TOHOSHINKI- #1 Most Searched Male Celebrity By Japanese Internet Users

It has been reported that the most searched male celebrity by internet users in Japan is Hallyu star Tohoshinki.

On the 8th, SM Entertainment said, “Tohoshinki was first out of 50 male celebrities in the [Search Keyword Yearly Ranking 2011] held by the portal site MSN Japan.”

Also, in the [2011 Search Word Ranking] for January to October, held by Yahoo! Japan, under the category of male celebrities, they came in second place after Japan’s popular group Arashi.

After releasing their single [Why? (Keep Your Head Down)] in January this year, Tohoshinki conquered the daily, weekly and monthly charts on the Oricon Singles Rankings. Following that, they released their album [TONE] in September and became the first foreign male artists in 11 years to break the 200,000 mark for initial sales and came in first on the Oricon Weekly Album Rankings.

Furthermore, Tohoshinki has been awarded with the [Best Song Award] at the [53rd Japan Records Award] which will be held on 30 December and following that, they will bring the year to a close by participating in the [Kouhaku Uta Gassen] on 31 December.

Source: [WoW!Korea]
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