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 Ngemelis Islands of Palau.

Survivor Japan: Palau
Presented byNeptune & Munehiro Tokita
No. of days39
No. of castaways16
WinnerEri Minoshima
Runner-upDaisuke Yoshino
LocationNgemelis Islands of Palau
No. of episodes12
Release
Original releaseApril 9 (2002-04-09) –
June 18, 2002 (2002-06-18)
Season chronology
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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.

Finishing Order

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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,
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,
Bekeu 6th Voted Out
Day 19
Kuniyuki Takanami
23,
Bekeu Sage Sils 7th Voted Out
Day 22
Mina Shibuya
19,
Bekeu Evacuated
Day 25
Taku Hirai
26,
Bekeu 8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 28
Yasue Wakamatsu
27,
Bekeu 9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 31
Satoshi Ono
32,
Deleb 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 34
Atsuo Kuroiwa
56,
Deleb 11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 36
Junko Matsuo
36,
Deleb 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 37
Mizuka Nakajima
30,
Deleb 13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 38
Daisuke Yoshino
30,
Deleb Runner-Up
Day 39
Eri Minoshima
28,
Deleb Sole Survivor
Day 39

Voting History

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Original Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Reunion
Eliminated: Kyomi
5-2-1
Norikazu
4-3-1
Takeshi
4-3
Taizo
5-2
Tomogo
4-2
Kazue
3-2
Kuniyuki
6-3-1
Mina
No vote1
Taku
5-2-1
Megumi
5-2
Satoshi
3-32
Atsuo
4-1
Junko
2-23
Mizuka
1-0
Daisuke
0/5 votes4
Eri
5/5 votes4
Voter Vote
Eri Daisuke Taizo Kuniyuki Taku Megumi Satoshi Atsuo Junko Jury Vote
Daisuke Kyomi Taizo Kuniyuki Satoshi Satoshi Satoshi Atsuo Junko Mizuka
Mizuka Kyomi Taizo Kuniyuki Taku Megumi Daisuke Atsuo Eri Eri
Junko Kyomi Taizo Kuniyuki Taku Megumi Satoshi Atsuo Eri
Atsuo Daisuke Junko Kuniyuki Taku Megumi Daisuke Daisuke Eri
Satoshi Kyomi Taizo Kuniyuki Taku Megumi Daisuke Eri
Yasue Norikazu Takeshi Tomogo Kazue Satoshi Daisuke Satoshi Eri
Taku Takeshi Tomogo Tomogo Kazue Junko Daisuke Eri
Mina Takeshi Takeshi Megumi Megumi Satoshi
Kuniyuki Norikazu Tomogo Tomogo Kazue Satoshi
Kazue Takeshi Takeshi Tomogo Megumi
Tomogo Norikazu Takeshi Megumi
Taizo Kyomi Junko
Takeshi Norikazu Tomogo
Norikazu Mina
Kyomi Junko

^1 Mina was evacuated for medical reasons in episode 8. As a result, that episode's tribal council was cancelled.

^2 As Daisuke and Satoshi both received three votes at the tenth tribal council, the number of votes each had received at previous tribal councils were counted. The person with the most votes would be eliminated. Daisuke had 4 votes and Satoshi had 6 votes. Therefore, Satoshi was eliminated

^3 As Eri and Junko both received two votes at the twelfth tribal council, the number of votes each had received at previous tribal councils were counted. Eri had 0 votes and Junko had 4 votes. Therefore, Junko was eliminated.

^4 In a rule specific to only the Japanese version of Survivor, if a member of the jury believed neither finalist deserved to win, they may refuse to vote. Junko was the only jury member not to vote for either Daisuke or Eri.

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