SURVIVOR: Flags of Japanese Prefectures - IBARAKI IS THE SURVIVOR

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After Russia, Here comes Japanese sub-divisions: prefectures. Rules are as before. List of Japanese Prefectures and their flags are here. (also more detail on the prefectures here). All are listed below in alphabetical order - for neatiness of list, Karafuto is included (aka Sakhalin):

Aichi
Akita
Aomori
Chiba
Ehime
Fukui
Fukuoka
Fukushima
Gifu
Gunma
Hiroshima
Hokkaido
Hyogo
Ibaraki
Ishikawa
Iwate
Kagawa
Kagoshima
Karofuto
Kanagawa
Kochi
Kumamoto
Kyoto
Mie
Miyagi
Miyazaki
Nagano
Nagasaki
Nara
Niigata
Oita
Okayama
Okinawa
Osaka
Saga
Saitama
Shiga
Shimane
Shizuoka
Tochigi
Tokushima
Tokyo Metropolitan Flag
Tokyo Symbol Flag
Tottori
Toyama
Wakayama
Yamagata
Yamaguchi
Yamanashi

Note: For Oita, I'm counting both versions of the flag as the same. Which you prefer is up to you.

Round 1
In this round five flags will be eliminated. Each voter has 5 flags to distribute votes to, listing them 5-4-3-2-1 in order of preference with 5 the one you must want to see eliminated and 1 the least. The five flags with most votes will be eliminated EXCEPT that to be eliminated each flag must receive votes from at least two voters as to avoid unfair eliminations to the strength of one particular voter's 5 vote.

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5 Niigata
4 Chiba
3 Yamagata
2 Yamanashi
1 Nara

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Round 1 Results:
Niigata - 13
Yamagata - 11
Chiba - 8
Ishikawa - 5
Nagasaki - 5
Kanagawa - 5
Gifu - 4 (TIEBREAK: More votes of higher value)
Yamanashi - 4
Miyazaki - 4
Yamaguchi - 4
Osaka - 4
Kyoto - 3
Nara - 2
Aomori - 2
Fukushima - 1

Eliminated:
Niigata


Yamagata


Chiba


Ishikawa


Gifu


Round 2
Rules the same as the previous round. Vote 5-4-3-2-1 in order of preference with the flags with the five highest totals being eliminated at the end of the round. Again, as in the previous round, to be eliminated a flag must also have more than one voter voting for it.

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5 Yamanashi
4 Ehime
3 Aomori
2 Oita
1 Nara

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Ok... as there is only three votes. What I'm going instead is double the votes of the flags that appeared more than once in the votes. That leaves...

Round 2 Results:
Aomori - 12
Yamanashi - 5
Nagasaki - 5
Kanagawa - 5
Kumamoto - 4 (TIEBREAK: Received more than one vote)
Osaka - 4
Kyoto - 4
Miyazaki - 3
Oita - 2
Toyama - 2
Akita - 2
Nara - 1

Eliminated:
Aomori


Yamanashi


Nagasaki


Kanagawa


Kumamoto


Round 3
Three flags will be eliminated at the end of this round. Vote 3,2,1 in order of preference to eliminate three flags. The flags with the three highest points at the end of the round will be eliminated.

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3 Ehime
2 Oita
1 Toyko Symbol Flag

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Round 3 Results -
Kyoto - 3
Osaka - 3
Ehime - 3
Akita - 2
Miyazaki - 2
Oita - 2
Nara - 1
Toyama - 1
Toyko Symbol Flag - 1

Eliminated:
Kyoto


Osaka


Ehime


Round 4
Ok, change of tack...

In this round 3 flags will be eliminated. Here you will 5 votes, one 2 vote and three 1 votes. The flag with the highest number of votes at the end of the round will be eliminated.

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2 Oita
1 Nara
1 Shiga
1 Toyko Symbol Flag

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Brain fart politicus.

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Round 4 Results:
Nara - 3
Oita - 3
Akita - 3
Toyoma - 2
Shiga - 2
Hokkaido - 2
Toyko Symbol Flag - 1
Kagoshima - 1
Karafuto - 1
Hyogo - 1
Tochigi - 1

Eliminated:
Nara


Oita


Akita


Round 5
This round will maintain the format used in the previous round albeit with one exception. Three flags will be eliminated at the end of it but this time you will have six votes in a 2-1-1-1-1 formation. Please vote for four flags that you would like to see eliminated in order of preference.

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2 Toyko Symbol Flag
1 Shiga
1 Hokkaido
1 Tochigi
1 Miyazaki

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I'm going to leave this open for another day to get at least another vote.

