Miss Grand Japan

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]

Miss Grand Japan
ミス・グランド・ジャパン

Formation	August 24, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08-24)
Founder	Eriko Yoshii
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Tokyo
Location	Japan
Official language	Japanese
National Director	Eriko Yoshii [ja]
Parent organization	Miss Grand Japan Co., Ltd.
Affiliations	Miss Grand International
Website	Official website

Since its first participation at Miss Grand International in 2013, Japan holds a record of 6 placements; in 2014 – 2015, 2018 – 2020^[5] and 2024.^[6] The highest achievement is the fourth runner-up, obtained by Haruka Oda of Saitama in 2018.^[7] Japan also won the best evening gown award in 2015^[8] and the best national costume award in 2020 and 2023.

Eriko Yoshii won the Silver Grand Award in 2022^[9] for being one of the top three national directors and the Golden Grand Award in 2024,^[10] which is awarded for being the best national director.

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.^[11][12][4]

In 2021, the original winner, Sarina Chanana of Chiba, was forced to resign due to some documents problems,^[13] which caused the organizer to cancel all results of such an edition and hold the contest again to determine the replacement.^[14] In 2023, Yayoi Machida won the title of Miss Grand Japan.

Edition

Location and date

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 Aug	Happo-en [ja], Minato	Tokyo	22	[1]
2016	2nd	11 Sep	Bunka Fashion College, Shibuya		20	[11]
2017	3rd	12 Sep	Selene Studio, Minato		8	[12]
2018	4th	31 Jul	WOMB Night Club, Shibuya		15	[4]
2019	5th	16 July	Yokohama Kannai Hall, Naka-ku	Yokohama	30	[15]
2020	6th	11 Sep	The Grand Hall Tokyo, Minato	Tokyo	36	[16]
2021	7th	24 Sep	Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, Meguro		46	[17]
	—	21 Oct	The event was virtually held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.		15	[18]
2022	8th	6 Aug	Yokosuka Arts Theater, Yokosuka	Kanagawa	22	[19]
2023	9th	16 Jul	Tokyo FM Center [ja], Chiyoda	Tokyo	14	[20]
2024	10th	20 Jul	New Piea Hall, Minato		20	[21]

Competition result

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.				[22]
2014	Mieko Takeuchi [ja][α] (Hyōgo)					[23]
2015	Ayaka Tanaka (Saitama)	Mao Kaneko [ja] (Aichi)	Nanami Tomita [ja] (Chiba)	—	—	[24]
2016	Ayaka Sato (Aichi)	Eria Taira [ja] (Okinawa)	Ruri Yoshida (Chiba)	—	—	[22]
2017	Erika Tsuji (Kyoto)	Arisa Katsumoto (Fukui)	Aya Kitoya (Kumamoto)	—	—	[25]
2018	Haruka Oda (Saitama)	Rie Kuroki (Aichi)	Kanami Tobita (Miyagi)	—	—	[26]
2019	Adeline Minatoya (Nagano)	Daina Itagaki (Fukuoka)	Miho Omori (Kanagawa)	Honomi Sekine (Tochigi)	Hina Taniguchi (Osaka)	[15]
2020	Ruri Saji [ja] (Saga)	Karin Kyotan (Toyama)	Makaha Oguma (Nara)	Arika Wakabayashi (Tokyo)	Yuri Koezuka (Kanagawa)	[16]
2021	Sarina Chanana (Chiba)	Kayo Kishikawa (Tokyo)	Karen Ishigaki (Yamagata)	—	—	[27]
	Chika Mizuno (Tokyo)	Rika Kinoshita (Hyōgo)	Yumiko Nishimori (Tokyo)	Yuka Sano (Kyoto)	Fumika Kiryu (Tokyo)	[14]
2022	Seira Inoue (Tokyo)	Maria Nasu (Yamagata)	Mizuki Takashima (Chiba)	Anna Yamanouchi (Kanagawa)	Yukino Jahana (Okinawa)	[28]
2023	Yayoi Machida (Tokyo)	Karina Yamada (Chiba)	Yuka Oyama (Nara)	Taeko Yoshida (Osaka)	Yuki Furihata (Chiba)	[29]
2024	Luma Naomi Shigemitsu (Aichi)	Erika Ishibashi (Japanese Americans)	Anna Hayakawa (Kanagawa)	Sayo Nodake (Hokkaido)	Miho Ogawa (Tochigi)	[30]
Note 1. ^α Later Miss Supranational Japan 2015.

International competition

The following is a list of Japanese representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

Color keys

•   : Declared as the winner
•   : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
•   : Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
•   : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Year	Prefectures	Miss Grand Japan	Title	Placement	Special Awards	National Director
2024	Aichi	Luma Naomi Shigemitsu[31]	Miss Grand Japan 2024	Top 20[6]		Eriko Yoshii
2023	Tokyo	Yayoi Machida[32]	Miss Grand Japan 2023	Unplaced	Best National Costume
2022	Tokyo	Seira Inoue[33]	Miss Grand Japan 2022	Unplaced
2021	Tokyo	Chika Mizuno[14]	Miss Grand Japan 2021 (Replacement edition)	Unplaced
	Chiba	Sarina Chanana[27]	Miss Grand Japan 2021	Resigned[17]
2020	Saga	Ruri Saji[34]	Miss Grand Japan 2020	Top 20	Best National Costume
2019	Nagano	Adeline Minatoya[35]	Miss Grand Japan 2019	Top 20[5]
2018	Saitama	Haruka Oda[36]	Miss Grand Japan 2018	4th runner-up[7]
2017	Kyoto	Erika Tsuji[25]	Miss Grand Japan 2017	Unplaced
2016	Aichi	Ayaka Sato[22]	Miss Grand Japan 2016	Unplaced
2015	Saitama	Ayaka Tanaka[37]	Miss Grand Japan 2015	Top 10[8]	Best Evening Gown	Stephen I. Diáz
2014	Hyōgo	Mieko Takeuchi[23]	Miss Grand Japan 2014	Top 20	Best in Social Media
2013	Akita	Eriko Yoshii[22]	Miss Grand Japan 2013	Unplaced

Gallery

• 
  Naomi Shigemitsu
  Miss Grand Japan 2024
• 
  Yayoi Machida
  Miss Grand Japan 2023
• 
  Seira Inoue
  Miss Grand Japan 2022
• 
  Chika Mizuno
  Miss Grand Japan 2021
• 
  Ayaka Tanaka
  Miss Grand Japan 2015

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External links

• Japan portal

• Media related to Miss Grand Japan at Wikimedia Commons
• 2015 official website