Are these hairstyles really the best of the submissions you received?

Why are all the female hairstyles just boring? Where is the variation? Why are they barely different than anything already in the game?

You posted increase in profit numbers, increase in subscription numbers, a desire to expand to XBox and the Wii. But too lazy to pick a hairstyle more difficult to implement in game than "random braid"?

Japanese bias? Why do 90% of the entries selected as finalists have JP text on them?