Japan Bishōjo Contest Explained

The is a beauty contest and audition contest name that has been held every year since 1987 in Oscar Promotion, and is the sister pageant of the Japan Beautiful Girl Contest. When a bishōjo wins the Japanese Girl pageant, the first runner-up becomes Japan Bishojo Contest.

Many of the winners have careers related to popular culture. Miki Fujitani, the 1987 winner,[1] is also a voice actress; she is best known as the voice of Kaoru Kamiya in Rurouni Kenshin. Aiko Sato, the 1992 winner,[2] is an actress known as Kotoko Aihara in the 1996 drama version of Itazura na Kiss. Azusa Yamamoto, the 1997 contestant and favorite to win, is an actress; she is well known as Furabijō in Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger. Moeko Matsushita, another 1997 contestant and winner of best multimedia,[3] is an actress and singer. Her most famous role as an actress is Hina Kusaka in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. Aya Ueto, another 1997 contestant and winner of the Judges' Special Choice Prize,[4] is an actress; her best roles are as "Azumi" in Azumi and and as "Yoko Misaki" in Attention Please.

All Time Winners

First (1987)[5]
  • Grand Prix: Miki Fujitani[1]
  • Special Award: Maiko Yoshida
  • Music Division: Kyoko Yamamoto
  • Actor Division: Hitomi Maeda
  • Model Division: Hiromi Oda
    Second (1988)[5]
  • Grand Prix: Naomi Hosokawa
  • Actor Division: Noriko Tanaka
  • Music Division: Kiwako Yoshiwara (Tomomi Harada, Hikaru Kusaka)
  • Model Division: Kaoru Igarashi
  • Maintainer:Yuko Anai, Mikiyo Ono, Erika Haneda
    Third (1989)[5]
  • Grand Prix: Mitsuyo Obara[6]
  • Special Award: Naomi Furukawa
  • Music Division: Juri Toyoda
  • Actor Division: Tomomi Hoshino
  • Model Division: Kaori Takeuchi
  • Manteiner: Mikako Mootoyama, Junko Muraki
    Fourth (1990)[5]
  • Grand Prix: Akane Oda[7]
  • Music Division: Akari Sakamoto
  • Actor Division: Yoko Matsura
  • Model Division: Asami Ishikawa
  • Manteiner: Kazumi Murata
    Fifth (1991)[5]
  • Grand Prix: Masami Imamura[8]
  • Music Division: Megumi Sato
  • Actor Division: Junko Kurokawa
  • Model Division: Kayoko Yamamoto
  • Maintainer: Maria Saito (Nihon TV announcer)
    Sixth (1992)[5]
  • Grand Prix: Aiko Sato[2]
  • Special Award: Ryoko Yonekura
  • Music Division: Chizuru Tanaka
  • Actor Division: Sarina Suzuki
  • Model Division: Ai Tani
  • Maintainer: Misato Tanaka
  • Preference: Kaori Mochida
    Seventh (1997)[9]
  • Grand Prix: Atsuko Sudou[10]
  • Multimedia: Moeco Matsushita[3]
  • Actor Division: Manami Hashimoto
  • Music Division: Mami Nejiki
  • Special: Aya Ueto[4] and Shinobu Ikehata
  • Maintainer: Mai Fujiya
  • Preference: Azusa Yamamoto
    Eighth (2002)
  • Grand Prix*Multi Media (same): Asuka Shibuya[11]
  • Grand Prix: Mizuho Sakata
  • Special Award: Ayaka Mita (Ayaka Akai)
  • Music Division: Yurina Kina
  • Actor Division: Saya Yamakawa
  • Model Division: Eri Sakai
    Ninth (2003)
  • Grand Prix*Multi Media (same): Mayuko Kawakita[12]
  • Special Award: Reina Hoshikawa (Reina Minagawa - TBS announcer)
  • Music Division: Yuka Honda
  • Actor Division: Akemi Kimura
  • Model Division: Arisa Urahama
  • Gravure: Mikie Hara
    Tenth (2004)
  • Grand Prix: Kurumi Yamauchi[13]
  • Special Award: Nina Sakai and Natsuki Saitō
  • Music Division: Aoi Yamazoe
  • Actor Division: Saki Fukuda
  • Model Division: Kana Sugiura
  • Multi Media: Haruna Yahagi
  • Gravure: Ai Takabe
  • Variety: Kanako Morikawa
    Eleventh (2006)
  • Grand Prix: Tantan Hayashi[14]
  • Special Award: Shioli Kutsuna and Rikako Tanaka
  • Music Division: Not available
  • Actor Division: Karen Miyazaki
  • Model Division: Emi Takei
  • Multi Media: Emi Takei
  • Gravure: Not available
    Twelfth (2009)
  • Grand Prix*Model Division: Ayano Kudo[15]
  • Special Award: Saeka Konishi, Ria Tamaki, Kotomi Onaka
  • Music Division: Risako Togano
  • Actor Division: Mizuki Satō
  • Multi Media: Mari Tamashiro
  • Gravure: Not available
    Thirteenth (2012)[16]
  • Grand Prix : Miyu Yoshimoto and Nanaka Ozawa
  • Special Award: Manami Igashira and Ichika Osaki
  • Music Division: Mai Suenaga
  • Actor Division: Hasumi Shiratori and Koharu Yamaki
  • Model Division: Ayano Wakayama
  • Multi Media: Honoka Kaminaguchi
  • Gravure: Sakura Komoriya
    Fourteenth (2014)[17]
  • Grand Prix : Hikaru Takahashi
  • Special Award: Moe Fujie and Yūka Takamura
  • Music Division: Natsumi Hanaoka
  • Actor Division: Hikaru Kadogaki and Yurina Kawaguchi
  • Model Division: Rubiner Maya and Risa Kikukawa
  • Multi Media: Mika Iijima
  • Gravure: Shiori Inuzuka
    Fifteenth (2017)[18]
  • Grand Prix: Ayaka Imoto
  • Special Award: Shiori Tamada, Karuoko Ishii
  • Multimedia Award: Nanakai Takeuchimi
  • Gravure: Ruri Kinoshita
  • Music Division: Sakura Fujita, Kaoru Megumi
  • Actor Division: Ayaka Itami
  • Model Division: Momoka Taniguchi
  • Finalist: Tamao Yamamoto, Marie Morimoto

