世論 What Japan Thinks

As part of their 85th round of Ranking Research carried out over the end of June and start of July, DIMSDRIVE Research asked 5,367 people from their monitor group what they would want to be if they change into something else for just one day.

Q: If you could change into something else for just one day, what do you think you would want to be? (Sample size=5,367)

Rank	Thing	Votes
1	Bird	883
2	Cat	431
3	The opposite sex	331
4	An invisible man/woman	237
5	Dog	169
6	A god	167
7	A cloud	120
8	A billionaire	119
9	Actor	116
10	Baby or child	96

Q: If you could change into something else for just one day, what do you think you would want to be? (Sample size=5,367, by sex)

Rank	Men N=2,794	Votes	Women N=2,573	Votes
1	Bird	467	Bird	416
2	The opposite sex	181	Cat	304
3	An invisible man/woman	156	The opposite sex	130
4	A god	127	Dog	104
5	Cat	127	Actor	88
6	Dog	65	An invisible man/woman	81
7	Billionaire	56	Cloud	75
8	Falcon	50	Baby or child	68
9	Japan’s Prime Minister	49	Billionaire	63
10	Eagle	49	Dolphin	62

Looking at the detailed age and sex breakdown for other interesting choices, I see the sixth most popular option for women in their twenties was to be a beautiful model. This was also the tenth most popular choice for men in the same age group, and ninth most popular for men in their thirties! The tenth most popular choice for men in their forties was an aeroplane, a rather baffling selection. The tenth most popular choice for men in their fifties was a whale, perhaps rather a dangerous thing to be around other Japanese. For women in their fifties, however, the ninth most popular choice was wind. A few people of various ages replied that they were fine the way they currently were, although a few women in their sixties wanted to be themselves young again.