# Miss Nippon

The Miss Nippon Contest (ミス日本コンテスト, Misu nippon kontesuto) is a Japanese beauty pageant. In the past 57 competitions, the total number of applications is 118,794 people and the Grand Prix is 55 people. It started in 1950 by the Yomiuri Shimbun and is held every year by the "Miss Nippon Association".

## History

In 1945, after the end of World War II, Japan entered a difficult era of reconstruction. Relief supplies "LARA supplies" sent from the United States saved Japanese children suffering from malnutrition. An urgent resolution of appreciation was adopted at the plenary session of members of the House of Representatives in 1947 for this act.
In 1950, a female goodwill ambassador was sent to thank the American people. The "Miss Nippon Contest" was held to select goodwill ambassadors. Fujiko Yamamoto, who later became one of Japan's leading movie actresses, won the first Miss Nippon.
After that, there was a time of interruption, and in 1968 it was the Wada Laboratory (formerly Wada Milk), a beauty research group represented by Shizuo Wada, who advocated and practiced the Wada-style figure ring method as slimming health beauty. It was. At that time, Shizuo Wada was also in the limelight as a leader of television calisthenics.
"Miss Nippon" visited countries around the world with the letter of former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and helped pave the way for the success of the Expo '70.
Wada Laboratory (Wada Shoji Co., Ltd.), which hosted the first revival tournament in 1968 to the 49th tournament in 2017, was formed on July 1, 2017, with the aim of further developing Miss Nippon. The hosting of the Miss Nippon Contest and the management of Miss Nippon were transferred to the Miss Nippon Association, and the philosophy was inherited.
Meanwhile, Yuko Wada of Miss Nippon (later married to Kaoru, the second son of Shizuo) from 1995 to 1979 became the chairman of the Miss Nippon Contest.
In 2019, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Miss Nippon's resurrection, "50 Years of Japanese Beauty, Showa, Heisei, and New Age Beauty" was released.
Ai Wada, who has been the "Miss Nippon Chief Manager" since August 1, 2020, has been appointed as the "Miss Nippon Contest Tournament chairman". Kentaro Wada is appointed as "Miss Nippon Contest Secretariat Representative". A new system by brothers and sisters has started.

## Eligibility for application

Participants are open to the public, and anyone who meets the following conditions can apply (as of 2021).
* Having Japanese nationality
* Being unmarried

## Selection method

Applicants who pass the document screening participate in any of the regional competitions held in several locations nationwide. Participants selected as "finalists" at the district tournament advance to the finals of the Miss Nippon Contest, and the winners of the Miss Nippon Grand Prix and others are decided in the end.
As with many modern Miss Contests, the criteria for selection are not limited to appearance, but the Japanese national team will be selected based on the world competition to be held at a later date, such as "Miss Universe Japan". Unlike the contest, Miss Nippon's basic policy is to select "the highest level of Japanese beauty that is completed in Japan." In particular, in the internal examination, "education" and "feeling" are emphasized.

