Miss Grand Japan 2016

{{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)

| congeniality = Riri Yoshida (Chiba)

| winner = Ayaka Sato (Aichi)

| award1 label =

| award1 =

| before = 2015

| next = 2017

}}

File:Bunka fashion college main building may 2014.jpg, 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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} Twenty contestants from different prefectures competed for the title. At the end of the event, a 27-year-old company employee from Aichi, Ayaka Sato, was announced the winner.{{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/}} Her court included Erea Taira of Okinawa and Riri Yoshida of Chiba.{{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}} The event was also attended Miss Grand International 2015, Claire Elizabeth Parker of Australia.

Ayaka Sato later represented Japan at the Miss Grand International 2016 pageant, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, but was unplaced.{{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}}

In this edition, the regional preliminary rounds to select the national finalist was also held in Hokkaido, Tōhoku, and Tokyo.{{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}}{{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}}