AKB48's variety show, "AKBingo!", recently held the AKB48 Rebound Girl Contest, which was set on determining the #1 Popular Botchari (Chubby) Girl!

Inspired by the drama "Rebound", which stars Saki Aibu, the girls dress up in fat suits and heavy face makeup for the contest.

Check out the video & translation for part 1 of the show below!

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*Starting Around 1:15*

First up... Takahashi Minami... Botchari Suberi Musume!

Second... Itano Tomomi... Botchari Ochare Musume!

Third... Minegishi Minagi... Botchari Comedian!

Fourth... Kojima Haruna... Botchari Tennen Musume!

Fifth and last... Shinoda Mariko... Botchari CM Queen!

Let's see who from this group will be the #1 "chubby girl"!

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There are four teams who will help determine the winner of the contest, and the #1 "chubby girl" will receive a whole "super melon" shortcake that's priced at 18,900 yen.

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The first challenge? Running through an obstacle course.

Spin your head ten times on the bat, get the hanging senbei using only your mouth, and then put the spoon in your mouth and pick-up the ping pong balls. Run outside the studio, run through the narrow hallway, and go through the slalom obstacles to reach the turnaround point, where water and oxygen will be provided. Then get back to the studio, crawl through the netting, and run over three hurdles without toppling any of them to finish!

In total, it's an 80-meter course.

Who's going to win?!

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But before that happens... because we all want to know and see how well each girl can move, we're asking them to dance first. By watching the girls dance, the judges will guess who will win the race.

*Girls Dance*

Okay, let's see the guesses of the judges.

Nobody picked Kojima... what do you think?

Kojima replies, "I'll just run."

Can Kojima prove all the judges wrong?!

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*Race Starts*

All the contestants drink water, use oxygen, and stand in front of the fan to cool off.

"Will the race ever finish like this?"

*Race Finishes*

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Takahashi wins and receives 1 botchari point!

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Stay tuned for part two on tokyohive!