Miyamoto Tops Reader Vote as Time's Most Influential

by Nick Breckon, May 01, 2008 11:53am PDT

Famed Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has been voted Time Magazine's most influential person of the year in a reader poll.

The Mario and Zelda creator gathered nearly two million votes from Time readers on his march to the top of the list.

Miyamoto was followed by Korean pop singer Rain in second place, with comedian Stephen Colbert coming in at number three. Supermodels-turned-TV-hosts Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks round out the top five.

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What the hell is Rain? How exactly can a Korean pop singer be so influential? She sing about the horrible state of her country?

May 01, 2008 12:35pm PDT

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What the hell is Rain? How exactly can a Korean pop singer be so influential? She sing about the horrib... : deadhorse
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- This is an internet poll. Guess from there. : Link.
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  You do realize South Korea and North Korea aren't the same place, right? : synapse19
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    Yep. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be the same place. : deadhorse
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      ..................what?
      
      May 01, 2008 3:09pm PDT
      
      ..................what? : synapse19
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  Rain is a male. He's extremely popular around the world. How can a Korean pop singer be so influential?... : Defacil
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    I didn't mean it to sound like I was accentuating 'Korean' in that statement. I was more accentuating 'p... : deadhorse
    - If Time polled kids, i bet Hannah Montana would win. Her brand is so powerful it's crazy. : Defacil
- he's also a popular actor in films and dramas : Sixcos
- Yeah this singer as well as the models on the list just invalidates the whole poll for me. What the fuck?... : aznboysix

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