2011 National Japan Bowl Report - National Association of Japan ...

Presented by the Japan-America Society of Washington DC
第19回 ジャパン・ボウル全米大会報告
ジャパン・ボウル全米大会報告
2011 NATIONAL
JAPAN BOWL ®
REPORT
National Japanese Language & Culture
Competition for American High School Students
Japan Japan-America Japan America Society
Society
of of Washington Washington DC
DC
1819 L Street, NW, 1B Level
Washington DC, 20036
Tel (202) 833-2210
Fax (202) 833-2456
www.us-japan.org/dc

2011 National Japan Bowl ®
On April 7 and 8, 2011, the Japan-America Society of Washington DC (JASW) held the 19th National Japan
Bowl ® in Washington, DC. This year 190 students in 67 teams came from all over the United States:
California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Guam, Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Texas, and Virginia.
Students competed at three levels in a total of 3 preliminary rounds (2 Preliminary Rounds and 1 Conversation
Round). They were challenged by a total of 400 questions at all levels, from Japanese grammar to Japanese
history and culture. After the preliminary rounds, the top three teams at each level advanced to the National
Championship Round. The results are shown on page 4.
On the first night, all participants were welcomed at the Opening Ceremony. They then enjoyed a tea
ceremony demonstration by Tankokai, a koto performance by Mia Saidel, and a dance show of “Inori” by
Shizumi Kodomo Dance Troupe. On the second day, they got the chance to enjoy a magic show by performer
Yasu Ishida, enjoy a Rakugo performance by Showto, meet Mr Maki Kaji, the “Godfather of Sudoku” from
Japan, and enjoy “Samurai Boot Camp” with entertainer Yoshi Amao.
「ジャパン・ボウル」とは、全米各地で日本語を学んでいる高校生が日本語能力のみならず、日本の文
化・習慣・歴史・地理・時事・日米関係など、幅広い分野について競い合う全米大会です。アメリカで
日本語を学ぶ高校生を支援する教育活動の一環として毎年春に開催され、日本語学習を楽しみ、日本へ
の関心を更に高め、大学においても日本語学習を継続してもらうことが目的です。
第19回ジャパン・ボウル全米大会は4月7日・8日の2日間にわたって開催され、グアムからコネチカットま
で67チーム・190名の生徒が参加しました。今年は茶道のデモンストレーションや、琴の演奏、祈りをテ
ーマにした子供の舞踊のほか、「数独のゴッドファザー」として知られる鍛治真起氏との対面、マジッ
クショーや英語落語、サムライワークショップなど、様々なゲストが応援に駆けつけました。
日本語学習4年目の大会で優勝したハーカー高校(カリフォルニア市)の教師、生徒には、日本研修旅
行が授与されました。
Thursday, April 7
3:00-5:00pm Registration, Missouri Room
5:00-6:00pm Dinner, Clover Cafe
6:00-6:45pm Opening Ceremony, including
performances by the Chado Urasenke Tankokai DC
Association, Mia Saidel, and Shizumi Kodomo Dance
Troupe, Aiton Auditorium
7:00-8:30pm Preliminary Round 1 – Assigned Rooms
8:30-9:30pm Coffee Break, Anderson Room
Friday, April 8
7:00-8:00am Breakfast, Clover Cafe
8:30-10:00am Conversation Round –Assigned Rooms
8:30-10:00am Teachers’ Breakfast Meeting, Anderson
Room
10:15-11:30am Preliminary Round 2 – Assigned
Rooms
2011 National Japan Bowl Schedule
11:30-12:20pm Lunch, Clover Cafe
12:20-1:10pm Performances by Showto and Yasu
Ishida, Aiton Auditorium
1:10-1:30 pm Meet Maki Kaji, the “Father of
Sudoku," Aiton Auditorium
1:30-1:45pm Mrs. Ambassador Yoriko Fujisaki,
Aiton Auditorium
1:45-2:00pm National Championship Rules
Explanation
2:00-2:40pm National Championship Round Level II
2:45-3:25pm National Championship Round Level III
3:30-4:15pm National Championship Round Level IV
4:30-4:35 Remarks by Amb. Ichiro Fujisaki
4:35-5:00pm Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks
5:15-5:45pm Singing of “Sanpo” and raffle,
performance by Yoshi Amao

