Monomane Grand Prix ~The Tournament~ details
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The results of the May 3, 2009 broadcast of .

First match

A Block
RankOrderNameOffice affiliationPerformanceScore
1st 2nd Kannazuki
Kannazuki
is a traditional name for the tenth month in the traditional Japanese calendar.The name can be translated literally as "the month when there are no gods". In Shinto tradition it was said that the eight million gods of Japan left their shrines and congregated annually at Izumo Taisha...

Ōta Production Monomane All-Star 51
2nd 1st Tamiaki and Ryu Office Auto Home and Kojima Kikaku EXILE performing "The Birthday: Ti Amo" 33
3rd 3rd Vitamin S
Vitamin S
Vitamin S can mean:* Vitamin S, a free improvisation collective based in Auckland, New Zealand* salicylic acid, although not a vitamin, is sometimes called "vitamin S"* a slang term referring to steroids...

Yoshimoto Creative Agency  Akira Kobayashi
Akira Kobayashi
is a Japanese actor. His nickname is .- Biography :He successfully became an actor in the Nikkatsu Corporation. He attended Meiji University but left before graduating. Kobayashi made his debut in 1959 in the film Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite . He also starred in the TV series "Wataridori" and...

 and Choi Ji-woo
Choi Ji-woo
Choi Ji-woo is a South Korean actress.- Career :Choi was first discovered when she won a talent audition organized by MBC in 1994, and made her debut in the 1995's War and Love, after which she adopted the stage name Choi Ji-woo....

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B Block
RankOrderNameOffice affiliationPerformanceScore
1st 2nd Takashi Kanemitsu (Plus Minus) Yoshimoto Creative Agency Kurin
Kurin
Kurin is a military term that was established by the cossacks.During the Second World War, the basic combat unit of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army was a kurin...

's Tamura dressing room call
48
2nd 3rd Nobu and Fukkey Em's Plan Alice performing "Champion" 28
3rd 1st Hanawa
Hanawa
(real name is a Japanese singer and comedian raised in Saga city. He plays the bass guitar.He rose to fame in Japan for a comical song about Saga Prefecture and its oddities.-External links:* *...

K-Dash Stage Keisuke Kuwata
Keisuke Kuwata
has gained fame as a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All-Stars, as well as his own solo band, the Kuwata band. He has also done significant amount of scoring music for films. He went to Aoyama Gakuin University....

 setting scenery
24

C Block
RankOrderNameOffice AffiliationPerformanceScore
1st 1st Akimasa Haraguchi K-Dash Stage Junji Takada
Junji Takada
, also known by the nicknames , and "TJ", is a Japanese actor and comedian.-External links:*...

's 3-minute cooking
63
2nd 2nd Shinobu-chan Jinsei Pro Kumi Kōda
Kumi Koda
, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game...

 performing "Ai no Uta
Ai no Uta (Kumi Koda song)
is the 37th single released by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Kumi Koda.Ai no Uta was released on September 12, 2007 in Japan. It follows 2006's Yume no Uta as an autumn/wintertime love ballad. It was released in two versions: a CD+DVD version and a CD only version. The first press comes with an...

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3rd 3rd Monster Engine Yoshimoto Creative Agency Nikaku teacher's dressing room scenery 11

D Block
RankOrderNameOffice affiliationPerformanceScore
1st 2nd Nakagawake Yoshimoto Creative Agency Hatarakuotonatachi 48
2nd 3rd Hiroiki Ariyoshi Ōta Production Shō Aikawa
Sho Aikawa
is a Japanese composer and actor.- Film and TV filmography:2010*Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City2008*SS, aka Special Stage*Kurosagi The movie2006*Waru: kanketsu-hen* Taiyō no kizu* "Kurosagi" TV Series* Waru...

's graduation speech
27
3rd 1st Satoshi Onoma and Twotone Aoki
Twotone Aoki
, better known by his stage name is a Japanese impressionist from Kanagawa Prefecture. His son, Ryūji Aoki, is also an impressionist.-Impression repertoire:*Eun-sook Kye*Keiko Fuji*Akira Fuse*Hiromi Go*Shinji Harada*Takao Horiuchi*Takashi Hosokawa...

Sugar Music
Sugar Music
Sugar is an Italian record label based in Milan.Some of the artists signed with the label include Andrea Bocelli, since his debut in 1992, and Elisa, two of Italy's most successful stars....

 and Prosper
Prosper
Prosper may refer to:In people:* Prosper de Mestre Sydney businessman fom 1818 to 1844* Prosper of Aquitaine, also known as Prosper Tiro, Christian writer and disciple of St Augustine* Prosper of Catenanuova, martyr, patron saint of Catenanuova...

class performing "Natsu no Hi no 1993" 25

E Block
RankOrderNameOffice affiliationPerformanceScore
1st 1st Croket Mad Carfield Robot Hiroshi Itsuki
Hiroshi Itsuki
is a Japanese male singer and composer. He sold 20 million records of singles and 4 million copies of LP albums by 1987.Itsuki is usually regarded as an enka singer, but he even covered Southern All Stars' J-pop song "Tsunami"....

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2nd 3rd Kōji Tomita Top Color Tsutomu Sekine's impression analysis 37
3rd 2nd Chōshin Juku Watanabe Entertainment
Watanabe Entertainment
is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group. Its head office is in Shibuya, Tokyo and the company's principle functions include organizing television and radio programming, managing Japanese entertainers as well as hosting foreign entertainers on...

Rock 'n roll impressions 10

F Block
RankOrderNameOffice affiliationPerformanceScore
1st 3rd Hori Horipro
Horipro
is a large Japanese talent agency. It was founded in 1963 as Hori Productions and changed to its present name in 1990.In 1989, Horipro purchased the publishing assets of famed rock band, KISS. Next, the company moved on to invest in more catalogs. A year later, Horipro Entertainment Group opened...

