Ako Kamo crowns Miss Universe Japan 2020 Aisha Harumi Tochigi in Shibuya, Tokyo

Ako Kamo of Kobe, Hyogo, Japan won Miss Universe Japan 2019 at Yamano Beauty College in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Japan on August 22, 2019. She competed against 37 other candidates.

On October 29, 2020, Kamo crowned her successor Aisha Harumi Tochigi at Yamano Hall in Shibuya. The latter will represent Japan at Miss Universe 2020.

Miss Universe Japan 2020 results

beauty pageant: Miss Universe Japan international membership: Miss Universe national director: Hiroko Mima

edition: 23rd preliminary competition date: October 23, 2020 coronation ceremony date: October 29, 2020 venue: Yamano Hall, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan candidates: 30

JUDGES

preliminary competition

1. makeup artist Kodo Nishimura
2. Miss Universe Japan 2003 Miyako Miyazaki
3. NHK World Japan reporter Jason Hancock
4. Miss Universe Japan 2008 Hiroko Mima 

coronation ceremony

1. “NHK World Medical Frontiers” host Erica Angyal
2. Miss Universe Japan 2003 Miyako Miyazaki
3. Miss Universe Japan 2011 Maria Kamiyama
4. Miss Universe Japan 2018 Yuumi Kato
5. Defense and Cabinet Office parliamentary vice minister Rui Matsukawa

FINALISTS

PLACEMENT	NAME
Top 30	Ai Kawabe Akiko Koyama Akiho Kojima Ali Horiuchi Aska Taira Ayumi Kawamura Chie Akiba Haruho Numa Haruka Nakata Haruna Teshima Mai Morishima Miyuki Nozawa Mizuki Kitamura Moe Oshiro Moeri Furukawa Momoko Iida Nashiro Tsuritani Nina Saeed Yokota Sara Matsuda Sayaka Shibata Seina Okumura Shiho Hichiwa Yui Aira Yuki Nakatsu Yukino Nakano
Top 5	Aisha Harumi Tochigi Yuki Sonoda Raimu Kaminashi Marina Little Kilala Watanabe

WINNERS

PLACEMENT	2020	2019
4th runner-up	Marina Little Toyama	N/A
3rd runner-up	Kilala Watanabe Saitama	N/A
2nd runner-up	Yuki Sonoda Kagoshima	N/A
1st runner-up	Raimu Kaminashi Gifu	Runa Matsui Aichi Aisha Harumi Tochigi Chiba Sakurako Fujino Fukuoka Yu Harada Fukuoka
Miss Universe Japan	Aisha Harumi Tochigi Chiba	Ako Kamo Hyogo

Kamo studied media production and performing arts at the Assumption College San Lorenzo in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. She is 5’6″ tall and she speaks English, Filipino and Chinese. 

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.