January 7, 2014
Japan All Stars
Who are the most popular athletes in Japan? The fans cast their vote
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2014
Men
- Ichiro Suzuki (baseball)
- Kouhei Uchimura (gymnastics)
- Keisuke Honda (soccer)
- Masahiro Tanaka (baseball)
- Atsuto Uchida (soccer; pictured)
- Shinji Kagawa (soccer)
- Kei Nishikori (tennis)
- Daisuke Takahashi (figure skating)
- Yuu Darvish (baseball)
- Kousuke Kitajima (swimming)
Women
- Mao Asada (figure skating)
- Saori Yoshida (wrestling)
- Saori Kimura (volleyball)
- Kimiko Date-Krumm (tennis)
- Eri Tanaka (gymnastics)
- Ai Fukuhara (table tennis; pictured)
- Homare Sawa (soccer)
- Miki Ando (figure skating)
- Ai Miyazato (golf)
- Kasumi Ishikawa (table tennis)
Source: www.oricon.co.jp