## Award

* Miss Nippon Grand Prix
** "The highest level of beauty of Japanese women" that represents the year and is full of young and beautiful possibilities
* Miss Nippon Miss Kimono (from the first resurrection)
** Play a role in conveying the beauty of Japan in the world by pretending to be the traditional beauty of Japan
* Miss Nippon "Marine Day" (newly established in 1996)
** Thank you for the blessings of the sea that are indispensable to Japan, an island country, and play a role in raising understanding and interest in the marine industry.
* Miss Nippon "Water for Life" (newly established in 2012)
** "Water public relations officer" who widely conveys Japan's excellent water cycle and the hearts and skills of the people who support it
* Miss Nippon Greenery for Life (newly established in 2015)
** Thank the ancestors who have protected and nurtured the abundant greenery that will lead to the future, and play a role in spreading familiarity with greenery and forests.
* Miss Nippon Miss Sports (new in 2019)
** Encourage physical and mental training and play a role in spreading the joy of taking on healthy challenges
* Semi-Miss Nippon
** Semi-Miss Nippon in the Miss Nippon Contest is treated as the second prize after Miss Nippon, which is selected more than once. In other words, the order is Miss Nippon Grand Prix> Miss Nippon Awards> Semi-Miss Nippon.
* Shizuo Wada Special Award Miss Nippon (newly established in 2015)
** Until now, Miss Nippon has been selected by open recruitment, but Shizuo Wada, the founder of Wada Laboratory (1922–2006), worked hard to revive Miss Nippon and laid the foundation for Japan's diet. To those who have already shown remarkable performance and cannot easily enter the contest in a busy position, with the idea of "giving honor and profit to beautiful women" in honor of Shizuo's achievements. This is a celebrity special award to commend a woman with great potential as Miss Nippon from the desire to support women with wonderful qualities of beauty and health, regardless of whether or not they have. Judging is a collegial recommendation system by the contest secretariat with four disciples who supported Miss Nippon together with Shizuo. As of 2021, only three people, Airi Hatakeyama and Marin Minamiya and Kiyou Shimizu, received this recommendation award.
* In the past, Miss Elegant, Miss Venus, Miss Nippon "Photogenic", Miss Nippon "Sky Day", Miss Nippon "International Friendship", Miss Nippon "Miss Swimsuit", Miss Nippon "Nature" (2003–2014) ) And other awards. In addition, there was a time when the contestants of the final tournament were also given the title of Miss Nippon. In fact, until the early 1990s, all the people who participated in the Grand Prix deciding tournament attended the Grand Prix deciding tournament with red and white letters and a sash that says "Miss Nippon" on the border. Currently, no sashes are hung during the judging of the final competition, but after the winners of each award are decided, the sashes on which the award-winning awards are written will be hung by the judges. At the official event of Miss Nippon attendance, we will attend with the award-winning tasuki.

