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:

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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

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
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2021TBAMaria Kaneya
TBA
Chiho Terauchi
TBA
Konatsu Yoshida
TBA
2020Aisha Harumi Tochigi↑ No Pageant HeldAnna Tode
Top 20
2019Ako KamoMarika SeraTomomi OkadaYuka 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 KawaiRira Hongo Reina Nagata
2013 Yukimi Matsuo Michiko TanakaYukiko TakahashiYu Horikawa
2012 Ayako Hara Nozomi Igarashi Ikumi Yoshimatsu
WINNER
Megumi Noda
Top 16
2011 Maria Kamiyama Midori Tanaka
Top 31
Nagomi MurayamaTomoko Maeda
Top 16
2010 Maiko Itai Hiroko MatsunagaEtsuko 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 KondoMami Sakurai
Top 12
Noriko Ohno
2005Yukari KuzuyaErina ShinoharaNaomi Ishizaka
Top 12
Emi Suzuki
2004Eri MachimotoMinako GotoTamiko Kawahara
Top 15
×
2003 Miyako Miyazaki
4th Runner-Up
Kaoru NishideSaeko Matsumi
Top 12
Asami Saito
2002Mina ChibaYuko NabetaHana Urushima
2nd Runner-Up
×
2001Misao ArauchiYuka HamanoHanako Suzuki
Top 15
Misuzu Hirayama
2000Mayu EndoMariko SugaiKanako Shibata
Top 15
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)
1999Satomi OgawaAya MitsuboriKana Onoda
Top 15
1998Nana OkumuraRie MochizukiMegumi Taira
Top 15
1997×Shinobu SaraieSayuri Seki
Top 15
1996×Miyuki FujiiAkiko Sugano
Top 15
1995Narumi SaekiMari KuboYuka Kondo
Top 15
1994Chiaki KawahitoShinobu SushidaTomomi Hanamura
Top 15
1993Yukiko ShikiYoko MiyasakaMasayo Shibasaki
Top 15
1992Akiko AndoKaoru KikuchiTomoko Nishiki
1991Atsuko YamamotoJunko TsudaMiho Takata
Top 15
1990Hiroko MiyoshiTomoko IwasakiHiroko Ohnishi
Top 15
1989Eri TashiroKaori MutoTamae Ogura
1988Mizuho Sakaguchi
3rd Runner-Up
Kazumi SakikuboYuki Egami
Top 15
1987Hiroe NambaKeiko Unno Yayoi Morita
Top 15
1986Hiroko EsakiMutsumi SugimuraRika Kobayashi
Top 15
1985Hatsumi FurusawaHaruko SugimotoMakiko Matsumoto
Top 15
1984Megumi NiiyamaAyako OhsoneJunko Ueno
Top 15
1983Yuko YamaguchiMie NakaharaAkemi Fujita
Top 15
1982Eri OkuwakiMutsuko KikuchiYukiko Tsutsumi
1981Mineko OrisakuNaomi Kishi
Top 15
Mika Moriwaki
Top 15
1980Hisae HiyamaKanako ItoMayumi Kanbara
Top 10
1979Yurika KurodaMotomi HibinoHideko Haba
4th Runner-Up
1978 Hisako Manda Yuko YamaguchiAtsuko Taguchi
1977Kyoko SatohChizuru ShigemuraMieko Kojima
1976Miyako IwakuniNoriko AsakunoKumie Nakamura
4th Runner-Up
1975Sachiko Nakayama
Top 12
Chiharu FujiwaraSumiko Kumagai
Top 15
1974Eriko TsuboiChikako Shima
Top 7
Hideko Shigekawa
Top 15
1973Miyoko Sometani
Top 12
Keiko MatsunagaMiki Yaita
Top 15
1972Harumi Maeda
Top 12
Akiko KajitaniYuko Tamehisa
Top 15
1971Shigeko Taketomi
Top 12
Emiko IkedaReiko Yoneyama
Top 15
1970Jun Shimada
3rd Runner-Up
Hisayo NakamuraToshie Suda
3rd Runner-Up
1969Kikuyo Osuka
4th Runner-Up
Emiko KarashimaAkemi Okemoto
Top 15
1968Yasuyo IinoRyoko MiyoshiYoko Sunami
Top 15
1967Kayoko FujikawaChikako SotoyamaHiroko Sasaki
Top 15
1966Atsumi IkenoHarumi Kobayashi↑ No Pageant Held
1965Mari KatayamaYuko Oguchi
Top 16
Hiroko Fukushima
1964Chizuko MatsumotoYoshiko NakataniNaoko Matsui
Top 15
1963Noriko Ando
Top 15
Miyako HaradaShizuko Shimizu
1962Kazuko HiranoTeruko Ikeda
4th Runner-Up
Kaoru Maki
Top 15
1961Akemi ToyamaChie Murakami
Top 15
Atsuko Kyoto
1960Yayoi 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.)
1958Tomoko Moritake
Top 15
Hisako Okuse
1957Kyoko Otani
Top 15
Muneko Yorifuji
4th Runner-Up
1956Yoshie BabaMidoriko Tokura
3rd Runner-Up
1955Keiko Takahashi
4th Runner-Up
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Japan sent their first delegate in 1956.)
1954Mieko Kondo
1953Kinuko Ito
2nd Runner-Up
1952Himeko 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

PageantPlacementsBest result
Miss Universe19Winner Star*.svg (1959 • 2007)
Miss World133rd Runner-Up(1956)
Miss International46Winner Star*.svg (2012)
Miss Earth6Top 7(2010)
Total843 TITLES

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