Nikkei Trendy: Junpei Mizobata named "face of the year"

Tokyograph News · 11-03-2009, 07:23 AM

On Monday, the magazine Nikkei Trendy published its annual list of the top 30 products of the year. Leading the list were hybrid vehicles (the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight), followed by the non-alcoholic beverage Kirin Free and the popular video game Dragon Quest IX.

The title of "face of the year" was given to young actor Junpei Mizobata (20), who has also been gaining popularity as a TV show host in addition to his film and drama roles. This past year, he has played main characters in the dramas "Akai Ito," "BOSS," and "Buzzer Beat."

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**migimaru** · 11-03-2009, 07:47 AM

Complete Top 30 list:

Toyota Prius, Honda Insight
Kirin Free
Dragon Quest IX
Anti-influenza goods
Kokuhou Ashura-ten
Dot notebooks
uno FOG BAR
Pomera
Steamless IH
990-yen jeans
Lotte Fit's
Lekue
Lancome Oscillation
iPhone
Olympus Pen
Chou-Jimaku series
sweet& Brand Mook
Makiba no Sora
I LOHAS
Pianta FV200
Blaune Awa Color
The Inaugural Address of Barack Obama (book)
Funwari Shokupan
1000-yen flat toll
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
Suntory Highball
Forever 21
RiUP X5
Eco-point TV
Korean travel promotion (not sure about this one, looks like a campaign by JTB)

http://life.oricon.co.jp/70270/full/

meoinkie2 · 11-03-2009, 07:56 AM

wow at Dragon Quest! i actually never thought that game would be that famous in Japan..im blinded with the Final Fantasy series actually..xD
or unless the celebrity game otaku, Nino had something to do with the boost in sales..LOL

**migimaru** · 11-03-2009, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meoinkie2

wow at Dragon Quest! i actually never thought that game would be that famous in Japan..im blinded with the Final Fantasy series actually..xD
or unless the celebrity game otaku, Nino had something to do with the boost in sales..LOL

Actually, the Dragon Quest franchise has always been more popular than Final Fantasy in Japan.

meoinkie2 · 11-03-2009, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by migimaru

Actually, the Dragon Quest franchise has always been more popular than Final Fantasy in Japan.

ahhhh..see, i told you im blinded by FF..

if DQ is this much popular than FF, then it's pretty much a game made of win..i might as well take a look on this one..

11-05-2009, 11:24 PM

LOL yeah Junpei is almost in all dramas I've seen XD
although unintended.. he's just there.. hahaha...

is this base on sales? or on quantity sold?
more people bought cars than anti-influenza goods?

11-03-2009, 07:23 AM	#1
Tokyograph News Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11	Nikkei Trendy: Junpei Mizobata named "face of the year" On Monday, the magazine Nikkei Trendy published its annual list of the top 30 products of the year. Leading the list were hybrid vehicles (the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight), followed by the non-alcoholic beverage Kirin Free and the popular video game Dragon Quest IX. The title of "face of the year" was given to young actor Junpei Mizobata (20), who has also been gaining popularity as a TV show host in addition to his film and drama roles. This past year, he has played main characters in the dramas "Akai Ito," "BOSS," and "Buzzer Beat." Link to article

11-03-2009, 07:47 AM	#2
migimaru ミギ丸 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 736	Complete Top 30 list: Toyota Prius, Honda Insight Kirin Free Dragon Quest IX Anti-influenza goods Kokuhou Ashura-ten Dot notebooks uno FOG BAR Pomera Steamless IH 990-yen jeans Lotte Fit's Lekue Lancome Oscillation iPhone Olympus Pen Chou-Jimaku series sweet& Brand Mook Makiba no Sora I LOHAS Pianta FV200 Blaune Awa Color The Inaugural Address of Barack Obama (book) Funwari Shokupan 1000-yen flat toll 1Q84 (Haruki Murakami) Suntory Highball Forever 21 RiUP X5 Eco-point TV Korean travel promotion (not sure about this one, looks like a campaign by JTB) http://life.oricon.co.jp/70270/full/

11-03-2009, 07:56 AM	#3
meoinkie2 嵐 is my anti-drug Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Japan in my dreams :p Posts: 299	wow at Dragon Quest! i actually never thought that game would be that famous in Japan..im blinded with the Final Fantasy series actually..xD or unless the celebrity game otaku, Nino had something to do with the boost in sales..LOL __________________ Happy 10th Year Arashi!! "create a storm throughout the world" - Aiba Masaki

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11-05-2009, 11:24 PM	#6
Unregistered Posts: n/a	LOL yeah Junpei is almost in all dramas I've seen XD although unintended.. he's just there.. hahaha... is this base on sales? or on quantity sold? more people bought cars than anti-influenza goods?