I thought I’d post this up since it’s always interesting to see which members the Japanese fans like the best compared to those that live outside Japan. I won’t post the entire AKB48 ranking as it’s so long so only the top 40 for now. I’ve added which team they represent by each name too. I’m also cutting down the rankings for SDN48 (top 10 only) and SKE48 (top 10 only). If you want me to put the whole rankings up in the future then just drop me a line and I’ll do it. From December’s rankings it looks like Amina Sato and Manami Oku are pushing up in the AKB48 charts. It doesn’t surprise me with Amina Sato as she’s been getting a lot of coverage lately on AKBingo and on Majisuka Gakuen. I expect her to perhaps crack the top 10 fairly soon. As for Oku, perhaps her rising popularity is due to her being added to the AK Rangers segment on AKBingo.
EDIT: I’ve amended the post to show the rankings in full!
AKB48 (including Research Students)
1 Mariko Shinoda (A)
2 Atsuko Maeda (A)
3 Yuko Oshima (K)
4 Haruna Kojima (A)
5 Tomomi Itano (A)
6 Mayu Watanabe (B)
7 Minami Takahashi (A)
8 Tomomi Kasai (K)
9 Erena Ono (K)
10 Sae Miyazawa (K)
11 Yuki Kashiwagi (B)
12 Minami Minegishi (A)
13 Sayaka Akimoto (K)
14 Amina Sato (A)
15 Aki Takajo (A)
16 Rie Kitahara (A)
17 Miho Miyazaki (A)
18 Asuka Kuramochi (K)
19 Aika Oota (B)
20 Megumi Ohori (K)
21 Rino Sashihara (B)
22 Moeno Nito (B)
23 Yuka Masuda (K)
24 Yukari Sato (A)
25 Haruka Nakagawa (B)
26 Kazumi Urano (B)
27 Natsumi Hirajima (B)
28 Sumire Sato (RS)
29 Manami Oku (K)
30 Haruka Ishida (RS)
31 Ayaka Umeda (K)
32 Haruka Katayama (B)
33 Mika Komori (RS)
34 Natsumi Matsubara (K)
35 Ayaka Kikuchi (RS)
36 Kana Kobayashi (K)
37 Kayo Noro (K)
38 Rumi Yonezawa (B)
39 Reina Fujie (A)
40 Haruka Kohara (B)
41 Natsuki Sato (K)
41 Sakiko Matsui (RS)
43 Chisato Nakata (A)
44 Miku Tanabe (B)
45 Ami Maeda (RS)
46 Tomomi Nakatsuka (B)
47 Shizuka Ooya (RS)
48 Misato Nonaka (RS)
49 Mayumi Uchida (RS)
50 Yuriko Sano (RS)
51 Atsuki Ishiguro (RS)
52 Misaki Iwasa (RS)
52 Haruka Shimasaki (RS)
54 Sayaka Nakaya (B)
55 Suzuran Yamauchi (RS)
56 Yurie Imai (RS)
57 Mariya Suzuki (RS)
57 Rina Chikano (K)
59 Miyu Takeuchi (RS)
60 Mariya Nagao (RS)
61 Yui Yokoyama (RS)
62 Asaka Ueki (RS)
63 Anna Mori (RS)
64 Mina Ooba (RS)
65 Haruka Shimada RS)
66 Momoko Kinumoto (RS)
67 Eri Takamatsu (RS)
68 Sara Fujimoto (RS)
69 Mariko Nakamura (RS)
SDN48
1 Megumi Ohori
2 Yukari Sato
3 Kazumi Urano
4 Kayo Noro
5 Haruka Kohara
6 Kazue Akita
7 Haruka Umeda
8 Serina
9 Chisaki Hatakeyama
10 Mami Katou
11 Kana Itou
12 Megumi Imayoshi
13 Masami Kouchi
13 Juri Kaida
15 Machiko Tezuka
16 Nachu
17 Chen Chu
18 Misa Ookouchi
19 Sayaka Kandou
20 Hitomi Mitsui
21 Reiko Nishikunihara
SKE48
1 Jurina Matsui
2 Rena Matsui
3 Kanako Hiramatsu
4 Kumi Yagami
5 Moe Yamashita
6 Rina Shinkai
7 Masana Ooya
8 Akane Takayanagi
9 Mizuki Kuwabara
10 Shiori Takada
11 Rikako Hirata
12 Yuka Nakanishi
13 Sayuki Mori
14 Rina Matsumoto
15 Haruka Ono
16 Manatsu Mukaida
17 Kaori Matsumura
17 Momona Kito
17 Airi Furukawa
19 Akari Suda
20 Aki Deguchi
21 Makiko Saito
22 Riho Abiru
23 Mieko Sato
24 Anna Ishida
25 Tomoko Kato
26 Seira Sato
27 Shiori Ogiso
27 Tomoka Wakabayashi
29 Reika Yamada
30 Ririna Akaeda
31 Mikoto Uchiyama
32 Rumi Kato
33 Ayane Handa
34 Shiori Iguchi
35 Kazumi Ueno
36 Yuria Kizaki
37 Erika Yamada
38 Mai Imade
38 Kyoka Isohara
39 Haruka Mano
40 Yukiko Kinoshita
41 Sawako Hata
42 Miki Yakata
43 Risako Goto
IXA Ready - Fist On! 