Yuumi Kato (加藤 遊海, Katō Yuumi, born 10 July 1996) is a Japanese model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Japan 2018 and represented Japan at Miss Universe 2018.
[1] Kato was born in Nagoya, and lived in Malaysia between the ages of five and fifteen.
[4] From 2016 to 2017 she played the character Mikan in the Malay language television series Jenaka Kampung Kalut [ms], and also worked as a brand ambassador for Isuzu Malaysia.
On 19 March 2018 Kato was crowned as Miss Universe Japan 2018, represented Mie at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo.
She represented her country Japan at the Miss Universe 2018 held in Bangkok, Thailand on December 17, 2018.