参加生徒・参加校
参加生徒・参加校
Participating Students and Schools
School Names State
Cupertino High School CA
The Harker School CA
Los Gatos High School CA
Lynbrook High School CA
Monta Vista High School CA
Silver Creek High School CA
Center for Global Studies at Brien McMahon High School CT
St. Alban’s School DC
Deerfield Beach High School FL
Miami Palmetto Senior High School FL
Tampa Bay Technical High School FL
St. John’s School GU
Boonsboro High School MD
Montgomery Blair High School MD
Walt Whitman High School MD
Edina High School MN
Shakopee High School MN
Easton Area High School PA
Classical High School RI
Liberal Arts and Science Academy TX
The Woodlands High School TX
The Woodlands College Park High School TX
Falls Church High School VA
Hayfield Secondary School VA
Langley High School VA
Oakton High School VA
South Lakes High School VA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology VA
Participating Students: 190
Level 2: 59
Level 3: 65
Level 4: 66
Participating Teams: 67
Level 2: 21
Level 3: 23
Level 4: 23

全米チャンピオン・上位
全米チャンピオン・上位5校
全米チャンピオン・上位
Finalists and Champions at the 2011 National Japan Bowl
Level 4 Teacher
1 st place The Harker High School, CA Ms. Masako Onakado
Tiffany Jang, Lorraine Wong, Victoria Liang
2 nd place Cupertino High School, CA Ms. Yukari Kawano
Francis Shung , Chan Hee Park, Huiqing Ge
3 rd place Lynbrook High School, CA Mr. Jeremy Kitchen
Ashley Wu, Rachel Yung, Lucy Matveeva
4 th place Silver Clerk High School, CA Mr. Matthew Hall
Kevin Pham, Brian Ly, Ajay Tripathi
5 th place Montgomery Blair High School, MD Ms. Yoko Zoll
Rachel Leksana, Hakyung Shin, Andy Gilbert
Level 3
1 st place Lynbrook High School, CA Mr. Jemery Kitchen
Ann Xu, Roy Qu, Jean Wang
2 nd place The Harker High School, CA Ms. Masako Onakado
Crystal Chen, Shilpa Nataraj, Kimberly Ma
3 rd place Silver Creek High School, CA Mr. Matthew Hall
Mi T Nguyen, Mi Hai Nguyen, Anthony Van
4 th place Miami Palmetto Senior High School, FL Ms. Mieko Avello
Samantha Agron ,Lucia Ruan , Anastasia Clegg
5 th place Monta Vista High School, CA Ms. Keiko Howard
Yu Yao Chang , Shihua Xu , Tiffany Wu
Level 2
1 st place Silver Creek High School, CA Mr. Matthew Hall
VidushMukund , Daniel Nguyen
2 nd place Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Seon-yong Lee, Lan Lin, Colton Sears Mr. Koji Otani
3 rd place Cupertino High School, CA Ms. Yukari Kawano
Emily Shung, Hilary Chansavang, Lisa Yin
4 th place Monta Vista High School, CA Ms. Keiko Howard
Yi Chin Hsieh, Chiyu Liu, Tung-Lin Tsai
5 th place Lynbrook High School, CA Mr. Jeremy Kitchen
Jesica Cao, Amy Wei, Rachel Song

先生 先生
先生
Japan Bowl Teachers
We would especially like to thank all of the Japanese language teachers,
without whom the 2011 National Japan Bowl would not have been possible.
Mieko Avello, Miami Palmetto Senior High School
William Collazo, Deerfield Beach High School
Matthew Hall, Silver Creek High School
Fumiko Harada Zeimer, St. John's School
Keiko Howard, Monta Vista High School
Yukari Kawano, Cupertino High School
Jeremy Kitchen, Lynbrook High School
Jonathan Lawless, Oakton High School
Kaori McDaniel, Los Gatos High School
Mikiko Morimura, Classical High School
Yukiyo Moorman, Walt Whitman High School
Masako Onakado, The Harker School
Koji Otani, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Adam Podell, South Lakes High School
Masumi Reade, The Woodlands High School
Naomi Satoh, Edina High School and Shakopee High School
Andrew Scronce, Langley High School
Keiko Sigmund, Brien McMahon High School
Ayako Shiga, Boonsboro High School
David Shimizu, Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Dierdre Sumpter, Easton Area High School
Nana Suzumura, The Woodlands College Park High School
Yoko Thakur, Falls Church High School
Kyoko Vaughan, Hayfield Secondary School
Hiroko Watanabe, Tampa Bay Technical High School
Taeko Wu, St Alban’s School
Yoko Zoll, Montgomery Blair High School

