Goofball Academy Junior (Japanese TV series)

[[Image:|256px]] Goofball Academy Junior Genre Reality competition Format Created by Judges Creative director Starring Voices of Composer(s) Opening theme Country of origin Japan Original language(s) English Japanese Number of seasons 15 completed 16 soon Number of episodes 150 Production Executive producer(s) Producer(s) Running time roughly an hour Production company(s) Broadcast Original channel NHK Picture format 1080i (HDTV) Audio format Stereo 5.1 Surround Sound Original run July 6, 2007 – present

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Goofball Academy Junior (Japanese: グーフボールアカデミージュニア; Hephurn: Gūfubōruakademījunia) is a Japanese reality competition based on the highly successful titular franchise. This is the kids version of Goofball Academy.

Format

Casting calls are accepted online. Participation is only available for contestants between the ages of 8 and 14.

Season summary

Season	Premiere	Finale	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1	July 6, 2007	September 7, 2007
2	July 4, 2008	September 5, 2008
3	July 17, 2009	September 18, 2009	Maria Watanabe
4	July 2, 2010	September 3, 2010
5	July 15, 2011	September 16, 2011
6	July 6, 2012	September 7, 2012
7	July 19, 2013	September 20, 2013
8	July 4, 2014	September 5, 2014
9	July 17, 2015	September 18, 2015
10	July 1, 2016	September 2, 2016
11	July 14, 2017	September 15, 2017
12	July 20, 2018	September 21, 2018
13	July 5, 2019	September 6, 2019
14	November 6, 2020	January 8, 2021
15	January 21, 2022	March 25, 2022
16	Upcoming season