Survivor Japan: North Mariana, was the fourth and final season of Survivor Japan and it aired from January 14, 2003 to March 11, 2003. This season was set in Rota, in the Northern Mariana Islands.
| Survivor Japan: North Mariana | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Neptune & Munehiro Tokita |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of castaways | 16 |
| Winner | Koshin Gunji |
| Runner-up | Atsuko Koizumi |
| Location | Rota, in the Northern Mariana Islands. |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Release | |
| Original release | January 14 – March 11, 2003 |
| Season chronology | |
The original tribes this season were named Somnak (ソムナック, Somunakku) and Manglo (マングル, Manguru), and the merged tribe was named Langet (ランヘット, Ranhetto). The major twist this season took place after the first three contestants had been eliminated. A challenge called 'Shuffle Challenge' was held, and as a result, three members from each tribe were switched to the opposing tribe. Midway through the season, a typhoon hit the island and the remaining contestants were forced to live in a cave for several days. Ultimately, it was Kōshin Gunji who won the season by a jury vote of 5-2 over Atsuko Koizumi.
Finishing order
edit| Contestant | Original Tribe |
Episode 3 Tribe |
Merged Tribe |
Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryouka Yamada 22, Aichi |
Manglo | 1st Voted Out Day 4 | ||
| Izumi Kabayama 24, Tokyo |
Somnak | 2nd Voted Out Day 7 | ||
| Takeshi Kanbara 27, |
Somnak | 3rd Voted Out Day 10 | ||
| Eiichi Kishimoto 35, Saitama |
Somnak | Somnak | 4th Voted Out Day 13 | |
| Emiko Takahashi 27, Tokyo |
Manglo | Somnak | 5th Voted Out Day 16 | |
| Toshihiro Kuriki 44, Fukuoka |
Somnak | Manglo | 6th Voted Out Day 19 | |
| Yuka Ito 29, Saitama |
Somnak | Somnak | Langet | 7th Voted Out Day 23 |
| Youju Kobayashi 45, Tochigi |
Manglo | Manglo | 8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 26 | |
| Hiroaki Mano 27, Tokyo |
Manglo | Somnak | 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 29 | |
| Kaoru Kamioka 27, Kyoto |
Manglo | Manglo | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 32 | |
| Takae Shimazaki 28, Kanagawa |
Somnak | Manglo | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 34 | |
| Kayo Shibuya 24, Niigata |
Somnak | Somnak | 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36 | |
| Keita Inoue 22, Hyogo |
Manglo | Somnak | 13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37 | |
| Motoki Fukami 22, Tokyo |
Somnak | Manglo | 14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 | |
| Atsuko Koizumi 24, Kanagawa |
Manglo | Manglo | Runner-Up Day 39 | |
| Kōshin Gunji 37, Ibaraki |
Manglo | Manglo | Sole Survivor Day 39 |
Voting history
edit| Original Tribes | Mixed Tribes | Merged Tribe | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Reunion | ||||||||
| Eliminated: | Ryouka 4-3-1 |
Izumi 6-2 |
Takeshi 5-1-1 |
Eiichi 3-2-1 |
Emiko 4-1 |
Toshiro 6-1 |
Yuka 5-51 |
Youju 4-2-2-1 |
Hiroaki 4-3-1 |
Kaoru 5-2 |
Takae 3-2-1 |
Kayo 3-2 |
Keita 2-1-1 |
Motoki 1-0 |
Atsuko 2/7 votes |
Kōshin 5/7 votes | |
| Voter | Vote | ||||||||||||||||
| Kōshin | Emiko | Toshiro | Yuka | Youju | Hiroaki | Kaoru | Takae | Kayo | Keita | Jury Vote | |||||||
| Atsuko | Ryouka | Toshiro | Kōshin | Motoki | Takae | Kaoru | Motoki | Motoki | Motoki | Motoki | |||||||
| Motoki | Izumi | Takeshi | Toshiro | Yuka | Youju | Hiroaki | Kaoru | Kayo | Kayo | Keita | Kōshin | ||||||
| Keita | Ryouka | Eiichi | Emiko | Kōshin | Youju | Takae | Kaoru | Takae | Kayo | Kōshin | Kōshin | ||||||
| Kayo | Izumi | Eiichi | Emiko | Emiko | Kōshin | Motoki | Kaoru | Kaoru | Takae | Motoki | Kōshin | ||||||
| Takae | Izumi | Takeshi | Toshiro | Yuka | Youju | Hiroaki | Atsuko | Kayo | Kōshin | ||||||||
| Kaoru | Atsuko | Toshiro | Yuka | Atsuko | Hiroaki | Atsuko | Kōshin | ||||||||||
| Hiroaki | Ryouka | Eiichi | Emiko | Kōshin | Kōshin | Takae | Atsuko | ||||||||||
| Youju | Ryouka | Toshiro | Yuka | Kōshin | Atsuko | ||||||||||||
| Yuka | Izumi | Takeshi | Emiko | Emiko | Kōshin | ||||||||||||
| Toshiro | Izumi | Takeshi | Kōshin | ||||||||||||||
| Emiko | Atsuko | Eiichi | Kayo | ||||||||||||||
| Eiichi | Yuka | Takeshi | Hiroaki | ||||||||||||||
| Takeshi | Izumi | Yuka | |||||||||||||||
| Izumi | Yuka | ||||||||||||||||
| Ryouka | Atsuko | ||||||||||||||||
^1 As Kōshin and Yuka both received five votes at the seventh tribal council, the number of votes each had received at previous tribal councils was taken into account. Kōshin had one previous vote, but Yuka had three therefore Yuka was eliminated.