Audiobook Narrator Voice Actors Top Ranked List as of December
The leading audiobook distribution service with over 3 million members and the largest lineup of audiobooks, has announced its monthly audiobook rankings for December (11/1/2024 – 11/30/2024).
*Japan Marketing Research Organization, November 2023. A survey of the number of Japanese-language audiobook book lineups.
The following is a list of the narrators and voice actors of the top 10 audiobooks!
■”audiobook.jp” Top 10 single item purchase ranking, December
(11/1/2024 – 11/30/2024)
*The book titles are free translation.
| Ranking | Title | Author Publisher | Narrator Voice Actor Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrator’s name | Why Trump Still Gets Support: An Ideological History of Tectonic Shifts in the United States. | Author: Hirotsugu Aida Publisher: Toyo Keizai Inc. | Atsushi Tuzura |
| 2 | Naruse goes for the Tenka | Author: Mina Miyajima Publisher: Shinchosha | Aya Yamane Yuna Ogata Eiji Miyashita Murasaki Kawabe Shoya Ishige Natsuko Abe Ryo Iwasaki Shuichi Uchida Takuro Suzuki Mami Naruse Riho Misono Takumu Miyazono |
| 3 | Business Novel: Moshimo Tokugawa Ieyasu Ga Souridaijin Ni Nattara | Author: Akito Manabe Publisher: Sanmark Publishing Co. | Shinzo Sanada |
| 4 | Mirai | Author: Kanae Minato Publisher: Futabasha | Natsu Yorita Yuki Kaneko Shiori Matsuda Koichi Gomi Aiko Igarashi Chihiro Takaoka Eriko Yamana Kei Sato Katsuya Suda Daisuke Ono |
| 5 | Rest academic: Saving You from Tiredness. | Author: Hideki Katano Publisher: Toyo Keizai Inc. | Takumi Miyazawa |
| 6 | Jimenshi(Groundhogs), a group of dark fraudsters who sell off other people’s land. | Author: Isao Mori Publisher: Kodansha | Koichi Kazumura |
| 7 | Shoutai | Author: Somei Tamehito Publisher: Kobunsha | Naoto Kobayashi |
| 8 | The elephant that makes dreams come true 1 | Author: Keiya Mizuno Publisher: Bunkyosha | Ryuichi Kagehira Toru Okawa Junpei Asashina Minori Naka Yoichi Takatsuki |
| 9 | ST Keishicho Kagaku Tokusatsu Hantai Aka no Shousa File | Author: Satoshi Konno Publisher: Kodansha | Kotaro Shinohara Ayumi Seto |
| 10 | Shirasu | Author: Kaburaki Ren Publisher: Futabasha | Toshiyuki Asagi |
November was an exciting month for the U.S. presidential election. ”Why Trump Still Gets Support: An Ideological History of Tectonic Shifts in the United States..” ranked No. 1 in the unlimited listening ranking. The book is an exploration of the currents of thought behind the Trump phenomenon by leading US watcher Hirotsugu Aida.
It shows that many people in Japan are paying attention to the change of the U.S. administration.
The second and third place in the all-you-can-listen rankings went to “Naruse goes for the Tenka” and “Business Novel: Moshimo Tokugawa Ieyasu Ga Souridaijin Ni Nattara”. The third-ranked work is alsoscheduled to be released as alive-action moviein 2025.
At the “Audiobook Awards 2024” announced on October 21, these two works won the grand prize and runner-up prizes in the all-you-can-listen category, again attracting much attention.
Also in 2024, the term “Jimenshi (The Groundhogs)” gained attention due to the popularity of Netflix’s “Jimenshi”.
The term “Jimenshi” also made the list due to the popularity of Netflix’s “Jimenshi(Groundhogs), a group of dark fraudsters who sell off other people’s land.“.
▼”audiobook.jp” Top 10 All-you-can-listen Ranking, December
(11/1/2024 – 11/30/2024)
*The book titles are free translation.
| Ranking | Title | Author Publisher | Narrator Voice Actor Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Yucky Economics [enlarged and revised edition]. | Author： Steven D. Levitt, Steven J. Dubner Translator: Mamoru Mochizuki Publisher: Toyo Keizai Inc. | Yoshihiko Yanagi |
| 2 | You Think You’re Making the Choice: Amazing Psychological Biases in Behavioral Science | Author: Richard Shotton Translator: Yumiko Uehara Publisher: Toyo Keizai Inc. | Kei Sato |
| 3 | My Investment Technique: Who Does the Market Smile On | Author: Tatsuro Kiyohara Publisher: Kodansha | Katsumi Kuma |
| 4 | 100 New Books – Reading to Expand Your Horizons | Author: Shoichiro Takahashi Publisher: Kobunsha | Tomoki Nakamura |
| 5 | Super-fast work techniques drilled into me at McKinsey.:Speed is the most powerful weapon! | Author: Yoshitaka Oshima Publisher: Mikasa Shobo | Kei Yamada |
| 6 | Conversations with Goethe, The first part | Author: Eckermann Translator: Hajime Yamashita Publisher: Iwanami Shoten | Fujito Nishimura |
| 7 | The Complete History of the Universe:From the birth of the universe to the present world at a glance | Author: David Baker Translator: Hidefumi Mitachi Publisher: Diamond Inc. | Takumi Miyazawa |
| 8 | The Super Yucky Economics | Author: Stephen D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner Translator: Mamoru Mochizuki Publisher: Toyo Keizai Inc. | Yoshihiko Yanagi |
| 9 | Shoot in Three Lines Writing School for “Living a Good Life” | Author: Kotaro Kondo Publisher: CCC Media House | Fumihiro Tomoyori |
| 10 | American children are reading, How Money Works | Author: Walter Andal Translator: Mitsuko Kimura Publisher: Diamond Inc. | Hideki Hashimoto |
“Why do drug dealers live with their moms?“ and “What kind of parents do kids who study well have?”
Once there was an economic academic boom in the United States.
This book is also a bestseller with 4 million copies sold, “The Yucky Economics [enlarged and revised edition].”. It was No. 1 in the single purchase ranking.
Despite the fact that it has been more than 15 years since the book was released, it is still a classic book that grabs the hearts of many people. Its sequel, “The Super Yucky Economics,” also ranked No. 8.
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