Miss Grand Japan 2016

Miss Grand Japan 2016
Miss Grand Japan 2016
Date	September 11, 2016
Venue	Bunka Fashion College, Shibuya, Tokyo
Entrants	20
Placements	10
Winner	Ayaka Sato (Aichi)
Congeniality	Riri Yoshida (Chiba)
Photogenic	Shiori Takashima (Aichi)
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Miss Grand Japan 2016 (Japanese: 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.^[1]^[2]^[3] Twenty contestants from different prefectures competed for the title.^[1]^[4]^[3] At the end of the event, a 27-year-old company employee from Aichi, Ayaka Sato, was announced the winner.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[5] Her court included Erea Taira of Okinawa and Riri Yoshida of Chiba.^[1]^[2]^[4] The event was also attended Miss Grand International 2015, Claire Elizabeth Parker of Australia.^[1]^[4]

Ayaka Sato later represented Japan at the Miss Grand International 2016 pageant, held in Las Vegas, Nevada,^[3] but was unplaced.^[6]

In this edition, the regional preliminary rounds to select the national finalist was also held in Hokkaido, Tōhoku, and Tokyo.^[7]^[8]

Result

Position	Delegate^[3]^[5]^[9]
Miss Grand Japan 2016	11. Aichi – Ayako Sato
1st runner-up	15. Okinawa − Erea Taira
2nd runner-up	01. Chiba – Riri Yoshida
Top 5	18. Aichi – Yurika Watanabe 19. Aichi – Shiori Takashima
Top 10	03. Iwate – Aya Shishido 05. Kanagawa – Natsuki Suzuki 09. Nara – Maria Nakayama 13. Akita – Ayumi Sato^[a] 17. Chiba – Natsuki Sato
Special awards^[9]
Miss Friendship	01. Chiba – Riri Yoshida
Miss Photogenic	19. Aichi – Shiori Takashima
Miss Popular	13. Akita – Ayumi Sato^[a]
Miss Social Media	08. Kanagawa – Rika Matsuo
Miss Bikini	20. Kyoto – Chizu Yokoe

^ ^a ^b Automatically qualified to the top 10 round after winning the Miss Popular Vote.

Twenty contestants competed for the title.^[10]^[11]

No.	Prefecture	Candidate		Age	Height
No.	Prefecture	Romanized name	Japanese name	Age	Height
01.	Chiba	Riri Yoshida	吉田　吏里	26	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
02.	Hokkaido	Mai Miyata	宮田　真衣	25	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
03.	Iwate	Aya Shishido	宍戸　亜弥	27	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
04.	Miyagi	Hiromi Morita	森田　博美	27	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
05.	Kanagawa	Natsuki Suzuki	鈴木　夏生	24	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
06.	Kagoshima	Lina Tobimatsu	飛松　利菜	21	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
07.	Miyagi	Hitimi Sato	佐藤　仁美	26	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
08.	Kanagawa	Rika Matsuo	松尾　梨華	22	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
09.	Nara	Maria Nakayama	中山　まりあ	23	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
10.	Hokkaido	Saori Kawahara	川原　沙織	26	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
11.	Aichi	Ayako Sato	佐藤　彩花	27	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
12.	Hokkaido	Ayako Momiyama	籾山　采子	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
13.	Akita	Ayumi Sato	佐藤　歩美	25	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
14.	Aichi	Shiori Suzuki	鈴木　詩織	25	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
15.	Okinawa	Erea Taira	平良　絵玲亜	27	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
16.	Kanagawa	Ruri Chikuma	竹間　瑠莉	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
17.	Chiba	Natsuki Sato	佐藤　夏希	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
19.	Aichi	Yurika Watanabe	渡辺　由梨佳	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
19.	Aichi	Shiori Takashima	高島　詩緒莉	26	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
20.	Kyoto	Chizu Yokoe	横江　千寿	27	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)