Miss Grand Japan
ミス・グランド・ジャパン
FormationAugust 24, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-24)
FounderEriko Yoshii
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersTokyo
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Japanese
National Director
Eriko Yoshii [ja]
Parent organization
Miss Grand Japan Co., Ltd.
WebsiteOfficial website

Miss Grand Japan (Japanese: ミス・グランド・ジャパン) is a national female beauty pageant in Japan, held annually since 2015, aiming to select the country representative for Miss Grand International,[1] which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts.[2][3] The pageant has been being organized by Miss Grand Japan Co., Ltd., headed by the first Miss Grand Japan Eriko Yoshii [ja], since its establishment.[4]

Since its first participation at Miss Grand International in 2013, Japan holds a record of 5 placements; in 2014 – 2015 and 2018 – 2020,[5] the highest achievement is the fourth runner-up, obtained by Haruka Oda of Saitama in 2018.[6] Japan also won the best evening gown award and the best national costume award in 2015 and 2019, respectively.[7][8] In 2022, Eriko Yoshii has received the Golden Award which is the best national director award.

Background

History

Japan has participated in Miss Grand International since 2013. The inaugural edition of Miss Grand Japan was organized by Eriko Yoshii [ja], Miss Grand Japan 2013, acquired the license in 2013.[1] In 2015, The first event was arranged at Happo-en [ja] in Minato, featuring 20 national finalists, of which, a 25-year-old registered nurse from Saitama, Ayaka Tanaka, was named the winner.[1] Since then, the pageant had been held annually in Greater Tokyo Area.[9][10][4]

In 2021, the original winner, Sarina Chanana of Chiba, was forced to resign due to some documents problems,[11] which caused the organizer to cancel all results of such an edition and hold the contest again to determine the replacement.[12] In 2023, Yayoi Machida won the title of Miss Grand Japan.

Edition

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Japan contest, since its inception in 2015.

Year Edition Date Final venue Host Prefecture Entrants Ref.
2015 1st 24 August Happo-en [ja], Minato Tokyo 22 [1]
2016 2nd 11 September Bunka Fashion College, Shibuya 21 [9]
2017 3rd 12 September Selene Studio, Minato 14 [10]
2018 4th 31 July WOMB Night Club, Shibuya 17 [4]
2019 5th 16 July Yokohama Kannai Hall, Naka-ku Yokohama 30 [13]
2020 6th 11 September The Grand Hall Tokyo, Minato Tokyo 36 [14]
2021 7th 24 September Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, Meguro 46 [15]
— 21 October The event was virtually held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 15 [16]
2022 8th 6 August Yokosuka Arts Theater, Yokosuka Kanagawa 22 [17]
2023 9th 16 July Tokyo FM Center [ja], Chiyoda Tokyo 14 [18]

