The 12th Annual Japanese Language Contest
April 27, 2023
The 12th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest Finals and the award ceremony for both speech and essay contests were held in person on Saturday, April 8th, 2023. We would like to congratulate the winners of both contests on their achievement! Winners of our contest received prizes from our sponsors: Shoyeido Incense Company, Kodansha USA Publishing LLC, and Ogawa Coffee USA.
We would like to give a shout out to all students who submitted entries to our contests! We hope that you will continue in your Japanese studies and submit entries to our contests in the future.
We would like to give a shout out to all students who submitted entries to our contests! We hope that you will continue in your Japanese studies and submit entries to our contests in the future.

Essay Contest Winners
大学初級レベル College Beginner Division
大学中級レベル College Intermediate Division
大学上級レベル College Advanced Division

Speech Contest Winners
大学中級レベル College Intermediate Division
大学上級レベル College Advanced Division
高校上級レベル High School Advanced Division
1位 Nachum Sullivan | Brookline High School | 私とアニメ |
1位 Lina Chang | Brookline High School | 私の夢 |
3位 Amanda Lowe | Brookline High School | 日本に行って、やりたいこと |
1位 Yunwei Ni | Mount Holyoke College | みんなの笑顔を守ること ―私の夢― |
2位 Allison Snyder | Mount Holyoke College | 大切にしたい美しい自然の中で ー日本と私― |
3位 Henry Kuo | Harvard University | 私の夢 |
1位 Ye You | Boston College | 私の夢 |
2位 Yaying Liang Li | Harvard University | 私の夢 |
3位 Eleanor Freed | Mount Holyoke College | ずっとつづけたい思い出づくり ―日本と私― |
1位 Elsie Qiu | Williams College | 美しい文化があるから日本が好き |
2位 Yuna Antal | Mount Holyoke College | 言葉の壁・アイデンティティーの壁から架け橋へ ―私の夢― |
3位 Jiayu Gui | Harvard University | 私の夢 |

Speech Contest Winners
大学中級レベル College Intermediate Division
1位 Haiyi Cai | UMass Amherst | 声 天からの贈り物 |
2位 Noah Lyons | Boston College | 炭治郎からの教訓 |
3位 Andrew Sasamori | Boston University | 成長マインドセット |
大学上級レベル College Advanced Division
1位 Queenie Xie | Wesleyan University | 絶対音感 |
2位 Haoyang Wang | Tufts University | 家族から歴史を学ぶこと |
3位 James Cottrell | Northeastern University | 現代社会でも翻訳家が必要? |