The 36th Annual Japanese Speech Contest Held
2025/4/14
The 36th Annual Japanese Speech Contest organized by the Consular Office of Japan was held on Sunday, April 13th at the Wells Fargo Center Building in Portland. The contest was a great success, with the participation of 16 students from 11 schools. Contestants gave excellent presentations in front of an audience of about 60 people, including Japanese language teachers, family members, and friends.
This year there were three divisions. Division I is the reading aloud division and is for middle and high school students. Division II is the speech division for middle and high school students, and Division III is the speech division for students in middle and high school immersion programs or who are from homes where Japanese is spoken.
The contest was supported by the Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon, City of Sapporo, the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association, Sapporo International Communication Plaza Foundation and Shokookai of Portland. Thank you very much.
A list of the winner’s names and schools follows:
Division I
1st Place: Sabrina Fotinakis Jauregui, Jefferson High School
2nd Place: Tristan Ray, Beaverton High School
Division II
1st Place: Lucas Bader, Beaverton High School
2nd Place: Nam Vu, Westview High School
DivisionIII
1st Place: Cailey Poulos, International School of Beaverton
2nd Place: Lulu Palma, Mt. Tabor Middle School
Special Award “The Mayor of Sapporo Award”
Division I : Alexander Li, Sunset High School
Division II: Angel Sirisophon, Roosevelt High School
Division lll: Zenkai Trujillo, NW Academy
This year there were three divisions. Division I is the reading aloud division and is for middle and high school students. Division II is the speech division for middle and high school students, and Division III is the speech division for students in middle and high school immersion programs or who are from homes where Japanese is spoken.
The contest was supported by the Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon, City of Sapporo, the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association, Sapporo International Communication Plaza Foundation and Shokookai of Portland. Thank you very much.
A list of the winner’s names and schools follows:
Division I
1st Place: Sabrina Fotinakis Jauregui, Jefferson High School
2nd Place: Tristan Ray, Beaverton High School
Division II
1st Place: Lucas Bader, Beaverton High School
2nd Place: Nam Vu, Westview High School
DivisionIII
1st Place: Cailey Poulos, International School of Beaverton
2nd Place: Lulu Palma, Mt. Tabor Middle School
Special Award “The Mayor of Sapporo Award”
Division I : Alexander Li, Sunset High School
Division II: Angel Sirisophon, Roosevelt High School
Division lll: Zenkai Trujillo, NW Academy