Miss Supranational Japan 2018 will be held on May 6th at the TokyoFM Station Hall. This is the first time that Tokyo will be hosting the event after two straight years of holding the pageant in Saitama City. Yuki Koshikawa will turn over the crown to her successor, who will be chosen among the 30 finalists. The runners-up will be sent to Miss Asia Pacific 2018, Miss United Continents 2018 and Reinado Internacional del Cafe 2019.
This year, 15 contestants will be chosen from 15 regional/prefectural contests. The other 15 have already been casted through individual application.
Regional Contests:
OKINAWA - Feb 25 (audition)
KANAGAWA - March 28
TOKYO (2 finalists)- no pageant, only appointment
SHIZUOKA - Mar 31
HYOGO - Mar 31
WAKAYAMA - April 1
OKAYAMA - tbd
KYUSHU - Feb 24
Here are the 30 finalists!!!
HOKKAIDO - Aya Takaki
MIYAGI - Haruna Abe (former finalist at MUJ Miyagi)
FUKUSHIMA - Tomoka Abe (MUJ Miyagi 2017)
IBARAKI - Nanami Tomita (MUJ Ibaraki 2017, Miss Gwand Japan 2015 2nd RU)
CHIBA - Saki Yamanoi (former finalist MUJ Chiba 2017)
GUNMA - Ayaka Motegi (former finalist MUJ Gunma 2017)
SAITAMA - Sayaka Fujimoto (MUJ Shimane 2017)
HIGASHI TOKYO - Haruka Komagata (MUJ Niigata 2017)
YAMANASHI - Yuka Iguchi (MSJ Shizuoka 2016)
AICHI - Miki Kojima (MEJ Aichi 2017, Miss Water)
GIFU - Yurika Watanabe (MSJ Gifu 2016, Top 5 at MSJ 2016)
MIE - Sagiri Kobayashi (MIJ 2014 Top 10)
SHIGA - Reina Yanai
KYOTO - Yurina Kinoshita
OSAKA - Yuho Ootomo (finalist at MUJ Okinawa 2017)
NARA - Mino Asami (finalist at MUJ Mie 2018)
FUKUOKA - Yoko Harada
SAGA - Satomi Noguchi (finalist at MUJ Saga 2018)
NAGASAKI - Rina Nagaoka (Miss Supranational Nagasaki 2017)
OITA - Kaho Ogawa
MIYAZAKI - Natsu Tagai (finalist at MUJ Chiba 2017)
KUMAMOTO - Mai Morita (1st RU MUJ Kumamoto 2018)
KAGOSHIMA - Aya Kiyota (Miss Gwand Japan 2017, 2nd RU)
OKINAWA - Yurika Nakamoto
NISHI TOKYO - Yuka Araki (Miss Universe Saga 2017)
KANAGAWA - Momoe Yada (Miss Universe Mie 2016 and Miss International Japan 2018 Top 8 )
SHIZUOKA - Hideyo Kuroda
HYOGO - Mari Katayama
WAKAYAMA - Kazuki Yoshihara
OKAYAMA - Ayami Hirohata(MUJ Hiroshima 2018 1st Runner-up)