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The 36th annual Toyo University
“Gendai Gakusei Hyakunin Isshu” Contest

The "Gendai Gakusei Hyakunin Isshu" is a student tanka contest that began in 1987 as a commemorative ceremony to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Toyo University's founding.
Every year, on the topic of “present-day students’ perspectives and lifestyle,” students from Japan and overseas submit many tankas overflowing with students’ youthful expressions that depict their daily lives and social conditions. The tankas offer a glimpse into the student’s current situation. The contest has received 1,717,490 entries to date, and for this year’s 36th contest, we received 65,966 entries from 675 schools. After a rigorous review conducted in January 2023, we published 100 selected tankas and 10 tankas from the elementary student category. Here we will introduce 15 tankas that were particularly outstanding.

The selected tankas
Note: The student year of study is correct as of January 16, 2023, when the selected works were announced.