Miss Nippon
The Miss Nippon Contest is a beauty pageant that has been held by a diet gym company and a newspaper company Sports Nippon every year in Japan.History
The Miss Nippon contest was first organized in June 1931. The second edition ran in 1934. The goal of the first editions of the Miss Nippon contest was to locate and record women with pure blood and ideal body proportions to demonstrate the success of the country's eugenics and social hygiene policies.Winners
| Year | Miss Japan | From |
| 1950 | Fujiko Yamamoto | Izumi, Osaka |
| 1968 | Noriko Suzuki | |
| 1969 | Noriko Suzuki | |
| 1970 | Sachiko Takieuchi | |
| 1971 | Yumiko Yoshimura | |
| 1972 | Chimomo Sakamoto | |
| 1973 | Mitsumi Hasegawa | |
| 1974 | Sawako Takubo | |
| 1976 | Takami Asai | |
| 1977 | Keiko Tezuka | |
| 1978 | Yasue Enomoto | |
| 1979 | Chikako Murata | |
| 1980 | Junko Kuwabara | |
| 1981 | Junko Kuwabara | |
| 1982 | Fusako Minegishi | |
| 1983 | Yumi Yamaguchi | |
| 1984 | Akiko Tsuneoka | |
| 1985 | Satomi Nemoto | |
| 1986 | Asami Nakamura | |
| 1987 | Keiko Ibi | |
| 1988 | Mika Tamai | Saijō, Ehime |
| 1989 | Norie Sawamoto | |
| 1990 | Tomomi Soma | |
| 1991 | Emi Okamoto | |
| 1992 | Norika Fujiwara | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo |
| 1993 | Yoko Koiwai | |
| 1994 | Naoko Matsuda | |
| 1995 | Chihiro Nagai | |
| 1996 | Miho Chikazawa | |
| 1997 | Keiko Tamura | |
| 1998 | Yoshiko Wada | |
| 1999 | Yuri Komatsuda | |
| 2000 | Saori Amakawa | Kanagawa |
| 2001 | Ruriko Yate | |
| 2002 | Kumi Sano | Fuji, Shizuoka |
| 2003 | Reiko Aisawa | Isesaki, Gunma |
| 2004 | Yuriko Saga | Kanazawa, Ishikawa |
| 2005 | Risa Kume | Kakegawa, Shizuoka |
| 2006 | Rie Kokubo | Atsugi, Kanagawa |
| 2007 | Mika Hagi | Ishikawa Prefecture |
| 2008 | Eri Suzuki | Tokyo |
| 2009 | Marino Miyata | Tokyo |
| 2010 | Mina Hayashi | Tokyo |
| 2011 | Marie Yanaka | Tokyo |
| 2012 | Takako Arai | Osaka |
| 2013 | | |
| 2014 | | |
| 2015 | Chisato Haga | Tokyo |
| 2016 | Kotomi Motoyama | Kyoto |
