{{Short description|Japanese beauty pageant}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|Organizations|date=November 2015}} {{refimprove|date=November 2015}} }} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss International Japan |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_caption = |formation = 1960 |type = [[Beauty pageant]] |headquarters = [[Tokyo]] |location = [[Japan]] |membership = [[Miss International]] |language = [[Japanese language|Japanese]] |leader_title = President |leader_name = Akemi Shimomura |num_staff = |budget = |website = https://www.miss-international.org/jp/ }}
'''Miss International Japan''' is a national [[Beauty pageant]] in Japan. It was created in 1960 in response to Japan's then-recent lack of finalists at the [[Miss International]] pageant.
==History== Miss International Japan Beauty pageant has consisted of the passion and energy given by the “Goodwill Ambassadors of Beauty" from all over Japan country who aspire for "contribute to global society". This pageant is under of [[Miss International]] Organization by ICA (International Cultural Association).
The winner of Miss International Japan will be contributing at the [[Miss International]] pageant. Since 1960 participating at the pageant, Japan has only one winner, [[Ikumi Yoshimatsu]] (吉松 育美) from [[Tosu, Saga|Tosu]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite news|last=ADELSTEIN|first=JAKE|title=Celebrity stands up to talent agency 'stalker'|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/celebrity-stands-up-to-talent-agency-stalker/#.U0IMDvmSyol|access-date=7 April 2014|newspaper=japantimes.co.jp|date=11 December 2013}}</ref>
==International Cultural Association== The Association was approved and founded in April 1969 (Showa 44) as an incorporated organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cultural Exchange Division), for the purpose of "friendship and goodwill between all nations of the world" through international exchange.<ref>[http://www.miss-international.org/en/aboutICA.html History of ICA]</ref>
==Titleholders== ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=darkgray}} Ended as special award winner }} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !width="80" |Year !width="250" |Miss International Japan !width="250" |Japanese !width="250" |Represented !width="250" |Placement !width="250" |Special Awards !width="250" |National competition date !width="250" |World competition date |- | [[Miss International 2026|2026]] | Michiru Yakuwa | 八鍬ミチル | [[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]] | TBA | TBA | December 9, 2025 | TBA |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | [[Miss International 2025|2025]] | Ai Nozaki | 野崎愛 | [[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]] | Top 20 | Miss Friendship | December 10, 2024 | November 27, 2025 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | [[Miss International 2024|2024]] | Mei Ueda<ref>{{cite web |title=兄は日本代表植田直通 植田明依さんミスインターナショナル選出「私も世界と戦えるような人に」|trans-title=Her brother is Naomichi Ueda, Japan's representative. Mei Ueda is selected as Miss International. "I want to become someone who can compete on the world stage, too."|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202311280000988.html |website=[[Nikkan Sports]] |access-date=September 9, 2024 |language=ja |date=November 28, 2023}}</ref> | 上田芽生 | [[Kumamoto]] | Top 20 | Miss International Asia | November 28, 2023 | November 12, 2024 |- | [[Miss International 2023|2023]] | Tamao Yoneyama<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2022 |title=東京都出身のモデル米山珠央さんミス・インターナショナル日本代表に選出 今年で60回目 |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/m/entertainment/news/202211080000760_m.html?mode=all |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=[[Nikkan Sports]] |language=ja}}</ref> | 米山珠緒 | [[Tokyo]] | | | November 8, 2022 | October 26, 2023 |-style="background-color:#FADADD; " | [[Miss International 2022|2022]] | Kiko Matsuo | 松尾 綺子 | [[Saga Prefecture|Saga]] | | Miss International Asia | November 30, 2021 | December 13, 2022 |- | 2021 | colspan=8 {{n/a|Due to the impact of [[COVID-19 pandemic]], no pageant in 2021}} |- | [[Miss International 2020|2020]] | Chiho Terauchi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2019112601199&g=etm|title=Chiho Terauchi crowned Miss International Japan 2020|publisher=[[Jiji Press]]|access-date=November 26, 2019}}</ref> | 寺内 千穂 | [[Tochigi Prefecture|Tochigi]] | Did not compete | | November 26, 2019 | N/A |- |[[Miss International 2019|2019]] | Tomomi Okada | [[:ja:岡田朋峰|岡田 朋峰]] | [[Tokyo]] | | | October 23, 2018 | November 12, 2019 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2018|2018]] | Hinano Sugimoto | [[:ja:杉本雛乃|杉本 雛乃]] | [[Tokyo]] | Top 8 | | October 30, 2017 | November 9, 2018 |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" |[[Miss International 2017|2017]] | Natsuki Tsutsui | [[:ja:筒井菜月|筒井 菜月]] | [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] | 4th Runner-up | Best