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/121211/ent12121111480009-n1.htm . ja:藤谷美紀、結婚していた！すでに妊娠8カ月 . 2015-06-30 . The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150312173626/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/121211/ent12121111480009-n1.htm . 2015-03-12 .
    2. Web site: http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp16273. ja:佐藤藍子. 2015-06-30. Yahoo Japan Corporation. Japanese.
    3. Web site: http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp16558. ja:松下萌子. 2015-06-30. Yahoo Japan Corporation. Japanese.
    4. Web site: http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/4385757/. ja:インタビュー：上戸彩「笑顔を守っていきたい」. 2015-06-30. Line Corporation. Japanese.
    5. Web site: http://www.scramble-egg.com/contest/bishojopast.htm. ja:全日本国民的美少女コンテスト歴代出場者(1回～6回). 2015-07-01. Scramble-Egg Inc.. Japanese.
    6. Web site: http://news.mynavi.jp/c_cobs/news/okguide/2012/02/3-5.html. ja:第3回グランプリ 小原光代のプロフィール. 2015-07-01. mynavi.jp. Japanese.
    7. Web site: http://beauty.oricon.co.jp/trend-culture/trend/news/56526/full/. ja:小田茜が一般人と今日にも入籍、午後には正式発表へ. 2015-07-01. oricon ME inc.. Japanese.
    8. Web site: http://news.mynavi.jp/c_cobs/news/okguide/2012/02/5-5.html. ja:第5回グランプリ 今村雅美のプロフィール. 2015-07-01. mynavi.jp. Japanese.
    9. Web site: http://www.scramble-egg.com/contest/bishojo.htm. ja:第7回全日本国民的美少女コンテスト. 2015-07-01. Scramble-Egg Inc.. Japanese.
    10. Web site: http://news.mynavi.jp/articles/2007/12/15/sudou/. ja:私にしかできない役を演じたい 須藤温子. 2015-07-01. mynavi.jp. 15 December 2007 . Japanese.
    11. Web site: http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp333. ja:渋谷飛鳥. 2015-07-01. Yahoo Japan Corporation. Japanese.
    12. Web site: http://woman.infoseek.co.jp/news/entertainment/japantechinsight_101440. ja:河北麻友子、“リアクションの帝王”との3ショットを披露。「第二の出川」として“女王”の地位を確立か。. 2015-07-01. Rakuten, Inc.. Japanese.
    13. Web site: http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2004_08/g2004080402.html. ja:"美の総合商社"美少女コンテストで日中親善. 2015-06-30. Zakzak. Japanese.
    14. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2039372/full/. ja:国民的美少女グランプリ・林丹丹、芸能界引退していた. 2015-06-30. oricon ME inc.. Japanese . 5 November 2014 .
    15. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/bishoujo2009/. ja:全日本国民的美少女コンテスト『あなたの1票で未来のスターが決まる！！』. 2015-06-30. oricon ME inc.. Japanese.
    16. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2015885/full/. ja:13代目『国民的美少女』は10年ぶり2人同時受賞. 2015-06-30. oricon ME inc.. Japanese . 5 November 2014 .
    17. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2040626/full/. ja:14代目『国民的美少女』は中学1年生の高橋ひかるさん 8万1031人の頂点に. 2015-06-30. oricon ME inc.. Japanese . 5 November 2014 .
    18. Web site: 「第15回全日本国民的美少女コンテスト」グランプリは京都府の13歳 - モデルプレス . [15th Japan Bishōjo Contest] The grand prize winner is a 13-year-old from Kyoto Prefecture . 2022-07-03 . モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース . 2 February 2017 . ja.

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