In its March 2024 issue, Nikkei Entertainment released a ranking of boy groups and their individual members. Instead of doing their usual poll of the general public, the publication asked the fans of boy groups themselves to see what this particular demographic is a fan of.
In terms of the groups, Snow Man topped the ranking, followed by their fellow STARTO groups SixTONES and Naniwa Danshi.
In terms of individual group members, Sho Hirano of Number_i topped the ranking, followed by Ren Meguro of Snow Man and Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi.
Check out the full rankings below!
Groups
- Snow Man: 52.3
- SixTONES: 25.8
- Naniwa Danshi: 21.9
- BTS: 20.7
- Arashi: 16.0
- King & Prince: 14.7
- SEVENTEEN: 11.9
- Stray Kids: 11.8
- Number_i: 10.7
- WEST.: 10.1
- Hey! Say! JUMP: 9.7
- Sexy Zone: 8.3
- Kanjani8: 6.9
- BE:FIRST: 6.1
- KinKi Kids: 5.7
- NCT: 5.1
- INI: 4.8
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER: 4.5
- JO1: 4.5
- Ae! group: 4.5
- Choutokkyuu: 4.2
- KAT-TUN: 4.1
- GENERATIONS: 4.0
- ENHYPEN: 3.6
- TREASURE: 3.5
- Kis-My-Ft2: 3.5
- ZEROBASEONE: 3.3
- Tohoshinki: 3.1
- Travis Japan: 2.9
- NEWS: 2.9
- HiHi Jets: 2.9
- FANTASTICS: 2.5
- Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS: 2.4
- IMP.: 2.4
- THE RAMPAGE: 2.3
- Lil Kansai: 2.2
- EXILE: 2.2
- Sutopuri: 2.0
- A.B.C-Z: 1.8
- RIIZE: 1.6
Individuals
- Sho Hirano (Number_i): 13.5
- Ren Meguro (Snow Man): 7.4
- Kazunari Ninomiya (Arashi): 4.9
- Ryosuke Yamada (Hey! Say! JUMP): 3.9
- Yuta Kishi (Number_i): 3.3
- Sho Sakurai (Arashi): 2.8
- Shunsuke Michieda (Naniwa Danshi): 2.8
- Ren Nagase (King & Prince): 2.6
- Kento Nakajima (Sexy Zone): 2.2
- Shota Watanabe (Snow Man): 2.2
