{{short description|3rd edition of the Miss Grand Japan beauty pageant}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Miss Grand Japan 2017 Logo.png | caption = | date = September 12, 2017 | venue = Selene Studio, [[Minato, Tokyo]] | presenters = Ryusuke Kelly | entertainment = Strom | entrants = 8 | placements = 5 | broadcaster = | debuts = | withdrawals = | returns = | photogenic = | congeniality = | winner = Erika Tsuji ([[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]]) | award1 label = Best in Swimsuit | award1 = Arisa Katsumoto ([[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]]) | before = [[Miss Grand Japan 2016|2016]] | next = [[Miss Grand Japan 2018|2018]] }}
'''Miss Grand Japan 2017''' ({{langx|ja|'''2017 ミス・グランド・ジャパン'''}}) was the third edition of the [[Miss Grand Japan]] pageant, held on September 12, 2017,<ref name=run>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217193803/http://runnerspulse.jp/rpnews/archives/2925|url=http://runnerspulse.jp/rpnews/archives/2925|title=レポート】『ミス・グランド・インターナショナル』日本大会ファイナリストのランニングトレーニングをサポートしました|date=30 August 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=runnerspulse.jp|archivedate=17 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=2017result/> at the Selene Studio, [[Minato, Tokyo]].<ref name=venue>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916050636/http://missgrandjapan.com/news/news-2202/|title=ミス・グランド・ジャパン2017 ファイナル】チケット販売開始！|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|language=ja|date=2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=qua/> Eight contestants from different [[Prefectures of Japan|prefectures]] competed for the title.<ref name=qua/><ref name=eight>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114142005/http://missgrandjapan.com:80/category/finalist2017/|title=2017 Finalists|date=2017|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|via=[[Internet Archive]]|language=ja|accessdate=25 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=satomi/> At the end of the event, a 27-year-old [[MC]] and model from [[Kyoto]], Erika Tsuji, was announced the winner,<ref name=2017result/><ref name=res>{{cite web|url=http://plus.wws-channel.com/?p=7833|title=『ミス・グランド・ジャパン2017』日本代表は、辻 絵里華（京都・27歳） お茶農家育ちのはんなりレディが受賞＜全40枚＞|date=22 September 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=plus.wws-channel.com|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224220128/http://plus.wws-channel.com/?p=7833}}</ref> while Arisa Katsumoto of [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]] and Aya Kitoya of [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]] were named the first and second runners-up, respectively.<ref name=2017result>{{cite web|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20170912dog00m200032000c.html|title=ミス・グランド・ジャパン2017：辻絵里華さん「まさか」のグランプリに歓喜 準ミス・勝本有莉実さんは“お酒解禁”|date=12 September 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=mantan-web.jp|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224215321/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20170912dog00m200032000c.html}}</ref>
Erika Tsuji later represented [[Japan]] at the [[Miss Grand International 2017]] pageant, held in [[Phú Quốc]], [[Vietnam]],<ref name=mgi>{{cite web|url=https://www.viet-jo.com/news/entertainment/171005145519.html|title=「ミス・グランド・インターナショナル」決勝大会、フーコック島で10月25日開催|date=6 October 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=www.viet-jo.com|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224221750/https://www.viet-jo.com/news/entertainment/171005145519.html}}</ref> but was unplaced.<ref name=pep2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.pep.ph/news/68593/peru-crowned-miss-grand-international-2017-ph-bet-elizabeth-clenci-is-2nd-runner-up|title=Peru crowned Miss Grand International 2017; PH bet Elizabeth Clenci is 2nd runner-up|date=26 October 2017|accessdate=4 October 2023|author=Nikko Tuazon|publisher=Philippines Entertainment Portal|archivedate=4 October 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231004044106/https://www.pep.ph/news/68593/peru-crowned-miss-grand-international-2017-ph-bet-elizabeth-clenci-is-2nd-runner-up}}</ref>
The event was hosted by a Japanese [[radio personality]] and [[screenwriter]], {{ill|Ryusuke Kelly|ja|ケリー隆介}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910092505/http://missgrandjapan.com/news/news-2159/|title=MCにケリー隆介が決定！|via=[[Internet Archive]]|date=2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan}}</ref> and featured a live performance by a Japanese [[electronic music]] artist trio group, Strom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910092510/http://missgrandjapan.com/news/news-2222/|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|date=2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|via=[[Internet Archive]]|title=LiveにSTORMが決定！}}</ref> ==Background== In the committee meeting arranged after the finishing of the [[Miss Grand Japan 2016]] contest in September 2016, the schedule for the 2017 national competition was decided: the application to participate was set to be launched from February 1 to May 14, 2017, with the regional competition started from May to August, and the national final round on September 11.<ref name=sch>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628043556/http://missgrandjapan.com/mgj2017-entry/|title=MGJ2017 エントリーに関してのお知らせ|date=28 January 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
Of all the applicants, only 14 qualified for the semi-final round, in which six were eliminated, making the final of eight candidates who competed at the national final held on September 12, 2017, in [[Tokyo]].<ref name=qua>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000159572/|title=9月12日（火）ミス・グランド・ジャパン 2017 FINAL 日本代表を決定！ “内面の美”を兼ね備える 美しく健康的な平和の使者を輩出|date=6 September 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=www.dreamnews.jp|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224220857/https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000159572/}}</ref>
