Miss Universe Japan 2025 Kaori Hashimoto crowned in Shibuya, Tokyo

Kaori Hashimoto (橋本佳央理), 21, of Tochigi, Japan is a university student. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business.

Hashimoto has been a kendo practitioner since she was in junior high school. On November 21, 2025, she will represent Japan at Miss Universe 2025 and compete against 128 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand.

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Miss Universe Japan 2025 results

The Miss Universe Japan 2025 coronation ceremony was held at the Sakura Hall of the Shibuya Cultural Center Owada in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on July 16, 2025. The judges were Ako Kamo, Hisako Manda, Jane Aiko Yamano, Keiko Kadokawa, Leslie Kee, Thibault Jalabert and Yuri Nakamura.

Including Hashimoto, a total of 42 women competed for the Miss Universe Japan 2025 crown. Here are the results:

PLACEMENT	CANDIDATE 名前 (HOMETOWN)
Miss Universe Japan 2025	Kaori Hashimoto 橋本佳央理 (Tochigi)
1st runner-up	Saki Fujita 藤田早葵 (Shizuoka)
2nd runner-up	Reina Ishii 石井礼菜 (Gifu)
Top 5	Naomi Monique Kamidate 上舘ナオミモニーク (Fukui) Chiemi Takayama 髙山智恵美 (Okinawa)
Top 10	Rikako Kawano 川野利花子 (Aichi) Ryoko Sasaki 佐々木椋子 (Akita) Maya Gordon Koizumi 小泉ゴードン茉耶 (Iwate) Rena Nagayoshi 永吉令奈 (Kyoto) Jasmyn Mimi Johnson ジョンソンジャスミン美魅 (Tokushima)
Top 42	Mana Onagawa 女川茉菜 (Aomori) Chiho Saito 齋藤千歩 (Chiba) Reiko Nishimura 西村怜子 (Ehime) Yurino Ono 小野佑里乃 (Fukuoka) Shui Kanno 菅野珠衣 (Fukushima) Yoko Fueki 笛木陽子 (Gunma) Narumi Kataoka 片岡成美 (Hiroshima) Nanami Kondo 近藤ななみ (Hokkaido) Manami Uematsu 植松愛美 (Hyogo) Chihiro Morinaga 森永千浩 (Ibaraki) Mika Takeda 武田美香 (Ishikawa) Miho Otsuka 大塚美帆 (Kagawa) Kazuna Nagata 長田和寿那 (Kagoshima) Manami Kimura 木村真奈美 (Kanagawa) Kanan Matsue 松江芳奈 (Kochi) Rebecca Misato Higuchi 樋口レベッカ美聡/ (Kumamoto) Chihiro Akiba 秋葉千尋 (Mie) Fuka Okazawa 岡澤風華 (Miyagi) Junko Sakai 酒井純子 (Miyazaki) Keika Yamamuro 山室慶佳 (Nagano) Mary Sagiokasilva 鷺岡シルバメアリー (Nara) Haruna Inoue 井上晴菜 (Osaka) Airi Yoshino 吉野愛梨 (Saga) Chinatsu Muroya 室谷千夏 (Saitama) Grace Sugawara 菅原グレース (Shiga) Ako Iwabuchi 岩渕憧呼 (Tokyo) Amaka Saeki 佐伯天風 (Tottori) Hinako Maeda 前田日奈子 (Toyama) Miku Takahashi 髙橋美紅 (Wakayama) Cailin Julia Keenaghan キーナハンコリーンジュリア (Yamagata) Arisa Shimizu 清水愛里砂 (Yamaguchi) Yuka Iida 飯田優華 (Yamanashi)

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