Japan at major beauty pageants
This is a list of Japan's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has won two of the four pageants, two Miss Universe crowns and one Miss International crown.
The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on SPECIFIC STANDARDS such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the pageant's specific purpose, relevance, and advocacy; the overall production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[1][2][3]
Year | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International | Miss Earth |
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2014 | Keiko Tsuji | Hikaru Kawai | Rira Hongo | Reina Nagata |
2013 | Yukimi Matsuo | Michiko Tanaka | Yukiko Takahashi | Yu Horikawa |
2012 | Ayako Hara | Nozomi Igarashi | Ikumi Yoshimatsu WINNER |
Megumi Noda Top 16 |
2011 | Maria Kamiyama | Midori Tanaka | Nagomi Murayama | Tomoko Maeda Top 16 |
2010 | Maiko Itai | Hiroko Matsunaga | Etsuko Kanagae Top 15 |
Marina Kishira Top 8 |
2009 | Emiri Miyasaka | Eruza Sasaki Top 16 |
Yuka Nakayama Top 15 |
Tomomi Takada |
2008 | Hiroko Mima Top 15 |
Mizuki Kubodera | Kyoko Sugiyama Top 15 |
Akemi Fukumura |
2007 | Riyo Mori WINNER |
Rui Watanabe | Hisako Shirata Top 15 |
Ryoko Tominaga |
2006 | Kurara Chibana 1st Runner-up |
Kazuka Kondo | Mami Sakurai Top 15 |
Noriko Ohno |
2005 | Yukari Kuzuya | Erina Shinohara | Naomi Ishizaka Top 15 |
Emi Suzuki |
2004 | Eri Machimoto | Minako Goto | Tamiko Kawahara Top 15 |
× |
2003 | Miyako Miyazaki 4th Runner-up |
Nishide Kaoru | Saeko Matsumi Top 12 |
Asami Saito |
2002 | Mina Chiba | Yuko Nabeta | Hana Urushima 2nd runner-up |
× |
2001 | Misao Arauchi | Yuka Hamano | Hanako Suzuki Top 15 |
Misuzu Hirayama |
2000 | Mayu Endo | Mariko Sugai | Kanako Shibata Top 15 |
↑ |
1999 | Satomi Ogawa | Aya Mitsubori | Kana Onoda Top 15 | |
1998 | Nana Okumura | Rie Machizuki | Megumi Taira Top 15 | |
1997 | × | Shinobu Saraie | Sayuri Seki Top 15 | |
1996 | × | Miyuki Fujii | Akiko Sugano Top 15 | |
1995 | Narumi Saeki | Mari Kubo | Yuka Kondo Top 15 | |
1994 | Chiaki Kawahito | Shinobu Sushida | Tomomi Hanamura Top 15 | |
1993 | Yukiko Shiki | Yoko Miyasaka | Masayo Shibasaki Top 15 | |
1992 | Akiko Ando | Kaoru Kikuchi | Tomoko Nishiki | |
1991 | Atsuko Yamamoto | Junko Tsuda | Miho Takata Top 15 | |
1990 | Hiroko Miyoshi | Tomoko Iwasaki | Hiroko Ohnishi Top 15 | |
1989 | Eri Tshiro | Kaori Muto | Tamae Ogura | |
1988 | Mizuho Sakaguchi 3rd Runner-up |
Kazumi Sakikubo | Yuki Egami Top 15 | |
1987 | Hiroe Namba | Keiko Unno | Yayoi Morita top 15 | |
1986 | Hiroko Esaki | Mutsumi Sugimura | Rika Kobayashi Top 15 | |
1985 | Hatsumi Furusawa | Haruko Sugimoto | Makiko Matsumoto top 15 | |
1984 | Mayumi Niiyama | Ayako Ohsone | Junko Ueno Top 15 | |
1983 | Yuko Yamaguchi | Mie Nakahara | Akemi Fujita Top 15 | |
1982 | Eri Okuwaki | Mutsuko Kikuchi | Yukiko Tautsumi | |
1981 | Mineko Orisaku | Naomi Kishi Top 15 |
Rita Moriwaki top 15 | |
1980 | Hisae Hiyama | Kanako Ito | Mayumi Kanbara | |
1979 | Yurika Kuroda | Motomi Hibino | Hideko Haba 4 Runnerup-up | |
1978 | Hisako Manda | Yuko Yamaguchi | Atsuko Taguchi | |
1977 | Kyoko Satoh | Chizuru Shigamura | Mideko Kojima | |
1976 | Miyako Iwakuni | Noriko Asakuno | Kumie Nakamura 4 Runner-up | |
1975 | Sachiko Nakayama Top 12 |
Chiharu Fujiwara | Sumiko Kumagai Top 15 | |
1974 | Eriko Tsuboi | Chikako Shima 6th Runner-up |
Hideko Shigekawa Top 15 | |
1973 | Miyoko Sometani Top 12 |
Keiko Matsunaga | Miki Yaita Top 15 | |
1972 | Harumi Maeda Top 12 |
Akiko Kajitani | Yuko Tameshisa Top 15 | |
1971 | Shigeko Taketomi Top 12 |
Emiko Ikeda | Reiko Yoneyama Top 15 | |
1970 | Jun Shimada 3rd Runner-up |
Hisayo Nakamura | Toshie Suda 3rd Runner-up | |
1969 | Kikuyo Osuka 4th Runner-up |
Emiko Karashima | Akemi Okamoto top 15 | |
1968 | Yasuyo Iino | Ryoko Miyoshi | Yuko Sunami top 15 | |
1967 | Kayoko Fujikawa | Chikako Sotoyama | Hiroko Sasaki top 15 | |
1966 | Atsumi Ikeno | Harumi Kobayashi | ↑ | |
1965 | Mari Katayama | Yuko Oguchi Top 16 |
Hiroko Fukushima | |
1964 | Shizuko Matsumoto | Yoshiko Nakatani | Naoko Matsui top 15 | |
1963 | Noriko Ando Top 15 |
Miyako Harada | Shizuko Shimizu | |
1962 | Kasuko Hirano | Teruko Ikeda 4th Runner-up |
Kaoru Iwasaski top 15 | |
1961 | Akemi Toyama | Chie Nurakami Top 15 |
Atsuko Kyoto | |
1960 | Yayoi Furuno Top 15 |
Eiko Sakimurai Top 15 |
Michiko Takagi Top 15 | |
1959 | Akiko Kojima WINNER |
Chieko Ichinose | ↑ | |
1958 | Tomoko Moritake Top 15 |
Hisako Okuse | ||
1957 | Kyoko Otani Top 15 |
Muneko Yorifuji 4th Runner-up | ||
1956 | Yoshie Baba | Midoriki Tokura 3rd Runner-up | ||
1955 | Keiko Takahashi 4th Runner-up |
× | ||
1954 | Mieko Kondo | × | ||
1953 | Kinuko Ito 2nd Runner-up |
× | ||
1952 | Himeko Kojima | |||
1951 | ↑ | × |
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
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Miss Universe | 18 | Winner (1959, 2007) |
Miss World | 9 | 3rd Runner-up (1956) |
Miss International | 19 | Winner (2012) |
Miss Earth | 3 | Top 8 (2010) |
References
- ↑ http://www.sashfactor.info/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2004
- ↑ International Beauty Pageant Ranking
- ↑ http://missosology.org/big4/
- Miss Universe country participation lists.
- Miss World country participation lists.
- Miss International country participation lists.
- Miss Earth country participation lists.
See also
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