Miss Grand Japan 2023

Miss Grand Japan 2023 (2023 ミス・グランド・ジャパン) was the ninth edition of the Miss Grand Japan pageant, held on July 16, 2023, at the Tokyo FM Hall of the Tokyo FM Center 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.

Candidates
14 candidates competed for the title.