JAPAN
1952 - Himeko Kojima
1953 - Kinuko Ito (2nd runner-up)
1954 - Mieko Kondo
1955 - Keiko Takahashi (4th runner-up)
1956 - Yoshie Baba
1957 - Kyoko Otani (Top 15)
1958 - Tomoko Moritake (Top 15) (Miss Friendship)
1959 - Akiko Kojima (Miss Universe)
1960 - Yayoi Furuno (Top 15)
1961 - Akemi Toyama
1962 - Kasuko Hirano
1963 - Noriko Ando (Top 15)
1964 - Shizuko Matsumoto
1965 - Mari Katayama
1966 - Atsumi Ikeno
1967 - Kayoko Fujikawa
1968 - Yasuyo Iino (Miss Amity)
1969 - Kikuyo Osuka (4th runner-up)
1970 - Jun Shimada (3rd runner-up)
1971 - Shigeko Taketomi (Top 12)
1972 - Harumi Maeda (Top 12)
1973 - Miyoko Sometani (Top 12)
1974 - Eriko Tsuboi
1975 - Sachiko Nakayama (Top 12)
1976 - Miyako Iwakuni
1977 - Kyoko Satoh
1978 - Hisako Manda
1979 - Yurika Kuroda (Miss Amity)
1980 - Hisae Hiyama
1981 - Mineko Orisaku
1982 - Eri Okuwaki
1983 - Yuko Yamaguchi
1984 - Mayumi Niiyama
1985 - Hatsumi Furusawa
1986 - Hiroko Esaki
1987 - Hiroe Namba
1988 - Mizuho Sakaguchi (3rd runner-up)
1989 - Eri Tshiro
1990 - Hiroko Miyoshi
1991 - Atsuko Yamamoto
1992 - Akiko Ando
1993 - Yukiko Shiki
1994 - Chiaki Kawahito
1995 - Narumi Saeki
1998 - Nana Okumura
1999 - Satomi Ogawa
2000 - Mayu Endo
2001 - Misao Arauchi
2002 - Mina Chiba
2003 - Miyako Miyazaki (4th runner-up)
2004 - Eri Machimoto
2005 - Yukari Kuzuya
2006 - Kurara Chibana (1st runner-up) (Best National Costume)
2007 - Riyo Mori (Miss Universe)
2008 - Hiroko Mima (Top 15)
2009 - Emiri Miyasaka
2010 - Maiko Itai
2011 - Maria Kamiyama
2012 - Ayako Hara
2013 - Yukimi Matsuo
2014 - Keiko Tsuji
2015 - Ariana Mamiko Miyamoto (Top 10)
2016 - Sari Nakazawa
2017 - Momoko Abe (Best National Costume)
2018 - Yuumi Kato
2019 - Ako Kamo
2020 - Aisha Harumi Tochigi
2021 - Juri Watanabe (Top 16)
2022 - Marybelen Sakamoto
2023 - Rio Miyazaki