In a recent survey, Oricon asked a thousand people to name which 20-year-old celebrity they think will have a breakthrough year in 2008. Choices were limited to people turning 20 between April 2 of this year and April 1 of next year.

Actress Yui Aragaki, who already experienced a significant career boost last year, was the #1 answer. Maki Horikita was #2, followed by Erika Toda. Rakuten Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka ranked 4th.

The rest of the top ten were Meisa Kuroki, Mikako Tabe, table tennis star Ai Fukuhara, baseball pitcher Yuki Saito, Miliyah Kato, and Akiyoshi Nakao.