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Gals Paradise 2024 Race Ambassador Award Special Feature Issue To Be Released 22 November 2024

The new issue of Gals Paradise magazine will be released by Sanei Shobo on 22 November 2024. This issue includes the Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Award 2024 Nominated Race Queen Perfect Guide with an extensive photo gallery and a first stage voting postcard. It also features a special photo shoot with the cover models Ran Matsuda, Miyuki Naka, Noko Ichinose, Momo Togawa, Chihiro Okuda, Kaori Mizuki and Hanna Kuramachi. A bonus A4 sized 12 month calendar (December 2024 though to January 2026) featuring the cover models is included.

ギャルズ・パラダイス 2024 レースアンバサダーアワード特集 出版社: ‎ ��栄書房 発売日: ‎ 2024/11/22 言語: ‎ 日本語 ムック: ‎ 96ページ ISBN-10: ‎ 4779651468 ￥1,800

Retailers: Amazon Japan, CD Japan

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Gals Paradise 2024 Top Race Queen Edition To Be Released 23 August 2024

The new edition of Gals Paradise magazine will be released by Sanei Shobo on 23 August 2024. This issue features the top 50 in the Costume Division of the Race Ambassador Awards 2024 and includes an extensive photo gallery and voting postcard. Also featured is a 2024 Super GT Race Ambassador guide, Super Formula, Super Taikyu and D1GP Race Queen catalogue and the Top 40 Race Queens of 2024. Also included is a special gravure featuring cover models Nana Nanase, Mami Hinami, Kako Ogawa, Narumi Aoi, Yui Arata and Minami Suzuki. A bonus double sided A1 size poster of the cover models is also included.

ギャルズ・パラダイス 2024 トップレースクイーン編 出版社: ‎ 三栄書房 発売日: ‎ 2024/8/23 言語: ‎ 日本語 ムック: ‎ 96ページ ISBN-10: ‎ 4779650852 ￥1,650

Retailers: Amazon Japan, CD Japan

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Minori Sasaki, Noko Ichinose, Tsujikado Anera, Kako Ogawa, Yuka Ichinose and Remu Hayashi, raffinee Lady with Hirose Anyu and RiO, raffinee μs

Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Award 2024 Costume Division Grand Prix Winner Announced

The Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Awards 2024 Costume Division determines the most popular costume among race queens, race ambassadors and team ambassadors who appeared in major Japanese motor racing categories in 2024 via a public vote.

Pre-voting was done on the Gals Paradise official website with 50 teams nominated. Starting with the early on-site voting at the 4th round of the Super GT held at Fuji Speedway in early August, with online voting in mid August as well as mail-in voting using the voting ticket in the "Gals Paradise 2024 Top Race Queen Edition" magazine released in late August.

Voting for the final stage took place from 18 to 30 September with 10 teams competing in the final round. On 17 September the 10 remaining teams units vied for the Grand Prix on Galpara TV. The points from the final stage were tallied from the PR broadcast viewer-only votes and the Gals Paradise official website and the Race Ambassador Award official website.

The finalists have been announced;

3rd place: Modulo Smile 2nd place: ZENTsweeties

Grand Prize: raffinee Lady / raffinee μ’s

The winner of the Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Award 2024 Costume Division Grand Prix, raffinee Lady/raffinee μ's, serve as race queens for TEAM ZEROONE in the Super Taikyu Series.

In 2024 the eight members of raffinee Lady / raffinee μ's are Minori Sasaki, Noko Ichinose, Tsujikado Anera, Kako Ogawa, Yuka Ichinose and Remu Hayashi, Hirose Anyu and RiO. This is the second time they have won the Costume Division Grand Prix, following their first victory in 2022.

The Costume Division Grand Prix winner will be awarded at the Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Award 2024 Awards Ceremony, which will be held on the main stage of Tokyo Auto Salon 2025, one of the world's largest custom car shows, at Makuhari Messe in January 2025.

