Nanao and Taisuke Fujigaya of Kis-My-Ft2 win 33rd “Best Jeanist Award”

For one reason or another, “Best Jeanist Award” is annual event for promoting jeans in Japan.

The Japan Jeans Association, of which describes this award as “one of the most prestigious awards in Japan“, hold a yearly commendation ceremony to honor the celebrities—regardless of age or experience—who look the best in jeans.

This year, garnering about 26,000 votes, model-actress Nanao has been awarded the 33rd women’s “Best Jeanist 2016“. For the men’s division, winning the hearts of nearly 53,000 voters and earning him a spot in the hall of fame is Taisuke Fujigaya of Kis-My-Ft2.

Women’s Division

  1. Nanao (25,831 votes)
  2. Keiko Kitagawa (6,986 votes)
  3. Hikari Mori (3,956 votes)
  4. Mariya Nishiuchi (3,283 votes)
  5. Namie Amuro (3,081 votes)
  6. Mirei Kiritani (2,660 votes)
  7. Yuko Araki (2,315 votes)
  8. Anne Nakamura (2,198 votes)
  9. Meisa Kuroki (2,163 votes)
  10. Mayu Watanabe (1,979 votes)

Men’s Division

  1. Taisuke Fujigaya (Kis-My-Ft2) (52,716 votes)
  2. Tatsuya Ueda (KAT-TUN) (46,700 votes)
  3. Yuto Nakajima (Hey! Say! JUMP!) (10,019 votes)
  4. Yuta Tamamori (Kis-My-Ft2) (2,847 votes)
  5. Kento Nakajima (Sexy Zone) (2,766 votes)
  6. Hokuto Matsumura (Johnny’s Jr) (1,598 votes)
  7. Shota Totsuka (A.B.C-Z) (1,475 votes)
  8. Funky Kato (1,268 votes)
  9. Tomohisa Yamashita (1,136 votes)
  10. Takahisa Masuda (NEWS) (1,049 votes)

This year’s voting pool consisted of 121,609 people across Japan.

Other than the people’s choice awards, there are the awards handed out by a committee of panelists. Also awarded this year were actor Masao Kusakari, model Moe Oshikiri and comedian Naomi Watanabe.

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Once you’ve received the award 3 times, you’re inducted into the hall of fame and retired from the award. As a new inductee into the hall of fame, Fujigaya joins the likes of Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Masaki Aiba, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Koda and Kazuya Kamenashi, just to name a few.

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(via Model press)

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