A student of the NSG Group (International General Academy, International Beauty & Food College / Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture) won the Grand Prix out of 427 submitted works in the nationwide photo contest for the beauty industry, "REJOB PHOTO CONTEST Vol.3". <Announced on April 20, 2026>

Additionally, this school concurrently received the "School Award," which is presented to educational institutions that have produced many outstanding works.

From left: Haruka Kikuchi, Yuki Saito, Asami Takita

Contest Overview

The "REJOB PHOTO CONTEST" is a photo contest hosted by Rejob Co., Ltd., which supports the beauty and healthcare industries.

The company supports the industry from three perspectives: "training support", "employment support", and "employment expansion", and this contest is held as an initiative of "training support" among them.

By having beauty vocational students set their own themes and titles and challenge themselves to create works with free ideas, it aims to foster human resources who will play active roles in the industry in the future.

In this 3rd edition, 427 works were entered from 54 schools nationwide, recording the highest number ever. The judging was conducted by corporate personnel utilizing Rejob.

Furthermore, the "School Award" was newly established to commend the efforts of educational institutions, and schools that produced many excellent works were recognized.

*For details of the contest (official) -> https://rejob.co.jp/topics/2026042049447

Award Overview

Wig Category: Grand Prix

Yuki Saito (Hair & Make-up Department 2nd year *1st year at the time of award)

Theme: DENTO

Title: Kabuki

◆ Award Comment

I was surprised when I heard the news of the award. This work uses Japan's traditional culture "Kabuki" as its title, and expresses the modern genderless society by imagining the hair as female roles and the makeup as male roles. I paid close attention to the details, such as the color around the face and the makeup.

I want to make the efforts leading up to this point and this result my asset, and continue to devote myself.

Wig Category: Prize Winner

Haruka Kikuchi (Hair & Make-up Department 2nd year *1st year at the time of award)

Theme: Nature

Title: Gentle Breeze and a Nap

◆ Award Comment

This work expresses a sense of life, as if living in the moment through the movement of the hair, and the passage of time. I paid attention to fine details, such as using three colors, creating steps, and finishing it softly overall.

Encouraged by this award, I will aim to create even better works.

Wig Category: Prize Winner

Asami Takita (Hair & Make-up Department 2nd year *1st year at the time of award)

Theme: 🍀Lucky Clover Fairy

Title: "A transparent moment where luck lingers"

◆ Award Comment

I created this imagining a transparent and fleeting moment where luck lingers. I like clovers, and I incorporated it because I was attracted to the meaning of "luck" embedded in the four-leaf clover and its cuteness. I made the hair fluffy overall to express transience.

I reaffirmed the joy of expressing through production, and I will continue to create works that are true to myself.

School Award: International Beauty & Food College

International Beauty & Food College

Corporate Name: Educational Corporation International General Academy

Location: 2-4-21 Houhatcho, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture

Representative: Principal Masayuki Sato

URL: https://www.b-f.ac.jp/

<About NSG Group>

The NSG Group is a corporate group consisting of 101 corporations expanding across a wide range of businesses, with education and medical/welfare/nursing care as its core, including health/sports, construction/real estate, food/agriculture, trading companies, advertising agencies, ICT, hotels, apparel, beauty, human resource services, and entertainment. Aiming to make each region "the richest and happiest town in the world", we are working from a private sector standpoint to create businesses that revitalize local communities under the keywords "People", "Peace of mind", "Work", and "Charm".

<NSG Group Website> https://www.nsg.gr.jp/

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