2019 Winners

最優秀賞/1st Place

ゼーン・マーカス・アドラム/Zane Marcus Adlam

Canyon Crest Academy
San Diego, CA, 11th Grade

The winner is given a trophy from the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles,
$1000 Scholarship from Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation

a certificate of commendation from the Mayor of Irvine

and also is given the qualification of entry into

the “24th Annual Japanese Speech World Contest
and Cross Cultural Experience Program” in Japan hosted

by the Education Guardianship Group (E.G.G.)

as the Representative of the United States of America. 

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優秀賞/2nd Place

ミケイル・/Mikhail Tupaz

Notre Dame High School
Sherman Oaks, CA, 10th Grade

The winner is given a plaque from Yakult U.S.A.
$500 Scholarship from Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation
and a certificate of commendation from the Mayor of Irvine. 

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優良賞/3rd Place

へリン・ノ/Carissa Nayun Seo

Crean Lutheran High School
Irvine, CA, 11th Grade

The winner is given a plaque from Aratani Foundation

$300 Scholarship from Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation

and a certificate of commendation from the Mayor of Irvine.