Survivor Japan: Philippines, was the third season of Survivor Japan and it aired from October 15, 2002, to December 17, 2002. This season was set in Siquijor, Philippines.
The original tribes for this season were named and , and the merged tribe was named . As a new rule, contestants could win rewards without having to compete in reward challenges against the other tribe. In these challenges, each tribe could obtain rewards when they achieved a certain goal. Beginning with this season, each player could bring one luxury item. These items things couldn't be used as tools to survive on the island.
Prior to the tribe merge, both tribes had to burn their camp down, and to move to the specified new island. Also beginning with this season the number of jury members increased from six to seven. Ultimately, it was construction worker Yasuhito Ebisawa, who won the season by a vote of 4-3 over bar owner Sei Sugawara. Following his victory, Ebisawa went on to become an actor in Japan.
Finishing order ContestantOriginalTribeMergedTribe FinishMiyuki Hayakawa24, KanagawaDalahicanNaoko Hara22, KanagawaDarahicanKeiko Tamaki23, AichiOmpusRieko Ueda27, IbarakiOmpusYuki Nakajima24, ChibaOmpus Shigeo Hattori23, GifuDalahicanHidemi Miyanishi24, OsakaOmpus TigumMina Kitsuya29, TokyoDalahicanKiyoshi Sunako32, OsakaOmpusTomoyuki Yoshioka27, KyotoDalahicanJunko Ohki27, KanagawaDalahicanKoumei Hirayama24, NagasakiOmpusYukio Ishihara33, TokyoDalahicanIzumi Aiyoshi19, TokyoOmpusSei Sugawara26, IbarakiDalahicanYasuhito Ebisawa27, AomoriOmpus
Voting history Original TribesMerged TribeEpisode #:123456789ReunionEliminated:MiyukiEikoKenkyuKeikoShigeoHidemiMinaKiyoshiHiroyukiJunkoKoumeiYukioIzumiSeiYasuhitoVoterVote YasuhitoKenkyuKeikoHidemiMinaSeiHiroyukiJunkoKoumeiYukioIzumiJury Vote SeiMiyukiNaokoJunkoHidemiMinaKiyoshiHiroyukiJunkoIzumiIzumi IzumiKenkyuYasuhitoHidemiKoumeiKiyoshiHiroyukiSeiKoumeiYukioYasuhito YukioMiyukiJunkoShigeoHidemiMinaKiyoshiHiroyukiJunkoKoumeiIzumiSei KoumeiKenkyuKeikoJunkoSeiIzumiSeiYukioYukioSei JunkoMiyukiNaokoShigeoHidemiKoumeiKiyoshiHiroyukiSeiSei HiroyukiMiyukiJunkoShigeoJunkoSeiSeiSeiYasuhito KiyoshiKenkyuKeikoYukioMinaSeiYasuhito MinaMiyukiNaokoShigeoHidemiKoumeiYasuhito HidemiKenkyuKeikoJunko ShigeoMiyukiNaokoHiroyuki KeikoYasuhitoYasuhito KenkyuYasuhito Eiko NaokoMiyukiJunko MiyukiNaoko
As Izumi and Yukio both received two votes at the twelfth tribal council, the number of votes each had received at previous tribal councils was taken into account. Izumi had 2 previous votes but Yukio had 3, therefore Yukio was eliminated.
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20040806043300/http://www.tbs.co.jp/survivor/3/index-j.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130818150459/http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~seiya-mu/survivor/survivor3.ja.episode.html