In the entertainment industry, the terms “popularity”, “recognition” and “degree of interest” are really important. Also who is the star of this new era full of soaring popularity?. In the June issue of “Nikkei Entertainment!” every year since 2008, we’ve shown the “Talent Power Ranking”. After investigating and ask two important questions; “Stars I want to know, hear and see” and “Degree of name and face awareness”. After calculating both from a total of 1251 people, we get a “Talent Power Score” to rank actors, talents, musicians, comedians, casters and sport players. As usual, the survey was made during February. The table on the right shows the TOP10 and the table on the left shows the artist who have made the most improvement over the past year. In the 2nd place comes Arashi. They released their latest album “Popcorn” in October 2012 and sold 900,000 copies (Oricon). In November 2012 until December 2013, they held their tour “ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn” with a total of 16 performances in 5 major domes in Japan, mobilizing more than 800,000 people. Source | Nikkei Entertainment
