# Miss Japan

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Japanese beauty pageant

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Miss Japan ミスジャパン Formation 1952–1995; 2019 Type Beauty pageant Headquarters Tokyo Location Japan Members 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](/source/Japanese_language): ミスジャパン) is a national [beauty pageant](/source/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](/source/Miss_Universe) and [Miss Earth](/source/Miss_Earth).[2][3]

The HDR Corporation also operates the [Miss and Mister Supranational](/source/Miss_and_Mister_Supranational) contest.[4]

## Titleholders

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

### Winners by prefectures

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 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

## International pageants

### Miss Supranational Japan

- : Declared as Winner

- : Ended as runner-up

- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

- : Ended as special awards winner

Year Miss Supranational Japan Japanese Represented Placement Special Awards 2026 Sadia Nagatori 永鳥サディア Saitama TBA 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

### Mister Supranational Japan

- : Declared as Winner

- : Ended as runner-up

- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

- : Ended as special awards winner

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

## See also

- [Miss Universe Japan](/source/Miss_Universe_Japan)

- [Miss International Japan](/source/Miss_International_Japan)

- [Miss World Japan](/source/Miss_World_Japan)

- [Miss Grand Japan](/source/Miss_Grand_Japan)

- [Miss Earth Japan](/source/Miss_Earth_Japan)

- [Miss Nippon](/source/Miss_Nippon)

- [Mister Japan](/source/Mister_Japan)

## References

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2020A_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2020A_2-1) 聯合新聞網 (2020-10-02). ["2020 Miss Japan｜21歲日本最美護士學生奪冠 曾自製口罩抗疫"](https://www.hk01.com/世界專題/530985/2020-miss-japan-21歲日本最美護士學生奪冠-曾自製口罩抗疫). *香港01* (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2021-08-12.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Miss Supranational Japan 2022 on Mayuko Hanawa Ibarakiasta"](https://news-roller.com/finland/miss-supranational-japan-2022-on-mayuko-hanawa-ibarakiasta/). *news-roller.com*. 24 September 2022.

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## External links

v t e Beauty pageants in Japan Miss Earth Japan Miss Grand Japan Miss International Japan Miss Japan Miss Nippon Miss Universe Japan Miss World Japan

v t e Miss Japan 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

v t e Miss Supranational participant countries and territories List of Miss Supranational countries (Active since 2009–present) Africa Botswana Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Ghana Kenya Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Togo Zambia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Aruba Bahamas Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay US Virgin Islands Venezuela Asia Bangladesh Cambodia Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines South Korea Thailand Vietnam Europe Albania Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark France Finland Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Oceania Australia New Zealand Inactive since 2025 Africa Angola (2017) Cape Verde (2017) Egypt (2016) Ethiopia (2019) Gambia (2010) Guinea (2010) Gabon (2015) Lesotho (2022) Mali (2010) Mozambique (2023) Morocco (2015) Réunion (2013) São Tomé and Príncipe (2017) Americas Belize (2012) Bonaire (2011) Barbados (2019) Guadeloupe (2018) Martinique (2013) Suriname (2021) Asia China (2022) Chinese Taipei (2015) Iraq (2013) Israel (2015) Kyrgyzstan (2022) Lebanon (2018) Macau (2019) Mongolia (2016) Singapore (2022) Sri Lanka (2019) Europe Armenia (2010) Azerbaijan (2013) Belarus (2019) Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012) Bulgaria (2011) England (2022) Estonia (2015) Georgia (2015) Ireland (2022) Kazakhstan (2022) Kosovo (2018) Latvia (2015) Lithuania (2019) Luxembourg (2015) Macedonia (2012) Montenegro (2018) Moldova (2018) Northern Ireland (2019) Russia (2021) Scotland (2019) Serbia (2013) Slovenia (2018) Switzerland (2018) Wales (2019) Oceania Polynesia (2011) List of Miss Supranational countries

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