2016 English Reader Marathon Awards - Dec. 22, 2016

The winner of the 2016 English Reader Marathon was second year student, Wakako Ishihara, who defended her winning title from last year. The winner of the freshman division was Shouma Nagaoka. Congratulations to our top prizewinners and to all the winners and participants of the 2016 English Reader Marathon! A complete list of winners follows.
 
Freshman Division
1st Prize:  Shouma Nagaoka - Over 170,000 words read!
2nd Prize:  Rieko Ueda - Over 115,000 words read!
3rd Prize:  (tie) Kensaku Ueda, Mayu Inoue – About 100,000 words read!
4th Prize:  Kana Nakao - Over 83,000 words read!
5th Prize:  Emu Imai - Over 64,000 words read!
6th Prize:  Mami Onoda - About 22,000 words read!
7th Prize:  A Ken Tatto  - Over 17,000 words read!
8th Prize:  Tomoe Oikawa - About 15,000 words read!
9th Prize: Risa Kayahara – About 10,000 words read!
10th Prize: (tie) Takaya Suzuki, Nanami Ooki – About 9,000 words read!
Honorable Mention:  Takahiko Inaba, Rio Akiyama, Mayu Abe, Kazuki Takahashi, Haruka Goto, Ushio Ushioda
 
Upperclassman Division
1st Prize:  Wakako Ishihara - About 415,000 words!
2nd Prize: Ayako Harayama - Over 320,000 word!
3rd Prize:  Kotomi Higuchi - Over 288,000 words read!
4th Prize:  Takeru Kyoshima - Over 258,000 words read!
5th Prize: Shunya Miwa - Over 219,000 words read!
6th Prize: Natsuki Kanezaki - Over 213,000 words read!
7th Prize:  Manami Iwabuchi - Over 206,000 words read!
8th Prize:  Masakazu Takada - Over 190,000 words read!
9th Prize:  Aona Kagamishima - Over 151,000 words!
10th Prize:  Ikumi Asami - Over 144,000 words read!
Honorable Mention:  Mio Nakamura, Aya Noumi, Satomi Kimura, Erika Yamamoto, Mizuki Tomioka, Kazuki Ikematsu, Ryoma Morisako, Miki Nishikawa

[Sorry for the delay in getting these names and photos posted! - Kevin]