Oricon: wonderful voices

[vagabond888]

Thu, November 22, 2007 (5:44am EST)
In a recent survey, research firm Oricon asked 2,000 people, "Which celebrity has a wonderful voice?"

Among male celebrities, popular actor and singer Masaharu Fukuyama ranked first. Akira Kawashima of comedy duo Kirin came in second, followed by Shosuke Tanihara, Hiroshi Tamaki, and Hiroshi Abe. Akira Nakao and Leo Morimoto tied for 6th, ahead of Takuya Kimura, Gackt, and Koichi Yamadera.

On the women's side, actress/singer/seiyu Keiko Toda topped the list. She was chosen partly for her range of voices in anime, which includes Matilda from "Mobile Suit Gundam" and Anpanman. Nanako Matsushima, Yukie Nakama, Sayuri Yoshinaga, and Masami Nagasawa filled the rest of the top five. Hitomi Kuroki tied with Miwa Yoshida for #6. Erika Sawajiri and YUI tied for #8, while Ai Otsuka and Hikaru Utada tied for #10.

Nanako's voice is cute~~

[riku_tsuda]

Woohoo ranked first! Masaharu Fukuyama! I do have to admit he does have an interesting voice. It's very interesting and pleasing on the ears to listen to him sing his songs.

[honeybunny*]

i agree that fukuyama masaharu has an amazing voice too!! when he sings his song... it's like wow! i wish he can sing just for me!! lol

[1337rice]

WOOT! an Ayumi and Koda Kumi free survey LOL
go Ai-chan!

[deltayoung]

when i first saw this thread's title words "oricon" and "voice", i thought it refers to those artists who can sing beautifully and have strong vocal ability... but looking at the artists on the rankings, it sounds like more about popularity and beauty rather than the vocal strength, i suppose? was surprised that strong voice artist such as ayaka, angela aki, yuna ito, etc. are not in the top list at all...

[kaenzi]

I think "voices" means unique voice, once we heard that person, we already know that must be....
I like Fukuyama's voice since watch Japanese Drama "Galileo" (when he said "Interesting")
I wonder why Ichihara Hayato don't include, I think he has Unique voice too.

[sawsawday]

awws i'd hoped that Hiki would have gotten a higher rank