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AKB48 tops Yahoo! celebrity search term ranking for 3rd consecutive year

Nov. 29, 2012 06:24 am JST 11 Comments

TOKYO

Mega-popular idol group AKB48 have triumphed again in the Yahoo! Japan annual celebrity search term ranking.

According to the search giant, AKB48 was the most popular Japanese celebrity search term among Japanese people for the third consecutive year in 2012.

The top 10 are:

AKB48
Arashi
Atsuko Maeda (AKB48)
Shojo Jidai
KARA
Tomomi Itano (AKB48)
Yuko Oshima (AKB48)
Mariko Shinoda (AKB48)
EXILE
Tohoshinki

Former AKB48 members Atsuko Maeda and Tomomi Itano, who made their solo debuts this year, feature in the top 10 alongside their former band thanks in part due to the influence of the AKB48 brand. The ranking applies to searches carried out between Jan 1 and Oct 31, 2012.

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Mirai Hayashi
Nov. 29, 2012 08:21 am JST

People still use Yahoo?

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smithinjapan
Nov. 29, 2012 09:41 am JST

Ummm... Yahoo! and Yahoo! Japan are quite different.

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titaniumdioxide
Nov. 29, 2012 10:33 am JST

No one really gave GANGNAM a damn huh?

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shinhiyata
Nov. 29, 2012 11:19 am JST

I search for Tomomi and Mariko everyday.

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titaniumdioxide
Nov. 29, 2012 11:25 am JST

Here are my personal top 5 Yahoo search!

GOOGLE Gmail Youtube Japan Today exotic breed cats

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nath
Nov. 29, 2012 01:36 pm JST

Lot of baby lotion and tissue sales owed to Yahoo.

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greenlight
Nov. 29, 2012 06:39 pm JST

At least it's not Kim Kardashian

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Tyler Lau
Nov. 30, 2012 07:22 am JST

Itano's still in AKB.

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lostrune2
Nov. 30, 2012 07:34 pm JST

The ranking applies to searches carried out between Jan 1 and Oct 31, 2012.

We just lost 2 months! Wha-ha-happened?!

Yahoo Japan not a fan of November and December!

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/11/17/sorry-santa-google-cancels-december-in-android-4-2/

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lostrealist
Dec. 3, 2012 01:23 pm JST

isn't real top 10 looks like this

AKB48 Arashi Maeda Atsuko Oshima Yuko (AKB48) Shoujo Jidai EXILE Tohoshinki Mr.Children Momoiro Clover Z Shinoda Mariko (AKB48)

http://promo.search.yahoo.co.jp/ranking/2012/name.html

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