Titleholders

Miss Grand Japan titleholders and the result at the international contest
Year Miss Grand Japan Runners-up Ref.
1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up
2013 Eriko Yoshii [ja]
(Akita)		 No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position. [19]
2014 Mieko Takeuchi [ja][α]
(Hyōgo)		 [20]
2015 Ayaka Tanaka[β]
(Saitama)		 Mao Kaneko [ja]
(Aichi)		 Nanami Tomita [ja]
(Chiba)		 — — [21]
2016 Ayaka Sato
(Aichi)		 Eria Taira [ja]
(Okinawa)		 Ruri Yoshida
(Chiba)		 — — [19]
2017 Erika Tsuji
(Kyoto)		 Arisa Katsumoto
(Fukui)		 Aya Kitoya
(Kumamoto)		 — — [22]
2018 Haruka Oda
(Saitama)		 Rie Kuroki
(Aichi)		 Kanami Tobita
(Miyagi)		 — — [23]
2019 Adeline Minatoya[γ]
(Nagano)		 Daina Itagaki
(Fukuoka)		 Miho Omori
(Kanagawa)		 Honomi Sekine
(Tochigi)		 Hina Taniguchi
(Osaka)		 [13]
2020 Ruri Saji [ja]
(Saga)		 Karin Kyotan
(Toyama)		 Makaha Oguma
(Nara)		 Arika Wakabayashi
(Tokyo)		 Yuri Koezuka
(Kanagawa)		 [14]
2021 Sarina Chanana
(Chiba)		 Kayo Kishikawa
(Tokyo)		 Karen Ishigaki
(Yamagata)		 — — [24]
Chika Mizuno
(Tokyo)		 Rika Kinoshita
(Hyōgo)		 Yumiko Nishimori
(Tokyo)		 Yuka Sano
(Kyoto)		 Fumika Kiryu
(Tokyo)		 [12]
2022 Seira Inoue
(Tokyo)		 Maria Nasu
(Yamagata)		 Mizuki Takashima
(Chiba)		 Anna Yamanouchi
(Kanagawa)		 Yukino Jahana
(Okinawa)		 [25]
2023 Yayoi Machida
(Tokyo)		 Karina Yamada
(Chiba)		 Yuka Oyama
(Nara)		 Taeko Yoshida
(Osaka)		 Yuki Furihata
(Chiba)		 [26]
Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5): 2018[6]
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10): 2015
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21): 2014, 2019,[5] 2020
  Unplaced
  Did not compete
Note
1. ^α Later Miss Supranational Japan 2015.
2. ^β Also won the Best Evening Gown award in the international contest.[7]
3. ^γ Also won the Best National Costume award in the international contest.[8]

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Japan pageant, as well as the competition results.

