is a Japanese interpreter and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Miss World Japan is a national beauty pageant in Japan. History The Miss World Japan contest was started in 2013, by national holder for Miss World in Tokyo, Japan. The winner of Miss World Japan (MWJ) represents her country at Miss World. On occasion, when t ...

2016. She is the second ''

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'' (multiracial) woman to be Miss Japan after

Ariana Miyamoto is a Japanese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2015. She represented Japan at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant and placed in the top 10. She was the first '' hāfu'' (mixed) woman to be Miss Japan. Early l ...

, who won the

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title in 2015 and fourth who be turned a contestant after Ariana, Yusuke Fujita (Mister Global Japan 2016) and Yuki Sato (Mister World Japan 2016). Her mother is

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Personal life

Yoshikawa's mother is Japanese and her father is

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Indian. Her great-grandfather

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was a politician and the first

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of the

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n state of

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. Yoshikawa was born in

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. From ages 6 to 9, she lived in

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. She also lived in

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for one year before returning to

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. She speaks fluent English,

and

. Before becoming Miss World Japan 2016, she worked as a translator and art therapist and also has a license to train elephants. In 2020, Yoshikawa launched MUKOOMI, a CBD-based wellness and skincare line.

Miss World Japan 2016

On 6 September 2016, Yoshikawa was crowned as Miss World Japan 2016 (Miss Japan 2016). She competed at

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pageant on December in

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and placed in the top 20.

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