- Miss Japan
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Not to be confused with Miss Universe Japan.
The Miss Japan Contest (ミス日本コンテスト Misu nippon kontesuto) is a beauty contest that has been held by a diet gym company and Yomiuri news group every year between winners of the Japanese block pageants.Winner is chosen out of 2000 candidates.
Winners
Year Miss Japan From 1950 Fujiko Yamamoto Izumi, Osaka 1968 Noriko Suzuki 1969 Noriko Suzuki 1970 Sachiko Takeuchi 1971 Yumiko Yoshimura 1972 Chimomo Sakamoto 1973 Mitsumi Hasegawa 1974 Sawako Takubo 1976 Takami Asai 1977 Keiko Tezuka 1978 Yasue Enomoto 1979 Chikako Murata 1980 Junko Kuwabara 1981 Junko Kuwabara 1982 Fusako Minegishi 1983 Yumi Yamaguchi 1984 Akiko Tsuneoka 1985 Satomi Nemoto 1986 Asami Nakamura 1987 Keiko Ibi 1988 Mika Tamai Saijō, Ehime 1989 Norie Sawamoto 1990 Tomomi Soma 1991 Emi Okamoto 1992 Norika Fujiwara Nishinomiya, Hyōgo 1993 Yoko Koiwai 1994 Naoko Matsuda 1995 Chihiro Nagai 1996 Miho Chikazawa 1997 Keiko Tamura 1998 Yoshiko Wada 1999 Yuri Komatsuda 2000 Saori Amakawa Kanagawa 2001 Ruriko Yate 2002 Kumi Sano Fuji, Shizuoka 2003 Reiko Aisawa Isesaki, Gunma 2004 Yuriko Saga Kanazawa, Ishikawa 2005 Risa Kume Kakegawa, Shizuoka 2006 Rie Kokubo Atsugi, Kanagawa 2007 Mika Hagi Ishikawa Prefecture 2008 Eri Suzuki Tokyo 2009 Marino Miyata Tokyo 2010 Mina Hayashi Tokyo 2011 Marie Yanaka Tokyo See also
External links
- Miss Japan official site on Sports Nippon
Categories:- Recurring events established in 1950
- Japanese pop culture
- Beauty pageants
- Beauty pageants in Japan
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