Oricon: 2009's fresh stars, Thursday July 2, 2009 Japan Options

[meoinkie2]

Oricon announced its "fresh star ranking" for the first half of 2009, which surveyed 1,200 men and women about young celebrities who have left the strongest impression on them. This time, actress Yuriko Yoshitaka and actor Hiro Mizushima led the rankings.

Yoshitaka, 20, has gained recognition through her roles in various television dramas, but her big break came last year when she received Best Newcomer awards for her performance in "Hebi ni Piasu" ("Snakes and Earrings").

The 25-year-old Mizushima, on the other hand, has been regularly topping recent popularity surveys and is likely to be one of the top young stars for a while.

Women:

1. Yuriko Yoshitaka
2. Haruka Ayase
3. Nana Eikura
4. Erika Toda
5. JUJU
6. Yui Aragaki
7. Maki Horikita
8. Aoi Miyazaki
9. Aya Ueto
9. misono
9. Ayaka

Men:

1. Hiro Mizushima
2. Audrey (owarai duo)
3. Takeru Sato
4. Hannya (owarai duo)
5. Hayato Ichihara
6. Yusuke Kamiji
6. Osamu Mukai
6. Eita
9. Hayato Sakamoto (baseball player)
10. Ryo Ishikawa (golfer)

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[nadine]

wow
for the male one from number one to eight
all is in my fav list
ha ha ha
weird

[sanjelly]

erika toda <3
and mukai osamu, yey

This post has been edited by sanjelly: Jul 2 2009 3 26 PM

[Jabba-holic]

I'm glad Aya Ueto & Aoi Miyazaki are on the list!

[leejunkified]

This proves people were wrong when they assumed Hiro´s popularity would drop because he got married. I´m honestly very glad ^^

[Keiko Tsubasa]

omedetou gozaimasu to all the winners!

i'm glad that most of my favorites made it on the list

[misheru-to]

Eheehs, congratulations to all the winners and rankers ! ♥ I know at least most of them, so I feel proud ahas. I'm usually a fail in these, and I don't know much. I'm glad many of them made it onto the list !

[C♥KAT-TUN~Shun]

I'm happy some of the females I like made it to the list; Erika, Maki, Ayaka, Aoi...and omedatou to Hiro for leading the male list too, he's the only 1 on his list I like.

[LAU2A]

yay Erika's in the list!
congrats to all the winners!

[Iloveyou]

Yay for Maki and Mukai.. my fave couple now!

[just_frances]

maki-chan!!

[uknow lupher]

congrats to all of them.. ^^