The end of the year starts counting down now and with it comes the unending stream of polls, surveys, and lists. Which makes it a good time to check back in with Japan entertainment to see how the tastes have changed, if any, after a bustling 2014 worth of doramas and movies. Below are two just released polls showing how the two genders prefer their male stars of Japan. Vivi Magazine, one of the top ladies fashion publications in Japan and the more demure Glamour to AnAn’s Cosmopolitan, collected all the female readership votes for the Top 20 most favorite male stars of the year. Over at Oricon, the chart behemoth just released its 6th annual Men Rank Men poll results of all the male voters choosing their ideal male star looks. The results are vastly different but for the two hottest It Guys of the year making it onto both, proving that Sato Takeru and Fukushu Sota definitely deserve their red hot career rise. They are the definition of the Chinese slang Eating Up Both Sides (通吃). Continue reading →