (14)
7: Yokoyama Yui (13)
8: Becky (12)
8: Honda Miyu (12)
8: Rola (12)
9: Gouriki Ayame (11)
9: Sawa Homare (11)

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Source & Image: Oricon