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The story
A Nikkei Entertainment survey revealing that Juice=Juice’s fanbase splits “40% male, 60% female,” with the core demographic in their late 30s, became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. The thread featured a list of members ranked by tenure, alongside a mix of reactions: some welcomed the rise in female fans, while others urged caution, citing past examples of groups that lost momentum after shifting focus toward female fans. Some posters also questioned why Juice=Juice’s name was nowhere to be found in the published Talent Power Ranking image.
What people said
4,127 days — Uemura Akari
3,361 days — Danbara Ruru (since 2017/06/26)
3,194 days — Kanazawa Tomoko
2,909 days — Takagi Sayuki
2,845 days — Miyamoto Karin
2,643 days — Kudo Yume / Matsunaga Rian (since 2019/06/14)
2,351 days — Inoue Reon (since 2020/04/01)
2,303 days — Miyazaki Yuka
1,889 days — Arisawa Ichika / Irie Risa / Ebata Kisaki (since 2021/07/07)
1,532 days — Ishiyama Sakura / Endo Sakari (since 2022/06/29)
1,447 days — Inaba Manaka
1,207 days — Kawashima Mifuyu (since 2023/05/23)
*,623 days — Yanagawa Nanami
*,442 days — Hayashi Nia (since 2025/06/23)
*,130 days — Otsuka Aina
2026 Talent Power Ranking
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Awareness 61% / Interest 63% — Fujimoto Miki
Awareness 60% / Interest 57% — Goto Maki
Awareness 32% / Interest 76% — Suzuki Airi
Awareness 15% / Interest 78% — Morning Musume。'26
Awareness 14% / Interest 83% — Makino Maria
Awareness 11% / Interest 76% — Tamura Meimi
Why isn't Juice=Juice on this list?
Background and Key Points of Debate
Nikkei Entertainment’s “Talent Power Ranking” is an annual survey the magazine runs measuring awareness and interest, and names like Fujimoto Miki, Goto Maki, and Suzuki Airi appear to be pulled from the Hello! Project-related tally. What split opinion in the thread was whether the rise in female fans is simply something to celebrate. Since there are past cases of idol groups losing momentum after shifting focus toward female fans, some argued the group should keep male fans as its core audience, while others took a more positive view of a broadening fanbase. There were also posts questioning why Juice=Juice’s name doesn’t appear in the ranking image, but that’s an easy misread — what’s shown is only the top entries/an excerpt, not the full survey, so it doesn’t necessarily mean the group was left out.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “According to Nikkei Entertainment’s latest survey, Juice=Juice’s fans are said to be “40% male, 60% female,” with the core in their “late 30s”.”
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