Miss Grand Japan 2016
Miss Grand Japan 2016 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Japan pageant, held on September 11, 2016, at the Bunka Fashion College, Shibuya, Tokyo. 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. Her court included Erea Taira of Okinawa and Riri Yoshida of Chiba. 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.
In this edition, the regional preliminary rounds to select the national finalist was also held in Hokkaido, Tōhoku, and Tokyo.