Japan Bishōjo Contest

The 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, is also a voice actress; she is best known as the voice of Kaoru Kamiya in Rurouni Kenshin. Aiko Sato, the 1992 winner, 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, 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, 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

 * First (1987)
 * Grand Prix: Miki Fujitani
 * Special Award: Maiko Yoshida
 * Music Division: Kyoko Yamamoto
 * Actor Division: Hitomi Maeda
 * Model Division: Hiromi Oda


 * Second (1988)
 * 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)
 * Grand Prix: Mitsuyo Obara
 * Special Award: Naomi Furukawa
 * Music Division: Juri Toyoda
 * Actor Division: Tomomi Hoshino
 * Model Division: Kaori Takeuchi
 * Manteiner: Mikako Mootoyama, Junko Muraki


 * Fourth (1990)
 * Grand Prix: Akane Oda
 * Music Division: Akari Sakamoto
 * Actor Division: Yoko Matsura
 * Model Division: Asami Ishikawa
 * Manteiner: Kazumi Murata


 * Fifth (1991)
 * Grand Prix: Masami Imamura
 * Music Division: Megumi Sato
 * Actor Division: Junko Kurokawa
 * Model Division: Kayoko Yamamoto
 * Maintainer: Maria Saito (Nihon TV announcer)


 * Sixth (1992)
 * 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


 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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