Lots of celebrities in Japan have their own blogs. Oricon tapped public opinion to see which celebrity bloggers gained in popularity this year, and found that otaku idol Shoko Nakagawa was ranked #1 across all age groups. Similarly, Chinatsu Wakatsuki was ranked second by all groups.

Other popular bloggers this year were comedian Lou Oshiba, actress Saeko, boxer Shinji Takehara, comedian Hiroshi Shinagawa, actress Rie Tomosaka, talento Kaori Manabe, actor Yusuke Kamiji, and pop star BoA.

The survey was conducted in early November, before idol Yui Aragaki launched her blog, which quickly secured a spot near the top of the Ameblo rankings.