Arashi Tops Nikkei Entertainment’s Musical Act Ranking for the Eighth Consecutive Year

Nikkei Entertainment’s “Talent Power Ranking” list for 2019 is starting to leak. First up, we have the top 30 list for musical acts. Arashi tops the list for the eighth year in a row. They are followed by Southern All Stars, who rose from fourth place. Rounding out the top three is Southern All Stars’ frontman, Kuwata Keisuke, last year’s #5. Find out the rest of the top 30 after the jump!

1. Arashi: 47.5 (Last year: #1 with 47.0)

2. Southern All Stars: 44.1 (Last year: #4 with 40.9)

3. Kuwata Keisuke (Southern All Stars): 40.5 (Last year: #5 with 38.4)

4. Yonezu Kenshi: 37.9 (Last year: #122 with 14.2)

5. Mr.Children: 37.0 (Last year: #7 with 37.1)

6. Hoshino Gen: 36.9 (Last year: #8 with 37.0)

7. DAIGO: 34.8 (Last year: #13 with 33.8)

8. Yumi Matsutoya: 34.6 (Last year: #11 with 34.8)

9. KinKi Kids: 34.4 (Last year: #10 with 35.3)

10. Masaharu Fukuyama: 34.3 (Last year: #9 with 35.5)

11. TOKIO: 33.6 (Last year: #2 with 41.6)

12. Ikimonogakari: 33.1 (Last year: #19 with 32.1)

13. Yuzu: 32.8 (Last year: #6 with 37.2)

14. Takeuchi Mariya: 32.1 (Last year: #24 with 28.9)

15. Sakurai Kazutoshi (Mr.Children): 31.6 (Last year: #13 with 34.8)

16. Ken Hirai: 31.5 (Last year: #20 with 31.7)

17. GACKT: 31.1 (Last year: #22 with 29.8)

18. V6: 31.0 (Last year: #15 with 33.8)

19. Perfume: 30.9 (Last year: #17 with 33.2)

20. YOSHIKI (X JAPAN): 30.8 (Last year: #23 with 29.6)

21. DREAMS COME TRUE: 30.5 (Last year: #11 with 35.2)

22. B’z: 30.1 (Last year: #16 with 33.6)

23. Golden Bomber: 29.9 (Last year: n/a)

24. Kanjani8: 29.4 (Last year: #18 with 32.7)

25. DA PUMP: 29.3 (Last year: n/a)

26. Inaba Koshi (B’z): 28.8 (Last year: #21 with 30.7)

27. Shiina Ringo: 28.5 (Last year: n/a)

28. Rino Sashihara (HKT48): 28.2 (Last year: #25 with 28.8)

29. X JAPAN: 27.7 (Last year: #29 with 27.7)

30. Yamashita Tatsuro: 27.5 (Last year: #28 with 27.9)

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