## Miss Nippon Grand Prix

| Number of times | Year | Number of participants | Winners | Japanese Name | Later occupations, etc. |
| Founding ||||||
| 1st | 1950 | Unpublished (a little less than 700 people) | Fujiko Yamamoto | 山本富士子 | Actress (Daiei Film Exclusive → Free) |
| 2nd | 1952 | Unpublished | Keiko Hibino | 日比野恵子 | Actress (Shintoho Exclusive → Free) |
| Resurrection Tournament ||||||
| Resurrection 1st | 1968 | 2,328 | Noriko Suzuki (*) | 鈴木紀子 (*) | |
| 2nd | 1969 | 1,476 | Noriko Suzuki (*) | 鈴木紀子 (*) | |
| 3rd | 1970 | 2,310 | Sachiko Takeuchi | 竹内幸子 | |
| 4th | 1971 | 1,006 | Yumiko Yoshimura | 吉村由美子 | |
| 5th | 1972 | 1,925 | Chimomo Sakamoto | 坂本千桃 | Active actress → Retired Kanagawa and villa restaurant management |
| 6th | 1973 | 1,470 | Mitsumi Hasegawa | 長谷川みつ美 | TV presenter, lyricist, essayist |
| 7th | 1974 | 2,373 | Sawako Takubo | 田窪佐和子 | |
| 8th | 1976 | 1,723 | Takami Asai | 浅井孝美 | Stage name: Takami Kyo, actress ("Mito Komon" etc.), talent model (Shiseido exclusive model), reporter) |
| 9th | 1977 | 1,114 | Keiko Tezuka | 手塚圭子 | Doctor of Medicine, Cosmetology Researcher |
| 10th | 1978 | 1,249 | Yasue Enomoto | 榎本安江 | |
| 11th | 1979 | 1,329 | Chikako Murata | 村田知嘉子 | |
| 12th | 1980 | 1,654 | Junko Kuwahara (*) | 桑原順子 (*) | |
| 13th | 1981 | 3,310 | Junko Kuwahara (*) | 桑原順子 (*) | |
| 14th | 1982 | 2,256 | Minegishi Fusako | 峰岸房子 | |
| 15th | 1983 | 2,661 | Hiromi Yamaguchi | 山口裕美 | |
| 16th | 1984 | 2,051 | Akiko Tsuneoka | 常岡昭子 | |
| 17th | 1985 | 2,445 | Satomi Nemoto | 根本里美 | |
| 18th | 1986 | 2,557 | Mami Nakamura | 中村麻美 | Presenter/painter |
| 19th | 1987 | 1,555 | Keiko Ibi | 伊比恵子 | Film director (1999 Academy Award for Best Directing in Short Documentary) |
| 20th | 1988 | 1,778 | Mika Tamai (Mika Kano) | 玉井美香 (叶美香) | Talents (Kano sisters) |
| 21st | 1989 | 1,866 | Reie Sawamoto | 澤本礼江 | |
| 22nd | 1990 | 1,760 | Tomomi Soma | 相馬知実 | Shizuoka Broadcasting's active announcer → Retired from the company |
| 23rd | 1991 | 1,634 | Emi Okamoto | 岡本恵美 | |
| 24th | 1992 | 1,722 | Norika Fujiwara | 藤原紀香 | Talents and actresses |
| 25th | 1993 | 1,942 | Yoko Koiwai | 小岩井陽子 | |
| 26th | 1994 | 2,668 | Naoko Matsuda | 松田直子 | Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
| 27th | 1995 | 2,572 | Chihiro Nagai | 長井千尋 | |
| 28th | 1996 | 2,046 | Miho Chikazawa | 近澤美歩 | Talent/singer → Tochigi Prefecture Japanese-style restaurant proprietress |
| 29th | 1997 | 2,423 | Keiko Tamura | 田村桂子 | Model → Designer |
| 30th | 1998 | 2,476 | Yoshiko Wada | 和田淑子 | University of Tokyo student at the time of award. Currently in school. |
| 31st | 1999 | 2,888 | Yuri Komatsuda | 小松田有理 | United Nations → Official moderator |
| 32nd | 2000 | 3,192 | Saori Amakawa (Saori Amakawa) | 出川紗織 (天川紗織) | Musashi University student at the time of award → Actress/talent |
| 33rd | 2001 | 2,128 | Ruriko Yate | 野手るりこ | Dentist |
| 34th | 2002 | 2,088 | Kumi Sano | 佐野公美 | University of the Sacred Heart student at the time of award. Currently in school. She later married Ryuichi Kawamura |
| 35th | 2003 | 2,364 | Reiko Aizawa | 相沢礼子 | Talent presenter |
