page_title: Japan Air System
section_title: Boeing 777 livery design contest
hierarchical_section_title: Japan Air System / History / Boeing 777 livery design contest
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of a Japan Air System Boeing 777. The livery seen here was designed by 13 year-old Masatomo Watanabe. 日本語: 日本エアシステム ボーイング777。 虹色の塗装デザインは公募で選ばれた中学生によるもの。
context_page_description: Japan Air System Co., Ltd. was the smallest of the big three Japanese airlines. In contrast to JAL and ANA, its international route network was very small, but its domestic network incorporated many smaller airports that were not served by the two larger airlines. As an independent company, it was last headquartered in the JAS M1 Building at Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo. It has since merged with Japan Airlines.
  JAS was famous for its variety of aircraft liveries; Amy Chavez of The Japan Times described the rainbow liveries as "abstract." Many of its color schemes in the 1990s were designed by film director Akira Kurosawa.
  The airline's slogan was "Good Speed Always".
context_section_description: In 1996, Japan Air System held a contest for designing the livery of the Boeing 777. The youngest entrant was three years of age while the oldest was 84. A total of 10,364 participants from 42 countries submitted entries. The judges included Akira Kurosawa, Masuo Ikeda, Kenshi Hirokane, Yoshiko Sakurai, and Yusuke Kaji (梶 祐輔, Kaji Yūsuke). Thirteen-year-old Masatomo Watanabe (渡部 真丈, Watanabe Masatomo), a male second year (Grade 8) junior high school student living near Chitose Airport, won the award. The Japan Air System Boeing 777, painted in Watanabe's design, premiered in April 1997 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Japan Air System.
caption: 13-year old Masatomo Watanabe designed the livery of the Japan Air System Boeing 777
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