Formation | August 24, 2015 |
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Founder | Eriko Yoshii |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Tokyo |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International Miss Cosmo Miss Fabulous International |
Official language | Japanese |
National Director | Eriko Yoshii |
Parent organization | Miss Grand Japan Co., Ltd. |
Website | Official 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 , 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.
History
[edit]Japan has participated in Miss Grand International since 2013. The inaugural edition of Miss Grand Japan was organized by Eriko Yoshii , Miss Grand Japan 2013, acquired the license in 2013.[1] In 2015, The first event was arranged at Happo-en 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
[edit]Location and date
[edit]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. |
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2015 | 1st | 24 Aug | Happo-en , Minato | Tokyo | 22 | [1] |
2016 | 2nd | 11 Sep | Bunka Fashion College, Shibuya | 20 |
[9] | |
2017 | 3rd | 12 Sep | Selene Studio, Minato | 8 |
[10] | |
2018 | 4th | 31 Jul | WOMB Night Club, Shibuya | 15 |
[4] | |
2019 | 5th | 16 July | Yokohama Kannai Hall, Naka-ku | Yokohama | 30 | [13] |
2020 | 6th | 11 Sep | The Grand Hall Tokyo, Minato | Tokyo | 36 | [14] |
2021 | 7th | 24 Sep | Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, Meguro | 46 |
[15] | |
— | 21 Oct | The event was virtually held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 15 |
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2022 | 8th | 6 Aug | Yokosuka Arts Theater, Yokosuka | Kanagawa | 22 | [17] |
2023 | 9th | 16 Jul | Tokyo FM Center , Chiyoda | Tokyo | 14 | [18] |
2024 | 10th | 20 Jul | New Piea Hall, Minato | 20 |
[19] |
Competition result
[edit]Year | Miss Grand Japan | Runners-up | Ref. | |||
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1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | 3rd runner-up | 4th runner-up | |||
2013 | Eriko Yoshii (Akita) |
No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position. | [20] | |||
2014 | Mieko Takeuchi[α] (Hyōgo) |
[21] | ||||
2015 | Ayaka Tanaka[β] (Saitama) |
Mao Kaneko (Aichi) |
Nanami Tomita (Chiba) |
— | — | [22] |
2016 | Ayaka Sato (Aichi) |
Eria Taira (Okinawa) |
Ruri Yoshida (Chiba) |
— | — | [20] |
2017 | Erika Tsuji (Kyoto) |
Arisa Katsumoto (Fukui) |
Aya Kitoya (Kumamoto) |
— | — | [23] |
2018 | Haruka Oda (Saitama) |
Rie Kuroki (Aichi) |
Kanami Tobita (Miyagi) |
— | — | [24] |
2019 | Adeline Minatoya[γ] (Nagano) |
Daina Itagaki (Fukuoka) |
Miho Omori (Kanagawa) |
Honomi Sekine (Tochigi) |
Hina Taniguchi (Osaka) |
[13] |
2020 | Ruri Saji (Saga) |
Karin Kyotan (Toyama) |
Makaha Oguma (Nara) |
Arika Wakabayashi (Tokyo) |
Yuri Koezuka (Kanagawa) |
[14] |
2021 | Sarina Chanana (Chiba) |
Kayo Kishikawa (Tokyo) |
Karen Ishigaki (Yamagata) |
— | — | [25] |
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) |
[26] |
2023 | Yayoi Machida (Tokyo) |
Karina Yamada (Chiba) |
Yuka Oyama (Nara) |
Taeko Yoshida (Osaka) |
Yuki Furihata (Chiba) |
[27] |
2024 | Luma Naomi Shigemitsu (Aichi) |
Erika Ishibashi (Japanese Americans) |
Anna Hayakawa (Kanagawa) |
Sayo Nodake (Hokkaido) |
Miho Ogawa (Tochigi) |
[28] |
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National finalists
[edit]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 | |
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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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External links
[edit]- Media related to Miss Grand Japan at Wikimedia Commons
- 2015 official website