{{short description|9th Miss Grand Japan competition, beauty pageant edition}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Yayoi Machida.png | caption = Yayoi Machida, the winner of the contest | date = 16 July 2023 | venue = {{ill|Tokyo FM Hall|fr}}, [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]] | presenters = | entrants = 14 | placements = 7 | acts = | broadcaster = [[YouTube]] | debuts = | withdrawals = | returns = | winner = Yayoi Machida<br>([[Tokyo]]) | award1 label = | award1 = | award2 label = | award2 = | photogenic = | congeniality = Karina Yamada<br>([[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]) | before = [[Miss Grand Japan 2022|2022]] | next = [[Miss Grand Japan 2024|2024]] }} {{External media | video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD4wmaPCNFo Miss Grand Japan 2023 & Mr. Gay Japan 2023: Grand final coronation, on July 16, 2023], YouTube video }} '''Miss Grand Japan 2023''' ({{langx|ja|'''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 {{ill|Tokyo FM Hall|fr}} of the {{ill|Tokyo FM Center|ja|TOKYO FM少年合唱団}} in [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]].<ref name=xbom>{{cite web|url=https://x-bomberth.com/20230623lgbtq/|title=世界的ミスコンテストの日本大会『ミス・グランド・ジャパン』とLGBTQ＋のコンテストを同日開催|date=23 June 2023|accessdate=17 July 2023|language=ja|website=X-bomberth.com|archivedate=17 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230717154721/https://x-bomberth.com/20230623lgbtq/}}</ref><ref name=2023jpvn>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandjapan.com/mgj2023finalvenue|title=『ミス・グランド・ジャパン2023 FINAL日本代表選考会』の開催日・開催場所が決定‼️|date=1 April 2023|accessdate=14 April 2023|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|archivedate=14 April 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230414135528/https://www.missgrandjapan.com/mgj2023finalvenue}}</ref> Fourteen candidates who qualified for the national pageant via an audition performed in March 2023 competed for the title,<ref name=xbom/><ref name=pr23>{{cite web|url=https://prtimes.jp/a/?f=d88844-12-6e902eda25c2c91b58d6c7b2c862bde1.pdf|title=Miss Grand Japan 2023 Finalists|date=2023|accessdate=17 July 2023|website=Prtimes.jp|archivedate=24 June 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624214116/https://prtimes.jp/a/?f=d88844-12-6e902eda25c2c91b58d6c7b2c862bde1.pdf}}</ref> and a 26-year-old Tokyo-based [[Entrepreneur]], Yayoi Machida, was elected the winner,<ref name=result2023/><ref name=yahoo>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/facaa5e132edf22cc83ab89f67b0c3c502578b86|title=「ミス・グランド・ジャパン2023」日本代表は起業家の町田弥生さんに決定|date=19 July 2023|accessdate=20 July 2023|language=ja|publisher=[[Yahoo! Japan]]|archivedate=20 July 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720163952/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/facaa5e132edf22cc83ab89f67b0c3c502578b86}}</ref> and obtained right to represent [[Japan]] at the international parent contest, [[Miss Grand International 2023]],<ref name=app/><ref name=audition/> to be held in [[Ho Chi Minh City]], [[Vietnam]], on October 25.<ref name=viet>{{cite web|url=https://pr-free.jp/2023/66212/|language=ja|date=1 January 2023|accessdate=14 April 2023|website=Pr-free.jp|archivedate=14 April 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230414123833/https://pr-free.jp/2023/66212/|title=ミス・グランド・ジャパン／世界的なミスコンテスト『ミス・グランド・ジャパン』出場者を募集中!}}</ref>
The contest was run concurrently with the second edition of the Mister Gay Japan pageant, Mister Gay Japan 2023.<ref name=xbom/><ref name=mrgay>{{cite web|url=https://www.mrgayjapan.org/news/blogpost-mrgayjapan2022finaldate-77azn|title=Mr Gay Japan2023 第2期メンバー募集開始！|date=6 February 2023|accessdate=14 April 2023|language=ja|publisher=Mister Gay Japan|archivedate=14 April 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230414132003/https://www.mrgayjapan.org/news/blogpost-mrgayjapan2022finaldate-77azn}}</ref>
