Miss Grand Japan 2025 () was the eleventh Miss Grand Japan contest, held on 10 September 2025 on the MSC Bellissima Cruise. Eighteen contestants from different prefectures of Japan competed for the right to represent Japan in the Miss Grand International 2025 pageant, held in Thailand on 18 October 2025.
The pageant was won by a professional dancer, Erika Ishibashi, representing the Japanese communities in the USA. Ishibashi was crowned by the preceding Miss Grand Japan 2024 Luma Naomi of Aichi and later competed internationally in the international tournament held in Thailand, where she was placed among the top 22 finalists and also won the Grand Talent Award.
Background Date and venue On 2 April 2025, Miss Grand Co., Ltd. announced on social media that the 2025 Miss Grand Japan competition will be held on the MSC Bellissima Cruise with 18 contestants participating. However, no further details have been revealed.
Selection of contestants The national finalists for this year's edition were decided through an online screening by the national licensee and regional preliminaries round held in 4 regions of the country, as detailed below.
RegionDateQualifiersNorth region – Akita3 March 2025 7West region – Osaka8 March 20256South region8 March 202517 East region – Tokyo15 March 2025
Competition results + Miss Grand Japan 2025 competition result by prefecture of originColor key:
Placement CandidateWinnerJapanese in USA – Erika Ishibashi1st runner-upNara – Yuka Oyama2nd runner-upFukuoka – Miyu Onodera3rd runner-upGunma III – Mio Yamamoto4th runner-upHyogo – Hazuki OginoTop 9Gunma I – Maria Shiraishi Osaka I – Umi Shirano Saitama – Rinka Tokyo – Lena TakeuchiSpecial awardsBest in MystaHyogo – Hazuki OginoBest in LiveOsaka I – Umi ShiranoBest in SwimwearKanagawa – Ran IzumiBest in Social MediaSaitama – RinkaBest in Evening GownFukuoka – Miyu OnoderaMiss PopularGunma I – Maria ShiraishiMiss MSC BelissimaTokyo – Lena TakeuchiRegional Director AwardBest DirectorWest Region – Yukako Sakata and Yuka Hatanaka
Contestants Initially, 30 candidates qualified for the early stage; the number was then reduced to 18 due to disqualifications and withdrawals.
Finalized candidates Eighteen candidates competed for the title.
Akita – Yoshii Yukako Aomori – Iida Kokone Fukuoka – Onodera Nayu Gunma I – Shiraishi Maria Gunma II – Satō Minami Gunma III – Yamamoto Miu Hyōgo – Hagino Natsuki Japanese in USA – Ishibashi Erika Kanagawa – Izumi Ran Kōchi – Yamagata Himeki Nara – Ōyama Yuka Osaka I – Shirano Umi Osaka II – Shiba Naika Saga – Harada Roderikku Ragureva Saitama – Rinka Tokyo – Takeuchi Reina Toyama – Momose Sarika Yamanashi – Sasaki Miho
Original 30 aspirants
PrefectureCandidateHometownRomanized nameJapanese name Akita IMurakami Tsukasa村上 つかさDaisen Akita IISato Yuka佐藤 優果Akita Akita IIIKimura Saki木村 颯希Akita Akita IVYoshii Yukako吉井 優花子Akita AomoriIida Kokone飯田 心音Aomori Chiba Megumi Riveraリベラ メグミ Fukuoka Miyu Onodera小野 寺南友 Gunma IMinami Sato佐藤みなみ Gunma IIMaria Shiraishi白石 万梨亜 Gunma III Mio Yamamoto山本 実生 HyogoHazuki Ogino荻野葉月 Japanese in USA Erika Ishibashi石橋 恵莉加 Kanagawa Ran Izumi和泉 蘭 Kochi Satsuki Yamagata山形 颯生 KyotoNomura Seina野村星奈 Miyagi I Riho Miyai宮井 梨帆 Miyagi II Kaori Hirose広瀬 香織 NaraYuka Oyama大山祐佳 Osaka IMaika Shiba斯波真以佳 Osaka IIUmi Shirano白乃うみ Saga Hadara Rodelyn Lagleva原田 ロデリン ラグレヴァ Saitama I Rinka凜華 Saitama II Kyoka Itabashi板橋 きょうか Tokyo IHamabe Kaho濱辺 華穂Tokyo Tokyo II Rin'i (Lily)凜衣（リリィ） Tokyo III Izumi Nishida西田 いづみ Tokyo VI Lena Takeuchi竹内 怜奈 Toyama Sarika Momose百生 沙梨香 Yamanashi Miho Sasaki佐々木 美穂colspan=6 MiyazakiMatsuda Yume松田 侑女Miyazaki
List of regional coordinators The following is a list of Miss Grand Japan 2025 coordinators who organized their local preliminary pageant to select regional representatives for this year's national contest. East region, directed by Saeko Oda () and Airi Nakamura (). North region (Tōhoku region), headquartered at the Akita Model Agency () in Akita, directed by Erika Toyoshima (). South region, directed by Midori Kotani (). West region, directed by Yuka Hatanaka () and Yukako Sakata ().
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