| 36th | 2004 | 2,528 | Yuriko Saga (Yuriko Saga) | 嵯峨百合子 （さがゆりこ） | Ferris Jogakuin University student at the time of award → Talent. Currently attending schoo;. |
| 37th | 2005 | 2,289 | Risa Kume | 久米里紗 | Secretary at a company in Shizuoka. |
| 38th | 2006 | 2,461 | Rie Kokubo | 小久保利恵 | Active talent model at the time of award → Waseda University student. Currently in school. |
| 39th | 2007 | 2,432 | Mika Hagi | 萩美香 | Rikkyo University student → Talent ("Mie no Kuni" tourism ambassador). Currently in graduate school. |
| 40th | 2008 | 2,941 | Eri Suzuki | 鈴木恵理 | Nihon University student at the time of award → Flight attendant. Currently in school. |
| 41st | 2009 | 3,508 | Marino Miyata | 宮田麻里乃 | Awarded high school student → Waseda University |
| 42nd | 2010 | 3,663 | Fumino Hayashi | 林史乃 | Sophia University student at the time of award. Currently in school. |
| 43rd | 2011 | 3,169 | Marie Yanaka | 谷中麻里衣 | Received the Eiken Foundation of Japan Award, TOEIC 990 points. Keio University student at the time of award → Talent caster. Currently in school. |
| 44th | 2012 | 3,028 | Kiko Arai | 新井貴子 | Flying disc player. Her father is a former professional baseball player Hiromasa Arai. Her sister in 2011 missed kimono Hisae Arai. She then she became a Paris Fashion Week model. Her husband is Keita Inagaki, the representative of Japan for rugby. |
| 45th | 2013 | 2,825 | Erika Suzuki | 鈴木恵梨佳 | 2010 Miss Nihon University (Miss Campus) Award → Landscaping and horticulture |
| 46th | 2014 | 2,533 | Moeka Numata | 沼田萌花 | University of the Sacred Heart (Japan) student at the time of award. Currently in school. |
| 47th | 2015 | 2,426 | Chisato Haga | 芳賀千里 | Former artistic swimming athlete in Japan national team |
| 48th | 2016 | 2,804 | Mika Matsuno | 松野未佳 | Keio University student at the time of award. Currently in school. Her father is Yorihisa Matsuno. |
| 49th | 2017 | 2,156 | Shiho Takada | 高田紫帆 | Osaka University student at the time of award. Currently in school. Former athletics junior olympics |
| 50th | 2018 | 2,803 | Rei Ichihashi | 市橋礼衣 | Office worker at the time of award |
| 51st | 2019 | 2,354 | Aiko Watarai | 度会亜衣子 | University of Tokyo student at the time of award. Currently in school. |
| 52nd | 2020 | 2,525 | Yasushi Oda | 小田安珠 | Keio University student → Freelance announcer |
| 53nd | 2021 | Unpublished | Asami Matsui | 松井朝海 | Kansai University student at the time of award. Currently in school. The third daughter of boat racer Shigeru Matsui. |
| 54th | 2022 | Unpublished | Mizuka Kouno | 河野瑞夏 | International Christian University student at the time of award → Model. Currently in school. |
| 55th | 2023 | Unpublished | Ema Yoshioka | 吉岡恵麻 | Kwansei Gakuin University student at the time of award. Currently in school. |
| 56th | 2024 | Unpublished | vacant | vacant | The original winner, Karolina Shiino, relinquished the title of Miss Nippon due to reported infidelity, and organizers declared the Miss Nippon 2024 pageant vacant. |
| 55 times in total | 55 times in total | 118,794 people | Grand Prix 57 people (*) | Grand Prix 57 people (*) | |

