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Japan Votes For Tokyo Olympic Ceremony Musical Act
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
The Japanese Olympic Committee asked citizens which Japanese musical act they'd like to see perform at the opening ceremonies for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The poll received 143,394 responses through 103,537 online votes and 39,857 postcards, and the self-selected respondents received t-shirts.
Did your favorite artist make the grade? Check the list below:
- Southern All Stars 8,939
- Arashi 7,482
- EXILE 6,820
- SMAP 5,956
- YUZU 3,760
- DREAMS COME TRUE 3,167
- AKB48 3,057
- Hikaru Utada 2,952
- B'z 2,840
- Akiko Wada 2,336
- Misia 2,240
- Mr. Children 2,146
- Saori Yuki 2,114
- Masafumi Akikawa 2,063
- Masaharu Fukuyama 2,015
- Saburo Kitajima 2,010
- Keisuke Kuwata 1,944
- Ikimono-gakari 1,888
- Kiyoshi Hikawa 1,876
- Namie Amuro 1,814
Source: Gadget Tsūshin via 0takomu