Celebrity look-alike 62
2nd 2nd Upgirls Watanabe Entertainment Joyman impression 24
3rd 1st Hōsei Yamasaki
Hōsei Yamasaki
is a Japanese solo comedian and a member of Yoshimoto Kogyo’s extensive owarai lineup. He is best known for being one of the five members of Downtown Gaki no Tsukai’s regular cast. His role on the show is usually divided up between the suberi-kyara and the ijime-kyara...

Yoshimoto Creative Agency Shōgo Hamada
Shogo Hamada
is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former member of the group Aido. He is a part of Sony Music Japan's SME Records division. He was born in Takehara City in Hiroshima Prefecture, and graduated from Kuremitsuta High School...

 performing "Ai to Iuna no Motoni"
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G Block
RankOrderNamiOffice AffiliationPerformanceScore
1st 2nd Kōichi Yamadera
Koichi Yamadera
is a Japanese voice actor, actor, tarento, narrator, master of ceremonies and impressionist from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school, and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's...

Across Entertainment
Across Entertainment
' is a Japanese entertainment office that mainly handles voice actors. It was established on April 2008 by Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society manager Jun Fujisaki.-Formerly attached talent:*Goblin *Ryōtsu Saitō...

Scatman John
Scatman John
John Paul Larkin , better known by his stage name Scatman John, was an American musician who created a fusion of scat singing and dance music, best known for his 1995 hit "Scatman "....

 performing "Pripri Scat"
47
2nd 3rd Ijily Okada Horipro
Horipro
is a large Japanese talent agency. It was founded in 1963 as Hori Productions and changed to its present name in 1990.In 1989, Horipro purchased the publishing assets of famed rock band, KISS. Next, the company moved on to invest in more catalogs. A year later, Horipro Entertainment Group opened...

Geinōkai no Nandetarō 35
3rd 1st The Newspaper
The Newspaper
The Newspaper, published by non-profit corporation Planet Publications Inc., is the largest independent student-run campus newspaper in Canada with circulation on the University of Toronto campus. It began publishing in 1978 and was briefly operated as The Independent Weekly...

TNP Company Shōichi Nakagawa
Shoichi Nakagawa
was a Japanese conservative politician in the Liberal Democratic Party , who served as Minister of Finance from September 24, 2008 to February 17, 2009. He previously held the posts of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet of...

's press conference
18

H Block
RankOrderNameOffice affiliationPerformanceScore
1st 3rd Yuki Nishio Shinei Production Mika Nakashima
Mika Nakashima
is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She has achieved five number-one albums in Japan and also embarked on an acting career, most notably in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name.- Early life and debut :...

 performing "Orion"
64
2nd 1st Makita Sports Office Kitano
Office Kitano
Office Kitano is a Japanese talent management and film production company founded and managed by Takeshi Kitano. It launched the Tokyo Filmex in 2000....

Eikichi Yazawa
Eikichi Yazawa
is an influential Japanese singer-songwriter, and important figure in Japanese popular music.Yoko Yazawa of The Generous is his daughter.-Biography:...

 legend episode
26
3rd 2nd The Touch
The Touch
The Touch is a 1971 film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Elliot Gould, and Sheila Reid.-Plot:...

Horipro Matsuko Deluxe 10

Semi-finals

A Block
RankOrderNamePerformanceScore
1st 3rd Kōji Tomita Tsurube Shōfukutei rakugo impression 50
2nd 1st Kannazuki TVXQ
TVXQ
TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone...

 performing "Purple Line
Purple Line (song)
"Purple Line" is Tohoshinki's 16th Japanese single, written by the Korean composer who made TVXQ's biggest hits in Korea such as Rising Sun and "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. It became Tohoshinki's first Japanese single to reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly sales chart in Japan, making the group the first foreign...

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3rd 2nd Takashi Kanemitsu Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995; later the 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. Dragon Ball was inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the...

impressions
22

B Block
RankOrderNamePerformanceScore
1st 2nd Nakagawake Legend of comedy group B&B 53
2nd 1st Akimasa Haraguchi Junji Inagawa impression 47

C Block
RankOrderNamePerformanceScore
1st 2nd Hori Mote utana no ni mote nai DE Show 67
2nd 1st Croket Naotarō Moriyama
Naotaro Moriyama
is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter born on April 23, 1976. His mother is Ryōko Moriyama, who is a well-known folk singer. He came out with the album "Kawaita Uta wa Sakana no Esa ni Chōdo Ii" in 2002, and distinguished himself by creating the song "Sakura"....

 video impression
33

D Block
RankOrderNamePerformanceScore
1st 1nd Kōichi Yamadera Yūsaku Kimura performing "home" 61
2nd 2nd Yuki Nishio Hikaru Utada performing "Prisoner of Love" 39

Finals

RankOrderNamePerformanceScore
1st 2nd Nakagawake Maikuyo Kuruyo 34
2nd 4th Kōichi Yamadera Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

 performing "When the Saints Go Marching In
When the Saints Go Marching In
"When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a spiritual, today people are more likely to hear it played by a jazz band...

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3rd 3rd Hori Various celebrities reading Momotarō
Momotaro
is a popular hero from Japanese folklore. His name literally means Peach Tarō; as Tarō is a common Japanese boy's name, it is often translated as Peach Boy...

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4th 1st Kōji Tomita Toshiyuki Nishida
Toshiyuki Nishida
is a Japanese actor. Outside of Japan, Nishida is best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the TV series Monkey.Toshiyuki Nishida has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Huang in 1988 and Gakko and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993...

's wedding speech
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