A short time ago, Yahoo! Japan, the biggest search portal in Japan, released its annual list of the most searched words. As usual, it’s quite detailed, as it’s split into different categories and themes. Overall, you can say that 2010 was definitely the big year of Twitter and AKB48. Check out the rankings below! The number in the brackets indicates last year’s rank. Overall Ranking 01 (01) Youtube 02 (02) mixi 03 (04) Google 04 (06) Amazon 05 (03) 2ch 06 (05) Rakuten 07 (07) Nico Nico Douga 08 (__) Twitter 09 (14) Ameblo 10 (08) goo 11 (09) JAL 12 (11) ANA 13 (10) MSN 14 (20) Cookpad 15 (13) Hello Work 16 (17) Yubin Bango (Postal Code) 17 (__) AKB48 18 (16) Jalan 19 (12) kakaku.com 20 (15) Hangame 21 (18) NTT docomo 22 (42) Google Maps 23 (39) Arashi 24 (46) ZOZOTOWN 25 (19) Hotmail Name Searches 01 (06) AKB48 02 (01) Arashi 03 (02) Tohoshinki 04 (63) Maeda Atsuko 05 (03) EXILE 06 (05) Kitagawa Keiko 07 (__) Oshima Yuko 08 (07) Rinka 09 (186) Shinoda Mariko 10 (14) Tsuji Nozomi 11 (139) Nishino Kana 12 (22) Sasaki Nozomi 13 (__) Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) 14 (37) Mukai Osamu 15 (28) AAA 16 (30) Kimura Kaela 17 (__) Itano Tomomi 18 (65) Asada Mao 19 (11) B´s 20 (17) Hamasaki Ayumi 21 (15) Fukuyama Masaharu 22 (16) Perfume 23 (48) Kanjani8 24 (13) Mr.Children 25 (19) YUI 26 (09) Darvish Saeko 27 (43) Ikimono Gakari 28 (__) Sakamoto Ryoma 29 (87) Sawajiri Erika 30 (04) Sato Takeru 31 (27) Hey! Say! JUMP 32 (__) KARA 33 (105) Sakurai Sho 34 (12) Kamiji Yusuke 35 (31) Koda Kumi 36 (__) Naka Riisa 37 (172) Big Bang 38 (32) Inoue Mao 39 (72) Mizuki Nana 40 (51) Bump of Chicken 41 (45) Amuro Namie 42 (57) Aragaki Yui 43 (56) SMAP 44 (33) KAT-TUN 45 (39) Yamada Ryosuke 46 (66) Hirano Aya 47 (128) Kitano Kii 48 (195) Funky Monkey Babys 49 (77) Ishikawa Ryo 50 (26) aiko TV Show/Drama Searches 01 (__) Ryomaden 02 (__) Kamen Rider Double 03 (__) Gegege no Nyoubo 04 (__) Hotaru no Hikari 2 05 (__) IRIS 06 (__) Kaibutsu-kun 07 (06) Hanamaru Market 08 (10) Tensai Telebi-kun MAX 09 (__) Sunao ni Narenakute 10 (__) Piramekino Game/Anime Searches 01 (04) One Piece 02 (01) Pocket Monsters (Pokémon) 03 (02) Yu-Gi-Oh! 04 (18) Inazuma Eleven 05 (19) K-On!! 06 (12) Duel Masters 07 (05) Dragon Quest 08 (10) Gin Tama 09 (16) Monster Hunter Frontier 10 (__) Beyblade Movie Searches 01 Avatar 02 Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score 03 Bayside Shakedown 3 04 Ohoku 05 Kokuhaku: Confessions 06 The Last Message: Umizaru 07 Alice in Wonderland 08 The Borrower Arrietty 09 Hanamizuki 10 Trick The Movie: Psychic Battle Royale Image Searches 01 (__) AKB48 02 (__) Sawajiri Erika 03 (__) One Piece 04 (01) Arashi 05 (__) Maeda Atsuko 06 (__) Sasaki Nozomi 07 (03) Kitagawa Keiko 08 (__) Oshima Yuko 09 (__) Shinoda Mariko 10 (02) Ayase Haruka 11 (__) Itano Tomomi 12 (__) Naka Riisa 13 (__) Aragaki Yui 14 (07) Tohoshinki 15 (__) Goto Maki 16 (__) Ueto Aya 17 (05) Hoshino Aki 18 (__) Yuuki Maomi 19 (__) Sakurai Sho 20 (__) Inazuma Eleven Video Searches 01 (02) Arashi 02 (09) Crayon Shinchan 03 (__) AKB48 04 (03) Tohoshinki 05 (__) Inazuma Eleven 06 (__) Doraemon 07 (__) One Piece 08 (__) Hoshino Aki 09 (__) Anpanman 10 (__) Majisuka Gakuen 11 (__) Nishino Kana 12 (__) Gravure Idol 13 (__) Okasan To Issho 14 (__) Hey! Say! JUMP 15 (__) AKBINGO! 16 (__) Usavich 17 (__) Inazuma Eleven 3 18 (__) Himitsu no Arashi-chan 19 (__) Pachinko 20 (__) Dragon Ball
