# Monomane Grand Prix

Monomane Grand Prix (ものまねグランプリ, Monomane Guran Puri) is an impersonation variety owarai special program broadcast on Nippon Television on May 3, 2009. It is a renewal of Monomane Battle, which ended its broadcast on January 4 earlier that year. Neptune serves as the presenters of the event with Hélène Hayama and Mika Oguma providing additional assistance, replacing the previous Naoko Ken and Hiromi.

## Rules
### The Tournament

* The event is held in a tournament fashion, with groups of competitors divided into blocks beforehand.
* The contestants must prepare material for a match, the semifinal and the final.
* The 24 competitors are split into three sets of eight blocks. The semi-finals are made up of the winners of each block. The final consists of four contestants.
* The winner is awarded a prize of 1 million Yen (equivalent to approximately 10,000 dollars).

### The Survival

* Personal one-on-one matches are decided through lottery cards.

## Presenters
### Chairpeople

* Neptune
** Jun Nagura
** Ken Horiuchi
** Taizō Harada

### Progress

* Hélène Hayama
* Mika Oguma (The Survival)

## Contestants
### The Tournament

Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Ungirls, Ijiri Okada, Satoshi Onoma and Twotone Aoki, Kannazuki, Kōji Tomita, Croket!, The Newspaper, Shinobu-chan, Tamiaki and Ryu, Chōshin Juku, Nakagawake, Yuki Nishio, Nobu and Fukkey, Hanawa, Akimasa Haraguchi, Vitamin S, Takashi Kanemitsu (of Plus Minus), Makita Sports, Monster Engine, Hōsei Yamasaki, Kōichi Yamadera

### The Survival

Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Ungirls, Ijiri Okada, Kannazuki, Kuwabata Ohara, Kōji Tomita, Yoshio Kojima, Croket Sakurazuka Yakkun, The Touch, Zabunguru, Shinobu-chan and Megumi Fukushita and Maki Aizawa, Tamiaki and Yoppi, Chōshin Juku, Take2, Tony Hirota and Chihiro Sakurai and Kōenji Pulsar, Doburokki, Nakagawake, Yuki Nishio, Yūki Ninomiya, Nobu and Fukkey, Hanawa, Akimasa Haraguchi, Harō Ueda, Vitamin S, Takashi Kanemitsu (of Plus Minus), Hori, Ken Maeda, Mitchy, Hōsei Yamasaki, Kōichi Yamadera, Ryu and Twotone Aoki and Hazuki Pal

## Judges
### The Tournament

Akira Nakao, Kunikazu Katsumata, Peeko, Miyuki Itori

### The Survival

Tsutomu Sekine, Suzanne, Tsunku, Aya Sugimoto, Ayana Tsubaki

## Broadcast dates

| Number | Subtitle | Broadcast date | Winner (MVP) | Ratings | Notes |
| 1 | ~The Tournament~ | May 3, 2009, 7:00 PM – 9:54 PM | Nakagawake | 13.1% | |
| 2 | ~The Survival~ | September 21, 2009, 7:58 PM – 11:03 PM | Nakagawake | | |

## Results
### First match

A Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Office affiliation | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 2nd | Kannazuki | Ohta 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 | Yoshimoto Creative Agency | Akira Kobayashi and Choi Ji-woo | 16 |
B Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Office affiliation | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 2nd | Takashi Kanemitsu (Plus Minus) | Yoshimoto Creative Agency | Kurin's Tamura dressing room call | 48 |
| 2nd | 3rd | Nobu and Fukkey | Em's Plan | Alice performing "Champion" | 28 |
| 3rd | 1st | Hanawa | K-Dash Stage | Keisuke Kuwata setting scenery | 24 |
C Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Office Affiliation | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 1st | Akimasa Haraguchi | K-Dash Stage | Junji Takada's 3-minute cooking | 63 |
| 2nd | 2nd | Shinobu-chan | Jinsei Pro | Kumi Kōda performing "Ai no Uta" | 26 |
| 3rd | 3rd | Monster Engine | Yoshimoto Creative Agency | Nikaku teacher's dressing room scenery | 11 |
D Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Office affiliation | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 2nd | Nakagawake | Yoshimoto Creative Agency | Hatarakuotonatachi | 48 |
| 2nd | 3rd | Hiroiki Ariyoshi | Ōta Production | Shō Aikawa's graduation speech | 27 |
| 3rd | 1st | Satoshi Onoma and Twotone Aoki | Sugar Music and Prosper | class [ja] performing "Natsu no Hi no 1993" | 25 |
E Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Office affiliation | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 1st | Croket | Mad Carfield | Robot Hiroshi Itsuki | 53 |
| 2nd | 3rd | Kōji Tomita | Top Color | Tsutomu Sekine's impression analysis | 37 |
| 3rd | 2nd | Chōshin Juku | Watanabe Entertainment | Rock 'n roll impressions | 10 |
F Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Office affiliation | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 3rd | Hori | Horipro | Celebrity look-alike | 62 |
| 2nd | 2nd | Upgirls | Watanabe Entertainment | Joyman impression | 24 |
| 3rd | 1st | Hōsei Yamasaki | Yoshimoto Creative Agency | Shōgo Hamada performing "Ai to Iuna no Motoni" | 14 |
G Block
| Rank | Order | Nami | Office Affiliation | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 2nd | Kōichi Yamadera | Across Entertainment | Scatman John performing "Pripri Scat" | 47 |
| 2nd | 3rd | Ijiri Okada | Horipro | Geinōkai no Nandetarō | 35 |
| 3rd | 1st | The Newspaper | TNP Company | Shōichi Nakagawa's press conference | 18 |
H Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Office affiliation | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 3rd | Yuki Nishio | Shinei Production | Mika Nakashima performing "Orion" | 64 |
| 2nd | 1st | Makita Sports | Office Kitano | Eikichi Yazawa legend episode | 26 |
| 3rd | 2nd | The Touch | Horipro | Matsuko Deluxe | 10 |

### Semi-finals

A Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 3rd | Kōji Tomita | Tsurube Shōfukutei rakugo impression | 50 |
| 2nd | 1st | Kannazuki | TVXQ performing "Purple Line" | 28 |
| 3rd | 2nd | Takashi Kanemitsu | Dragon Ball impressions | 22 |
B Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 2nd | Nakagawake | Legend of comedy group B&B | 53 |
| 2nd | 1st | Akimasa Haraguchi | Junji Inagawa impression | 47 |
C Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 2nd | Hori | Mote utana no ni mote nai DE Show | 67 |
| 2nd | 1st | Croket | Naotarō Moriyama video impression | 33 |
D Block
| Rank | Order | Name | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 1st | Kōichi Yamadera | Yūsaku Kimura performing "home" | 61 |
| 2nd | 2nd | Yuki Nishio | Hikaru Utada performing "Prisoner of Love" | 39 |

### Finals

| Rank | Order | Name | Performance | Score |
| 1st | 2nd | Nakagawake | Maikuyo Kuruyo | 34 |
| 2nd | 4th | Kōichi Yamadera | Louis Armstrong performing "When the Saints Go Marching In" | 31 |
| 3rd | 3rd | Hori | Various celebrities reading Momotarō | 26 |
| 4th | 1st | Kōji Tomita | Toshiyuki Nishida's wedding speech | 9 |

## Related programs

* Tamori no Sekai Sokkuri Taishō
* Shijō Saiko Sokkuri Taishō
* Bakushō Sokkuri Monomane Kōhaku Utagassen Special (Fuji Television)
* The Monomane (TBS TV)