Survivor 2 (Japan)

Survivor 2
Season Information
Version	Japan
Season No.	2
Filming Location	Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan
Filming Dates	June 2002 - July 2002
Season Run	July 2, 2002 - September 17, 2002
No. of Episodes	10
No. of Days	39
No. of Castaways	16
Winner	Asami Kawamura
Runner(s)-Up	Sakiko Sekiguchi
Tribes	Toytoy Wakka Nitay
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	Survivor 1
Next	Survivor 3

Survivor 2 (サバイバー2) is the second season of Survivor (Japan).

Asami Kawamura defeated Sakiko Sekiguchi in a 6-0 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor.

Production

The location of the season was in Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan. The sixteen castaways competed from June to July 2002.

Twists/Changes

• Tribe Composition: The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
• Merge: The merged tribe was comprised of nine members.
• Tiebreaker: In the event of a tied vote, the votes cast against the castaways in question from previous Tribal Councils will be taken into account. The castaway that had more votes would be eliminated.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation		Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Nobuki Arai 30, Tokyo Professional Gambler	Wakka		1st Voted Out Day 4	5
	Yuzo Ishiyama 24, Tokyo Monjayaki Restaurant Worker	Wakka		Evacuated Day 5	0
	Hitomi Matsuoka 29, Hyogo Prefecture Dump Truck Driver	Wakka		2nd Voted Out Day 7	5
	Yoshiaki Yamanaka 35, Fukushima Prefecture Electrician	Wakka		3rd Voted Out Day 10	3
	Fumiko Kawakami 48, Tochigi Prefecture Company Executive	Toytoy		4th Voted Out Day 13	6
	Fumio Matsumoto 43, Saitama Prefecture Driving Agency Owner	Wakka		5th Voted Out Day 16	5
	Norihiro Araki 29, Aichi Prefecture Boy Scout Captain	Toytoy		6th Voted Out Day 19	8
	Mayu Hashiba 26, Gunma Prefecture Hostess	Toytoy	Nitay	Evacuated Day 22	0
	Takanori Imai 25, Chiba Prefecture Real Estate Salesman	Toytoy		7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 23	5
	Miho Mizuta 18, Saga Prefecture Self-Defense Forces Trainee	Toytoy		8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 26	4
	Emiko Matsui 32, Tokyo Aerobics Instructor	Wakka		9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 29	4
	Koki Iwamoto 34, Kumamoto Prefecture Strawberry Farmer	Toytoy		10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 32	3
	Takako Tatsumi 29, Kanagawa Prefecture Office Worker	Wakka		11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	14
	Yusuke Yuasa 19, Kyoto Prefecture Construction Worker	Toytoy		12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 38	1
	Sakiko Sekiguchi 27, Tokyo Maid	Wakka		Runner-Up	1
	Asami Kawamura 22, Tokyo Convenience Store Clerk	Toytoy		Sole Survivor	2

Season Summary

Episode	Air Date	Challenges		Eliminated (vote)	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
1	July 2, 2002		Toytoy	Nobuki (5-2-1)	1st Voted Out Day 4
2	July 9, 2002	Toytoy	Toytoy	Yuzo (no vote)	Evacuated Day 5
				Hitomi (5-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 7
3	July 30, 2002	Toytoy	Toytoy	Yoshiaki (3-1-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 10
4	August 6, 2002
		Toytoy	Wakka	Fumiko (6-2)	4th Voted Out Day 13
5	August 13, 2002	Toytoy	Toytoy	Fumio (2-2; tiebreaker)1	5th Voted Out Day 16
6	August 20, 2002	Toytoy	Wakka	Norihiro (6-1)	6th Voted Out Day 19
7	August 27, 2002		Takako	Mayu (no vote)	Evacuated Day 22
				Takanori (5-3)	7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 23
8	September 3, 2002	Asami	Koki	Miho (4-3)	8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 26
		Asami [Yusuke]	Koki	Emiko (4-2)	9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 29
9	September 10, 2002	Koki	Asami	Koki (3-2)	10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 32
			Yusuke	Takako (4-2)	11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36
10	September 17, 2002		Asami	Yusuke (4-1)	12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 38
		Jury Vote		Sakiko (6-0)	Runner-Up
				Asami (6-0)	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 Per Survivor (Japan) rules, in case of a tie, past votes were taken into account. The player with more past votes would be eliminated.

Voting History

		Original Tribes								Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2		4		5		6	7		8		9		10
Voted Out		Nobuki	Yuzo	Hitomi	Yoshiaki	Fumiko	Tie	Fumio	Norihiro	Mayu	Takanori	Miho	Emiko	Koki	Takako	Yusuke	Sakiko	Asami
Vote		5-2-1	No vote	5-1	3-1-1	6-2	2-21	Past votes2	6-1	No vote	5-3	4-3	4-2	3-2	3-1	1-03	6-0
►	Asami	—	—	—	—	Fumiko	—		Norihiro	—	Takanori	Takako	Takako	Takako	Takako	Yusuke	Jury Vote
►	Sakiko	Nobuki	—	Hitomi	Yoshiaki	—	Fumio	—	—	—	Takanori	Miho	Emiko	Koki	Takako	None
►	Yusuke	—	—	—	—	Fumiko	—		Norihiro	—	Emiko	Miho	Emiko	Koki	Takako	None		Asami
►	Takako	Nobuki	—	Hitomi	Yoshiaki	—	Fumio	—	—	—	Emiko	Miho	Emiko	Koki	Asami			Asami
►	Koki	—	—	—	—	Fumiko	—		Norihiro	—	Takanori	Miho	Emiko	Takako				Asami
►	Emiko	Nobuki	—	Hitomi	Fumio	—	Takako	—	—	—	Takanori	Takako	Takako					Asami
►	Miho	—	—	—	—	Fumiko	—		Norihiro	—	Takanori	Takako						Asami
►	Takanori	—	—	—	—	Fumiko	—		Norihiro	—	Emiko							Asami
►	Mayu	—	—	—	—	Norihiro	—		Norihiro	Evacuated
	Norihiro	—	—	—	—	Fumiko	—		Asami
	Fumio	Nobuki	—	Hitomi	Yoshiaki	—	Takako	Voted Out
	Fumiko	—	—	—	—	Norihiro
	Yoshiaki	Nobuki	—	Hitomi	Takako
	Hitomi	Sakiko	—	Takako
	Yuzo	Fumio	Evacuated
	Nobuki	Fumio
Notes: ^1 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^2 Per Survivor rules, in case of a tie, past votes were taken into account. The player with more past votes would be eliminated. ^3 Sakiko and Yusuke did not vote, as they could only vote for were each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Asami voted.

Trivia

• This is the only season of Survivor (Japan) to be filmed domestically.