Survivor Japan: Palau
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| Survivor Japan: Palau | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Neptune & Munehiro Tokita |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of castaways | 16 |
| Winner | Eri Minoshima |
| Runner-up | Daisuke Yoshino |
| Location | Ngemelis Islands of Palau |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original release | April 9 – June 18, 2002 |
| Season chronology | |
Survivor Japan: Palau, was the first season of Survivor Japan and it aired from April 9, 2002, to June 18, 2002. This season was set in the Ngemelis Islands of Palau.
The original tribes for this season were named Bekeu (ベケウ, Bekeu) and Deleb (デレブ, Derebu), and the merge tribe was named Sage Sils (シルス賢者, Shirusu Kenja). Prior to the tribe merge, one player was sent to the ship from each tribe, and they discussed which camp to live in after the merge. At the final tribal council there seemed to be little doubt in the jury's mind on who deserved to be the Sole Survivor.
Eventually, it was diving instructor Eri Minoshima who won the season and 10,000,000 Yen by a vote of 5-0 over priest Daisuke Yoshino. There were six members of the jury, but Junko Matsuo refused to vote for either Daisuke or Eri because she did not believe that either castaway was worthy of being the Sole Survivor.
Hiromi Goto was an associate producer.[1]
| Contestant | Original Tribe |
Merged Tribe |
Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyomi Kuwano 40, |
Deleb | 1st Voted Out Day 4 | |
| Norikazu Sato 23, |
Bekeu | 2nd Voted Out Day 7 | |
| Takeshi Kasuga 34, Tokyo |
Bekeu | 3rd Voted Out Day 10 | |
| Taizo Okabe 26, |
Deleb | 4th Voted Out Day 13 | |
| Tomoko Ishige 25, |
Bekeu | 5th Voted Out Day 16 | |
| Kazue Hirakawa 31, Hōfu |
Bekeu | 6th Voted Out Day 19 | |
| Kuniyuki Takanami 23, Tokyo |
Bekeu | Sage Sils | 7th Voted Out Day 22 |
| Mina Shibuya 19, Tokyo |
Bekeu | Evacuated Day 25 | |
| Taku Hirai 26, Tokyo |
Bekeu | 8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 28 | |
| Yasue Wakamatsu 27, Nishio |
Bekeu | 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 31 | |
| Satoshi Ono 32, Tokyo |
Deleb | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 34 | |
| Atsuo Kuroiwa 56, Tokyo |
Deleb | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 36 | |
| Junko Matsuo 36, Tokyo |
Deleb | 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 37 | |
| Mizuka Nakajima 30, Tokyo |
Deleb | 13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 38 | |
| Daisuke Yoshino 30, |
Deleb | Runner-Up Day 39 | |
| Eri Minoshima 28, Tokyo |
Deleb | Sole Survivor Day 39 |