Japan Bowl Sponsors and Supporters
Every year the Japan Bowl is supported by various sources of funding. The major resources have been grants. The
US-Japan Foundation started its funding in 1996 and has played a major role to make the Japan Bowl’s growth
possible. We were fortunate to receive additional grant funding from the Japan Foundation (2006 to 2008). As most
grants are limited to a certain period of time, financial support from other sources is crucial to sustain this educational
program. JASW is grateful to the following sponsors and supporters who made this year’s competition possible.
Moderators
Moderators
Yuko Floyd
Kaori Hunter
Ken Kurokawa
Tracy Mahoney
Rika Sanjo
Zainabu Williams
Joel Zara
Monitors
Monitors
Katherine Bruns
Catharine Ecton
Joan Hubbard
Takuya Imoto
Mary Ellen Kennedy
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Chiba Institute of Science
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
IACE Travel
ITOCHU International Inc.
JTB USA, Inc.
Japan Automobile Manufacturers
Association
Japan Exchange and Teaching Alumni
Association
Japan National Tourism Organization
JETRO Kanagawa Office
International Christian University/Japan
ICU Foundation
JPT America, Inc.
Kake Educational Institution
Keio Academy of New York
Yuko Koga
Sangmi McHale
Masaki Morioka
Audrey Nevitt
Harlan Rosacker
Maru Maru-Batsu Maru Batsu Judges
Maki Kaji
Yoshiko Mori
Sumio Ohtsuji
Shigeki Takizaki
Nobuaki Yasunaga
協賛 協賛 Sponsors
Kurashiki University of Science and the
Arts
Marubeni America Corporation
Mitsubishi International Corporation
Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc.
Nikoli Co., Ltd.
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
Corporation (NTT)
Ohashi Ryoki Co., Ltd.
Okayama University of Science
Ritsumeikan University
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
The Hay-Adams
Tokyo Electric Power Company
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Tuttle Publishing
U.S.-Japan Research Institute
White Rabbit Press
Classical High School’s participation was supported by the following organizations: Toray
Plastics America, Inc., Classical High School Alumni Association, and Nippon American
Educational Services.
T-Shirt Shirt Design (2011 Winner)
Kayla Schroff
Cover Cover and and Poster Poster Poster Design
Design
Eunice Choi
Photographers
Photographers
Gregg Adams
Jeff Song
Special Special Guests
Guests
Yoshi Amao
The Chado Urasenke
Tankokai DC Association
Yasu Ishida
Maki Kaji
Mary Ellen Kennedy
Mia Saidel
Shizumi Kodomo Dance
Troupe
Showto
And And a a special special special thank thank you you to
to
our our our many many many Volunteers!
Volunteers!

We would also like to thank all the wonderful guests of the 2011
National Japan Bowl, who came to share their knowledge of Japan
with all of this years participants.
This year’s special guest events included:
Tea Ceremony by Tankokai
茶道デモンストレーション
茶道デモンストレーション
Chado Urasenke Tankokai Washington DC
Association introduced the world of traditional
Japanese way of tea, Chado. Two students went
on stage and experienced a tea ceremony in
front of the audience.
Koto Performance by Mia Saidel
琴演奏 琴演奏
琴演奏
Mia Saidel, a sophomore at Thomas Wootton
High School, has been studying koto since the
age of seven. She also studies Japanese
language and culture at the Washington
Japanese Heritage Center. She played “Sakura
Sakura”, a traditional Japanese folk song and
received great applause.
Shizumi Kodomo Dance Troupe
子供ダンスパフォーマンス
子供ダンスパフォーマンス
Shizumi Kodomo Dance Troupe performed “Inori”,
which was composed by Yuji Sasaki, who is the
nephew of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic
bomb in Hiroshima and famed for “Sadako’s
Cranes.” The dancers delivered a message for
peace and warmed the audience’s hearts.

