{{short description|2nd edition of the Miss Grand Japan beauty pageant}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Miss Grand Japan 2016 Logo.png | caption = | date = September 11, 2016 | venue = [[Bunka Fashion College]], [[Shibuya]], [[Tokyo]] | presenters = | entrants = 20 | placements = 10 | broadcaster = | debuts = | withdrawals = | returns = | photogenic = Shiori Takashima ([[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]]) | congeniality = Riri Yoshida ([[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]) | winner = Ayaka Sato ([[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]]) | award1 label = | award1 = | before = [[Miss Grand Japan 2015|2015]] | next = [[Miss Grand Japan 2017|2017]] }} [[File:Bunka fashion college main building may 2014.jpg|thumb|[[Bunka Fashion College]], the venue of the contest.]] '''Miss Grand Japan 2016''' ({{langx|ja|'''2016 ミス・グランド・ジャパン'''}}) was the second edition of the [[Miss Grand Japan]] pageant, held on September 11, 2016, at the [[Bunka Fashion College]], [[Shibuya]], [[Tokyo]].<ref name=mdpr>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221207/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1614189|title=「ミス・グランド・ジャパン2016」は愛知県出身の27歳 純白ドレスでオーラ輝く|date=12 September 2016|accessdate=24 February 2024|language=ja|website=mdpr.jp|archivedate=7 November 2017|url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1614189}}</ref><ref name=bunka>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015014115/http://ca-media.jp/pickup-news/report758|title=2016年度ミス・グランド・ジャパン優勝者は佐藤彩花さんに決定！|language=ja|accessdate=24 February 2024|date=2016|author=佐々木真理子|website=ca-media.jp|archivedate=15 October 2016|url=http://ca-media.jp/pickup-news/report758}}</ref><ref name=ww>{{cite web|url=http://plus.wws-channel.com/?p=2788|title=ミス・グランド・ジャパン2016 (3) グランプリは佐藤彩花が受賞|date=23 September 2016|language=ja|accessdate=25 February 2024|website=plus.wws-channel.com|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224171459/http://plus.wws-channel.com/?p=2788}}</ref> Twenty contestants from different [[Prefectures of Japan|prefectures]] competed for the title.<ref name=mdpr/><ref name=sport/><ref name=ww/> At the end of the event, a 27-year-old company employee from [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]], Ayaka Sato, was announced the winner.<ref name=mdpr/><ref name=bunka/><ref name=ww/><ref name=ca>{{cite web|url=https://ca-media.jp/pickup-news/report758/|title=2016年度ミス・グランド・ジャパン優勝者は佐藤彩花さんに決定！|date=14 September 2016|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=ca-media.jp|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224172440/https://ca-media.jp/pickup-news/report758/}}</ref> Her court included Erea Taira of [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] and Riri Yoshida of [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]].<ref name=mdpr/><ref name=bunka/><ref name=sport>{{cite web|url=http://www.yasu.sportscarfan.com/bijo/1609a/index.htm|title=Miss Grand Japan 2016|date=2016|accessdate=24 February 2023|website=www.yasu.sportscarfan.com|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224103657/http://www.yasu.sportscarfan.com/bijo/1609a/index.htm|language=ja}}</ref> The event was also attended [[Miss Grand International 2015]], Claire Elizabeth Parker of [[Australia]].<ref name=mdpr/><ref name=sport/>
Ayaka Sato later represented [[Japan]] at the [[Miss Grand International 2016]] pageant, held in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada,<ref name=ww/> but was unplaced.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628043516/http://missgrandjapan.com/resultmgi2016/|url=http://missgrandjapan.com/resultmgi2016/|date=25 October 2016|accessdate=24 February 2024|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|archivedate=28 June 2017|title=2016年度世界大会ファイナル結果報告}}</ref>
In this edition, the regional preliminary rounds to select the national finalist was also held in [[Hokkaido]], [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]], and [[Tokyo]].<ref name=region>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912111422/http://missgrandjapan.com/%e5%bf%9c%e6%8f%b4%e3%81%84%e3%81%9f%e3%81%a0%e3%81%84%e3%81%9f%e7%9a%86%e6%a7%98%e3%81%b8/|title=応援いただいた皆様へ|date=12 September 2016|language=ja|accessdate=24 February 2024|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=app>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420213155/http://missgrandjapan.com/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E5%8B%9F%E9%9B%86%E9%96%8B%E5%A7%8B/|via=[[Internet Archive]]|date=31 March 2016|accessdate=24 February 2024|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|title=ミス・グランド・ジャパン募集開始}}</ref>
