Nihon Monitor (one of Japan’s oldest broadcast monitoring firms), recently sent out a press release tallying and ranking the number of television appearances by Japan’s most famous celebrities. The top 20 list was dominated by many of Japan’s most popular manzai comedy duos, singers, actors / actresses, and other celebrities. However, further breakdown of the result by gender show Sashihara Rino at the #9 position with 162 TV appearances. The complete of top 10 females is as follows:
| Position | # of appearances | Name | Group name | Agency |
| 1 | 215 | Okubo Kayako | Oases | Production People Power House |
| 2 | 211 | Kondo Haruna | Hari senbo | Yoshimoto Creative Agency |
| 3 | 201 | Kojima Ruriko | Hori-Pro | |
| 4 | 196 | Sekine Mari | Asai Kikaku | |
| 5 | 194 | Minowa Haruka | Hari senbo | Yoshimoto Creative Agency |
| 6 | 171 | Kuroyanagi Tetsuko | Yoshida Group | |
| 7 | 169 | SHELLY | Stardust Promotion | |
| 8 | 166 | Becky | Sun Music Production | |
| 9 | 162 | Sashihara Rino | HKT48 | Oita Production |
| 10 | 157 | Nishikawa Ayako | Hori-Pro | |
Source: http://www.n-monitor.co.jp/pressreiease/2014/0715.html
Author: jerry
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