### (*) Noriko Suzuki and Junko Kuwahara won the award for the second consecutive year.

* Fujiko Yamamoto (1950 Grand Prix)
* Mika Tamai (1988 Grand Prix Right Side)
* Norika Fujiwara (1992 Grand Prix)
* Kiko Arai (2012 Grand Prix)
* Chisato Haga (2015 Grand Prix Right Side)

## Famous winners/contestants other than the Grand Prix

| Number of times | Year | Name | Japanese Name | Later occupations, etc. |
| 9th | 1977 | Yuko Wada | 和田優子 | Miss Nippon for the second consecutive year, former Miss Nippon Contest chairman (1995～2020) |
| 10th | 1978 | Yuko Wada | 和田優子 | Miss Nippon for the second consecutive year, former Miss Nippon Contest chairman (1995～2020) |
| 16th | 1984 | Hiroko Kawasaki | 川崎博子 | Model |
| 17th | 1985 | Kaoru Oda | 小田かおる | Actress |
| 17th | 1985 | Tomomi Akasu | 赤須知美 | Cosmetology researcher later 1988 Miss World Associate Japan representative |
| 18th | 1986 | Yumi Kotani | 小谷ゆみ | Miss Nippon, model, 1988 Toyobo Campaign Girl |
| 19th | 1987 | Arai Shoko | 荒井晶子 | Miss Nippon, actress, singer |
| 19th | 1987 | Tagako Kuwahara | 桑原多賀子 | Miss Nippon, Bicycle Racer Masamitsu Takizawa Mrs. |
| 21st | 1989 | Eriko Kobayashi | 小林恵里子 | Semi-Miss Nippon, Present: Model, PC Writer |
| 22nd | 1990 | Miho Iijima | 飯島美穂 | Miss Nippon, later renamed to "Arai Sumire". Actress, model |
| 22nd | 1990 | Lisa Itakura | 板倉リサ | Miss Nippon, actress (starring Indian movie Bollywood), dancer |
| 23rd | 1991 | Sumire Arai | 新井すみれ | Miss Nippon, actress, model |
| 23rd | 1991 | Norie Kikuchi | 菊地則江 | Miss Nippon, actress, model |
| 24th | 1992 | Miwa Sano | 佐野美和 | Miss Nippon, later elected Hachioji City Assembly member. Present: talent, Politics Journalist |
| 24th | 1992 | Masaki Araida | 新井田雅樹 | Miss Flower, Narrator Voice Actor |
| 25th | 1993 | Yuki Takada | 高田ゆき | Miss Nippon, Gravure Idol, Campaign Girl |
| 26th | 1994 | Miki Otaka | 大高未貴 | Miss Nippon International Friendship, journalist, presenter |
| 26th | 1994 | Hitoe Ohtake | 大竹一重 | Miss Nippon, actress, model |
| 26th | 1994 | Fumi Mori | 森富美 | Miss Nippon, NTV Announcer |
| 26th | 1994 | Izumi Iimura | 飯村いづみ | Miss Nippon, actress, model |
| 28th | 1996 | Ayako Nishikawa | 西川史子 | Photogenic Award, Doctor, talent |
| 29th | 1997 | Junko Nakazawa | 中沢純子 | Photogenic Award, actress, talent |
| 30th | 1998 | Yu Sakoda | 迫田悠 | Colombian Coffee Award, later renamed to "Haruka Mizusawa". talent, weather announcer |
| 30th | 1998 | Miki Ueyama | 上山美紀 | Photogenic Award, Former Fukushima Television Announcer |
| 31st | 1999 | Akiko Kotani | 小谷亜希子 | Miss Swimwear, talent |
| 31st | 1999 | Rina Akamine | 赤嶺梨奈 | Semi-Miss Nippon, Fashion Model |
| 33rd | 2001 | Hiroko Murakawa | 村川浩子 | Photogenic Award, gravure idol under the stage name "Riri Kawamura". In 2005, she married Shogi's Tadahisa Maruyama Kudan. |
| 35th | 2003 | Hitomi Fujita | 藤田瞳 | Kansai representative, talent |
| 35th | 2003 | Ayako Naruo | 成尾亜矢子 | Semi-Miss Nippon, Pianist |
| 36th | 2004 | Megumi Kaneko | 金子恵美 | Assembly House of Representatives. Former Niigata Broadcasting employee |
| 36th | 2004 | Arata Tomori | 友利新 | Semi-Miss Nippon, Doctor, talent |
| 37th | 2005 | Aya Takashita | 高下彩 | Photogenic Award, Fashion Model, actress |
| 37th | 2005 | Yuka Yonehama | 米浜由圭 | Semi-Miss Japan, Former Oita Broadcasting System Announcer |
| 37th | 2005 | Risa Kanayama | 金山梨紗 | Semi-Miss Nippon, Fashion Model |
| 38th | 2006 | Rena Hashimoto | 橋本麗奈 | Semi-Miss Nippon, Talent |
| 39th | 2007 | Kana Maruta | 丸田佳奈 | Miss "Nature", Obstetrician and Gynecologist Model ·talent |
| 39th | 2007 | Sayaka Kawamura | 河村さやか | Miss Nippon "Marine Day", Weathernews presenter |
| 39th | 2007 | Sayaka Kojima | 小嶋沙耶香 | Semi-Miss Nippon, Hiroshima Home Television Announcer |
| 39th | 2007 | Sakiko Omura | 大村咲子 | Semi-Miss Nippon Active as a local talent in Nagasaki before receiving the award. Currently TV Nagasaki Announcer |
| 39th | 2007 | Yuki Kojima | 小島祐希 | Semi-Miss Nippon Aomori TV Announcer |
| 39th | 2007 | Ayumi Okawara | 大河原あゆみ | Kanto area representative, Yamaguchi Broadcasting Announcer |
| 40th | 2008 | Asami Okada | 岡田亜沙美 | Miss Nippon Nature, NHK Kumamoto Broadcasting Bureau Caster |
| 40th | 2008 | Ranmai Yu | 蘭舞ゆう | Semi-Miss Japan, former Takarazuka Revue affiliation |
