10 things about Miss Universe Japan 2022 Marybelen Sakamoto

Marybelen Sakamoto represented Japan in the 71st edition of Miss Universe. It was won by R’Bonney Gabriel of the United States.

BIOGRAPHY

Sakamoto is a Peruvian-Japanese beauty queen from Chiba, Japan. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Peruvian father and a Japanese mother.
2. When she was young, she visited around 20 countries not only for travel but also for exchange student programs and short-term studies.
3. From 2017 to 2021, she attended Seisen University in Shinagawa, Tokyo where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature.
4. In 2017, she visited the United States.
5. In 2020, she visited Indonesia.
6. She was working in the food industry when she won Miss Universe Japan 2022.
7. She was a Miss Universe 2022 candidate.
8. In 2024, she visited Colombia and South Africa.
9. On December 21, 2024, she turned 26.
10. In 2025, she visited Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand.

TIMELINE

Sakamoto speaks Japanese, Spanish and English. She is 5’7″ tall.

2017

• In April 2017, she entered Seisen University.
• In July 2017, she traveled to Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
• In August 2017, she traveled to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA.

2018

• In June 2018, she spent her summer vacation in New York City.
• In September 2018, she traveled to different parts of California, USA including Santa Monica and San Diego and watched an Adam Lambert concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

2019

• In April 2019, she visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
• In September 2019, she visited Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, which she considers her favorite place in Japan.

2020

• In April 2020, she traveled to Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.

2021

• In October 2021, she visited Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba. 

2022

• On April 22, 2022, she enjoyed watching skateboarding at the X Games Chiba 2022 at the ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City, Chiba.
• On August 25, 2022, she competed against 35 other candidates at Miss Universe Japan 2022 at Yamano Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo and won the title.
• On December 13, 2022, she met Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida at his office where he presented her with an origami paper crane he had made.

2023

• On January 14, 2023, she represented Japan at Miss Universe 2022 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was unplaced.
• On August 30, 2023, she crowned her successor Rio Miyazaki at Yamano Hall in Shibuya.
• On October 12, 2023, she met Miss International Philippines 2023 Nicole Borromeo.

2024

• In March 2024, she traveled to Apartado, Antioquia, Colombia.
• In April 2024, she traveled to Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa.

2025

• In February 2025, she traveled to Taiwan.
• In March 2025, she traveled to Beverly Hills, California and Hawaii, USA.
• In April 2025, she traveled to Seoul, South Korea.
• In May 2025, she traveled to Thailand.