Japan at major beauty pageants
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This is a list of Japan's representatives and their placements at the big four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has won three victories:
- Two — Miss Universe crowns (1959 • 2007)
- One — Miss International crown (2012)
Franchise Holder: Since 2018, the national director for Japan is Hiroko Mima. Previously, the franchise was held by Ines Ligron.
The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on specific standards such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.
Japan's Big Four titleholders[edit]
Japan has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[1][2] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[3][4][5]
- Color Key
- Miss Universe winner
- Miss World winner
- Miss International winner
- Miss Earth winner
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalits, Semi-finalists or Quarter-finalists
| YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | TBA | Maria Kaneya TBA |
Chiho Terauchi TBA |
Konatsu Yoshida TBA |
| 2020 | Aisha Harumi Tochigi | ↑ No Pageant Held | Anna Tode Top 20 | |
| 2019 | Ako Kamo | Marika Sera | Tomomi Okada | Yuka Itoku Top 20 |
| 2018 | Yuumi Kato | Kanako Date Top 30 |
Hinano Sugimoto Top 8 |
Mio Tanaka Top 18 |
| 2017 | Momoko Abe | Haruka Yamashita Top 15 |
Natsuki Tsutsui 4th Runner-Up |
Yasuyo Saito |
| 2016 | Sari Nakazawa | Priyanka Yoshikawa Top 20 |
Junna Yamagata Top 15 |
Ami Hachiya |
| 2015 | Ariana Miyamoto Top 10 |
Chika Nakagawa |
Arisa Nakagawa |
Ayano Yamada |
| 2014 | Keiko Tsuji | Hikaru Kawai | Rira Hongo | Reina Nagata |
| 2013 | Yukimi Matsuo | Michiko Tanaka | Yukiko Takahashi | Yu Horikawa |
| 2012 | Ayako Hara | Nozomi Igarashi | Ikumi Yoshimatsu WINNER |
Megumi Noda Top 16 |
| 2011 | Maria Kamiyama | Midori Tanaka Top 31 |
Nagomi Murayama | Tomoko Maeda Top 16 |
| 2010 | Maiko Itai | Hiroko Matsunaga | Etsuko Kanagae Top 15 |
Marina Kishira Top 7 |
| 2009 | Emiri Miyasaka | Eruza Sasaki Top 16 |
Yuka Nakayama Top 15 |
Tomomi Takada |
| 2008 | Hiroko Mima Top 15 |
Mizuki Kubodera | Kyoko Sugiyama Top 12 |
Akemi Fukumura |
| 2007 | Riyo Mori WINNER |
Lui Watanabe | Hisako Shirata Top 15 |
Ryoko Tominaga |
| 2006 | Kurara Chibana 1st Runner-Up |
Kazuha Kondo | Mami Sakurai Top 12 |
Noriko Ohno |
| 2005 | Yukari Kuzuya | Erina Shinohara | Naomi Ishizaka Top 12 |
Emi Suzuki |
| 2004 | Eri Machimoto | Minako Goto | Tamiko Kawahara Top 15 |
× |
| 2003 | Miyako Miyazaki 4th Runner-Up |
Kaoru Nishide | Saeko Matsumi Top 12 |
Asami Saito |
| 2002 | Mina Chiba | Yuko Nabeta | Hana Urushima 2nd Runner-Up |
× |
| 2001 | Misao Arauchi | Yuka Hamano | Hanako Suzuki Top 15 |
Misuzu Hirayama |
| 2000 | Mayu Endo | Mariko Sugai | Kanako Shibata Top 15 |
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines) |
| 1999 | Satomi Ogawa | Aya Mitsubori | Kana Onoda Top 15 | |
| 1998 | Nana Okumura | Rie Mochizuki | Megumi Taira Top 15 | |
| 1997 | × | Shinobu Saraie | Sayuri Seki Top 15 | |
| 1996 | × | Miyuki Fujii | Akiko Sugano Top 15 | |
| 1995 | Narumi Saeki | Mari Kubo | Yuka Kondo Top 15 | |
| 1994 | Chiaki Kawahito | Shinobu Sushida | Tomomi Hanamura Top 15 | |
| 1993 | Yukiko Shiki | Yoko Miyasaka | Masayo Shibasaki Top 15 | |
| 1992 | Akiko Ando | Kaoru Kikuchi | Tomoko Nishiki | |
| 1991 | Atsuko Yamamoto | Junko Tsuda | Miho Takata Top 15 | |
| 1990 | Hiroko Miyoshi | Tomoko Iwasaki | Hiroko Ohnishi Top 15 | |
| 1989 | Eri Tashiro | Kaori Muto | Tamae Ogura | |
| 1988 | Mizuho Sakaguchi 3rd Runner-Up |