| 40th | 2008 | Sara Hosogai | 細貝沙羅 | Kanto area representative, former Fuji Television announcer |
| 41st | 2009 | Konomi Kimura | 木村好珠 | Semi-Miss Nippon, talent |
| 41st | 2009 | Ran Matsumoto | 松本蘭 | Miss Nippon Miss Kimono Violinist |
| 42nd | 2010 | Yurina Takiguchi | 瀧口友里奈 | Kanto area representative, talent |
| 42nd | 2010 | Kyoko Honda | 本田恭子 | Semi-Miss Nippon Talent, Tochigi Broadcasting Program Assistant, Tochigi Television Program MC, etc. |
| 42nd | 2010 | Ami Suzuki | 鈴木亜美 | Miss Nippon "Marine Day" model |
| 43rd | 2011 | Hisae Arai | 新井寿枝 | Miss Nippon Miss Kimono Painter, Fashion Model. Professional Baseball |The eldest daughter of a former player Hiromasa Arai, the sister of the 2012 Grand Prix Kiko Arai |
| 43rd | 2011 | Yui Ugajin | 宇賀神唯 | Tohoku area representative, NHK Niigata Broadcasting Station presenter |
| 44th | 2012 | Kana Ebisawa | 海老澤佳奈 | Miss Nippon Miss Kimono, Sponichi Special Award talent, Journey to Follow Basan Starring |
| 44th | 2012 | Miho Sakai | 酒井美帆 | Miss Nippon "Water Angel" <First Winner>, TV Niigata Network Free from announcer. "International News 2018" (NHK BS1) Caster) |
| 44th | 2012 | Mami Ando | 安藤麻実 | Semi-Miss Nippon KADOKAWA at the 28th Comic Essay Petit Awards <pen name "Ando Mami">. Her Miss Won the A Award for her manga "It's not a Miss Stake Miss" depicting her experience in Japan. "Until I'm a quasi-miss Japan with low communicative power", which was made into a book by the company, will be released on 2016 January 22 |
| 44th | 2012 | Moemi Katayama | 片山萌美 | Miss Nippon Nature Actress |
| 45th | 2013 | Keaki Watanabe | 渡辺けあき | Miss Nippon "Marine Day" Active Pro Bowler |
| 45th | 2013 | Sayuri Iha | 伊波紗友里 | Kyushu / Okinawa area representative, worked at Radio Okinawa at the time of participation, then TBS News Bird after working as a caster, Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting announcer |
| 45th | 2013 | Moena Takegami | 竹上萌奈 | Miss Nippon Nature 2015 Kansai Telecasting Joined as an announcer |
| 47th | 2015 | Airi Hatakeyama | 畠山愛理 | Shizuo Wada Special Award = No. 1 Winner Rhythmic Gymnastics Japan Representative |
| 47th | 2015 | Mina Shibata | 柴田美奈 | Miss Nippon "Water Angel" 2018 Tokai Television Broadcasting Joined as an announcer |
| 48th | 2016 | Rio Orimo | 織茂璃穏 | Miss Nippon Miss Kimono Actress "Orimorio" My father is Masao Orimo |
| 48th | 2016 | Kotono Sugiura | 杉浦琴乃 | Miss Nippon "Marine Day" talent |
| The 49th | 2017 | Azusa Miyazaki | 宮崎あずさ | Miss Nippon "Angel of Water" From 2018 NHK Announcer |
| 50th | 2018 | Fumika Mizukusa (Fumika) | 水草文香 （ふみか） | Finalist Gravure Idol |
| 51st | 2019 | Marin Minamiya | 南谷真鈴 | Shizuo Wada Special Award No. 2 The youngest world in women's history Climbing the Seven Summits Explorer Grand Slam Achieved﹚ |
| 51st | 2019 | Nana Nishio | 西尾菜々美 | Semi-Miss Nippon / Miss Nippon "Water Angel" 2020 Nagoya Broadcasting Network Joined as an announcer |
| 52nd | 2020 | Mikumo Moriya | 森谷美雲 | Miss Nippon "Marine Day" Sendai Television "Ara Ara Kashiko" Reporter → 2021 TV Kanazawa Announcer |
| 52nd | 2020 | KOTONE AOKI | 青木胡杜音 | Miss Nippon "Kimono" Worked as a gravure idol after graduating from university. |
| 53rd | 2021 | Kiyou Shimizu | 清水希容 | Shizuo Wada Special Award No. 3 Winner Karate Japan Representative |
| 53rd | 2021 | Momoka Mine | 嶺百花 | Miss Nippon "Water Angel 2021" was selected as a weather reporter TBS Television (Japan) "THE TIME," |
| 53rd | 2021 | Nanase Takagaki | 高垣七瀬 | Miss Nippon "Miss Sports". She works as a dancer/performer and started her acting career from 2021. |
| 55th | 2023 | Misaki Emura | 江村美咲 | Shizuo Wada Special Award No. 4 Winner Fencing 2022 World Championship Winner |
* Miwa Sano (1992)
* Hisae Arai (second from left, 2011 Miss Japanese Kimono) & Kiko Arai (center, 2012 Grand Prix)
* Airi Hatakeyama (2015 Shizuo Wada Special Award Miss Nippon)
* Marin Minamiya (2019 Shizuo Wada Special Award Miss Nippon)
* Kiyou Shimizu (2021 Shizuo Wada Special Award Miss Nippon)
History representative
| Year | Representative | Japanese Name | Award history |
| 2013 | Hisae Arai | 新井寿枝 | 2011 Miss Kimono |
| 2014 | Marie Yanaka | 谷中麻里衣 | 2011 Grand Prix |
| 2015 | Erika Suzuki | 鈴木恵梨佳 | 2014 Grand Prix |
| 2016 | Chisato Haga | 芳賀千里 | 2015 Grand Prix |
| 2017 | Mika Matsuno | 松野未佳 | 2016 Grand Prix |

