Japan in the Worldvision Q1-2023

Worldvision Q1-2023
Country	Japan
National selection
Selection process	Open Nippon
Selection date(s)	Final: 5 January 2023
Selected entrant	Natumi
Selected song	"Parts"
Japan in the Worldvision Song Contest
Q1-2023

Japan participated in the Worldvision Song Contest Q1-2023 in Manchester, the United Kingdom with the song "Parts" performed by Natumi. The Japanese broadcaster NHK organised the national final for Q1-2023 contest in order to select the Japanese entry for the Q1-2023 contest. Four entries competed in the national final, and the winner was announced on 5 January 2023 following the jury vote.

Open Nippon Q1-2023 was the 2nd edition and took place between 4 and 5 January 2023 in Okinawa (Okinawa Arena). The winner of the contest will be eligible to represent Japan at Worldvision Song Contest Q1-2023.

Format

Open Nippon Q1-2023 was held in the format of one final with the participation of four invited compositions released no earlier than 1 October 2021.

Voting

The voting system in the preselection has changed: so any interested participant in the upcoming competition (24 voters with the right to vote, including the representative from Japan) had the right to vote. Each voter had to give 1 point to the most liked composition and at the same time take 1 point from the most disliked composition. At the start of the voting, each composition had 10 points on the balance sheet. As a result, 15 voting participants used the right to vote.

Final

Voting took place from 4 to 5 January 2023.

Draw	Artist	Song	Language(s)		Result	Place
01	FAKY	Sayonara My Ex	English, Japanese		3	4
02	Rina Sawayama	This Hell	English		13	2
03	Reol	White Midnight (白夜)	Japanese		9	3
04	Natumi	Parts	English, Japanese		15	1