Survivor Japan: North Mariana

Survivor Japan: North Mariana
Presented by	Neptune and Munehiro Tokita
No. of days	39
No. of castaways	16
Winner	Koshin Gunji
Runner-up	Atsuko Koizumi
Location	Rota, Northern Mariana Islands
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original release	January 14 (2003-01-14) – March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)
Season chronology
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Survivor Japan: North Mariana, was the fourth and final season of Survivor Japan and it aired from January 14, 2003, to March 11, 2003. This season was set in Rota, in the Northern Mariana Islands.

The original tribes this season were named Somnak (ソムナック, Somunakku) and Manglo (マングル, Manguru), and the merged tribe was named Langet (ランヘット, Ranhetto). The major twist this season took place after the first three contestants had been eliminated. A challenge called 'Shuffle Challenge' was held, and as a result, three members from each tribe were switched to the opposing tribe. Midway through the season, a typhoon hit the island and the remaining contestants were forced to live in a cave for several days. Ultimately, it was Kōshin Gunji who won the season by a jury vote of 5-2 over Atsuko Koizumi.

Finishing order

Contestant	Original Tribe	Episode 3 Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish
Ryouka Yamada 22, Aichi	Manglo			1st Voted Out Day 4
Izumi Kabayama 24, Tokyo	Somnak			2nd Voted Out Day 7
Takeshi Kanbara 27,	Somnak			3rd Voted Out Day 10
Eiichi Kishimoto 35, Saitama	Somnak	Somnak		4th Voted Out Day 13
Emiko Takahashi 27, Tokyo	Manglo	Somnak		5th Voted Out Day 16
Toshihiro Kuriki 44, Fukuoka	Somnak	Manglo		6th Voted Out Day 19
Yuka Ito 29, Saitama	Somnak	Somnak	Langet	7th Voted Out Day 23
Youju Kobayashi 45, Tochigi	Manglo	Manglo		8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 26
Hiroaki Mano 27, Tokyo	Manglo	Somnak		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 29
Kaoru Kamioka 27, Kyoto	Manglo	Manglo		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 32
Takae Shimazaki 28, Kanagawa	Somnak	Manglo		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 34
Kayo Shibuya 24, Niigata	Somnak	Somnak		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36
Keita Inoue 22, Hyōgo	Manglo	Somnak		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37
Motoki Fukami 22, Tokyo	Somnak	Manglo		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38
Atsuko Koizumi 24, Kanagawa	Manglo	Manglo		Runner-Up Day 39
Kōshin Gunji 37, Ibaraki	Manglo	Manglo		Sole Survivor Day 39

Voting history

		Original Tribes			Mixed Tribes			Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1	2	3		4		5	6		7			8		Reunion
Eliminated:		Ryouka 4-3-1	Izumi 6-2	Takeshi 5-1-1	Eiichi 3-2-1	Emiko 4-1	Toshiro 6-1	Yuka 5-5 1	Youju 4-2-2-1	Hiroaki 4-3-1	Kaoru 5-2	Takae 3-2-1	Kayo 3-2	Keita 2-1-1	Motoki 1-0	Atsuko 2/7 votes	Kōshin 5/7 votes
Voter		Vote
	Kōshin	Emiko					Toshiro	Yuka	Youju	Hiroaki	Kaoru	Takae	Kayo	Keita		Jury Vote
	Atsuko	Ryouka					Toshiro	Kōshin	Motoki	Takae	Kaoru	Motoki	Motoki	Motoki	Motoki
	Motoki		Izumi	Takeshi			Toshiro	Yuka	Youju	Hiroaki	Kaoru	Kayo	Kayo	Keita			Kōshin
	Keita	Ryouka			Eiichi	Emiko		Kōshin	Youju	Takae	Kaoru	Takae	Kayo	Kōshin			Kōshin
	Kayo		Izumi	Eiichi	Emiko	Emiko		Kōshin	Motoki	Kaoru	Kaoru	Takae	Motoki				Kōshin
	Takae		Izumi	Takeshi			Toshiro	Yuka	Youju	Hiroaki	Atsuko	Kayo					Kōshin
	Kaoru	Atsuko					Toshiro	Yuka	Atsuko	Hiroaki	Atsuko						Kōshin
	Hiroaki	Ryouka			Eiichi	Emiko		Kōshin	Kōshin	Takae						Atsuko
	Youju	Ryouka					Toshiro	Yuka	Kōshin							Atsuko
	Yuka		Izumi	Takeshi	Emiko	Emiko		Kōshin
	Toshiro		Izumi	Takeshi			Kōshin
	Emiko	Atsuko			Eiichi	Kayo
	Eiichi		Yuka	Takeshi	Hiroaki
	Takeshi		Izumi	Yuka
	Izumi		Yuka
	Ryouka	Atsuko

^1 As Kōshin and Yuka both received five votes at the seventh tribal council, the number of votes each had received at previous tribal councils was taken into account. Kōshin had one previous vote, but Yuka had three therefore Yuka was eliminated.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20040610021215/http://www.tbs.co.jp/survivor/4/profile-kamioka.html (in Japanese)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000148/http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~seiya-mu/survivor/survivor4.ja.episode.html (in Japanese)