Which male celebrity would you want as your boyfriend?

ORICON STYLE recently asked 500 women who are in their teens, twenties, thirties and forties for which male celebrities they would want as a boyfriend, and the results are in!

This year, Arashi’s Sakurai Sho topped the ranking for the first time, and not only Sakurai, but all Arashi members ranked in TOP 10 which shows Arashi’s firm popularity once again.

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goo users pick their most memorable spring drama

On July 5th, NTT’s popular Internet portal and search engine released the results from their recent mobile poll that asked their users to pick their most memorable drama from the past spring season.

If we were only to look at the ratings, then Fuji TV was the winner with their Monday drama ‘Kagi no Kakatta Heya’, closely followed by ‘ATARU’ (TBS) and – falling a bit behind – ‘37-sai de Ishani Natta Boku’ (Fuji TV). The best first rating was recorded by ‘ATARU’ with 19.9%, which also remained the highest drama rating throughout the season, while ‘Kagi no Kakatta Heya’ was able to achieve the best final rating with 17.5%.

However, which drama did the goo users like the best? Check out the results after the cut!


Whose hair style do women want to copy?

We are in the spring season and people are gradually changing towards lighter outfits to go along with the warm weather. For many women, this also marks a perfect time to try out a new hairdo and that’s why Oricon Style recently asked 500 women from their teens to their forties, “Which female celebrities hairdo would you like …


Oricon reveals its “Top 10 Faces” of 2011!

Each year, Oricon publishes a list of celebrities who were on everyone’s radar throughout the year. After gathering responses from their readers from November 30th to December 2nd, Oricon Style is finally ready to reveal their fifth annual ‘The Most Active Faces of The Year’ ranking!

Coming in first place due to their overwhelming sales and exposure by the media is …


Which celebrity would you want to exchange New Year’s cards with?

AKB48 will be releasing official New Year greeting cards of their members in a first press limited edition set that will cost 30,000 yen (~385 USD). This got the folks over at goo curious, so they decided to ask their users which celebrity they would want to exchange New Year’s greeting cards with.

Check out the results below and let us …


Who do fans want to win the 53rd Japan Record Awards?

Last month the nominations were revealed for the 53rd Japan Record Awards. Goo has polled its readers to find out which song they believe deserves the ‘Best Song’ award.

Check out the results below and find out where you stand and then let us know how you would vote.

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[Favorite Song From The Japan Record Awards Nominees]

1. Flying Get …


Which celebrity would be the ideal prime minister?

Japan has seen a new prime minister on an annual basis since the end of Koizumi Junichiro’s term. In Hatoyama Yukio’s case it was an even shorter time span, and the other day, the country’s latest and 94th prime minister, Kan Naoto, resigned as well.

With such an instability at the top of Nagata-cho, the heart of Japan’s politics, caused by …


Recochoku names Top 5 “broken heart” songs that made listeners cry the most

Recochoku recently held a poll on their site, asking users about heart-break songs that made them cry the most.

Though there are thousands of songs that croon about a broken heart, users picked Sonar Pocket’s hit song “Suki da yo. ~100-kai no Koukai~“, which had already ranked in 2nd place on Recochoku’s top list of digital singles for the …


What’s your favorite song by Hamasaki Ayumi?

Recochoku recently revealed the results of its latest group of rankings, asking users to choose their favorite songs by  beloved pop singer Hamasaki Ayumi.

The ranking was split into three different categories, each describing a different aspect of the famous singer. The first is a lyric ranking, where users picked a song whose lyrics they most sympathized with. Coming …


Recochoku reveals their top summer drama theme song ranking for 2011!

After 1,710 votes, Recochoku has revealed the top summer drama theme songs for 2011.

It’s no surprise that number one went to a drama that revolves around music, “Ikemen Desu Ne”. But there were some other interesting results as well.

Check out recochoku’s ranking below!

1. Kis-My-Ft2 “Everybody Go” – TBS Drama “Ikemen Desu Ne” Theme Song

2. AKB48 “Flying Get” – Fuji …


Oricon ranks the best songs for summer

Aside from mobile music download site Recochoku, Oricon also recently published the results of a survey that asked 900 people to choose their favorite song for the summer.

Moreover, Oricon decided to split the result into three different rankings, showing the different tastes of those in their teens, twenties and thirties. However, there is one song that stands out being …


Softbank and Ueto Aya lose the “Favorite CM” crown

Earlier today, CMDB announced the results of their recent survey asking 3,000 residents in the Kanto area regarding their most favorite commercial for the first half of 2011.

The results featured somewhat of a surprise as Softbank and their popular ‘White Family‘ commercials, starring Ueto Aya among others along with their commercials featuring SMAP didn’t manage to come out on top …


Which record label made the most money in the first half of 2011?

After revealing their half-year single, album, and music DVD rankings for the first half of 2011, Oricon has published yet another article on the most successful record labels so far.

Coming in first place for the third year in a row is Sony Music Entertainment, who made approximately 25.32 billion yen (around 320 million USD, 94.8% of the earnings from …


Which male celebrities would look best in a casual business suit?

On July 9th, Labor Administration Research group, jin-jour, asked a group of business men and women from the ages of 20 to 50 years old on which male celebrities would look best in casual business attire, also known as ‘cool biz’.

‘Cool biz’ is the modern style of wearing a business suit without the tie. The Japanese proverb of, “Even in …


Oricon releases their “Skinny Song” ranking

Oricon has recently released a ranking for songs that are the best at making you skinny.

The results are based on how many calories you can burn through singing the song. They say that both powerful ballads and up tempo songs are great for burning calories. You can burn the most calories by singing with a loud voice as well as …


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