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Miss World Japan (ミス・ワールド・ジャパン) is a national beauty pageant in Japan. [1]
Formation | 2013 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Tokyo |
Location | |
Membership | Miss World |
Official language | Japanese |
Website | www |
History
The Miss World Japan contest was started in 2013, by national holder for Miss World in Tokyo, Japan. The winner of Miss World Japan (MWJ) represents her country at Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. [2]
Titleholders
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year | Miss World Japan | Japanese | Represented | Placement | Special Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | Maya Negishi[3] | 根岸まや | Saitama | TBA | |
2024 | No competition held | ||||
2023 | Kana Yamaguchi[4] | 山口佳奈 | Toyama | Unplaced | |
2022 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2022 | ||||
2021 | Tamaki Hoshi[5] | 星 たまき | Akita | Unplaced | Miss World Talent (4th Runner-Up) Miss World Sport (Top 32) |
2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||||
2019 | Marika Sera | 世良 マリカ | Kanagawa | Unplaced | Miss World Sport (Top 32) Miss World Talent (Top 27) |
2018 | Kanako Date | 伊達 佳内子 | Tokyo | Top 30 | Miss World Talent Miss World Top Model (Top 32) Beauty with a Purpose (Top 25) |
2017 | Haruka Yamashita[6] | 山下 晴加 | Tokyo | Top 15 | Miss World Talent (Top 20) |
2016 | Priyanka Yoshikawa | 吉川 プリアンカ | Tokyo | Top 20 | |
2015 | Chika Nakagawa | 中川 知香 | Niigata | Unplaced | Top Model (Top 30) |
2014 | Hikaru Kawai | 河合 ひかる | Miyagi | Unplaced | People's Choice Award (Top 20) |
2013 | Michiko Tanaka | 田中 道子 | Shizuoka | Unplaced | Beach Beauty (Top 33) |
2012 | Nozomi Igarashi | 五十嵐 希 | Yamagata | Unplaced | |
2011 | Midori Tanaka | 田中 緑 | Okayama | Top 31 | |
2010 | Hiroko Matsunaga | 松永 博子 | Fukuoka | Unplaced | |
2009 | Eruza Sasaki | 佐々木 えるざ | Okinawa | Top 16 | |
2008 | Mizuki Kubodera | 久保寺 瑞紀 | Kanagawa | Unplaced | |
2007 | Rui Watanabe | 渡部 累 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |
2006 | Kazuha Kondo | 近藤 和葉 | Tokyo | Unplaced | Top 24 - Miss Sports |
2005 | Erina Shinohara | 篠原 絵理奈 | - | Unplaced | |
2004 | Minako Goto | 後藤 美菜子 | Akita | Unplaced | |
2003 | Kaoru Nishide | 西出 薫 | - | Unplaced | |
2002 | Yuko Nabeta | 鍋田 裕子 | - | Unplaced | |
2001 | Yuka Hamano | 浜野 由佳 | - | Unplaced | |
2000 | Mariko Sugai | 菅井 万里子 | - | Unplaced | |
1999 | Aya Mitsubori | 三堀 彩 | - | Unplaced | |
1998 | Rie Mochizuki | 望月 里恵 | - | Unplaced | |
1997 | Shinobu Saraie | 更家 しのぶ | - | Unplaced | |
1996 | Miyuki Fujii | 藤井 美由紀 | - | Unplaced | |
1995 | Mari Kubo | 久保 真理 | - | Unplaced | |
1994 | Shinobu Sushida | 須志田 しのぶ | - | Unplaced | |
1993 | Yoko Miyasaka | 宮坂 謡子 | - | Unplaced | |
1992 | Kaoru Kikuchi | 菊池 薫 | - | Unplaced | |
1991 | Junko Tsuda | 津田 純子 | - | Unplaced | |
1990 | Tomoko Iwasaki | 岩崎 朋子 | - | Unplaced | |
1989 | Kaori Muto | 武藤 かをり | - | Unplaced | |
1988 | Kazumi Sakikubo | 崎久保 和美 | - | Unplaced | |
1987 | Keiko Unno | 海野 圭子 | - | Unplaced | |
1986 | Mutsumi Sugimura | 杉村 睦 | - | Unplaced | |
1985 | Haruko Sugimoto | 杉本 治子 | - | Unplaced | |
1984 | Ayako Ohsone | 大曽根 文子 | - | Unplaced | |
1983 | Mie Nakahara | 中原 三枝 | Yamanashi | Unplaced | |
1982 | Mutsuko Kikuchi | 菊地 睦子 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |
1981 | Naomi Kishi | 岸 直実 | Tokyo | Top 15 | Queens of Asia |
1980 | Kanako Ito | 伊藤 加奈子 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |
1979 | Motomi Hibino | 日比野 元美 | Akita | Unplaced | |
1978 | Yuko Yamaguchi | 山口 裕子 | Okayama | Unplaced | |
1977 | Chizuru Shigemura | 重村 千鶴 | Saitama | Unplaced | |
1976 | Noriko Asakuno | 朝久野 典子 | Osaka | Unplaced | |
1975 | Chiharu Fujiwara | 藤原 千春 | Toyama | Unplaced | |
1974 | Chikako Shima | 島 周子 | Gifu | Top 7 | |
1973 | Keiko Matsunaga | 松永 恵子 | Chiba | Unplaced | |
1972 | Akiko Kajitani | Kyoto | Unplaced | ||
1971 | Emiko Ikeda | 池田 恵美子 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |
1970 | Hisayo Nakamura | 中村 久代 | Fukuoka | Unplaced | |
1969 | Emiko Karashima | 辛島 恵美子 | Shizuoka | Unplaced | |
1968 | Ryoko Miyoshi | 三好 僚子 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |
1967 | Chikako Sotoyama | 外山 智香子 | Tochigi | Unplaced | |
1966 | Harumi Kobayashi | 小早志 春美 | Kanagawa | Unplaced | |
1965 | Yuko Oguchi | 小口 侑子 | Aichi | Top 16 | |
1964 | Yoshiko Nakatani | Ibaraki | Unplaced | ||
1963 | Miyako Harada | 原田 美弥子 | Yamanashi | Unplaced | |
1962 | Teruko Ikeda | 池田 照子 | Hokkaido | 4th Runner-up | |
1961 | Chie Murakami | 村上 千恵 | Nagano | Top 15 | |
1960 | Eiko Murai | 村井 睿子 | Niigata | Top 15 | |
1959 | Chieko Ichinose | 一の瀬 千恵子 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |
1958 | Hisako Okuse | 奥瀬 寿子 | Saitama | Unplaced | |
1957 | Muneko Yorifuji | 依藤 宗子 | Hyōgo | 4th Runner-up | |
1956 | Midoriko Tokura | 戸倉 緑子 | Yamaguchi | 3rd Runner-up |
See also
References
- ^ "Half-Indian Priyanka Yoshikawa crowned Miss Japan, but not everyone's impressed". 5 September 2016.
- ^ "'Haafu' and proud: Miss World Japan won by mixed-race contestant". TheGuardian.com. 6 September 2016.
- ^ "ミス・ワールド:日本代表に26歳のバレエダンサー、根岸茉矢さん 2021年に審査員特別賞を受賞 「応援されるよう精進したい」". Mainichi Kirei (in Japanese).
- ^ "Miss Japan 2022 crowned". Miss World.
- ^ "『ミス・ワールド』日本代表に早大2年 20歳・星たまきさん「喜びよりも感謝の気持ち". YahooJapan. October 12, 2021.
- ^ "Haruka Yamashita to represent Japan at Miss World". gettyimages. 4 September 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)