Morning Musume ranks 4th and Matsuura Aya ranks 9th @ the Oricon's most "Everlasting Female Idols"

Last May 29, 2011, Oricon held a poll among it's readers for the most "everlasting female idols". So as you can see from the above picture our beloved MORNING MUSUME managed to snatch the 4th place and soloist Matsuura Aya got the 9th place, w/c of course is not a bad thing since it's all about which female idol have been on the business for the longest time and are still memorable!

Here is the romaji translation of the ranking:

1. Matsuda Seiko
2. Yamaguchi Momoe
3. Koizumi Kyoko
4. Morning Musume
5. Nakamori Akina
6. Nakayama Miho
7. Pink Lady
8. AKB48
9. Matsuura Aya
10. Kawai Naoko and Moritaka Chisato

Congratulations to Morning Musume and Matsuura Aya!
You will forever be in our hearts!

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