Inaugural eJapan Chrysanthemum Cup - Finals and Loser's Results

Day 3,444, 21:45 • Published in Japan Russia • by shirosakura




Welcome to the Inaugural eJapan Chrysanthemum Cup!



The first in many initiatives sponsored by the SOS Brigade and inspired by recent events in a certain shounen anime, the Chrysanthemum cup is a new contest among champions in eJapan. For nearly eight years, eJapan and the rest of the world has participated in a monthly contest to crown our nation's Empress. The ceremonial title was created to bring together the community and to honor the women that we revere from within the community. The Chrysanthemum Cup will be the first time that the Empresses of our nation are placed in a special election of their own.

The finals are here! And with them, our tournament rolls into its final stage. The bracket is too large for a full breakdown, but you can check it out on the tournament page here for the updates!

It was a long journey, but after nearly two months of tournament battle, the final match to decide the first Chrysanthemum Empress is here. But first, our finishers:

4th Place is:




Empress from April 2013, Azusa Nakano!

Crowned by the then-Minister of Culture and Events, Nakano was finally elected Empress after winning Royal Ambassador once.

Azusa is a new student who joins the Light Music Club as a rhythm guitarist. She plays a Fender Mustang MG69/MH/CAR electric guitar which she eventually names Muttan, but is also in possession of a Gibson Les Paul Custom 50th Anniversary Gold Top (as seen in episode 13). She is a self-proclaimed novice guitarist who has been playing the guitar since the fourth grade and whose parents play in a jazz band. She is in the same year and class as Yui's sister, Ui, and has quite a mysterious demeanor. She often finds herself bewildered by the tea parties and cosplaying aspects of the club when she would rather just practice, and is struck by how good the club's music sounds despite their problems and lack of practice. However, she has a certain weakness for cakes and can be calmed down rather easily, sometimes by just being petted. She is more serious than the other girls, and does not like to admit how she really feels; she could be described in part as a tsundere. She is constantly hugged by Yui and is nicknamed Azu-nyan after trying on a pair of cat ears and meowing.



Third place goes to:



The Empress from July 2015, Motoko Kusanagi

Unfortunately, the articles detailing her ascension have been lost to time, but it anyone has anything, please post it in the comments:

Motoko Kusanagi is the mysterious, even enigmatic woman who has led a group of SpecOps for years, and was recruited by Aramaki to work for Section 9. Almost nothing is known about her, her origins, birthdate, etc. She could not be older than 60 or so, since the widespread use of full-cyborgization was not in use until then. She was fully cyborged at a very young age and as she "grew" she went through a series of artificial bodies. This, more than anything, likely contributed to her great ease at controlling cyborg bodies of various types, even multiple at the same time.More mysterious is her incredible ability as a hacker, as she is equally at ease in a cyborg body as she is without one while diving the net; she is also officially registered as a Super Wizard Class Hacker.

Whatever her age, Major Kusanagi now prefers the body of a 20-something woman. She is most often identifiable by her short violet hair and violet eyes in her Stand Alone Complex design. Her Arise design features her with short, indigo hair and blue eyes and features the Major at a younger age as she fights for her autonomy from Unit 501 of the Arm



The finals will feature two contestants:



It all comes down to this, so make sure you Vote for your favorite Empress here! And may the best one win!