Tetsuya Wadaki Nomura Securities Co.

Nomura Securities Co.’s Tetsuya Wadaki holds third place for a second straight year. Clients applaud the analyst’s February upgrade of Nikon Corp. from neutral to buy, at ¥1,857, on rising demand for the Tokyo-based camera maker’s new mirrorless single-lens reflex digital cameras, which are smaller and lighter than the standard variety. By the end of that month, the stock had risen 18.5 percent, to ¥2,201, and shot past the sector by 6.8 percentage points. “I admire Wadaki’s profound knowledge and impartiality,” affirms one devotee.  — Ben Mattlin