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Jun and Yurie Seno, "Jun & Etty with AISIN" with Haruka Natsumi and Urara, Eneos Girls

Korean Male Model Jun Appears As a Race Ambassador For the First Race of the New Season's Super GT in Okayama On Sunday

The first round of Super GT was held at the Okayama International Circuit in Okayama Prefecture from April 13th to 14th. Various regulations have changed for Super GT, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, but this season, the gender designation of the race queen that has graced the circuit has been abolished, and the name has been changed. Already in the first race, a male "Race Ambassador" has appeared as part of the TGR Team Eneos Rookie team, which will be participating in the GT500 class.

While many Race Ambassadors appeared this season, one person stood out in particular. He is Korean model Park Min-Joon, who goes by the name of Jun. He is the ambassador of AISIN, which sponsors TGR Team Eneos Rookie. According to the team, the appointment of this male Race Ambassador was made by team owner Akio Toyoda of TGR Team Eneos Rookie and AISIN president Moritaka Yoshida.

Due to changes in Super GT regulations in 2024, they decided to give a male Race Ambassador a try. Jun started working at the circuit from April 13th. "I've been nervous since the day of the preliminaries, but I heard that this is the first time there has been a male ambassador, so there's no precedent. I'm trying to figure out what kind of poses I should do as a male model". Jun is actually a huge race car fan. "I love cars that run on gasoline engines more than EVs. I really like the sound of an engine, so coming to the circuit and hearing the sounds of the engines and smell of fuel, I was really excited".

However, the challenge for Jun who works in the world of Super GT both a man and a foreigner, can be said to be an expression of the era of diversity. "I want to continue to do my best in Super GT, and I want to show off my cool side. I want to be able to make the fans smile, and with the feeling of 'I Love Cars!'. I want to do my best to make people who have never been interested in motorsports fall in love with it" Jun said emphatically. Jun has been partnered with female Race Ambassador Yurie Seno, who has previously been a Race Queen for several years. Their unit name is Jun & Etty with AISIN (Etty is Seno's nickname).

Blog Editorial; Please note I will not be posting any images of male Race Attendants besides the rare occasional news item such as this one. However, I do find it interesting that Japanese motorsport has decided to take this path rather than Formula 1's motor racing body, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), outright discontinuation Grid Girls at all F1 Grands Prix worldwide in 2018 because they were “at odds with modern day societal norms”. Super GT's solution seems far more fair and reasonable for everyone involved, especially the female models. Original news item below;

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Super GT Announces Name Change of "Race Queens" to Tentative Title of "Race Attendant" for 2024 Season

On February 9th, the GT Association (GTA), which promotes Super GT, announced the 2024 Sporting Regulations. The Sporting Regulations include operating regulations regarding Race Queens every year, but from 2024, the term "Race Queen" is to be replaced by the non gender specific term of "Race Attendant", which is currently a tentative title.

In Super GT, race queens have been considered to be a form of entertainment that enlivens the series. In order to improve their status and add value, and at the same time maintain the dignity of Super GT, it was decided the name change was needed.

Until 2023, a Race Queen will be defined as a woman who engages in promotional activities at the tournament venue wearing a costume with a sponsor company logo that is clearly different from that of team staff, or a costume similar to it (Article 1, Section 1 of the Operational Regulations), but from 2024, a person who wears a costume with a sponsor company logo that is clearly different from that of team staff, or a similar costume and engages in promotional activities at the race venue will be classified under the tentative name of "Race Attendant". In addition, the regulations have replaced the term "female" with "person".

The name is still under consideration, as it is tentatively named. This may change in the future.

Race Queens have been an inherit and integral part of Japanese motor sport for several decades. In order to continue into the future, the change was made in consideration of the diversity of modern Japanese society. Although the actual situation may not change immediately, it is likely over time a wide range of people, regardless of gender, will be positioned to engage in Super GT promotional activities in line with modern society.