Ako Kamo of Kobe, Hyogo, Japan attended Obayashi Sacred Heart High School in Takarazuka, Hyogo and Kobe College in Nishinomiya, Hyogo. She is the reigning Miss Universe Japan 2019.
Kamo won the title at Yamano Beauty College in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on August 22, 2019. She competed against 37 other candidates.
Miss Universe Japan 2020
On October 20, 2020, Kamo will turn 23. On October 29, 2020, she will crown her successor at the Yamano Hall in Shibuya, which marks the 23rd edition of the national beauty pageant that selects Japan’s Miss Universe candidate.
Currently, Japan has 19 Miss Universe placements, including the coronation of Akiko Kojima in 1959 and Riyo Mori in 2007. The most recent one was in 2015 when Ariana Miyamoto finished in the Top 10.
There are 30 women competing for the Miss Universe Japan 2020 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Ai Kawabe
- Aisha Harumi Tochigi
- Akiko Koyama
- Akiho Kojima
- Ali Horiuchi
- Aska Taira
- Ayumi Kawamura
- Chie Akiba
- Haruho Numa
- Haruka Nakata
- Haruna Teshima
- Kilala Watanabe
- Mai Morishima
- Marina Little
- Miyuki Nozawa
- Mizuki Kitamura
- Moe Oshiro
- Moeri Furukawa
- Momoko Iida
- Nashiro Tsuritani
- Nina Saeed Yokota
- Raimu Kaminashi
- Sara Matsuda
- Sayaka Shibata
- Seina Okumura
- Shiho Hichiwa
- Yui Aira
- Yuki Nakatsu
- Yuki Sonoda
- Yukino Nakano
Japan was represented in Miss Universe by the winner of Miss Japan from 1952 to 1995 and Miss Universe Japan since 1998. Hiroko Mima has been the national director of Miss Universe Japan since 2018.
On July 14, 2008, Mima represented Japan at Miss Universe 2008 and competed against 79 other candidates at the Crown Convention Centre in Nha Trang, Vietnam. She finished in the Top 15.
On December 8, 2019, Kamo represented Japan at Miss Universe 2019 and competed against 89 other candidates at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. She was unplaced.

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