Survey: Nozomi Tsuji is the ideal mother

With Mother's Day just around the corner, the research division of company P-NEST surveyed more than a thousand females in junior high and high school about the holiday. The highlight of the survey was the unexpected result of the question, "Which celebrity do you think is the ideal mother?"

The #1 answer was former Morning Musume member Nozomi Tsuji (21), who got married in 2007 and gave birth to a daughter the same year. She received roughly 10% of the votes in the survey, spread almost evenly across the junior high and high school students.

The top five were the same among both groups, but in a slightly different order. The junior high students ranked model Tsubasa Masuwaka (23) at #2, followed by a tie between Miki Maya (45) and Nanako Matsushima (35). Hitomi Kuroki (48) ranked 5th.

On the other hand, high school girls placed Kuroki at #2 and Matsushima at #3. Masuwaka and Maya tied for 4th.

Top 20 results:
Junior High students (n=554)

1. Nozomi Tsuji
2. Tsubasa Masuwaka
3. Miki Maya
4. Nanako Matsushima
5. Hitomi Kuroki
6. Anna Tsuchiya
7. Becky
8. Mika Mifune
9. Namie Amuro
10. Karina
11. Yukie Nakama
12. Kumi Koda
13. Maki Horikita
14. Aya Ueto
15. Yui Aragaki
16. Ryoko Shinohara
17. Seiko Matsuda
18. Ayaka
19. Yuki Amami
20. Yukina Kinoshita

High School students (n=487)

1. Nozomi Tsuji
2. Hitomi Kuroki
3. Nanako Matsushima
4. Tsubasa Masuwaka
5. Miki Maya
6. Anna Tsuchiya
7. Becky
8. Mika Mifune
9. Yuko Takeuchi
10. Ryoko Shinohara
11. Seiko Matsuda
12. Namie Amuro
13. Otoha
14. Yukie Nakama
15. Moe Yamaguchi
16. Akira Hokuto
17. Meisa Kuroki
18. Alisa Mizuki
19. Shizuka Kudo
20. Yuki Amami

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