Kazumi Sakikubo | Yuki Egami Top 15 | |
| 1987 | Hiroe Namba | Keiko Unno | Yayoi Morita Top 15 | |
| 1986 | Hiroko Esaki | Mutsumi Sugimura | Rika Kobayashi Top 15 | |
| 1985 | Hatsumi Furusawa | Haruko Sugimoto | Makiko Matsumoto Top 15 | |
| 1984 | Megumi Niiyama | Ayako Ohsone | Junko Ueno Top 15 | |
| 1983 | Yuko Yamaguchi | Mie Nakahara | Akemi Fujita Top 15 | |
| 1982 | Eri Okuwaki | Mutsuko Kikuchi | Yukiko Tsutsumi | |
| 1981 | Mineko Orisaku | Naomi Kishi Top 15 |
Mika Moriwaki Top 15 | |
| 1980 | Hisae Hiyama | Kanako Ito | Mayumi Kanbara Top 10 | |
| 1979 | Yurika Kuroda | Motomi Hibino | Hideko Haba 4th Runner-Up | |
| 1978 | Hisako Manda | Yuko Yamaguchi | Atsuko Taguchi | |
| 1977 | Kyoko Satoh | Chizuru Shigemura | Mieko Kojima | |
| 1976 | Miyako Iwakuni | Noriko Asakuno | Kumie Nakamura 4th Runner-Up | |
| 1975 | Sachiko Nakayama Top 12 |
Chiharu Fujiwara | Sumiko Kumagai Top 15 | |
| 1974 | Eriko Tsuboi | Chikako Shima Top 7 |
Hideko Shigekawa Top 15 | |
| 1973 | Miyoko Sometani Top 12 |
Keiko Matsunaga | Miki Yaita Top 15 | |
| 1972 | Harumi Maeda Top 12 |
Akiko Kajitani | Yuko Tamehisa Top 15 | |
| 1971 | Shigeko Taketomi Top 12 |
Emiko Ikeda | Reiko Yoneyama Top 15 | |
| 1970 | Jun Shimada 3rd Runner-Up |
Hisayo Nakamura | Toshie Suda 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 1969 | Kikuyo Osuka 4th Runner-Up |
Emiko Karashima | Akemi Okemoto Top 15 | |
| 1968 | Yasuyo Iino | Ryoko Miyoshi | Yoko Sunami Top 15 | |
| 1967 | Kayoko Fujikawa | Chikako Sotoyama | Hiroko Sasaki Top 15 | |
| 1966 | Atsumi Ikeno | Harumi Kobayashi | ↑ No Pageant Held | |
| 1965 | Mari Katayama | Yuko Oguchi Top 16 |
Hiroko Fukushima | |
| 1964 | Chizuko Matsumoto | Yoshiko Nakatani | Naoko Matsui Top 15 | |
| 1963 | Noriko Ando Top 15 |
Miyako Harada | Shizuko Shimizu | |
| 1962 | Kazuko Hirano | Teruko Ikeda 4th Runner-Up |
Kaoru Maki Top 15 | |
| 1961 | Akemi Toyama | Chie Murakami Top 15 |
Atsuko Kyoto | |
| 1960 | Yayoi Furuno Top 15 |
Eiko Murai Top 18 |
Michiko Takagi Top 15 | |
| 1959 | Akiko Kojima WINNER |
Chieko Ichinose | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.) | |
| 1958 | Tomoko Moritake Top 15 |
Hisako Okuse | ||
| 1957 | Kyoko Otani Top 15 |
Muneko Yorifuji 4th Runner-Up | ||
| 1956 | Yoshie Baba | Midoriko Tokura 3rd Runner-Up | ||
| 1955 | Keiko Takahashi 4th Runner-Up |
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Japan sent their first delegate in 1956.) | ||
| 1954 | Mieko Kondo | |||
| 1953 | Kinuko Ito 2nd Runner-Up | |||
| 1952 | Himeko Kojima | |||
| 1951 | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.) | |||
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
| Pageant | Placements | Best result |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Universe | 19 | Winner  (1959 • 2007)
|
| Miss World | 13 | 3rd Runner-Up (1956) |
| Miss International | 46 | Winner (2012)
|
| Miss Earth | 6 | Top 7 (2010) |
| Total | 84 | 3 TITLES |
References[edit]
- ↑ Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
External links[edit]
- Miss Universe country participation lists.
- Miss World country participation lists.
- Miss International country participation lists.
- Miss Earth country participation lists.
See also[edit]
Miss Japan winners in the Big Four international beauty pageants | ||
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| Miss Universe |  | |
| Miss World |
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| Miss International | ||
| Miss Earth |
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