We would also like to thank all the wonderful guests of the 2011
National Japan Bowl, who came to share their knowledge of Japan
with all of this year’s participants.
This year’s special events included:
Rakugo performance by Showto
英語落語
英語落語
Showto has been performing Japanese traditional
Rakugo ( “sit-down comedy” ) since 1970. He also
teaches English to children by using the English
Rakugo techniques.
Magic Show by Yasu Ishida
After graduating from college and Chavez Studio of
Magic, Yasu Ishida has performed his Japanese-themed
magic shows all over the United States . His cultural
magic shows connect American and Japanese people.
Godfather of Sudoku, Mr Maki Kaji
数独の父 数独の父 鍛治真紀
Maki Kaji is one of the founders of the Japanese-based
logic puzzle company, Nikoli Co. Ltd. Mr Kaji created the
name of the world famous puzzle Sudoku. He explained
how we can communicate with each other in the world by
using mathematics.
Samurai Samurai Boot Boot Camp Camp Camp by by Yoshi Yoshi Amao
Amao
Yoshi Amao is a samurai/martial artist. He has
entertained New Yorkers as an actor, comedian, emcee
and voice talent at various stages, events and TV
shows. In his performance at Japan Bowl, he conducted
a “Boot Camp” with students, teaching them basic
samurai sword skills.

This year’s Japan Bowl was dedicated to Taylor Anderson, a JET Program Teacher
in Ishinomaki, Japan who died on March 11, 2011 as a result of the tsunami.
When the Japan Bowl students chose Japanese as their foreign language, they also
formed a tie with Japan, the county. Our friendship with the Japanese people is at the
heart of the Japan Bowl.
Students made hundreds of paper cranes and signs to encourage people in Japan.

The The Japan Japan-America Japan America Society
Society
of of Washington Washington DC DC
DC
Honorary Patron of the Japan Bowl
Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado
Honorary Patron of the Japan-America Society
His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese Ambassador to the United States
Honorary Chairman
The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
Chairman Emeritus
William T. Breer
Officers Japan Bowl Committee
Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Chairman Robin Berrington
Sumio Ohtsuji, Vice Chairman Margaret Breer
Ambassador John R. Malott, President and CEO Noriko Van Keuren
Naotaka Matsukata, Secretary &Treasurer Yoko Lawless
Michiko Noguchi
Advisor Yoko Oku
Minister Shigeki Takizaki, Embassy of Japan Louisa Rubinfien
Marlene Sakaue
Japan Bowl Staff
Risa Kamio, Japan Bowl Director
Amy Darwick, Japan Bowl Assistant
Caroline Holbrook, Japan Bowl Assistant
Yuka Hirata, Japan Bowl Assistant
Natalie Zinkham, Japan Bowl Assistant
Michael Auslin, American Enterprise Institute
Peter Bass, Promontory Financial Group LLC
Peter Cleveland, Intel Corporation
Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Johns Hopkins
University, SAIS
William C. Duncan, Japan Automobile
Manufacturers Association
Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, McLarty
Associates
Koichi Imura, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
America Inc.
Charles Jones, Lockheed Martin
Tetsuo Kadoya, Toshiba America, Inc.
Akemi Kawano
Chiyo Kobayashi, Washington CORE
Naotaka Matsukata, Alston & Bird LLP
Yasuo Noda, ITOCHU International, Inc.
Takashi Ohde, Hitachi, Ltd.
Sumio Ohtsuji, Toyota Motor North America,
Inc.
Tom Oku, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Torkel Patterson, US-Japan MAGLEV, LCC
Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
Tsunehiko Yanagihara, Mitsubishi
International Corporation
Nobuo Yoneyama, Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc.
Ryota Yoshimura, Sumitomo Corporation of
America