Miss Nikkey honors 20 notable figures for 20 years of Brazilians in Japan
In 2008, on the Miss Nikkey Centenário stage, educators, businesspeople, religious figures, a diplomat and a reporter received the Citizenship and Honor to Merit Trophy.
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Lifestyle, beauty, culture and life in the Japanese Brazilian community, with coverage of the Miss Colônia Pageant and Miss Nikkey Japan, the pageants organized by Daniela Nishikawa.
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Art & ExhibitionsExhibition curated by Miriam Shibuya brings together Brazilian and foreign artists
The exhibition aims to stimulate creativity, production and culture; its exhibitors include Chana Matsuoka, Ligia Obara and Lei Marumoto.
BeautyChrissier Teruya Giacomin wins Miss Plus Size, a new category at Miss Nikkey 2011
At the May 8, 2011, edition in Komaki, Jaqueline Shizue Toma was named Plus Size Princess. The two posed for Asami Beauty.
Miss Colônia PageantMiss Colônia Pageant opens registration for its first, fully online edition
Free to enter and organized by Daniela Nishikawa, the pageant was created for women of Japanese descent of all ages, in Brazil and in Japan.
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Diversity and inclusion: the importance of representation
The talk argues that people of different genders, skin colors and sexual orientations, as well as people with disabilities, need to feel represented.
Rotary and Miss Nikkey Japan: a talk on women’s empowerment
With experts taking part, the talk also addresses gender equality and the current role of women in society.
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Beauty & Fashion
Model Juan Xavier appears in a Sony commercial shown across Japan
The Brazilian model is the son of Daniela Nishikawa, producer and organizer of Miss Nikkey Japan. Watch the video of the commercial.
From Miss Nikkey to modeling agencies: former contestants who became models in Japan
Winners, princesses and contestants from the pageant landed contracts and modeling jobs with agencies such as Elite Models, in Nagoya, and Adesso, in Tokyo.
Chrissier Teruya Giacomin wins Miss Plus Size, a new category at Miss Nikkey 2011
At the May 8, 2011, edition in Komaki, Jaqueline Shizue Toma was named Plus Size Princess. The two posed for Asami Beauty.
Miss Nikkey 2011 “As Mais Belas Mães” winners pose for an Asami Beauty campaign
Keila Moraes, Hellen Matos Suzuki, Vanessa Mori and Lucélia Santos Faleiros Watanabe, crowned on May 8, 2011, in Komaki, gave Asami’s advertising a boost.
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Culture
Cultural Festival 2023: Daniela Nishikawa thanks participants and companies
Miss Nikkey Japan, held on Oct. 8, 2023, in Inuyama, featured runway shows, performing groups, Brazilian schools and the Expo Nikkey, with free admission.
Cláudia Ando, Miss Nikkey Centenário, opens the Asakusa Carnival in Tokyo
The muse of the 2008 edition, Cláudia rode the main float, appeared on a Japanese TV show and was hired to promote the carnival.
Exhibition curated by Miriam Shibuya brings together Brazilian and foreign artists
The exhibition aims to stimulate creativity, production and culture; its exhibitors include Chana Matsuoka, Ligia Obara and Lei Marumoto.
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Nikkei Community
Miss Nikkey Centenário: Cláudia Ando’s 2008 schedule in Japan and Brazil
Crowned in April 2008, Cláudia Yuri Ando accepted dozens of invitations during the Centennial of Japanese Immigration and was greeted by then-Crown Prince Naruhito.
Yasmin Mino, from Bastos, wins the first Miss Nikkey Japan Alta Paulista in Tupã
With 24 contestants from eight cities and about 700 people at the Tupã Tênis Clube, the pageant gave its box-office proceeds to the Centro de Integração do Menor.
Brazil’s consul general in Nagoya meets Miss Nikkey 2009 Bruna Matsumura
Ricardo Drummond de Mello, in the post since February 2010, congratulated the organizers weeks before the ninth Miss Nikkey, set for April 25 in Komaki.
Crown Prince Naruhito greets Miss Nikkey Centenário 2008 in Kobe
At the opening of the celebrations for the Centennial of Japanese Immigration to Brazil, Naruhito, now Emperor of Japan, spoke with Cláudia Yuri Ando and Daniela Nishikawa.
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Pageants
Mister Nikkey: the men’s runway show that draws modeling agencies in Japan
Young Brazilian and foreign men of various ages take the Miss Nikkey Japan stage, watched by modeling agencies on the lookout for new talent.
Children’s Fashion Show 2022: the kids at Miss Nikkey Japan’s comeback
The show was part of the edition staged by Nihon Kaigai Kyokai (JOC), in which Maria Clara Fiorilli Stersi was crowned. Photos by Gustavo Matsumoto.
Miss Nikkey Japan: a beauty pageant and integration festival since 2002
Conceived by Daniela Nishikawa, the free event combines a pageant, culture and business, and it has opened doors to modeling careers for former contestants.
Miss Nikkey Japan 2023: meet the contestants of the Inuyama edition
The Oct. 8, 2023, pageant crowned Estér Akemi Oki and featured the Children’s Fashion Show, Mister Nikkey, the Cultural Festival and the Expo Nikkey, with free admission.
Children’s Fashion Show 2023: the kids of Miss Nikkey Japan in Inuyama
The Organizing Committee thanked the children and parents who took part in the show, held on Oct. 8, 2023.
Maria Clara Fiorilli Stersi is crowned Miss Nikkey Japan 2022
The edition marked the return of the pageant created by Daniela Nishikawa and was staged by Nihon Kaigai Kyokai (JOC) with Brazilian and Japanese companies.
Estér Akemi Oki is crowned Miss Nikkey Japan 2023
Held on Oct. 8, 2023, in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, the pageant was coordinated by Daniela Nishikawa in partnership with Japanese businessman Takaharu Hayashi.
Video shows Miss Nikkey Japan 2023, held in Inuyama
Daniela Nishikawa coordinated the Oct. 8, 2023, edition in partnership with Japanese businessman Takaharu Hayashi. The winner was Estér Akemi Oki.
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Miss Colônia
Concurso online criado em 2025 para mulheres descendentes de japoneses no Brasil e no Japão, em homenagem aos 130 anos de Amizade Japão–Brasil.
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Miss Nikkey Japan
Concurso de beleza da comunidade brasileira no Japão, realizado desde 2002, com edições em Komaki e Inuyama, na província de Aichi.
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- Vencedora do Miss Nikkey Japan 2023 com coroa, faixa e buquê
- Mulher de vestido branco e coroa entre uma mulher de vestido preto e um homem de terno, no Miss Nikkey Japan 2023
- Mulher de vestido branco e coroa ao lado de um homem de terno no palco do Miss Nikkey Japan 2023
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