# Miss Japan

Miss Japan (Japanese: ミスジャパン) is a national beauty pageant in Japan. The pageant first ran from 1952 to 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. The HDR Corporation started the new Miss Japan competition after they lost the franchises for both Miss Universe and Miss Earth.
The HDR Corporation also operates the Miss and Mister Supranational contest.

## Titleholders

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

### Winners by prefectures

| Prefecture | 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 | 3 | 1964, 1988, 1993 |
| Fukuoka | 2 | 1958, 1960 |
| Hokkaido | 2 | 1975, 1989 |
| Kyoto | 2 | 1962, 1981 |
| Ehime | 1 | 1990 |
| Fukushima | 1 | 1956 |
| Gifu | 1 | 1986 |
| Ibaraki | 1 | 1973 |
| Iwate | 1 | 2020 |
| Kagawa | 1 | 1994 |
| Miyagi | 1 | 1963 |
| Okayama | 1 | 1987 |
| Saitama | 1 | 1995 |

## Miss and Mister Supranational Japan
### Miss Supranational Japan

* Declared as Winner
* Ended as runner-up
* Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | Miss Supranational Japan | Japanese | Represented | Placement | Special Awards |
| 2024 | Yuki Sonoda | 園田悠希 | Kagoshima | Top 25 | Top 7 at Miss Talent |
| 2023 | Mayuko Hanawa | 花輪真由子 | Ibaraki | Unplaced | Top 8 at Miss Talent |
| 2022 | Rina Okada | 岡田里奈 | Hokkaido | Unplaced | Top 3 at Miss Talent |
| 2021 | Emiri Shimizu | 清水えみり | Gunma | Top 24 | |
| 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 |
| 2019 | Natsumi Takenaka | 竹中夏美 | Osaka | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Yurika Nakamoto | 中本ゆりか | Okinawa | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Yuki Koshikawa | 越川ゆき | Chiba | Top 25 | |
| 2016 | Risa Nagashima | 永島理沙 | Gunma | Top 20 | |
| 2015 | Mieko Takeuchi | 竹内美恵子 | Hyōgo | Top 20 | |
| 2014 | Ayaka Wakao | 若尾彩花 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |
| Did not compete between 2011—2013 ||||||
| 2010 | Miou Fujinaga | 藤永美桜 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |

### Mister Supranational Japan

* Declared as Winner
* Ended as runner-up
* Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | Mister Supranational Japan | Japanese | Represented | Placement | Special Awards |
| Did not compete between 2020—present ||||||
| 2019 | Reino Shimamura | 島村れい乃 | Tokyo | Unplaced | Top 5 at Mr Talent |
| 2018 | Jiro Matsumoto | 松本次郎 | Tokyo | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Takanori Uekusa | 植草隆則 | Tokyo | Top 20 | |
| 2016 | Ricky Wakabayashi | リッキー若林 | Tokyo | Top 10 | |