As every year, people are curious about which celebrity has the highest demand in terms of commercials. It’s not only interesting for fans, commercial contracts are very important for the career and income of actresses,actors and other celebrities alike. The more the better, no other saying fits better for advertisement deals, but there is always that scary thing called "overexposure" those celebrities might face at some point during their career. Still, the upper ranks for the most exposure in commercials during the first half of 2009 don’t show a lot of differences to the last years.
Women
Once again back on top with the most commercials in 2009 as well, our CM-Queen Ueto Aya with 11 commercial deals. The biggest reason for her having the most contracts is her great variety in her acting. In the first half of 2009, we’ve seen her in a lot of different roles from her typical comical styles to lady-like appearances. In the overall ranking of 2008 she "only" made it on the 3rd place, so it’s great to see her once again making the push back to the top despite all the other big old and new actresses in the limelight. The list doesn’t say who earns the most, though.
The whole top ranking:
[the first number referrs the number of contracts]
[I only list the companies for the top 4 women (10 contracts and above)..please comment if you want to know more]
11 – Ueto Aya
[Apaman Shop - Kikkoman - Kose - Sanyo Foods - Softbank Mobile - Softbank BB - Dip - AOKI - Lotte - Sompo Japan - Otsuka Pharmaceutical]
10 – Nakama Yukie
[JA Kyosai - West Japan Railway Company - KDDI - Kirin Beverage - Takeda Pharmaceutical - Daihatsu - Panasonic - Lotte - Shiseido - Nissin Foods]
10 – Miyazaki Aoi
[Aflac (American Family Life Insurance) - Olympus - Glico Dairy - Choya Umeshu - PARCO - Mitsubishi Motors - Shiseido - Daiichi Sanyko Health Care - Tokyo Metro - Ajinomoto]
10 – Aibu Saki
[NTT Communications - At Home - Autobacs - Kirin Beer - PILOT - Kao - Duskin - Ajinomoto - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance - Aoyama Syouji]
09 – Becky (had first place in 2008)
09 – Kanno Miho
07 – Horikita Maki
07 – Amami Yuuki
07 – Ebihara Yuri
07 – Fujiwara Norika
07 – Shinohara Ryoko
06 – Aragaki Yui
06 – Yamada Yu
06 – Kinoshita Yukina (biggest improvement / breakthrough)
06 – Kato Rosa
06 – Oohashi Nozomi
06 – Mizukawa Asami
Men Ranking:
11 – Kimura Takuya (no surprise here)
09 – Ishikawa Ryo (the golf prince steadily increasing his exposure, especially after the All-England Open)
08 – Katori Shingo
08 – Suzuki Ichiro (Ichiro, there is no bigger Japanese baseball player atm, got more deals after many great games recently)
07 – Tamaki Hiroshi
07 – Matsuoka Shuzo
07 – Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
06 – Sato Ryuuta
06 – Nagase Tomoya
06 – Abe Hiroshi
06 – Tsuruno Takeshi
06 – Tokui Yoshimi
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Written by: www.kawaii-joyuu.com
Sources: Biz Makoto, Nikkei
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nice to know that…ganbatte aya chan!!!
why horikita maki in 7th??
better luck next time maki-chan