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A ranking site’s survey of 1,413 men on “which former Nogizaka46 member would you most want to marry” became a hot topic on 5ch. Mai Shiraishi took the top spot. While some in the thread agreed with the top picks, plenty questioned why popular members like Marika Ito, Rina Ikoma, and Kazumi Takayama didn’t make the list, and others took a skeptical view of the ranking itself. Some posts also revisited the earlier announcement of Shiraishi’s relationship with Fuma Kikuchi.
We surveyed a total of 1,413 people online for our “Which Former Nogizaka46 Member Would Men Most Want to Marry? Ranking [2026 Edition]”! From the group’s all-time aces to its current lineup, popular members spanning generations made the cut. Who did men support most as their “ideal marriage partner”…?
[Which Former “Nogizaka46” Member Would Men Most Want to Marry? Ranking — 2026 Edition]
1st place: Mai Shiraishi (145 votes)
Source: rankingoo.net / Original article here
What people said
Some co-star actor's already snapped her up.
Being already married is a bit much…
Re: #15
Nah, that's totally fine.
Probably her cooking's popular.
Doing a top 50 with no "all-time" restriction would be funny — you'd get a bunch of "who even is this?" picks.
eh, that's a bit of a stretch.
Maichun, seriously?
I think a marriage was supposed to follow soon after — announcing it in stages, like Haruna Kawaguchi did. For some reason it's stalled out now, though. Probably something on Fuma's end.
Though yeah, she doesn't seem like the cooking type.
She found even blow-drying her own hair too much hassle and had her mom do it.
What are you, Trump?
Background and Talking Points
This ranking comes from a web survey run by a ranking/entertainment site — it is not an official Nogizaka46 announcement. The respondents’ age range and other attributes weren’t disclosed, and even the #1 pick only drew 145 votes out of 1,413 respondents, suggesting the result may skew toward a vocal slice of dedicated fans rather than reflect broad consensus. Debate in the thread centered on the “all-time” framing: a result weighted toward graduated members rather than those active in 2026 fueled questions about the selection criteria. Discussion also circled back to reports from a few years ago about Shiraishi’s relationship with Kikuchi; since nothing has been made public since, it’s worth noting this remains unconfirmed rumor rather than established fact.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports Express+) thread “Which Former “Nogizaka46” Member Would Men Most Want to Marry? Ranking.”
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