| Formation | 2001; 24 years ago (2001) |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Earth |
Official language | Japanese |
National Director | Osamu Sakata |
| Website | miss-earth.com |
Miss Earth Japan (Japanese:ミス・アース・ジャパン) is abeauty pageant held annually inJapan. The titleholder represents Japan in the internationalMiss Earth pageant.[1][2]
Miss Earth Japan, based inShinjuku, Tokyo, is organized byIBG Japan (I Vesey Japan, Inc.) under its corporate nameMiss 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 annualMiss Earth pageant, to further charity donations andphilanthropic activities, and to promoteenvironmental awareness andprotection.[3]
Japan was first represented inMiss 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 inMiss Earth 2010.[5][6]
| Year | Miss Earth JapanElemental 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 TokyoRino 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 |
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The winner of Miss Earth Japan (MEJ) represents her country atMiss 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)
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| 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 |
