Miss Japan

Miss Japan (Japanese: ミスジャパン) is a national beauty pageant in Japan. The pageant first ran from 1952-1995 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 and Miss Earth.

Miss Japan
ミスジャパン
Formation1952-1995; 2019
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersMinato, Tokyo
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
(1952-1995)
Official language
Japanese
Senior Directors
Akihiro Yoshida, Takako Hashimura, Ichiro Tahara, Takahide Kitai
Parent organization
Yoshinaga (1952-1995);
HDR Corporation (2019-present)
WebsiteOfficial website

The current Miss Japan is China Ogawa of Iwate Prefecture. She was crowned Miss Japan 2020 on September 29, 2020.

The HDR Corporation also operates the Mister Japan contest.[2]

Titleholders
Year Miss Japan Japanese Name Prefecture
1952Himeko Kojima小島 日女子Osaka
1953Kinuko Ito伊東 絹子Tokyo
1954Mieko Kondo近藤 美恵子Aichi
1955Keiko Takahashi高橋 敬緯子Tokyo
1956Yoshie Baba馬場 祥江Fukushima
1957Kyoko Otani大谷 享子Tokyo
1958Tomoko Moritake森武 知子Fukuoka
1959Akiko Kojima[3]児島 明子Tokyo
1960Yayoi Furuno古野 弥生Fukuoka
1961Akemi Toyama遠山 明美Tokyo
1962Kazuko Hirano平野 和子Kyoto
1963Noriko Ando安藤 矩子Miyagi
1964Chizuko Matsumoto松本 千都子Hyōgo
1965Mari Katayama片山 まりTokyo
1966Atsumi Ikeno池野 温美Osaka
1967Kayoko Fujikawa藤川 香代子Osaka
1968Yasuyo Iino飯野 矢住代Tokyo
1969Kikuyo Osuka大須賀 喜久代Aichi
1970Jun Shimada[4]島田 純Tokyo
1971Shigeko Taketomi武富 茂子Tokyo
1972Harumi Maeda前田 晴美Tokyo
1973Miyoko Sometani染谷 美代子Ibaraki
1974Eriko Tsuboi坪井 江里子Tokyo
1975Sachiko Nakayama中山 幸子Hokkaido
1976Miyako Iwakuni岩国 美弥子Osaka
1977Kyoko Sato佐藤 恭子Tokyo
1978Hisako Manda萬田 久子Osaka
1979Yurika Kuroda黒田 百合香Tokyo
1980Hisae Hiyama檜山 久恵Tokyo
1981Mineko Orisaku織作 峰子Kyoto
1982Eri Okuwaki奥脇 絵里Tokyo
1983Yuko Yamaguchi山口 遊子Osaka
1984Megumi Niiyama新山 恵Tokyo
1985Hatsumi Furusawa古沢 初美Osaka
1986Hiroko Esaki江崎 普子Gifu
1987Hiroe Namba難波 央江Okayama
1988Mizuho Sakaguchi坂口 美津穂Hyōgo
1989Eri Tashiro田代 絵里Hokkaido
1990Hiroko Miyoshi三好 浩子Ehime
1991Atsuko Yamamoto山本 亜津子Osaka
1992Akiko Ando安藤 晃子Aichi
1993Yukiko Shiki志岐 幸子Hyōgo
1994Chiaki Kawando川人 千明Kagawa
1995Narumi Saeki佐伯 成美Saitama
No Miss Japan from 1996-2018
2019Honoka Tsuchiya[5]土屋 炎伽Tokyo
2020China Ogawa小川 千奈Iwate

Winners by prefectures
Prefectures 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

    See also

    References
    1. "2019ミス・ジャパンパートナー企業及び評議員". 2020 Miss Japan ミス・ジャパン公式 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-01-07.
    2. "2020 Miss Japan ミス・ジャパン公式". 2020 Miss Japan ミス・ジャパン公式 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-01-07.
    3. "Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
    4. "The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
    5. "「2019 MISS JAPAN」選美東京代表公布 土屋太鳳胞姊土屋炎伽獲獎 -- 上報 / 生活". www.upmedia.mg (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-05-23.
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