In a survey of favorite athletes conducted by a research organization, Shohei Ohtani of Major League Baseball Angels ranked first with the highest support since the start of the survey, with more than 36% of the total.
This survey is conducted every year by the general corporate body "Central Research Services", which conducts public opinion polls, and was conducted in April targeting 4,000 men and women over the age of 20 nationwide, from more than 1,200 people. I got an answer.
As a result, Otani ranked first in "Most Favorite Athletes" for the first time in four years since the 2018 survey.
Otani ranked first in all age groups, by gender, and overall received the highest support of 36.6% since the survey began in 1993.
Second place is Ichiro, who was active in professional baseball and major leagues, 6.8%,
third place is figure skating Yuzuru Hanyu, 5.8%, and
fourth place is Matsuyama, who won the Masters Tournament, an overseas major tournament for men's golf last year. Hideki, who has risen significantly from 12th place last year.
Also, when I asked what kind of competition left an impression on me at the Beijing Olympics this year, ▼ 1st place was 20.7% for figure skating,
▼ 2nd place was 20.4% for snowboarding with Ayumu Hirano's gold medal,
▼ 3rd place .
Was 16.8% in the ski jump where Ryoyu Kobayashi, who won the gold medal for the first time in 24 years as a Japanese player, played an active part, reflecting the activities of each Japanese player.