Japan Bishōjo Contest
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The {{Nihongo|Japan Bishojo Contest|全日本国民的美少女コンテスト}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/121211/ent12121111480009-n1.htm |script-title=ja:藤谷美紀、結婚していた！すでに妊娠8カ月 |accessdate=2015-06-30 |publisher=The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312173626/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/121211/ent12121111480009-n1.htm |archivedate=2015-03-12 }} is also a voice actress; she is best known as the voice of Kaoru Kamiya in Rurouni Kenshin. Aiko Sato, the 1992 winner,{{cite web|url=http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp16273|script-title=ja:佐藤藍子|accessdate=2015-06-30|publisher=Yahoo Japan Corporation|language=Japanese}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp16558|script-title=ja:松下萌子|accessdate=2015-06-30|publisher=Yahoo Japan Corporation|language=Japanese}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/4385757/|script-title=ja:インタビュー：上戸彩「笑顔を守っていきたい」|accessdate=2015-06-30|publisher=Line Corporation|language=Japanese}} is an actress; her best roles are as "Azumi" in Azumi and Azumi 2: Death or Love and as "Yoko Misaki" in Attention Please.
All Time Winners
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:Grand Prix: Miki Fujitani
:Special Award: Maiko Yoshida
:Music Division: Kyoko Yamamoto
:Actor Division: Hitomi Maeda
:Model Division: Hiromi Oda
: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
:Grand Prix: Mitsuyo Obara{{cite web|url=http://news.mynavi.jp/c_cobs/news/okguide/2012/02/3-5.html|script-title=ja:第3回グランプリ 小原光代のプロフィール|accessdate=2015-07-01|work=mynavi.jp|language=Japanese}}
:Special Award: Naomi Furukawa
:Music Division: Juri Toyoda
:Actor Division: Tomomi Hoshino
:Model Division: Kaori Takeuchi
:Maintainer: Mikako Mootoyama, Junko Muraki
:Grand Prix: Akane Oda{{cite web|url=http://beauty.oricon.co.jp/trend-culture/trend/news/56526/full/|script-title=ja:小田茜が一般人と今日にも入籍、午後には正式発表へ|accessdate=2015-07-01|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese}}
:Music Division: Akari Sakamoto
:Actor Division: Yoko Matsura
:Model Division: Asami Ishikawa
:Maintainer: Kazumi Murata
:Grand Prix: Masami Imamura{{cite web|url=http://news.mynavi.jp/c_cobs/news/okguide/2012/02/5-5.html|script-title=ja:第5回グランプリ 今村雅美のプロフィール|accessdate=2015-07-01|work=mynavi.jp|language=Japanese}}
:Music Division: Megumi Sato
:Actor Division: Junko Kurokawa
:Model Division: Kayoko Yamamoto
:Maintainer: Maria Saito (Nihon TV announcer)
:Grand Prix: Aiko Sato
:Special Award: Ryoko Yonekura
:Music Division: Chizuru Tanaka
:Actor Division: Sarina Suzuki
:Model Division: Ai Tani
:Maintainer: Misato Tanaka
:Preference: Kaori Mochida
:Grand Prix: Atsuko Sudou{{cite web|url=http://news.mynavi.jp/articles/2007/12/15/sudou/|script-title=ja:私にしかできない役を演じたい 須藤温子|accessdate=2015-07-01|work=mynavi.jp|date=15 December 2007 |language=Japanese}}
:Multimedia: Moeco Matsushita
:Actor Division: Manami Hashimoto
:Music Division: Mami Nejiki
:Special: Aya Ueto and Shinobu Ikehata
:Maintainer: Mai Fujiya
:Preference: Azusa Yamamoto
;Eighth (2002)
:Grand Prix*Multi Media (same): Asuka Shibuya{{cite web|url=http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp333|script-title=ja:渋谷飛鳥|accessdate=2015-07-01|publisher=Yahoo Japan Corporation|language=Japanese}}
: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{{cite web|url=http://woman.infoseek.co.jp/news/entertainment/japantechinsight_101440|script-title=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。|accessdate=2015-07-01|publisher=Rakuten, Inc.|language=Japanese}}
:Special Award: Reina Hoshikawa (Reina Minagawa - TBS announcer)
:Music Division: Yuka Honda
:Actor Division: Akemi Kimura
:Model Division: Arisa Urahama
:Gravure: Mikie Hara
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;Tenth (2004)
:Grand Prix: Kurumi Yamauchi{{cite web|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2004_08/g2004080402.html|script-title=ja:"美の総合商社"美少女コンテストで日中親善|accessdate=2015-06-30|work=Zakzak|language=Japanese}}
: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{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2039372/full/|script-title=ja:国民的美少女グランプリ・林丹丹、芸能界引退していた|accessdate=2015-06-30|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese |date=5 November 2014 }}
: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{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/bishoujo2009/|script-title=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！！』|accessdate=2015-06-30|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese}}
:Special Award: Saeka Konishi, Ria Tamaki, Kotomi Onaka
:Music Division: Risako Togano
:Actor Division: Mizuki Satō
:Multi Media: Mari Tamashiro
:Gravure: Not available
: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
: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
: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
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References
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External links
- [http://beamie.jp/contest2014.html The 14th Japan Bishojo Contest on Oscar Promotion] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://static.beamie.jp/with-banner/contest2014/jyusyou_pre.html List of winners on Oscar Promotion] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Recurring events established in 1987
Category:Japanese popular culture
Category:Beauty pageants in Japan