## TV Show

* Ryutaro Ueoka is crazy! (TBS）
* The Wide (NTV)
* Sunday Jungle (TV Asahi)
* Pleasure MAP (TV Asahi)
* Mokuspe (NTV)
* Refreshing !! (NTV)
* Video Experience! Ikkimi Theater (KansaiTV)
* Dream Theater (FM Tokyo Tokyo Local)
* Solving your worries! After the rain Yorozu-do (YomiuriTV)
* What's wrong with me? (TBS)
* Akashiya pacific saury's career change DE vocation (NTV)

## Movie

* "Dream is the future you live in" (2018, Gachinko Film)
** Produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Miss Nippon's resurrection in 2018. In 2016, it was drawn in close contact with the 48th tournament contest and its winners, with interviews with related parties.

## Books

* "Miss Nippon Beauty Diet" (Nihon Bungeisha Yuko Wada << Miss Nippon Contest Tournament Steering Committee Chair >> October 2002) ISBN 4537201649
* "Miss Nippon-style diet that has been passed down for 50 years" (Sanctuary Publishing, Yuko Wada << Miss Nippon Contest Tournament Steering Committee chairman >> January 22, 2010) ISBN 4861139384
* "Until I'm a little nerdy with low communicative power until I become a quasi-miss Japan" (KADOKAWA << 2012 quasi-miss Japan award >> January 22, 2016) ISBN 4040680723
* "Miss Nippon Beauty Food" (Shogakukan Miss Nippon Contest Secretariat, Ai Wada << Miss Nippon Contest Tournament Steering Committee chairman >> co-authored January 24, 2017) ISBN 9784093104593
* "50 Years of Japanese Beauty: What is the Beauty of the Showa, Heisei, and New Era?" (Modern Fire Department, Miss Nippon Association, January 17, 2019) JAN 4910029060397
      * "Miss Nippon Revival 50th Anniversary Magazine" "Ai Wada Cover"