Juri Watanabe competed against 31 other Miss Universe Japan 2021 candidates in Tokyo, Japan on September 22, 2021. She won the title.
Runner-up to Watanabe was Izumi Nishida of Hokkaido. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Airi Hasuo of Tokyo, Saria Oikawa of Iwate and Sachino Fukuuchi of Hyogo.
On August 25, 2022, Watanabe crowned her successor Marybelen Sakamoto at Yamano Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo. The latter will represent Japan at Miss Universe 2022.
Miss Universe Japan 2022 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Universe Japan international membership: Miss Universe national director: Hiroko Mima |
| edition: 25th date: August 25, 2022 venue: Yamano Hall, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan candidates: 36 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME |
| Top 36 (withdrew) | Aki Takei |
| Top 35 | Ayaka Chihara Erika Ishibashi Hikari Okamura Izumi Sabrina Nishida Jeni Sugahara Kaho Tanaka Kana Sagara Kana Takada Kaoruko Naito Karen Kadota Kyoka Nanjo Michiru Yakuwa Miho Sugawara Mirika Matsumoto Misaki Uematsu Miwa Yamaguchi Moira Komatsu Nozomi Koike Ranka Sato Reina Fuji Rina Kitamura Risa Hosaka Shizuka Ichimura Tamaki Saitoh Yuika Ikehata |
| Top 10 | Ai Inami Chiaki Morita Kanami Hirai Nanami Sugimoto Natsumi Tezuka |
| Top 5 | Aska Taira Kozue Kanzaki Marybelen Sakamoto Megumi Wilson Saria Oikawa |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2022 | 2021 |
| 4th runner-up | Aska Taira Okinawa | Sachino Fukuuchi Hyogo |
| 3rd runner-up | Kozue Kanzaki Tokyo | Saria Oikawa Iwate |
| 2nd runner-up | Megumi Wilson Tokyo | Airi Hasuo Tokyo |
| 1st runner-up | Saria Oikawa Iwate | Izumi Nishida Hokkaido |
| Miss Universe Japan | Marybelen Sakamoto Chiba | Juri Watanabe Tokyo |
Hiroko Mima has been the national director of Miss Universe Japan since 2018. On July 14, 2008, she represented Japan at Miss Universe 2008, competed against 79 other candidates at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam and finished in the Top 15.
On December 12, 2021, Watanabe represented Japan at Miss Universe 2021 and competed against 79 other candidates in Eilat, Israel. She finished in the Top 16.
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