See which stars ranked highest on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart throughout 2025.

The Most Popular Stars of 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we present the top 10 series that were most consistently popular on IMDb this year.

The Most Popular Series of 2025

Check out our list of renewals and cancellations to see if your favorite show made the cut.

Renewed, Canceled, or Ending?

Ryûhei Matsuda and Yôjirô Noda in The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)

Ryûhei Matsuda in The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)

Ryûhei Matsuda, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Shôta Sometani, and Kento Nagayama in The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)

Ryûhei Matsuda and Mone Kamishiraishi in The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)

In a biopic the audience sees the story of Segawa "Shottan" Shoji who fails to become a professional in shogi by the age of twenty six, which is the age limit according to the rules of the sport. However, not wanting to give up and persisting the man attempts to become a professional at age thirty five. The motivational story of a man going up against the rules and challenging himself despite the system and the establishment is cast with multiple stars of contemporary Japanese cinema.

Ryûhei Matsuda: Shoji Segawa

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

Ryûhei Matsuda credited as playing...

Photos6

More from this title

More to explore

Recently viewed