National Costume | October 25, 2016 | November 14, 2017 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2016|2016]] | Junna Yamagata | [[:ja:山形純菜|山形 純菜]] | [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]] | Top 15 | | November 3, 2015 | October 27, 2016 |- | [[Miss International 2015|2015]] | [[Arisa Nakagawa]] | [[:ja:中川愛理沙|中川 愛理沙]] | [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]] | | Best National Costume | November 4, 2014 | November 5, 2015 |- |[[Miss International 2014|2014]] | Rira Hongo | [[:ja:本郷李來|本郷 李來]] | [[Tokyo]] | | | January 25, 2014 | November 11, 2014 |- |[[Miss International 2013|2013]] | Yukiko Takahashi | 高橋 由紀子 | [[Tokyo]] | | | November 4, 2012 | December 17, 2013 |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''[[Miss International 2012|2012]]''' | '''[[Ikumi Yoshimatsu]]'''<ref>{{cite news|last=Desai|first=Purva|title=JAPAN WALKS AWAY WITH MISS INTERNATIONAL 2012 TITLE!|url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/news/Japan-walks-away-with-Miss-International-2012-title/articleshow/16903551.cms|access-date=7 April 2014|newspaper=indiatimes.com|date=22 October 2012}}</ref> | '''[[:ja:吉松育美|吉松 育美]]''' | '''[[Saga Prefecture|Saga]]''' | '''[[Miss International 2012]]''' | '''Miss Photogenic''' | '''November 20, 2011''' | '''October 21, 2012''' |- |[[Miss International 2011|2011]] | Nagomi Murayama | [[:ja:村山和実|村山 和実]] | [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]] | | | November 20, 2010 | November 6, 2011 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2010|2010]] | Etsuko Kanagae | [[:ja:金ヶ江悦子|金ヶ江 悦子]] | [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] | Top 15 | Miss Elegance | December 13, 2009 | November 7, 2010 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD; " |[[Miss International 2009|2009]] | Yuka Nakayama | [[:ja:中山由香|中山 由香]] | [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]] | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | October 25, 2008 | November 28, 2009 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD; " |[[Miss International 2008|2008]] | Kyoko Sugiyama | [[:ja:杉山恭子|杉山 恭子]] | [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]] | Top 12 | | October 15, 2007 | November 8, 2008 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2007|2007]] | Hisako Shirata | [[:ja:白田久子|白田 久子]] | [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic | October 15, 2006 | October 15, 2007 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2006|2006]] | Mami Sakurai | [[:ja:櫻井麻美 (タレント)|櫻井 麻美]] | [[Tokyo]] | Top 12 | | September 26, 2005 | November 11, 2006 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2005|2005]] |Naomi Ishizaka |石坂 直美 |[[Tokyo]] |Top 12 | | October 5, 2004 | September 26, 2005 |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2004|2004]] |Tamiko Kawahara |川原 多美子 |[[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]] |Top 15 | | October 8, 2003 | October 16, 2004 |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2003|2003]] |Saeko Matsumi |[[:ja:松見早枝子|松見 早枝子]] |[[Tokyo]] |Top 12 |Miss Congeniality |September 30, 2002 |October 8, 2003 |- style="background-color:#FFFF66;" |[[Miss International 2002|2002]] |Hana Urushima |漆島 華 |[[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]] |2nd runner-up | | |September 30, 2002 |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2001|2001]] |Hanako Suzuki |鈴木 華子 |[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] |Top 15 | | |October 4, 2001 |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 2000|2000]] |Kanako Shibata |柴田 加奈子 |[[Hokkaido]] |Top 15 | | |October 4, 2000 |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1999|1999]] |Kana Onoda |小野田 加奈 |[[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1998|1998]] |Megumi Taira |平 恵 |[[Tokyo]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1997|1997]] |Sayuri Seki |関 さゆり |[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1996|1996]] |Akiko Sugano |菅野 安希子 |[[Tokyo]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1995|1995]] |Yuka Kondo |近藤 由夏 |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1994|1994]] |Tomomi Hanamura |花村 ともみ |[[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1993|1993]] |Masayo Shibasaki |柴崎 雅代 |[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]] |Top 15 | |- |[[Miss International 1992|1992]] |Tomoko Nishiki |錦 知子 |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1991|1991]] |Miho Takata |高田 美穂 |[[Ehime Prefecture|Ehime]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1990|1990]] |Hiroko Ohnishi |大西 啓子 |[[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]] |Top 15 | |- s |[[Miss International 1989|1989]] |Tamae Ogura |小倉 玉江 |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1988|1988]] |Yuki Egami |江上 有希 |[[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1987|1987]] |Yayoi Morita |盛田 弥生 |[[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1986|1986]] |Rika Kobayashi |小林 利花 |[[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1985|1985]] |Makiko