Chiba’s Mitsunori Takahashi wins Mister Empyrean Japan 2026 in Shibuya, Tokyo

Representing Chiba, Mitsunori Takahashi competed against 24 other Mister Empyrean Japan 2026 candidates in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on August 28, 2026. He won the title.

Also crowned was Mister Imperial World Japan 2026 Denji Oshiro of Okinawa. Selected to represent Japan at World’s Handsomest Mannequin was Taishi Yamamoto of Hiroshima.

Mister Empyrean Japan 2026 results

beauty pageant: Mister Empyrean Japan international memberships: Mister Empyrean, Mister Imperial World, World’s Handsomest Mannequin

edition: 1st date: August 28, 2026 venue: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan candidates: 47

WINNERS

PLACEMENT	CANDIDATE
Mister Empyrean Japan 2026	Mitsunori Takahashi Chiba
Mister Imperial World Japan 2026	Denji Oshiro Okinawa
World’s Handsomest Mannequin Japan 2026	Taishi Yamamoto Hiroshima
1st runner-up	Ayumu Tanaka Osaka
2nd runner-up	Daiki Shimizu Yamanashi
3rd runner-up	Akinori Watanabe Ehime
4th runner-up	Kanehiro Harada Yamaguchi

FINALISTS

CANDIDATE REGION/COMMUNITY	JUDGES’ SCORES	PUBLIC VOTES	AVERAGE
Akiya Ito Aichi	90.41	90.54	90.475
Akihisa Sasaki Akita	90.69	91.43	91.06
Genji Narita Aomori	91.65	90.37	91.0175
Mitsunori Takahashi Chiba	97.95	91.77	94.86
Akinori Watanabe Ehime	96.87	91.08	93.075
Fumihiro Yoshida Fukui	90.6	90.57	90.585
Nagaharu Koga Fukuoka	93.05	90.32	91.685
Tadahiro Suzuki Fukushima	90.92	90.59	90.755
Akihiro Hayashi Gifu	90.39	90.28	90.335
Futoshi Kobayashi Gunma	90.36	90.31	90.335
Taishi Yamamoto Hiroshima	90.18	90.5	90.34
Watari Sasaki Hokkaido	90.79	91.41	91.1
Fuyuki Tanaka Hyogo	91.26	90.38	90.82
Arinobu Sato Ibaraki	90.38	90.26	90.32
Yoshihiro Tanaka Ishikawa	90.26	90.27	90.265
Toshinari Kikuchi Iwate	90.48	90.35	90.415
Zenzo Yamashita Kagawa	93.83	90.38	92.105
Yasunari Higashi Kagoshima	90.32	90.4	90.36
Takeshi Takahashi Kanagawa	90.18	90.37	90.275
Yukiya Hamada Kochi	90.27	90.32	90.295
Hiroyuki Tanaka Kumamoto	92.31	90.47	91.39
Zentaro Yoshida Kyoto	90.28	91.97	91.125
Haruhiro Ito Mie	90.28	90.22	90.25
Chuzo Abe Miyagi	90.44	90.93	90.685
Kiyoji Kuroki Miyazaki	90.72	90.61	90.665
Sanshiro Maruyama Nagano	90.5	90.7	90.6
Eigen Matsuo Nagasaki	90.92	90.48	90.7
Haruhisa Yamamoto Nara	90.35	90.63	90.49
Juro Watanabe Niigata	90.58	90.45	90.515
Goro Kono Oita	90.72	90.79	90.755
Haruhiro Fujiwara Okayama	90.37	90.26	90.315
Denji Oshiro Okinawa	97.34	91.12	94.23
Ayumu Tanaka Osaka	95.53	90.98	93.255
Kakuji Eriguchi Saga	92.89	90.45	91.67
Jirokichi Takahashi Saitama	90.81	92.17	91.49
Ginko Nishimura Shiga	90.29	90.84	90.565
Teruhisa Fujiwara Shimane	90.23	90.24	90.235
Naohisa Suzuki Shizuoka	90.7	90.44	90.57
Hantaro Sato Tochigi	92.19	90.33	91.26
Ranmaru Yoshida Tokushima	90.53	90.56	90.545
Mitsuhiro Takahashi Tokyo	90.42	90.46	90.44
Naoki Yamane Tottori	90.41	90.6	90.504
Renya Hayashi Toyama	91.19	90.48	90.835
Haruto Yamamoto Wakayama	90.3	90.4	90.35
Kintaro Saito Yamagata	90.46	90.75	90.605
Kanehiro Harada Yamaguchi	93.75	90.91	92.33
Daiki Shimizu Yamanashi	94.77	91.72	93.245

SPECIAL AWARDS

AWARD	CANDIDATE
Mister Congeniality	Kiyoji Kuroki (Miyazaki)
Mister Felicity	Kintaro Saito (Yamagata)
Most Photogenic	1. Taishi Yamamoto (Hiroshima) 2. Mitsuhiro Takahashi (Tokyo) 3. Mitsunori Takahashi (Chiba)
Best Physique	Haruhisa Yamamoto (Nara)
Best in Swimwear	Daiki Shimizu (Yamanashi)
Best in Interview	Denji Oshiro (Okinawa)
People’s Choice	Jirokichi Takahashi (Saitama)