Marybelen Sakamoto of Chiba, Japan speaks Japanese, Spanish and English. She was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Peruvian father and a Japanese mother.
In 2021, Sakamoto graduated from Seisen University in Shinagawa, Tokyo with a bachelor’s degree in English literature. 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 August 30, 2023, Sakamoto crowned her successor Rio Miyazaki at Yamano Hall in Shibuya. On November 18, 2023, the latter will represent Japan at Miss Universe 2023 and compete against more than 80 other candidates at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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Miss Universe Japan 2023 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Universe Japan international membership: Miss Universe national director: Hiroko Mima |
| edition: 26th date: August 30, 2023 venue: Yamano Hall, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan candidates: 36 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME 名前 |
| Top 30 | Ai Mariaximena Sakuraba 櫻庭 愛マリアヒメナ Aki Yavas ヤバシ 亜樹 Angelene Seki 関 アンジェリン Emi Ozaki 尾崎 恵美 Eri Fujita 藤田 絵梨 Hanada Nene 花田寧々 Hiroka Takise 滝瀬 央佳 Kaho Tanaka 田中香穂 Kotoha Abe 阿部琴羽 Kyoka Hori 堀京香 Madoka Higuchi 樋口 円華 Mao Eguchi 江口真央 Mariya Nagasawa 長澤マリーヤ Mayuka Oyama 大山真由佳 Miyu Matsumoto 松本実優 Sayaka Osawa 大澤彩楓 Shiori Akanuma 赤沼詩織 Yui Kano 加納由唯 Yukiko Ozaki 尾崎由起子 |
| Top 11 | Kana Takada 高田佳奈 Karen Miyazawa 宮澤かれん Mina Yasukawa 安川美那 Rina Iuchi 井内リナ Sayaka Uechi 上地沙也香 Yuma Enomoto 榎元悠真 |
| Top 5 | Mio Yamamoto 山本実生 Misaki Matsumoto 松本美咲 Nana Miwa 三輪奈南 Rio Miyazaki 宮崎莉緒 Risa Morishita 森下理沙 |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2023 | 2022 |
| 4th runner-up | Misaki Matsumoto Fukuoka | Aska Taira Okinawa |
| 3rd runner-up | Mio Yamamoto Gunma | Kozue Kanzaki Tokyo |
| 2nd runner-up | Risa Morishita Kanagawa | Megumi Wilson Tokyo |
| 1st runner-up | Nanami Miwa Shizuoka | Saria Oikawa Iwate |
| Miss Universe Japan | Rio Miyazaki Shizuoka | Marybelen Sakamoto Chiba |
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