==Result== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" |- !Position!!Delegate<ref name=2017result/> |- !Miss Grand Japan 2017 | * '''05.''' [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]] – Erika Tsuji |- !1st runner-up | * '''11.''' [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]] − Arisa Katsumoto |- !2nd runner-up | * '''06.''' [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]] – Aya Kitoya |- !Top 5 | *''No data available'' *''No data available'' |- !colspan=2|Special award<ref name=ress>{{cite web|url=https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/1707/|title=「ミス・グランド・ジャパン2017」訪問看護師の勝本有莉実さんが準グランプリに！〝こんなに私を変えてくれてありがとう！〟|date=14 September 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=kango-oshigoto.jp|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224222238/https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/1707/}}</ref> |- !Best in Swimsuit | * '''11.''' [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]] − Arisa Katsumoto |- !'''Miss Popular Vote''' | * '''01'''. [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]] − Yui Morie |- !'''Best Social Media''' | * '''04.''' [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]] − Erina Kudo |}
==Contestants== Initially, fourteen contestants were confirmed to participate;<ref name=qua/> however, six withdrew or were eliminated, finalizing eight contestants.<ref name=caidi>{{cite web|url=http://wellfy.jp/articles/1192|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915003330/http://wellfy.jp/articles/1192|title=日本を代表する“美しく健康な女性”に聞きたい３つのこと|date=29 August 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=wellfy.jp|archivedate=15 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=yurimi>{{cite web|url=https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/1681/|title=元〝ジャイ子〟の私が、世界的ミスコンに出て自分を愛せるようになった理由【MGJファイナリストインタビュー01】訪問看護師・勝本有莉実さん|date=29 August 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=kango-oshigoto.jp|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224192606/https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/1681/}}</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.||[[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]]||Yui Morie<ref name=yui>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915080644/http://missgrandjapan.com:80/finalist2017/yuimorie|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|via=[[Internet Archive]]|date=2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|title=NO1 森江由衣（もりえゆい）}}</ref>||森江 由衣||23||{{height|m=1.71}} |- |02.||[[Tokyo]]||Ayami Yamamoto<ref name=ayami>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911010828/http://missgrandjapan.com/finalist2017/ayamiyamamoto/|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|via=[[Internet Archive]]|date=2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|title=【MISS GRAND JAPAN 2017 FINALIST#2】山本 彩未 AYAMI YAMAMOTO}}</ref>||山本 彩未||27||{{height|m=1.68}} |- |03.||[[Tokyo]]||Erina Kudo<ref name=erina>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911010837/http://missgrandjapan.com/finalist2017/erinakudo/|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|via=[[Internet Archive]]|date=2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|title=NO3 工藤 えりな（くどうえりな）}}</ref>||工藤 えりな||26||{{height|m=1.69}} |- |04.||[[Akita Prefecture|Akita]]||Tsukika Kudo{{efn|Eliminated/Withdrew|name=A}}||colspan=3 {{n/a|''Not available; eliminated candidate''}} |- |05.||[[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]]||Erika Tsuji<ref name=caidi/>||辻 絵里華||27||{{height|m=1.71}} |- |06.||[[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]]||Aya Kitoya<ref name=caidi/>||清田 彩||27||{{height|m=1.73}} |- |07.||[[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]||Sosori Hashimoto{{efn|Eliminated/Withdrew|name=A}}||colspan=3 {{n/a|''Not available; eliminated candidate''}} |- |08.||[[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]||Kaori Hashimoto{{efn|Eliminated/Withdrew|name=A}}||colspan=3 {{n/a|''Not available; eliminated candidate''}} |- |09.||[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]||Miu Takahashi<ref name=caidi/>||髙橋 美羽||17||{{height|m=1.70}} |- |10.||[[Hokkaido]]||Satomi Matsuda<ref name=satomi>{{cite web|url=https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/1695/|title=“憧れに近づきたい”世界的ミスコンテストを通して進化し続ける女性【MGJファイナリストインタビュー03】透析看護師・松田里美さん|date=7 September 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=kango-oshigoto.jp|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224194347/https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/1695/}}</ref>||松田 里美||25||{{height|m=1.65}} |- |11.||[[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]]||Arisa Katsumoto<ref name=yurimi/>||勝本 有莉実|| ||{{height|m=1.70}} |- |12.||[[Tokyo]]||Nanaka Katakura<ref name=nanaka>{{cite web|url=https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/1690/|title=女性専門病棟で気づけた“自分らしい美しさ”で日本決勝に挑みたい！【MGJファイナリストインタビュー02】女性専門病棟看護師・片倉奈々加さん|date=5 September 2017|accessdate=25 February 2024|language=ja|website=kango-oshigoto.jp|archivedate=24 February 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240224194018/https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/1690/}}</ref>{{efn|Eliminated/Withdrew|name=A}}||片倉 奈々加||25||{{height|m=1.70}} |- |13.||[[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]]||Yuki Hosoya<ref name=caidi/>{{efn|Eliminated/Withdrew|name=A}}||細谷 優希||24||{{height|m=1.75}} |- |14.||[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]]||Rukana Kitajima{{efn|Eliminated/Withdrew|name=A}}||colspan=3 {{n/a|''Not available; eliminated candidate''}} |} ;Notes <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Miss Grand Japan}}
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