Japan’s favourite sports and sportsmen and sportswomen
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Demographics
Between the 1st and 9th of June 2009 4,000 adult members of the public were randomly selected, and 1,244 of them, or 31.1%, agreed to answer the questionnaire in face-to-face interviews. More specific demographic information was not provided.
I don’t think there’s anything of particular note in the results below, but it’s nice to translate it and keep it as a permanent record for searchers.
Research results
Q1: Who is your favourite sportsperson, regardless of sex, professional or amatuer, currently active or retired, alive or dead, Japanese or foreign. (Sample size=924)
Rank Votes Percentage 1 Ichiro Suzuki (baseball) 283 30.6% 2 Ryu Ishikawa (golf) 51 5.5% 3 Shigeo Nakashima (baseball) 37 4.0% 4 Hideki Matsui (baseball) 28 3.0% 5 Sadaharu Oh (baseball) 27 2.9% 6 Mao Asada (figure skating) 26 2.8% 7 Tomoaki Kanemoto (baseball) 25 2.7% 8 Shunsuke Nakamura (football) 22 2.4% 9 Kimiko Krum-Date (tennis) 19 2.1% 10 Masahiro Tanaka (baseball) 16 1.7% 11 Kosuke Kitajima (swimming) 14 1.5% 12 Hidetoshi Nakata (football) 12 1.3% 13= Atsunori Inaba (baseball) 10 1.1% 13= Hakuho (sumo) 10 1.1% 15= Tatsunori Hara (baseball) 9 1.0% 15= Naoko Takahashi (marathon) 9 1.0% Presumably the missing 320 people had no favourite sportsperson whatsoever.
Looking at the breakdown by the sexes, Ichiro was tops for both men and women (31.1% and 30.2% respectively). The only other foreigners in the list were Ayrton Senna and Tiger Woods, both 10th equal in the male list. Ichiro was also tops for each age band.
Q2: Which of the following professional sports do you like? (Sample size=1,244, multiple answer)
Baseball 50.8% Football 21.6% Sumo 19.4% Golf 15.5% Boxing 9.1% Motorsports 6.8% Professional wrestling 3.5% Other 6.8% Don’t like any professional sports 21.8% Q3: Which currently-active sumo wrestlers do you like? (Sample size=1,244, multiple answer)
Rank Percentage 1 Hakuho 26.7% 2 Asashoryu 18.2% 3 Takamisaka 14.1% 4 Harumafuji 12.5% 5 Kaio 9.2% 6 Kotooshu 9.1% 7 Chiyotaikai 8.4% 8 Kotomitsuki 4.0% 9 Kisenosato 3.1% 10 Goeido 3.1% No-one comes to mind 45.7% Q4: Which is your most favourite Japanese baseball team? (Sample size=1,244)
Rank Percentage 1 Yomiuri Giants 26.4% 2 Hanshin Tigers 12.7% 3 Chunichi Dragons 5.4% 4 Rakuten Eagles 4.5% 5 SoftBank Hawks 4.3% 6= Nippon Ham Fighters 3.5% 6= Hiroshima Carp 3.5% 8 Yokohama BayStars 2.0% 9 Seibu Lions 1.8% 10 Yakult Swallows 1.7% 11 Lotte Marines 1.0% 12 Orix Buffaloes 0.5% None of them 32.8%
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Perhaps likely see motorsports rise up a notch after Kobayashi Kamui did such an admirable job of holding up the new world champion? I see big things on the horizon for that chap!
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