Annual income; HaropuromenbaQuoteハロプロメンバーの年収【週刊文春】 高橋新垣 3500万 亀井道重田中 3200万 光井JJLL 1800万 安倍なつみ 2200万 中澤裕子 1800万 飯田圭織 1500万 保田圭 1300万 矢口真里 3500万 吉澤ひとみ 2500万 石川梨華 2100万 藤本美貴 3000万 辻 希美 2800万 小川麻琴 1200万 紺野あさ美 550万 Berryz工房 2300万(グループ平均) ℃-ute 1900万(グループ平均) 松浦亜弥 3500万 里田まい 4000万 真野恵里菜 1500万 メロン記念日 700万 (グループ平均) 岡田唯 400万 三好絵里香 600万 前田有紀 750万 稲葉貴子 1000万(講師代込)
ハロプロメンバーの年収【週刊文春】 高橋新垣 3500万 亀井道重田中 3200万 光井JJLL 1800万 安倍なつみ 2200万 中澤裕子 1800万 飯田圭織 1500万 保田圭 1300万 矢口真里 3500万 吉澤ひとみ 2500万 石川梨華 2100万 藤本美貴 3000万 辻 希美 2800万 小川麻琴 1200万 紺野あさ美 550万 Berryz工房 2300万(グループ平均) ℃-ute 1900万(グループ平均) 松浦亜弥 3500万 里田まい 4000万 真野恵里菜 1500万 メロン記念日 700万 (グループ平均) 岡田唯 400万 三好絵里香 600万 前田有紀 750万 稲葉貴子 1000万(講師代込)
I remembered the part in the Kizuna Restaurant special where they showed how much the members earned circa 2002:1. Abe - 2131/64322. Iida - 2084/63053. Kei - 1846/56624. Mari -1835/56325. Yuko -1645/51196. Tsuji -1442/45707. Rika - 1402/44628. Goto - 1260/40789. Kago - 1234/400810. Yossie - 1166/3824
Usually with the similar charts I've seen for member earnings, they're educated guesses based on how much tax they paid.That's probably why there's 2 columns there. First column is tax paid, second column is estimated gross earnings.Also, they usually list figures in multiples of 10,000 yen, so Nacchi's 6,432 there is actually 64,320,000 yen.Using a rough 2002 average figure of 125 yen to 1 USD conversion rate, that works out to $514,560For comparison's sake, Yossy's 38,240,000 yen in 2002 is $305,920.Just as an aside, I'm using USD and US salaries as points of comparison, because they're easier for me to think about.The figure for current Morning Musume has Ai-chan and Gaki-san at the high end with 35,000,000 yen, and 8th gen at the bottom with their 18,000,000 yen.In the last few years, the conversion rate has fluctuated around 83-90 yen per USD.Using a rough value of 87 yen per USD, this works out to $206,896 on the low end up to $402,298.While these numbers might seem a bit low in comparison to famous western music acts, you have to keep in mind that the Japanese music market doesn't have the same global reach.Additionally, most of these girls are in groups so any profits that their act gets are split between them.Hamasaki Ayumi, being a solo artist, obviously would get paid a bigger share of her profits.Without comparing to western artists or top solo acts, I think $200k up to $400k a year is pretty damn good for girls in their teens and early 20s.Sure the figures have dropped since the boom times of 2002, but that's to be expected, given the increased competition.But I think it's good to keep it in perspective that these girls are getting paid what would be in the US, 6-figure salaries.They work hard for the money, and I think it seems like a fair amount.As long as they're still making good money, I don't see H!P dying out anytime soon.