Ranking Vocally:
Kumi > BoA > Namie > Ayumi > Utada
1) Has her off moments but can deliver some great powerful vocals when on point if you've seen all of her ballad TV performances/tours. Her voice is only getting better with time so I'm glad she keeps on improving.
2) Great voice and can maintain it while dancing. Rank her #2 because her tone can be annoying sometimes
3) By far the weakest voice in the bunch with an extremely limited range but she knows how to use it what she has very well and I give her credit for that.
4) Sigh.
It really pains me to rank her here because I love her so much but due to her hearing condition her voice is not what it used to be. I admire her for putting her fans in front of herself but I hate it because she hurt herself because of it.
5) No shade intended here at all. I've said countless times before that Utada may be the most "technically skilled" according to others but she really is not for me. I also wasn't impressed with her recent lives so I rank her last.