Nikkei Entertainment’s “Talent Power Ranking” list for 2022 is now out. Arashi‘s Aiba Masaki tops the list for talents from Johnny & Associates, up from #2 last year. His groupmate Sakurai Sho is second, up from #4. Rounding out the top three is another Arashi member, Matsumoto Jun, last year’s #2.

Also included was the fastest risers in the company. Naniwa Danshi‘s Ohashi Kazuya and Onishi Ryusei came in first and second, respectively. Nagase Ren of King & Prince rounded out the top 3.

Check out both rankings below!

Johnny’s Ranking

1.Aiba Masaki (Arashi): 39.7 (Last year: #2)

2.Sakurai Sho (Arashi): 38.8 (Last year: #4)

3.Matsumoto Jun (Arashi): 38.0 (Last year: #2)

4.Ninomiya Kazunari (Arashi): 37.3 (Last year: #5)

5.Okada Junichi: 37.0 (Last year: #9)

6.TOKIO: 34.9 (Last year: #7)

7.Hirano Sho (King & Prince): 34.4 (Last year: #19)

8.Inohara Yoshihiko: 34.1 (Last year: #10)

9.Ikuta Toma: 34.1 (Last year: #7)

9.Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids): 34.1 (Last year: #16)

11.Kazama Shunsuke: 33.8 (Last year: #13)

12.Matsuoka Masahiro (TOKIO): 32.5 (Last year: #11)

13.Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids): 32.1 (Last year: #12)

14.Kimura Takuya: 32.1 (Last year: #16)

15.KinKi Kids: 32.0 (Last year: #15)

16.Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN): 32.0 (Last year: #20)

17.Nakajima Kento (Sexy Zone): 31.5 (Last year: #21)

18.Joshima Shigeru (TOKIO): 31.5 (Last year: #14)

19.Kokubun Taichi (TOKIO): 30.3 (Last year: #23)

20.King & Prince: 30.2 (Last year: #30)

21.Kishi Yuta (King & Prince): 29.6 (Last year: #32)

22.Nakamura Yuichi (KAT-TUN): 29.2 (Last year: #33)

23.Yamada Ryosukue (Hey! Say! JUMP): 29.1 (Last year: #27)

24.Miyake Ken: 28.7 (Last year: #29)

24.Tamamori Yuta (Kis-My-Ft2): 28.7 (Last year: #24)

26.Kikuchi Fuma (Sexy Zone): 28.2 (Last year: #45)

27.Yokoyama Yo (Kanjani8): 27.7 (Last year: #26)

27.Murakami Shingo (Kanjani8): 27.7 (Last year: #22)

29.Nagase Ren (King & Prince): 27.2 (Last year: #48)

30.KAT-TUN: 26.9 (Last year: #39)

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Fastest Risers

1.Ohashi Kazuya (Naniwa Danshi): +7.2 to 18.1

2.Onishi Ryusei (Naniwa Danshi): +6.4 to 17.6

3.Nagase Ren (King & Prince): +5.7 to 27.2

3.Kikuchi Fuma (Sexy Zone): +5.7 to 28.2

5.Meguro Ren (Snow Man): +5.1 to 19.3

6.Naniwa Danshi: +5.0 to 20.0

7.Raul (Snow Man): +4.9 to 19.1

8.Takahashi Kyohei (Naniwa Danshi): +4.9 to 14.2

9.Matsumura Hokuto (SixTONES): +4.8 to 20.2

10.Michieda Shunsuke (Naniwa Danshi): +4.6 to 20.2

11.Fujiwara Joichiro (Naniwa Danshi): +4.2 to 14.2

12.Hirano Sho (King & Prince): +3.9 to 34.4

13.Morimoto Shintaro (SixTONES): +3.8 to 17.4

13.Yaotome Hikaru (Hey! Say! JUMP): +3.8 to 23.2

15.Kato Shigeaki (NEWS): + 3.6 to 22.5

16.Nishihata Daigo (Naniwa Danshi): +3.6 to 15.7

17.SixTONES: +3.3 to 22.7

18.Tanaka Juri (SixTONES): +3.8 to 17.4

18.King & Prince: +3.8 to 30.2

20.Miyato Toshiya (Kis-My-Ft2): +3.2 to 21.5