Japan Bishojo Contest

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The Japan Bishojo Contest (全日本国民的美少女コンテスト, Japan Bishojo Contest^?) 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.

[edit] 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