- 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 inOscar Promotion , and is the sister pageant of the "Japan Beautiful Girl Contest". When abishōjo wins the Japanese Girl pageant, the first runner-up becomes Japan Bishojo Contest. The contest is similar toMiss USA ,Miss World ,Miss Universe , andMiss 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 andShinobu 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 andRikako 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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