Keyakizaka member popularity, as measured by inclusion in Japanese Twitter profiles

One way of gauging entertainers' popularity is to count how many times members are included in Twitter profiles. If you put someone in your profile, you probably really like them.

These Keyaki numbers are generated every month or so by a poster on 5channel, who counts only Japanese Twitter.

The top names by far remain Nagahama Neru, Hirate Yurina and Watanabe Risa. But when we look at the increase from late October's count to this count on the last day of 2018, we see good news for Hiragana, too. Risa is the top gainer, but the new Hiragana centre Kosaka Nao has gained more mentions than Neru (!), second only to Risa. And the members who stand beside her now, Kakizaki Memi and Watanabe Miho, are both in the top seven gainers.

The other big gainer I see is Suzumoto Miyu, who gained the sixth-most of any member.

Here are the full lists: first by absolute numbers, then by gains over the two months.


Mentions in Twitter profiles
[★=Gana 1gen ☆=Gana 2gen]
※()in brackets=increase 10/26 to year-end

14,452 Nagahama Neru (+315)
13,749 Hirate Yurina (+284)
12,036 Watanabe Risa (+398)

*7,745 Sugai Yuuka (+196)
*7,424 Watanabe Rika (+177)
*7,114 Kobayashi Yui (+149)
*4,751 Koike Minami (+157)
*3,877 Suzumoto Miyu (+268)
*3,540 Moriya Akane (+49)
*3,418★Saitou Kyouko (+176)
*3,149 Uemura Rina (+57)

*2,886☆Kosaka Nao (+352)
*2,874★Katou Shiho (+135)
*2,837★Kakizaki Memi (+298)
*2,312☆Watanabe Miho (+246)
*2,242★Kageyama Yuuka (+56)
*2,205 Nagasawa Nanako (+23)
*2,170★Higashimura Mei (+108)
*2,138 Ozeki Rika (+57)

*1,918☆Kawata Hina (+166)
*1,878 Habu Mizuho (+147)
*1,726☆Nibu Akari (+158)
*1,666 Harada Aoi (+31)
*1,653★Takamoto Ayaka (+89)
*1,480☆Kanemura Miku (+86)
*1,362 Satou Shiori (+94)
*1,350☆Miyata Manamo (+182)
*1,318★Sasaki Mirei (+84)
*1,217☆Hamagishi Hiyori (+104)

***982☆Matsuda Konoka (+91)
***943 Oda Nana (+17)
***932★Ushio Sarina (+20)
***916☆Tomita Suzuka (+57)
***905 Ishimori Nijika (+18)
***667★Sasaki Kumi (+46)
***528 Saitou Fuyuka (+12)
***344★Takase Mana (+9)
***301★Iguchi Mao (+18)




Biggest increases Oct-Dec (members with increases of over 100):
Watanabe Risa (+398)
☆Kosaka Nao (+352)
Nagahama Neru (+315)

★Kakizaki Memi (+298)
Hirate Yurina (+284)
Suzumoto Miyu (+268)
☆Watanabe Miho (+246)

Sugai Yuuka (+196)
☆Miyata Manamo (+182)
Watanabe Rika (+177)
★Saitou Kyouko (+176)
☆Kawata Hina (+166)
☆Nibu Akari (+158)
Kobayashi Yui (+149)
Habu Mizuho (+147)
★Katou Shiho (+135)
★Higashimura Mei (+108)
☆Hamagishi Hiyori (+104)


This looks good for Hiragana, with their new centre trio all in the top seven: Nao having a huge rise and Memi and Miho having big rises. It certainly looks good for Risa, and Neru's popularity seems undimmed.

NOTE: You may or may not notice that the subtitle for this blog has changed from "Keyakizaka46 + Nogizaka46" to "Keyakizaka46 + Hiragana Keyaki". When I started the blog, my intention was to follow both Keyaki and Nogi. But Keyaki captured me so much that Nogizaka members only make occasional appearances here, and the arrival of Hiragana made the blog even more Keyaki-centric. So I've changed the subtitle to reflect reality.

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