Color keys
 W  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 10,12)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20)
 –  Did not participate
  Withdraw during the competition
Year
 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
 Aichi Mao Kaneko Ayako Sato — Rie Kuroki Mami Ueda Yoshiko Date Mika Takase Cocoa Yoneda Megumi Oteki
Shiori Suzuki Platon Mary Eri Wakana Mizutani
Yurika Watanabe
Shiori Takashima
 Akita — Ayumi Sato Tsukika Kudo Fuyumi Takahashi — Miki Ando — — —
 Aomori — — — — Mio Murai — — — —
 Chiba Nanami Tomita Ripi Yoshida Sosori Hashimoto Honami Nishikawa Ayaka Sugita — Sarina Chanana Mizuki Takashima Yuki Furihata
Natsuki Sato Kaori Hashimoto Ami Sugano Hanano Takeuchi Minami Sazawa
Mariko Takahashi Akane Yoshino
 Ehime — — — — — — — — —
 Fukui — — Arisa Katsumoto — — Seika Abe — — —
 Fukuoka Chisa Higuchi — — Aimi Tanaka Daina Itagaki Aya Kitamura Nanami Abe Yuriko Teshima —
Satsuki Nakano
 Fukushima — — — — Yuri Yoshida Ichiri Hongo — — —
 Gifu — — — — — — — — —
 Gunma — — — — — — Ayano Indo — —
Emilia Hikari Terashita
Hanae Kou
 Hiroshima — — — — Sakura Fujimoto Mizuki Goromaru Saki Ogura — —
Sakura Yamasaki
 Hokkaido Kazuyo Abe Mai Miyata Satomi Matsuda — — Sayaka Nishizawa Yuka Mitsui Asahi Mori —
Saori Kawahara
Ayako Momiyama
 Hyōgo Miyu Tanaka — — — Ayana Yoshida Seina Murakami Rika Kinoshita — —
Seika Michibata
Chiyori Ushigusa
Narumi Yamaguchi
Misaki Matsuo
 Ibaraki — — — — — — — — Misaki Fujioka
Mizuki Ueda
 Ishikawa Maiko Ishikawa — — — — Ai Kono Misato Ishizaki — —
 Iwate — Aya Shishido — — — Ruri Takahashi — — —
 Kagawa — — — — — Akari Kuzuya — — —
 Kagoshima — Lina Tobimatsu — — — Misuzu Tomari — — —
 Kanagawa Mayu Kubota Natsuki Suzuki Miu Takahashi Haruka Izaki Miho Omori Yuri Koezuka Kano Ochiai Anna Yamanouchi —
Chirei Nagayasu Rika Matsuo Hitomi Kinjo Ruka Suzuki
Ruri Chikuma
 Kōchi — — — — — Satsuki Yamagata — — —
 Kumamoto — — Aya Kitoya — — Masami Nakayama — Kimi Tsuchiwata —
 Kyoto — Chizu Yokoe Erika Tsuji — — — Yuka Sano Yumi Ogawa —
Yui Morie Annri Hayashi Rio Ishida
 Mie — — — — — Karin Matsumoto — — Mirei Matsushima
 Miyagi — Hiromi Morita — Kanami Tobita — Airi Asakawa — — —
Hitimi Sato
 Miyazaki — — — — — Miyuki Tsukui — — —
 Nagano — — — — Adeline Minatoya Yuka Horiuchi Haruka Takahashi — —
 Nagasaki Matsunaga Sawako — — — Risa Nakamura — — — —
Chiharu Obama
 Nara — Maria Nakayama — — — Makaha Oguma Nana Tokuse — Yuka Oyama
 Niigata — — — — Masumi Izawa — Kyouka Shimizu Kanako Kichiraku —
 Ōita — — — — — Saeko Oda — — —
 Okayama — — — — — Uno Kuramochi — — —
 Okinawa — Erea Taira — — Rina Kimura Yo Uehara Yumeno Yamazato Yukino Jahana —
Manami Sai
 Osaka Airi Yamamoto — Rukana Kitajima — Hina Taniguchi Yui Someya — Yurie Atsumi Mami Shinoki
Erena Sawada Hitomi Yoshida Saki Inoue
Airi Tanaka Taeko Yoshida
Tamaki Nishioka
 Saitama Ayaka Tanaka — — Haruka Oda Nao Matsumura Chisa Nakayama Mayu Yamada Riko Asanuma —
Aiko Takada Natsumi Yanase Kanami Furuya Yukino Yamadai Yume Uchida
Hiroka Yoshizawa
 Saga — — — — — Ruri Saji — — —
 Shiga — — — Sakiko Takada Natsuki Nakanishi — Maria Takai — —
 Shimane — — — — — Fuka Ueda — — —
 Shizuoka — — Yuki Hosoya — Serina Shibayama — Ami Yamanobe — —
 Tochigi — — — — Honomi Sekine Narumi Funada Rua Masubuchi — Yukiko Hayashi
Eri Yaguchi
 Tokushima — — — — — Haruna Amemiya — — —
 Tokyo Seira Inoue Fuyuki Fujihara Ayami Yamamoto Emika Aoki Rika Otaka Arika Wakabayashi Chika Mizuno Seira Inoue Erika Ozaki
Maria Kamiyama Erina Kudo Yuri Nakagawa Miyaka Fujita Kayo Kishikawa Haruno Nakagawa Miyuki Nozawa
Uruma Ayame Nanaka Katakura Sakurako Yamada Rika Kawashima Yumiko Nishimori Saho Suenaga
Fuyuki Fujiwara Mina Yoshida Ben Reika Fumika Kiryu Yayoi Machida
Shima Maki Manami Tanaka Yurina Ishihara
Natsuka Hirasawa Aya Oraiqat
Emiri Tsukui Sakura Tsubuki
Miki Shima Nami Miura
Airi Miyata Emiri Matsui
Misako Kubota
Marie Ogawa
Urara Hasegawa
 Tottori — — — — — Yuri Nakamura — — —
 Toyama — — — — — Karin Kyotani — Saki Kobayashi —
 Wakayama Mari Takeuchi — — — — Hiromi Ichinose — — —
 Yamagata — — — — — Miku Saito Karen Ishigaki Maria Nasu Ayaho Goto
Momoka Oizumi Mika Takeda
 Yamaguchi — — — — — Chiharu Tsukui Asuka Moritawas — —
 Yamanashi — — — — Momoka Nagasaki Kokoro Yamamoto — — —
International Prefecture
 Los Angeles — — — — — — Naterea Champion — —
 Manila — — — — — — — Megumi Ikegami —
Total 22 21 14 17 30 36 46 22 TBA

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