Miss Grand Japan 2023 () was the ninth edition of the Miss Grand Japan pageant, held on July 16, 2023, at the of the in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Fourteen candidates who qualified for the national pageant via an audition performed in March 2023 competed for the title, and a 26-year-old Tokyo-based Entrepreneur, Yayoi Machida, was elected the winner, and obtained right to represent Japan at the international parent contest, Miss Grand International 2023, to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on October 25.
The contest was run concurrently with the second edition of the Mister Gay Japan pageant, Mister Gay Japan 2023.
Background After the end of the Miss Grand Japan 2022, Miss Grand Japan Inc. began to open an application for the 2023 national pageant to select the final candidates for such; an application was officially opened in August, with the deadline on December 31, 2022. An initial profile screening was then done to select the qualified applicants to attend an actual physical audition performed in March.
Result Position DelegateMiss Grand Japan 2023Tokyo – Yayoi Machida 1st runner-upChiba – Karina Yamada 2nd runner-upNara – Yuka Oyama 3rd runner-upOsaka – Taeko Yoshida 4th runner-upChiba – Yuki FurihataTop 7Ibaraki – Mizuki Ueda Osaka – Saki InoueSpecial awardsBest in Social MediaNara – Yuka OyamaBest in SwimwearTokyo – Miyuki NozawaBest in Evening GownTokyo – Yayoi MachidaMiss PopularTokyo – Yayoi MachidaMiss PeaceChiba – Yuki FurihataMiss FriendshipChiba – Karina YamadaMix Chanel AwardTokyo – Yayoi Machida
Candidates 14 candidates competed for the title. Code PrefecturesCandidate Age MGJ01IbarakiMizuki Ueda25MGJ02KanagawaSaho Suenaga29MGJ03TokyoMidori Sawano28MGJ04ChibaYuki Furihata28MGJ05OsakaTaeko Yoshida23MGJ06TokyoMiyuki Nozawa27MGJ07OsakaSaki Inoue27MGJ08OsakaMami Shinoki24MGJ09TokyoYayoi Machida26MGJ10NaraYuka Oyama25MGJ11TokyoYurina Ishihara25MGJ12AichiMegumi Oteki22MGJ13ChibaKarina Yamada24MGJ14ChibaYukiko Hayashi21
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