Japan

Japan
Member station	NHK
National selection events	Open Nippon (Q4-2022 - Q1-2023, Q3-2023 - Q4-2023) None (Q2-2023, Q1-2024 - to date)
Participation summary
Appearances	6 (6 finals)
First appearance	Q4-2022
Highest placement	3rd: (Q1-2023)
Nul points	None
Medals

Japan has participated in the Worldvision Song Contest 6 times since making its debut in Q4-2022. The contest is broadcast in Japan by NHK, which also broadcasts Japanese national selection competition, Open Nippon.

Its best results were achieved by Natumi in Q1-2023, who finished in third place. During the entire period of participation, the country was included in the top-5 strongest finals 2 times.

The country was represented only twice by non-Japanese performers: Beverly, who was born in the Philippines but lives in Japan, and Canadian-Korean performer Jeon Somi. Also, together with a Japanese performer Lisa, the country was represented by the Korean boy group Stray Kids.

Participation overview

Table key

	Third place
	Upcoming

Year	Entrant	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi Final	Points
Q4-2022	Nao Aihara	Lighthouse	Japanese, English	10	105	No semi-finals
Q1-2023	Natumi	Parts	Japanese, English	3	169
Q2-2023	BiSH	Sayonara Saraba	Japanese	17	101
Q3-2023	Beverly	One Vision	English	22	74	By rating
Q4-2023	One Ok Rock	Make It Out Alive	English	11	158	7	65
Q1-2024	Jeon Somi	Fast Forward	English, Korean	4	227	4	95
Q2-2024	Stray Kids & Lisa	Social Path	English, Korean	Upcoming		Top 4 in Q1-2024

Spectators

The table below shows the viewers who voted for Japan for each season of the competition:

Season	Full Name & Origin
Q4-2022	Franklyn Baldacchino
Q1-2023	Zied Kurbanov
Q2-2023	Robin Bray
Q3-2023	Mateusz Bluszcz
Q4-2023
Q1-2024
Q2-2024	Misha Charny