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Round 5 Results:
Tochigi - 4
Toyko Symbol Flag - 3
Shiga - 3
Miyazaki - 2
Mie - 2
Hokkaido - 1
Karafuto - 1
Hyogo - 1
Kagawa - 1

Eliminated:
Tochigi


Toyko Symbol Flag


Shiga


Round 6
This round will follow the format of the previous round. Three flags are to be eliminated with voting done in a 2-1-1-1-1 format. The three flags with the most accumulated at the end of the round will be eliminated.

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2 Toyama
1 Hokkaido
1 Karafuto
1 Miyazaki
1 Hyogo

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Round 6 Results:
Hyogo - 4
Karafuto - 3
Mie - 3 (TIEBREAK: More votes in previous rounds)
Kagawa - 3
Kagoshima - 3
Toyama - 2
Miyazaki - 2
Hokkaido - 1
Kochi - 1
Saitama - 1
Shizuoka - 1

Eliminated:
Hyogo


Karafuto


Mie


Round 7
The same format as the previous round. Three flags to be eliminated. Vote 2-1-1-1-1 in order of preference. The three flags with the highest number of votes will be eliminated.

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2 Toyama
1 Hokkaido
1 Miyazaki
1 Shizuoka
1 Gunma

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Round 7 Results:
Kagoshima - 4
Kochi - 3
Gunma - 3
Miyazaki - 2
Fukushima - 2
Toyoma - 2
Saitama - 2
Shizuoka - 2
Hokkaido - 1
Kagawa - 1
Nagano - 1
Wakayama - 1

Eliminated:
Kagoshima


Kochi


Gunma


Round 8
As in the previous rounds three flags are to be eliminated at the end of this round. However this time voting will be done using a much wider 3-2-2-1-1-1 format with the three flags with the most votes at the end of the round being eliminated.

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3 Toyama
2 Hokkaido
2 Shizuoka
1 Miyazaki
1 Toyko Metropolitan flag
1 Shimane

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Round 8 Results:
Shizuoka - 5
Nagano - 4
Saitama - 4
Shimane - 3
Ibaraki - 3
Iwate - 3
Kagawa - 3
Toyama - 3
Miyazaki - 2
Fukushima - 2
Hokkaido - 2
Wakayama - 2
Toyko Metropolitan - 2
Tottori - 1
Hiroshima - 1

Eliminated:
Shizuoka


(Above is an image of the flag superimposed on the prefecture's boundaries. I could find no reasonably sized images of the flag)

Nagano


Saitama


Round 9
This round will follow the format of the previous round wherein three flags are to be eliminated and voting will be done in a 3-2-2-1-1-1 fashion. However there is now an addition of a -2 vote for a flag that one wishes to see saved at the end of the round. The flags with the three highest votes will be eliminated at the end of the round.

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3 Toyama
2 Hokkaido
2 Miyazaki
1 Toyko Metropolitan
1 Shimane
1 Iwate

-2 Kagawa

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Round 9 Results:
Toyama - 5
Kagawa - 4
Iwate - 3 (TIEBREAK: More votes of higher value in game history)
Shimane - 3
Miyazaki - 2
Fukushima - 2
Wakayama - 2
Toyko Metropolitan - 1
Ibaraki - 1
Okinawa - 1
Hokkaido - 0

Eliminated:
Toyama


Kagawa


Iwate


Round 10
As in the previous the round three flags are to be eliminated and votes are to be distributed in a 3-2-2-1-1-1 and -2 fashion. The flags with the three highest votes at the end of the round will be eliminated.

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3 Hokkaido
2 Miyazaki
2 Shimane
1 Fukuoka
1 Toyko Metropolitan
1 Tokushima

-2 Ibaraki

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Guys I'm going away on holidays for a week and will have limited internet. So I'm going to leave this round open until I get back. Sorry about this, will be back soon.

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Spelling it 'Toyko' is a personal quirk and error of mine. Sorry for any confusion caused. Anyway... I'm back

Round 10 Results:
Shimane - 6
Miyazaki - 4
Hokkaido - 3 (TIEBREAK: Eliminated by order of most votes in previous rounds)
Fukushima - 3
Tokushima - 3
Wakayama - 2
Tokyo Metropolitan - 2
Ibaraki - 2
Tottori - 2
Fukuoka - 2
Yamaguchi - 1
Hiroshima - 1
Okinawa - 1
Fukui - 1
Miyagi - 1

Eliminated:
Shimane


Miyazaki


Hokkaido


Round 11
As in the previous the round three flags are to be eliminated and votes are to be distributed in a 3-2-2-1-1-1 and -2 fashion. The flags with the three highest votes at the end of the round will be eliminated.

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3 Tokyo Metropolitan
2 Fukuoka
2 Fukui
1 Tottori
1 Miyagi
1 Okayama

-2 Fukushima