==Result== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" |- !Position!!Delegate<ref name=ww/><ref name=ca/><ref name=2016result>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018115942/http://missgrandjapan.com/mgj2016/|title=【速報】ミス・グランド・ジャパン2016決定！|date=1 September 2016|accessdate=24 February 2024|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> |- !Miss Grand Japan 2016 | * '''11.''' [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]] – Ayako Sato |- !1st runner-up | * '''15.''' [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] − Erea Taira |- !2nd runner-up | * '''01.''' [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]] – Riri Yoshida |- !Top 5 | *'''18.''' [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]] – Yurika Watanabe *'''19.''' [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]] – Shiori Takashima |- !Top 10 | * '''03.''' [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]] – Aya Shishido * '''05.''' [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]] – Natsuki Suzuki * '''09.''' [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]] – Maria Nakayama * '''13.''' [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]] – Ayumi Sato{{efn|Automatically qualified to the top 10 round after winning the Miss Popular Vote.|name=A}} * '''17.''' [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]] – Natsuki Sato |- !colspan=2|Special awards<ref name=2016result/> |- !Miss Friendship | * '''01.''' [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]] – Riri Yoshida |- !Miss Photogenic | *'''19.''' [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]] – Shiori Takashima |- !Miss Popular | * '''13.''' [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]] – Ayumi Sato{{efn|Automatically qualified to the top 10 round after winning the Miss Popular Vote.|name=A}} |- !Miss Social Media | * '''08.''' [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]] – Rika Matsuo |- !Miss Bikini | *'''20.''' [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]] – Chizu Yokoe |}
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==Contestants== Twenty contestants competed for the title.<ref name=2016candidate>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018123404/http://missgrandjapan.com/cast/|language=ja|title=Miss Grand Japan 2016: cast|accessdate=24 February 2024|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://miss-japan.net/grand/2016oioi|title=ミスグランドジャパン2016 7月16日セミファイナル 有楽町マルイ|date=16 July 2016|accessdate=24 February 2024|language=ja|website=miss-japan.net|archivedate=27 September 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927144311/http://miss-japan.net/grand/2016oioi}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- !rowspan=2|No.||rowspan=2|Prefecture!!colspan=2|Candidate||rowspan=2|Age||rowspan=2|Height |- !Romanized name!!Japanese name |- |01.||[[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]||Riri Yoshida||吉田 吏里||26||{{height|m=1.63}} |- |02.||[[Hokkaido Prefecture|Hokkaido]]||Mai Miyata||宮田 真衣||25||{{height|m=1.65}} |- |03.||[[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]]||Aya Shishido||宍戸 亜弥||27||{{height|m=1.65}} |- |04.||[[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]||Hiromi Morita||森田 博美||27||{{height|m=1.65}} |- |05.||[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]||Natsuki Suzuki||鈴木 夏生||24||{{height|m=1.65}} |- |06.||[[Kagoshima Prefecture|Kagoshima]]||Lina Tobimatsu||飛松 利菜||21||{{height|m=1.66}} |- |07.||[[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]||Hitimi Sato||佐藤 仁美||26||{{height|m=1.67}} |- |08.||[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]||Rika Matsuo||松尾 梨華||22||{{height|m=1.67}} |- |09.||[[Nara Prefecture|Nara]]||Maria Nakayama||中山 まりあ||23||{{height|m=1.69}} |- |10.||[[Hokkaido]]||Saori Kawahara||川原 沙織||26||{{height|m=1.69}} |- |11.||[[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]]||Ayako Sato||佐藤 彩花||27||{{height|m=1.70}} |- |12.||[[Hokkaido]]||Ayako Momiyama||籾山 采子||21||{{height|m=1.71}} |- |13.||[[Akita Prefecture|Akita]]||Ayumi Sato||佐藤 歩美||25||{{height|m=1.72}} |- |14.||[[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]]||Shiori Suzuki||鈴木 詩織||25||{{height|m=1.72}} |- |15.||[[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]]||Erea Taira||平良 絵玲亜||27||{{height|m=1.73}} |- |16.||[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]||Ruri Chikuma||竹間 瑠莉||24||{{height|m=1.73}} |- |17.||[[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]||Natsuki Sato||佐藤 夏希||25||{{height|m=1.75}} |- |19.||[[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]]||Yurika Watanabe||渡辺 由梨佳||25||{{height|m=1.75}} |- |19.||[[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]]||Shiori Takashima||高島 詩緒莉||26||{{height|m=1.75}} |- |20.||[[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]]||Chizu Yokoe||横江 千寿||27||{{height|m=1.75}} |}
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Miss Grand Japan}}
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