Matsumoto |松本 万貴子 |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1984|1984]] |Junko Ueno |上野 順子 |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1983|1983]] |Akemi Fujita |藤田 明美 |[[Yamaguchi Prefecture|Yamaguchi]] |Top 15 | |- |[[Miss International 1982|1982]] |Yukiko Tsutsumi |堤 由記子 |[[Hokkaido]] | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1981|1981]] |Mika Moriwaki |森脇 美香 |[[Okayama Prefecture|Okayama]] |Top 15 | |- |[[Miss International 1980|1980]] |Mayumi Kanbara |蒲原 まゆみ |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] | |Miss Congeniality |- style="background-color:#FFFF66;" |[[Miss International 1979|1979]] |Hideko Haba |羽場 秀子 |[[Tokyo]] |4th runner-up | |- |[[Miss International 1978|1978]] |Atsuko Taguchi |田口 淳子 |[[Akita Prefecture|Akita]] || | |- |[[Miss International 1977|1977]] |Mieko Kojima |小島 三恵子 |[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] | | |- style="background-color:#FFFF66;" |[[Miss International 1976|1976]] |Kumie Nakamura |中村 久美江 |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] |4th runner-up | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1975|1975]] |Sumiko Kumagai |熊谷 澄子 |[[Tokyo]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1974|1974]] |Hideko Shigekawa |茂川 秀子 |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1973|1973]] |Miki Yaita |矢板 美季 |[[Hokkaido]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1972|1972]] |Yuko Tamehisa |為久 優子 |[[Yamaguchi Prefecture|Yamaguchi]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1971|1971]] |Reiko Yoneyama |米山 礼子 |[[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFF66;" |[[Miss International 1970|1970]] |Toshie Suda |須田 敏恵 |[[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]] |3rd Runner-up | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1969|1969]] |Akemi Okemoto |桶本 明美 |[[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1968|1968]] |Yoko Sunami |砂見 葉子 |[[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]] |Top 15 | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1967|1967]] |Hiroko Sasaki |佐々木 裕子 |[[Tokyo]] |Top 15 | |- |{{gray|<s>1966</s>}} | colspan="5" {{n/a|cancellation}} |- |[[Miss International 1965|1965]] |Hiroko Fukushima |福島 宏子 |[[Tokyo]] | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1964|1964]] |Naoko Matsui |松井 尚子 |[[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]] |Top 15 | |- |[[Miss International 1963|1963]] |Shizuko Shimizu |清水 静子 |[[Tokyo]] | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1962|1962]] |Kaoru Maki |牧 かほる |[[Tokyo]] |Top 15 | |- |[[Miss International 1961|1961]] |Atsuko Kyoto |[[:ja:京藤敦子|京藤 敦子]] |[[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]] | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" |[[Miss International 1960|1960]] |Michiko Takagi |高木 美智子 |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] |Top 15 | |- |}
===Winners by prefectures=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; " !Prefectures !Titles !Years |- |{{flag|Tokyo}} |style="text-align:center;" | 16 |1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2023 |- |{{flag|Osaka}} |style="text-align:center;" | 10 |1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2007, 2010 |- |{{flag|Saitama}} |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 4 |1977, 1997, 2001, 2017 |- |{{flag|Yamanashi}} |1970, 1971, 1987, 2025 |- |{{flag|Kanagawa}} |rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 3 |1993, 2008, 2011 |- |{{flag|Hokkaido}} |1973, 1982, 2000 |- |{{flag|Fukuoka}} |1964, 1968, 2009 |- |{{flag|Saga}} |rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 2 |2012, 2022 |- |{{flag|Fukui}} |1961, 1988 |- |{{flag|Yamaguchi}} |1972, 1983 |- |- |{{flag|Kumamoto}} |rowspan="21" style="text-align:center;" | 1 |2024 |- |{{flag|Tochigi}} |2020 |- |{{flag|Iwate}} |2016 |- |{{flag|Chiba}} |2015 |- |{{flag|Ibaraki}} |2004 |- |{{flag|Kyoto}} |2002 |- |{{flag|Fukushima}} |1999 |- |{{flag|Aichi}} |1994 |- |{{flag|Ehime}} |1991 |- |{{flag|Hyōgo}} |1990 |- |{{flag|Shizuoka}} |1986 |- |{{flag|Okayama}} |1981 |- |{{flag|Akita}} |1978 |- |{{flag|Hiroshima}} |1969 |}
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==Controversy== In 2013 edition, for the first time in history, the winner of [[Miss International 2012]] [[Ikumi Yoshimatsu]] of Japan did not crown her successor; instead [[Miss International 2008]] Alejandra Andreu took over in passing on the crown to [[Bea Santiago]] of the Philippines. This is also the first time when a past winner crowned two Miss Internationals, one in 2009 where she crowned her successor, [[Anagabriela Espinoza]] of Mexico.
== See also == * [[Miss Universe Japan]] * [[Miss World Japan]] * [[Miss Earth Japan]] * [[Miss Japan]] * [[Miss Nippon]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.miss-international.org/jp/ Miss International Japan official website] {{Beauty pageants in Japan}} {{Miss International countries and territories}}
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