Japan Bishojo Contest

Japan Bishojo Contest

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. The contest is similar to Miss USA, Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Japan.

Many of the winners have careers related to popular culture. Miki Fujitani, the 1987 winner, is also a voice actress; she is best-known as the voice of Kaoru Kamiya in "Rurouni Kenshin". Azusa Yamamoto, the 1997 contestant and favorite to win, is an actress; she is well-known as Furabijō in "Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger". Moeco Matsushita, another 1997 contestant and winner of best multimedia, is an actress and singer. Her most famous role as an actress is Hina Kusaka in "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon".

Winners

;First (1987) :Grand Prix：Miki Fujitani

;Second (1988) :Grand Prix：Naomi Hosokawa

:Maintainer:Yuko Anai, Mikiyo Ono, Erika Haneda

;Third (1989) :Music Division：Jyuria Matsuda

;Fourth (1990) :Grand Prix：Akane Oda

:Model Division：Asami Ishikawa

;Fifth (1991) :Grand Prix：Masami Imamura:Maintainer：Maria Saito (Nihon TV announcer)

;Sixth (1992):Grand Prix：Aiko Sato:Special：Ryoko Yonekura:Actor Division：Sarina Suzuki:Maintainer：Misato Tanaka:Preference：Kaori Mochida

;Seventh (1997):Grand Prix：Atsuko Sudou: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:Grand Prix：Mizuho Sakata

;Ninth (2003) :Grand Prix*Multi Media (same)：Mayuko Kawakita

;Tenth (2004) :Actor Division：Saki Fukuda

;Eleventh (2006):Grand Prix：Tantan Hayashi:Special Award：Shiori Kutsuna and Rikako Tanaka:Music Division：Not available:Actor Division：Karen Miyazaki:Model Division：Emi Takei:Multi Media：Emi Takei

References

* [http://www.oscarpro.co.jp/contest2003 Ninth Japan Bishojo Contest Homepage]
* [http://www.oscarpro.co.jp/contest2004 Tenth Japan Bishojo Contest Homepage]
* [http://www.oscarpro.co.jp/contest2006 Eleventh Japan Bishojo Contest Homepage]

External links

* [http://www.oscar-land.com/star/index.html Oscar Land Star Information Homepage]


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