The Seventh Annual Japanese Language Contest for High School and College Students in New England

The Seventh Annual New England High School and College Students Japanese Language Contest was held on April 8th, 2017. In addition to the College divisions, the High School divisions were established. 64 essays and 37 speeches were submitted. Since all of them were great, It was extremely difficult to choose the winners.. The following are the winners.

Thanks go to Kodansha USA, Shoyeido Incense Co., Ramen Santouka, and the Boston Red Sox for their valued cooperation and contributions.

エッセイ部門入賞者 / Essay Award Winners

高校初級レベル　High School Beginner Division
一位	Aryana Offutt	Classical High School
二位	Samir Murillo	Classical High School
三位	Milan Cline	Classical High School
高校上級レベル　High School Advanced Division
一位	Esmeralda Callejas	Boston Latin Academy
二位	Marijke Perry	Noble and Greenough School
三位	Mac Porter	Noble and Greenough School
大学初級レベル　College Beginner Division
一位	Xueji Wang	Mount Holyoke College
二位	Yu Ri Kim	Northeastern University
三位	Jocelin Ong	Smith College
大学中級レベル　College Intermediate Division
一位	Nan Ding	Bowdoin College
二位	Han Ngoc Nguyen	Tufts University
三位	Hui Wang	Boston College
大学上級レベル　College Advanced Division
一位	Michael Amano	Bowdoin College
一位	Haofan Yang	Northeastern University
三位	Lina Nie	Harvard University

スピーチ部門入賞者 / Speech Award Winners

高校レベル　High School Division
一位	Manuela Amoah	Noble and Greenough School
二位	Jeremy Johnson	Noble and Greenough School
三位	Ayla Baraka	Boston Latin Academy
大学中級レベル　College Intermediate Division
一位	Logan Cody	Brown University
二位	LuQian Chen	UMass Amherst
三位	Sofia Ramirez	Wellesley College
大学上級レベル　College Advanced Division
一位	Samuel Russel	UMass Amherst
二位	Justin Ehringhaus	Bowdoin College
三位	Michelle Lin	Boston College