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BTS (BTS) V swept the top spot in Japan's major popularity rankings, showing unrivaled popularity.
V ranked No. 1 for 257 consecutive weeks in the popular vote for Japanese idols, "Nehan," which ran from Feb. 23 to March 1.
V has also maintained his No. 1 ranking in the "K-pop Idol Popularity Ranking" of K-board, a platform specializing in K-culture, and also topped the "Korean Drama Male Actor General Election" and "Flower Boy Election" for the entire period.
V also accumulated 6.67 million votes on the K-pop site "KPOP JUICE," ranking first in the entire period, more than 2.3 million votes apart from second place.
V is enjoying unrivaled popularity as he has recorded the most searches among Korean stars on Google Trend and X (formerly Twitter) in Japan. As if to prove this, he is a "wannabe star" who wants to imitate Japanese MZ generation men and is also praised by Japanese celebrities.
Eriko Kitagawa, who recently won the 18th Mukoda Kuniko Award, presented to the queen of Japan's trendy dramas and the best Japanese drama scriptwriter, showed special interest after seeing V's advertising photos, which became a big topic in Japan.
Takashi Okabe, a Japanese actor and theater director, was the first pitchman of the Japanese professional baseball league and posed for V's signature pose, saying, "I imitated it inspired by the pose of BTS Tae-tae (V's nickname)." He expressed his friendliness, saying, "V's name is 'Taetae', and my name Takashi is 'Tata'.
In the Japanese business community, Maezawa Yusaku, the founder of Jojo Town, the largest online shopping mall, and billionaire and art importer, confessed that he liked V the most, saying, "The last member I want to unbox is V."
Danko Ichikawa, who is from a prestigious Kabuki family in Japan and is called the prince of the Kabuki world, expressed his fan sentiment in several interviews that he liked V. He bought the t-shirt that V wore when he practiced
He also said that he visited Korea, where V was during his vacation, and spent time with his family and received good energy.
"In September 2023, when my grandfather passed away, I listened to V's solo album 'Layover' every day after the stage was over. A soft voice captured my heart. When I meet Tae-tae, I want to say thank you," he said, expressing special feelings.
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