| 2023 Rally Japan | |
| Native Name: | FORUM8 Rally Japan 2023 |
| Round: | 13 |
| Season No: | 13 |
| Championship: | 2023 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2023 Central European Rally |
| Rallybase: | Toyota, Aichi Prefecture |
| Start: | Toyota Stadium, Toyota |
| Finish: | Ena, Gifu, Chūbu region |
| Startdate: | 16 |
| Enddate: | 19 November 2023 |
| Stages: | 22 |
| Stagekm: | 304.66 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 665.09 |
| Overallkm: | 969.75 |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
| Driver1: |  Elfyn Evans |
| Codriver1: | Scott Martin |
| Team1: |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Time1: | 3:32:08.8 |
| Driver2: |  Andreas Mikkelsen |
| Codriver2: | Torstein Eriksen |
| Team2: |  Toksport WRT 3 |
| Time2: | 3:39:42.5 |
| Driver3: |  Jason Bailey |
| Codriver3: | Shayne Peterson |
| Time3: | 5:03:05.7 |
| Powerstage Driver: |  Thierry Neuville |
| Powerstage Codriver: | Martijn Wydaeghe |
| Powerstage Team: |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Powerstage Time: | 4:48.8 |
| Crewsreg: | 36 |
| Teamsstart: | 34 |
| Teamsfinish: | 28 |
| Cancel1: | SS4 |
| Reason1: | safety concern |
The 2023 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 16 to 19 November 2023.[2] It marked the eighth running of the Rally Japan, and was the final round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region and was contested over twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of 304.662NaN2.[1]
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were the defending rally winners. Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Grégoire Munster and Louis Louka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won their second rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[5] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak won the 2023 WRC-2 Challenger title.[6] Jason Bailey and Shayne Peterson won the World Rally Championship-3 category.
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were ten Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and one Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.[7] [8]
| 4 |  Esapekka Lappi | Janne Ferm | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
| 6 |  Dani Sordo | Cándido Carrera | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
| 8 |  Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
| 11 | Thierry Neuville | Martijn Wydaeghe | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
| 16 |  Adrien Fourmaux | Alexandre Coria | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
| 17 | Sébastien Ogier | Vincent Landais | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
| 18 | Takamoto Katsuta |  Aaron Johnston | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver | |
| 33 | Elfyn Evans | Scott Martin | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
| 69 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer | |
| 20 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Torstein Eriksen | Toksport WRT 3 | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Driver, Team | |
| 21 | Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | Toksport WRT 3 | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team | |
| 22 |  Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciej Szczepaniak | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
| 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | Sae Kitagawa | Heikki Kovalainen | Škoda Fabia R5 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team | |
| 25 | Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | Daniel Chwist | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
| 26 | Osamu Fukunaga | Misako Saida | Osamu Fukunaga | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
| 27 | Alexander Villanueva | José Murado González | Alexander Villanueva | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
| 28 | Eamonn Boland | Michael Joseph Morrissey | Eamonn Boland | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver | |
| 29 | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
| 30 | Satoshi Imai |  Jason Farmer | Satoshi Imai | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).