The winners of the "2025 BEST WALKNIST AWARD" will be selected! Eleven people from various fields will be honored at "THE WALK JAPAN 2025" on Monday, March 24. 11 people from various fields will be honored at "THE WALK JAPAN 2025" to be held on Monday, March 24.

The Professional Walking Association of Japan (Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka; President: Daisuke Imamura) is pleased to announce the winners of the "2025 BEST WALKNIST AWARD" at "THE WALK JAPAN 2025" to be held on Monday, March 24, 2025 at Yokohama Landmark Hall (Landmark Plaza 5F, 2-2-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture). The winners of the "2025 BEST WALKNIST AWARD" will be announced at "THE WALK JAPAN 2025" to be held at THE WALK JAPAN 2025 (5F, Landmark Plaza, 2-2-1, Minato Ward, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa).

2025 BEST WALKNIST AWARD Winners

This award honors those who have made an impact on the world through the way they walk and behave. 11 people were selected from various fields such as sports, entertainment, culture, and economics.

The "2025 BEST WALKNIST AWARD" was established to realize the philosophy of the Professional Walking Association of Japan, which is to "make walking beautifully a culture.

The award winners were selected based on the following criteria

1. those who are active in various fields such as sports, music, art, literature, politics, business, and entertainment, and have influenced people by the way they walk

2. those who live beautifully in their own lives by walking in a way that is beautiful and true to themselves.

The winners will be honored on the stage of "THE WALK JAPAN 2025" on the day of the event, and will receive a special trophy.

Through this event, we hope to convey to many people that walking beautifully is not just a physical activity, but a symbol of living one's life in one's own way, and to promote the culture of walking.

Outline of the event】】 Event name: THE WALK

Event name: THE WALK JAPAN 2025

　　　　　　2025 BEST WALKNIST AWARD

Date: Monday, March 24, 2025

Venue: Yokohama Landmark Hall

Sponsor ：The Professional Walking Association of Japan

Number of award winners : 11

On the day of the event, there will be a "2025 BEST WALKNIST AWARD" award ceremony, walking and interviews with the winners, and performances by special guests during "THE WALK JAPAN 2025 Japan", a walking competition to determine the most beautiful walker in Japan. Please pay attention to this event.

THE WALK JAPAN" is the world's first walking competition established in Japan in 2022, focusing on the beauty of walking. It is an innovative, borderless competition that removes all appearance and height-based lookism, ageism based on age, marital status based on marital status, sexism based on sex and gender, and nationalism based on nationality.

This year's 3rd convention will be a global expansion,

THE WALK TAIWAN in Taipei" on May 11, 2024

THE WALK AUSTRALIA in Sydney" on September 28, 2024

Overseas competitions will be held in two countries.

By inviting the Taiwanese representative to the March 24, 2025 Japanese event, the event will lead to international exchange through beautiful walking through THE WALK.

Through posture and walking, people can become healthy both mentally and physically,

and to create a sustainable society with a high level of happiness through posture and walking,

and to educate people about a borderless society

and to educate people about a borderless society, free from age, gender, and lookism.

We will nurture global human skills that can be used internationally, from the way we behave to the way we act.

List of 2025 BEST WALKNIST AWARD winners

Kazuhiro Nishijima, dancer and choreographer

Miya Kuroda, Representative Director, elite japan

Miss Universe 2015 Eliana Miyamoto, tied for 6th place in the world

Miss Earth Japan 2017 Japan Representative / Gravure of the Year 2024 Grand Prix Kyoyoyo Saito

Miss World Japan 2020 Japan Representative/Artist/Model Kanaya Mariyan

Miss International Queen Japan 2024 Japan Representative Rin Tsuchiya

Miss Cosmo World 2023 World Grand Prix Shiho Kinuino

Mrs. Mrs. of the Year 2023 World Grand Prix Saki Kobayashi

Mrs. Global Earth 2023 World Grand Prix Rasa Nakamura

Model Myu Asihara (wheelchair)

Yamashiro School Wadaiko Tomita, Wadaiko drumming instructor