Vote numbers from the 2010 All Japan Show Grand Champion Ballot
Posted 26 Mar 2010 - 21:24 by Mark Gardner
I was asked previously what the vote numbers from the All Japan Show Grand Champion Ballot were, unfortunately because the ballot was over so quickly the top 5 was never apparent as it usually is.
In the new issue of Gekkan Nishikigoi Magazine the votes from the single round of voting were revealed.
The Grand Champion - 45 votes (it seems that this should have been 46 but someone noted the Koi's number, 435, down incorrectly as 453 which was actually a 60bu Utsurimono!!)
10 votes - the 2009 Rinyukai Grand Champion Sakai Hiroshima Kohaku
9 votes - Nogami's 2008 Niigata Nogyosai Grand Champion
4 votes - the 2009 ZNA Grand Champion - Momotaro Sanke
3 votes - the 2008 Rinyukai Grand Champion
Several other Koi received 1 or 2 votes each, I'm doing this from memory right now as I don't have a copy of the magazine in front of me.
The magazine throws up some rather strange anomolies in the voting I have to say!!
As you can see here - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/676 - the Jumbo Champion award was taken by the Omosako Showa, a Koi which only received 1 vote in the GC ballot!!
The ballot for the 90bu Kokugyo award didn't even include the 2009 Rinyukai Grand Champion, it was decided between the Nogami Kohaku (which took the award) and anothe 90bu Kohaku.
I'll try and post some more details tomorrow when I get a copy of the magazine.
