Miss Universe Japan 2016, the 19th edition of Miss Universe Japan pageant, was held on March 01’ 2016 in Tokyo. At the end of the magnificent finale, Sari Nakazawa was crowned as the winner of Miss Universe Japan 2016.

Sari Nakazawa  succeeds Ariana Miyamoto from Nagasaki, Miss Universe Japan 2015. Sari will now represent Japan at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant. Sayaka Matsumoto was titled first runner-up, Kaori Arike was titled second runner-up, Sayaka Nishimura was adjudged third runner-up and Yukari Shiotsuki finished as the fourth runner-up.

There were 46 contestants who competed for the title. The 46 finalists were- Yu Nakashima, Rie Fukui, Tomoe Sumioka, Mizue Todoroki, Mao Isobe, Aiko Mikata, Keiko Fukushima, Asumi Okuda, Yuki Ishikawa, Tomoko Kadosono, Hazuki Iida, Emi Ozaki, Masumi Yamada, Hitomi Fujitsuka, Misa Morita, Saki Sunada, Rino Tanaka, Yukari Shiotsuki, Sari Nakazawa, Konatsu Itokazu, Sayaka Matsumoto, Arika Sakamoto, Naoko Yoneyama, Momoe Yada, Chiho Terauchi, Sayaka Kumabe, Kanako Hirayama, Eriko Kumagai, Yukiko Wakasugi, Mina Aoyama, Haruka Nohara, Sayaka Nishimura, Chifumi Ishigami, Mizuki Kato, Yukiko Takano, Chihiro Okamoto, Ayumi Nakazawa, Kaori Arike, Takako Hirashima, Haruka Yoshino, Asami Orui, Miku Takahashi, Kaori Arike, Natsuki Saito, Risako Nakamura, Nao Koizumi and Mako Sato.

The Miss Universe Japan was found in the year 1998 and was run by French national director Ines Ligron. The pageant was created in retort to Japan's then-recent lack of finalists at the Miss Universe pageant. Prior to 1998, the representative for Miss Universe was sent from Miss Japan pageant. Miss Universe Japan is a branch of the former Miss Japan pageant.