Miss Universe Japan
Miss Universe Japan is a national Beauty pageant in Japan to select an official candidate for the Miss Universe pageant.
Since 2018, the national director of Miss Universe Japan is Hiroko Mima.
History
The Miss Japan pageant was founded in 1952, and has gone through several sponsor changes. Between 1952 and 1995 it was sponsored and run by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. The sponsorship ended in 1995 and after a 2-year hiatus, French businesswoman Ines Ligron seized the business opportunity and established a company to operate the pageant as Miss Universe Japan. Until 2007, the organisation managed to produce one winner, two top 5 runners-up and one top 15 semifinalist at the Miss Universe pageant. Ligron was catapulted to the international spotlight when Riyo Mori won the second Miss Universe crown for Japan in 2007. In 2009, Ligron left the organisation which resulted in a different team now leading the organisation.National directors
- 1952 Miss Japan - Yoshinaga
- 1998 Miss Universe Japan - Inès Ligron
- 2010 Miss Universe Japan - Izumi Toda and Akihiro Yoshida
- 2018 Miss Universe Japan - Hiroko Mima
International crowns
Two – Miss Universe winners:- * Riyo Mori ''
- * Akiko Kojima ''''''