Miss Japan
Miss Japan is a national beauty pageant in Japan. The pageant first ran from 1952-1995 and was led by Yoshinaga. In 2019, the Miss Japan pageant returned with Akihiro Yoshida, Takako Hashimura, Ichiro Tahara and Takahide Kitai, from the HDR Corporation, all as Senior directors. The HDR Corporation started the new Miss Japan competition after they lost the franchises for both Miss Universe and Miss Earth.
The current Miss Japan is Honoka Tsuchiya of Tokyo Prefecture. She was crowned Miss Japan 2019 on September 11, 2019.
The HDR Corporation also operates the Mister Japan contest.Titleholders