==Background== After the end of the [[Miss Grand Japan 2022]], [[Miss Grand Japan|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,<ref name=jprep>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=000000010.000088844&g=prt|language=ja|title=史上初 世界的ミスコンテストの日本大会とLGBTQ＋のコンテスト「ミス・グランド・ジャパン&ミスター・ゲイ・ジャパン2022 FINAL」 結果速報|date=8 August 2022|accessdate=9 August 2022|work=Jiji.com|archivedate=8 August 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220808175811/https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=000000010.000088844&g=prt}}</ref> with the deadline on December 31, 2022.<ref name=app>{{cite web|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000011.000088844.html|title=【ベスト・ナショナル・ディレクター賞を受賞】ミス・グランド・インターナショナル2022世界大会結果|date=27 October 2022|language=ja|accessdate=14 April 2023|website=Prtimes.jp|archivedate=14 April 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230414125844/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000011.000088844.html}}</ref> An initial profile screening was then done to select the qualified applicants to attend an actual physical audition performed in March.<ref name=audition>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandjapan.com/mgj2023finalaudition|title=MISS GRAND JAPAN 2023 面接会を実施しました|date=3 March 2023|accessdate=14 April 2023|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|archivedate=14 April 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230414132417/https://www.missgrandjapan.com/mgj2023finalaudition}}</ref>
==Result== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"; |- ! Position !! Delegate<ref name=result2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandjapan.com/2023kekka|title=「ミス・グランド・ジャパン2023 FINAL」 結果速報|date=17 July 2023|accessdate=17 July 2023|language=ja|publisher=Miss Grand Japan|archivedate=17 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230717161938/https://www.missgrandjapan.com/2023kekka}}</ref><ref name=resultjp>{{cite web|url=https://www.thaich.net/news/20230719gc.htm/amp?fbclid=IwAR2Pf8VsCtBOGybZWKKQJwhU_RPsGJGN_Mf08TYEjif1UovcLrBDTQ0HbEA|title=「ミス・グランド・ジャパン 2023」日本代表は町田弥生さん|date=19 July 2023|accessdate=20 July 2023|language=ja|website=www.thaich.net|archivedate=20 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230720170435/https://www.thaich.net/news/20230719gc.htm}}</ref> |- !Miss Grand Japan 2023 | *Tokyo – Yayoi Machida |- ! 1st runner-up | *Chiba – Karina Yamada |- ! 2nd runner-up | *Nara – Yuka Oyama |- ! 3rd runner-up | *Osaka – Taeko Yoshida |- ! 4th runner-up | *Chiba – Yuki Furihata |- !Top 7 | *Ibaraki – Mizuki Ueda *Osaka – Saki Inoue |- !colspan=2|Special awards<ref name=resultjp/> |- !Best in Social Media | *Nara – Yuka Oyama |- !Best in Swimwear | *Tokyo – Miyuki Nozawa |- !Best in Evening Gown | *Tokyo – Yayoi Machida |- !Miss Popular | *Tokyo – Yayoi Machida |- !Miss Peace | *Chiba – Yuki Furihata |- !Miss Friendship | *Chiba – Karina Yamada |- !Mix Chanel Award | *Tokyo – Yayoi Machida |}
==Candidates== 14 candidates competed for the title.<ref name=xbom/><ref name=pr23/><ref>{{cite web |title=世界的ミスコンテストの日本大会『ミス・グランド・ジャパン』とLGBTQ＋のコンテストを同日開催 |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000012.000088844.html |website=prtimes.jp |publisher=PR Times |access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! class=unsortable|<span style="color:#000000">'''Code'''</span> ! <span style="color:#000000">Prefectures</span> ! width="100" |<span style="color:#000000">Candidate </span> ! <span style="color:#000000">Age</span> ! <span style="color:#000000">{{tooltip|Height|m.}}</span> |- |MGJ01 |Ibaraki |Mizuki Ueda |25 |{{height|m=1.58}} |- |MGJ02 |Kanagawa |Saho Suenaga |29 |{{height|m=1.63}} |- |MGJ03 |Tokyo |Midori Sawano |28 |{{height|m=1.69}} |- |MGJ04 |Chiba |Yuki Furihata |28 |{{height|m=1.68}} |- |MGJ05 |Osaka |Taeko Yoshida |23 |{{height|m=1.70}} |- |MGJ06 |Tokyo |Miyuki Nozawa |27 |{{height|m=1.71}} |- |MGJ07 |Osaka |Saki Inoue |27 |{{height|m=1.77}} |- |MGJ08 |Osaka |Mami Shinoki |24 |{{height|m=1.73}} |- |MGJ09 |Tokyo |Yayoi Machida |26 |{{height|m=1.71}} |- |MGJ10 |Nara |Yuka Oyama |25 |{{height|m=1.71}} |- |MGJ11 |Tokyo |Yurina Ishihara |25 |{{height|m=1.71}} |- |MGJ12 |Aichi |Megumi Oteki |22 |{{height|m=1.69}} |- |MGJ13 |Chiba |Karina Yamada |24 |{{height|m=1.65}} |- |MGJ14 |Chiba |Yukiko Hayashi |21 |{{height|m=1.60}} |}
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