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27-Year-Old Canadian Wins Animax's Singing Contest (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
Catherine St. Onge, a 27-year-old Canadian living in Tokyo, has won the 2nd All-Japan Anison Tokyo Marble Chocolate) will produce the song.
The winner of last year's 1st All-Japan Anison Grand Prix, Natsume Yūjin-Chō anime series.
3,186 entrants (up from 1,792 last year) auditioned at this year's preliminary rounds in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, D.Gray-man), last year's winner Kita, and others.
Source: animeanime.jp
Update: St. Onge was the Karaoke Contest's first-place winner at winner at Anime Expo 2004.
Update 2: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web, Yahoo! News Japan's republishing of Mainichi Shimbun's article, and Animax's own blog have additional coverage and images. Thanks, Serena El-Farra.
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