About Japanese celebrities (rebellious, perfect and overrated..)?

Question:

Which Japanese celebrities are famous for being:

1. rebellious
2. perfect in all ways
3. overrated and annoying (celebrities that are not liked but appear on media a lot)

I am asking this because of curiosity and because I want to learn few more famous Japanese names.

Answer:

1. Sawajiri strikes me as the rebellious type---she's the one who shocked the Japanese media by saying "betsu ni" during an interview----"whatever," basically, which to the Japanese was a shock. A little bit of humanity from a teenage girl is swiftly punished by the press and fans alike. Good lord, she was a teenager for God's sake. I don't know why they expect her to be Mother Teresa.

Another one who was in the news during the 2010 Winter Olympics was the dred-locked snowboarder Kokubo-san. He looks like your typical boarder/skater you will see in California, Colorado, Europe,
Canada. He did not tuck his dress shirt in when he walked into the Olympic village with other Japanese team members. OMFG!!!! This is a national crisis!
And then during a press conference where he was made to apologize, he did an extremely insincere apology, just going through the motions. It was quite funny. But the Japanese were disgusted with him.
Another sports figure was the Sumo Yokozuna Asashoryu, who broke every rule in the Sumo Book, called in sick, then went home to Mongolia and played soccer with his friends, and he was confrontational and rude with the press most of the time. He was hated by most Japanese. I was his biggest fan! Go Mongolia!!!

The common theme here is that Japanese people, like Americans, love to be all up in the business of their celebrities. And when their celebrities fall from grace, they expect certain things, like a tearful apology. Tsuyoshi from SMAP got drunk a few years ago and ran around naked. He seems like a good bloke, but he got hammered and acted dumb. Well he apologized very sincerely, and won back his fans and more importantly, his corporate sponsors.

So like Americans, they are willing to forgive celebs for transgressions. Usually with Americans, like Robert Downey, Jrit's drugs. Or ladies--with Tiger Woods and David Letterman. That's a universal scandal I think.


2. Perfect----Ishikawa Ryo---this kid is the golden child of Japan, and has been adulated for two or three years now by the press and endorses everything. He is handsome, young, and polite, not to mention a good golfer, in a country that loves golf.
You cannot walk through any town in Japan without seeing his face somewhere---fire prevention signs, medicinal drinks, air conditioning ads. He's everywhere.
(Before this it was Asada Mao, who was a brilliant figure skater. Unfortunately, she didn't quite live up to the hype that was placed on her. But maybe she will have a comeback)

3.Overrated and Annoying-90% of all "owarai geinin." It's is truly amazing that comedians in Japan oftentimes do not have to be funny. About 10% of comedians, who have more than one joke, host all the TV shows in Japan-(these are the ones who are actually witty and funny)-Cream Stew, Downtown, and MC's like Nakai from SMAP and Shimada Shinsuke. And 95% of "teen pop sensations" Morning Musume, AKB48, etc. Only a few keep their celebrity status after hitting the age of 18 or so, which is like 40 years old for lolikon Japanese.