Yahoo! Japan Search Word Ranking 2012 Name Search (Male)

A look back at 2012 as Yahoo! Japan releases the names of male celebrities and groups that users search for. Only the top 10 has the previous year's ranking indicated.

 1. Arashi (1)

 2. EXILE (4)

 3. Tohoshinki (2)

 4. Mr. Children (6)

 5. Kanjani 8 (10)

6. Kis-My-Ft2 (11)
7. Fukuyama Masaharu (7)
8. Jang Geun Suk (3)
9. SUPER JUNIOR (20)
10. Golden Bomber (new)

11. Kagawa Shinji
12. Mukai Osamu
13. B'z
14. BIGBANG
15. Yoshida Maya
16. Uchida Atsuto
17. Ohno Satoshi
18. Darvish Yu
19. BUMP OF CHICKEN
20. Hey! Say! Jump!

21. Sugi-chan
22. SMAP
23. Sakurai Sho
24. Kim Hyun Joong
25. Ayano Gou
26. 2PM
27. Yamashita Tomohisa
28. Shioya Shun
29. Yamada Ryosuke
20. ONE OK ROCK