Miss Japan

Miss Japan
ミスジャパン
Formation	1952–1995; 2019
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Tokyo
Location	Japan;
Membership	Miss Universe; (1952–1995); Miss Supranational; (2010–present);
Official language	Japanese
Senior Directors	Akihiro Yoshida; Takako Hashimura; Ichiro Tahara; Takahide Kitai;
Parent organization	Yoshinaga; (1952–1995);; HDR Corporation (2019–present);
Website	Official website

Miss Japan (Japanese: ミスジャパン) is a national beauty pageant in Japan. The pageant first ran from 1952 to 1995 and was led by Yoshinaga (Japanese-American Press). In 2019, the Miss Japan pageant returned with Akihiro Yoshida, Takako Hashimura, Ichiro Tahara and Takahide Kitai, from the HDR Corporation, all as senior directors.^[1] The HDR Corporation started the new Miss Japan competition after they lost the franchises for both Miss Universe and Miss Earth.^[2]^[3]

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The HDR Corporation also operates the Miss and Mister Supranational contest.^[4]

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Year	Miss Japan	Japanese Name	Prefecture
1952	Himeko Kojima	小島日女子	Osaka
1953	Kinuko Ito	伊東絹子	Tokyo
1954	Mieko Kondo	近藤美恵子	Aichi
1955	Keiko Takahashi	高橋敬緯子	Tokyo
1956	Yoshie Baba	馬場祥江	Fukushima
1957	Kyoko Otani	大谷享子	Tokyo
1958	Tomoko Moritake	森武知子	Fukuoka
1959	Akiko Kojima^[5]	児島明子	Tokyo
1960	Yayoi Furuno	古野弥生	Fukuoka
1961	Akemi Toyama	遠山明美	Tokyo
1962	Kazuko Hirano	平野和子	Kyoto
1963	Noriko Ando	安藤矩子	Miyagi
1964	Chizuko Matsumoto	松本千都子	Hyōgo
1965	Mari Katayama	片山まり	Tokyo
1966	Atsumi Ikeno	池野温美	Osaka
1967	Kayoko Fujikawa	藤川香代子	Osaka
1968	Yasuyo Iino	飯野矢住代	Tokyo
1969	Kikuyo Osuka	大須賀喜久代	Aichi
1970	Jun Shimada^[6]	島田純	Tokyo
1971	Shigeko Taketomi	武富茂子	Tokyo
1972	Harumi Maeda	前田晴美	Tokyo
1973	Miyoko Sometani	染谷美代子	Ibaraki
1974	Eriko Tsuboi	坪井江里子	Tokyo
1975	Sachiko Nakayama	中山幸子	Hokkaido
1976	Miyako Iwakuni	岩国美弥子	Osaka
1977	Kyoko Sato	佐藤恭子	Tokyo
1978	Hisako Manda	萬田久子	Osaka
1979	Yurika Kuroda	黒田百合香	Tokyo
1980	Hisae Hiyama	檜山久恵	Tokyo
1981	Mineko Orisaku	織作峰子	Kyoto
1982	Eri Okuwaki	奥脇絵里	Tokyo
1983	Yuko Yamaguchi	山口遊子	Osaka
1984	Megumi Niiyama	新山恵	Tokyo
1985	Hatsumi Furusawa	古沢初美	Osaka
1986	Hiroko Esaki	江崎普子	Gifu
1987	Hiroe Namba	難波央江	Okayama
1988	Mizuho Sakaguchi	坂口美津穂	Hyōgo
1989	Eri Tashiro	田代絵里	Hokkaido
1990	Hiroko Miyoshi	三好浩子	Ehime
1991	Atsuko Yamamoto	山本亜津子	Osaka
1992	Akiko Ando	安藤晃子	Aichi
1993	Yukiko Shiki	志岐幸子	Hyōgo
1994	Chiaki Kawando	川人千明	Kagawa
1995	Narumi Saeki	佐伯成美	Saitama
No Miss Japan from 1996 to 2018
2019	Honoka Tsuchiya^[7]	土屋炎伽	Tokyo
2020	Senna Ogawa^[2]^[3]	小川千奈	Iwate

Prefecture	Titles	Years
Tokyo	17	1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 2019
Osaka	8	1952, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1991
Aichi	3	1954, 1969, 1992
Hyōgo	3	1964, 1988, 1993
Fukuoka	2	1958, 1960
Hokkaido		1975, 1989
Kyoto		1962, 1981
Ehime	1	1990
Fukushima		1956
Gifu		1986
Ibaraki		1973
Iwate		2020
Kagawa		1994
Miyagi		1963
Okayama		1987
Saitama		1995

Year	Miss Supranational Japan	Japanese	Represented	Placement	Special Awards
2025	Nao Kawada	川田奈緒	Tokyo	Unplaced
2024	Yuki Sonoda	園田悠希	Kagoshima	Top 25	Top 7 at Miss Talent
2023	Mayuko Hanawa^[8]	花輪真由子	Ibaraki	Unplaced	Top 8 at Miss Talent
2022	Rina Okada^[9]	岡田里奈	Hokkaido	Unplaced	Top 3 at Miss Talent
2021	Emiri Shimizu	清水えみり	Gunma	Top 24
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2019	Natsumi Takenaka	竹中夏美	Osaka	Unplaced
2018	Yurika Nakamoto	中本ゆりか	Okinawa	Unplaced
2017	Yuki Koshikawa	越川ゆき	Chiba	Top 25
2016	Risa Nagashima	永島理沙	Gunma	Top 25
2015	Mieko Takeuchi	竹内美恵子	Hyōgo	Top 20
2014	Ayaka Wakao	若尾彩花	Tokyo	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2011—2013
2010	Miou Fujinaga	藤永美桜	Tokyo	Unplaced

Year	Mister Supranational Japan	Japanese	Represented	Placement	Special Awards
Did not compete between 2020—present
2019	Reino Shimamura	島村れい乃	Tokyo	Unplaced	Top 5 at Mr Talent
2018	Jiro Matsumoto	松本次郎	Tokyo	Unplaced
2017	Takanori Uekusa	植草隆則	Tokyo	Top 20
2016	Ricky Wakabayashi^[10]	リッキー若林	Tokyo	Top 10

Miss Japan

Titleholders

Winners by prefectures

Miss and Mister Supranational Japan

Miss Supranational Japan

Mister Supranational Japan

See also

References

External links

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