Miss Earth Japan

Miss Earth Japan (Japanese: ミス・アース・ジャパン) is a beauty pageant held annually in Japan. The titleholder represents Japan in the international Miss Earth pageant.^[1][2]

Miss Earth Japan

Formation	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Tokyo
Location	Japan
Membership	Miss Earth
Official language	Japanese
National Director	Osamu Sakata
Website	miss-earth.com

History

Miss Earth Japan, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, is organized by IBG Japan (I Vesey Japan, Inc.) under its corporate name Miss Japan Institute of Earth General. The national director of the pageant is Osamu Sakata. The pageant was established in order to elect Japan's representative in the annual Miss Earth pageant, to further charity donations and philanthropic activities, and to promote environmental awareness and protection.^[3]

Japan was first represented in Miss Earth 2001 by Misuzu Hirayama, who was the first titleholder of Miss Earth Japan and won the Miss Friendship special award.^[4]

In 2010, Japan first entered both in the semifinal and final round of the Miss Earth pageant, where Marina Kishira finished in the top 7 and won the Best in National Costume award in Miss Earth 2010.^[5][6]

Titleholders

Year	Miss Earth Japan Elemental Court Titlists
	Earth	Air	Water	Fire
2023	Kilali Oshiro  Okinawa
2022	Manae Matsumoto  Saitama	Higa Airi  Okinawa	Narumi Ota  Hyōgo	Riko Kato  Kagawa
2021	Konatsu Yoshida  Hokkaido	Haruka Miura  Aomori	Mari Fujita  Osaka	Rina Takehara  Tokyo Rino Yamada  Ōita
2020	Anna Tode  Saitama	Rina Hanae  Tochigi	Nahu Yasukawa  Osaka	Nagisa Tsutsume  Iwate
2019	Yuka Itoku  Ōita	Mioka Kuniyoshi  Okinawa	Yoshino Kotake  Osaka	Himari Ichinomoya  Fukuoka
2018	Mio Tanaka Komatsu	Misu Asuka	Kana Kayakawa	Asuka Abe
2017	Yasuko Saito Fukuoka	Atsumi Tuskamoto Tokyo	Kasumi Hayakawa Aichi	Miori Narita Gunma
2016	Ami Hachiya Tokyo	Miyu Toyoshima	Manae Miyakoshi	Ayana Matsuda
2015	Ayano Yamada Gunma	Mai Karihura	Akane Koga	Seina Soushin
2014	Reina Nagata Saitama	Ai Sugiura Aichi	Ayaka Wakao Yamanashi	Kasumi Tsunoda Aichi
2013	Yu Horikawa Tokyo	Honami Kuroda	Mai Yamada	Akuri Besyo

Miss Earth

Color keys

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or Top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semi-finalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

The winner of Miss Earth Japan (MEJ) represents her country at Miss Earth. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. The following are the names of the annual titleholders of Miss Earth Japan (MEJ), listed according to the year in which they participated in Miss Earth:

Year	Miss Earth Japan	Japanese	Represented	Placement	Special Awards
2024	Ann Furukawa	TBA	Hyogo	Unplaced
2023	Kirari Oshiro[7]	大城きらり	Okinawa	Unplaced
2022	Manae Matsumoto	マナエ 松本	Saitama	Unplaced
2021	Konatsu Yoshida	吉田こなつ	Hokkaido	Unplaced	Dancing Category
2020	Anna Tode[8][9][10]	東出 あんな	Saitama	Top 20	Swimsuit (Asia & Oceania) Talent (Creative) (Asia & Oceania)
2019	Yuka Itoku[11][12]	伊徳 有加	Ōita	Top 20	Miss RealMe
2018	Mio Tanaka[13][14]	田中 美緒	Komatsu	Top 18
2017	Yasuko Saito[15]	斎藤 恭代	Fukuoka	Unplaced	Miss Friendship (Group 2) National Costume (Asia Pacific)
2016	Ami Hachiya[16][17]	蜂谷 晏海	Tokyo	Unplaced	National Costume (Asia & Oceania)
2015	Ayano Yamada[18][19][20]	山田 彩乃	Gunma	Unplaced
2014	Reina Nagata[21][22]	永田 怜奈	Saitama	Unplaced
2013	Yu Horikawa[23]	堀川 優	Tokyo	Unplaced
2012	Megumi Noda[24][25]	野田 萌	Shiga	Top 16
2011	Tomoko Maeda[26][27]	前田 智子	Tokyo	Top 16	Best in National Costume
2010	Marina Kishira[28][29]	岸良 真利奈	Chiba	Top 7	Best in National Costume Miss Earth Sea-Links City Resort Top 5 Miss Talent
2009	Tomomi Takada[30][31][32]	高田 知美	Tokyo	Unplaced
2008	Akemi Fukumura[33][34][35]	福村 明美	Tokyo	Unplaced
2007	Ryoko Tominaga[citation needed]	富永 良子	Tokyo	Unplaced
2006	Noriko Ohno[citation needed]	大野 典子	Tokyo	Unplaced
2005	Emi Suzuki[citation needed]	鈴木 絵実	Tokyo	Unplaced
2003	Asami Saito[citation needed]	斉藤 麻美	Tokyo	Unplaced
2001	Misuzu Hirayama[citation needed]	平山美鈴	Tokyo	Unplaced	Miss Friendship

See also

• Miss Universe Japan
• Miss International Japan
• Miss World Japan
• Miss Japan
• Miss Nippon
• Mister Japan