2024 Japan Cup Series Explained

The 2024 Japan Cup Series is the third season of the Japan Cup Series, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan, co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 8 June at the Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled to end on 25 August at Okayama International Circuit in Okayama.^[1]

Starting from this season, the Japan Cup had separated from the main GTWCA race, and would run as a stand-alone race.^[1]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi	8–9 June
2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka	22–23 June
3	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie	6–7 July
4	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama	24–25 August
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Entry list

Team Car Engine Drivers Class Rounds GT3 Comet Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 7 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Am All Yusuke Yamasaki Bingo Racing[3] Corvette C7 GT3-R Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 Ukyo Sasahara PA 1 Shinji Takei[4] 1 Am 2–4 "" 2–4 D'station Racing[5] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Kenji Hama Am 1–2 Tatsuya Hoshino Team MACCHINA[6] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 55 Tadao Uematsu Am All Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports[7] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 81 Nobuyuki Oyagi Am 2, 4 Ryuichiro Oyagi K-tunes Racing[8] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 96 Morio Nitta PA All Kazunori Suenaga Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 98 Shinichi Takagi PA All Daisuke Yamawaki RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Masaaki Nishikawa Am All Atsushi Tanaka Maezawa Racing[9] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 nowrap rowspan="2" Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 555 Yusaku Maezawa PA 4 Naoki Yokomizo ANR with VSR[10] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 563 Akira Mizutani PA 1 Yuki Nemoto Seven x Seven With KFM[11] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 666 "" PA 4 Kiyoto Fujinami GTC ABSSA Motorsport[12] Ferrari 488 Challenge Ferrari F154 4.0 L V8 16 Masataka Inoue PA 3 Kiwamu Katayama Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Satoshi Konno 4 Keita Sawa GAMA 83 Racing[13] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 83 Makoto Haga align=center rowspan="2" Am 2–4 Mineki Okura 4 GT4 ABSSA Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 16 Takashi Toyoda Am 1–2 Kiwamu Katayama 1 Yasuto Fukui 2 nowrap rowspan="3" Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 38 Takeshi Suehiro SA All Toshiyuki Ochiai 1, 3–4 nowrap Noriyuki Higuchi 2 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 39 nowrap Haridarma Manoppo SA All Seita Nonaka 1, 3–4 Kazuhisa Urabe 2 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Kenji Hama Am 3–4 Tatsuya Hoshino YZ Racing BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 50 Yuki Fujii SA All Masaki Kano JBR[14] McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838 3.8 L Turbo V8 64 Yasutaka Ando Am 2 Osamu Kondo "" 3 Miou Katayama Sunrise BLVD Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 82 Daiki Fujiwara SA All Yoshimoto Makino K-tunes Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 97 Yoshichika Nagai SA All nowrap Masahiko Kageyama 1–3 Ryohei Sakaguchi 4

Icon Class Drivers PA Pro-Am Cup SA nowrap Silver-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners		GT4 Silver-Am Winner	GT4 Am Winner
1	1	Sportsland SUGO	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 9 Bingo Racing	No. 55 Team MACCHINA		No. 50 YZ Racing	nowrap	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Tadao Uematsu		Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano	Kiwamu Katayama Takashi Toyoda
	R2		nowrap	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	nowrap		No. 9 Bingo Racing	nowrap	No. 55 Team MACCHINA	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Tadao Uematsu		Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Kiwamu Katayama Takashi Toyoda
2	1	Fuji Speedway	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	nowrap	No. 98 K-tunes Racing		No. 55 Team MACCHINA	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 64 JBR
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Tadao Uematsu		Haridarma Manoppo Kazuhisa Urabe	Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo
	R2		No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 55 Team MACCHINA		No. 82 Sunrise BLVD	No. 64 JBR
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Tadao Uematsu		Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino	Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo
3	1	Suzuka	No. 9 Bingo Racing	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	No. 7 Comet Racing		No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	No. 47 D'station Racing
			"" Shinji Takei	Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga	Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki		Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino
	R2		No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 7 Comet Racing		No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	No. 47 D'station Racing
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki		Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino
4	1	Okayama	nowrap	No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM	nowrap		No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM	No. 9 Bingo Racing	No. 50 YZ Racing	No. 47 D'station Racing
			"" Kiyoto Fujinami	"" Kiyoto Fujinami	"" Shinji Takei		Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino
	R2		No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 9 Bingo Racing		No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	No. 47 D'station Racing
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	"" Shinji Takei		Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championships

Driver Team SUG FUJ SUZ OKA Points GT3 1 Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki No. 98 K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 169 2 Shinji Takei No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 4 5 Ret DSQ 3 3 108 3 Tadao Uematsu No. 55 Team MACCHINA 4 3 3 2 4 4 5 8 107 4 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki No. 7 Comet Racing 6 4 5 3 3 3 7 4 100 5 Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga No. 96 K-tunes Racing 5 5 2 4 1 2 WD WD 93 6 Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 6 5 5 8 7 62 7 "" No. 9 Bingo Racing 4 5 Ret DSQ 3 3 58 8 Masaaki Nishikawa No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 WD 5 5 8 7 54 9 Ukyo Sasahara No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 50 10 Nobuyuki Oyagi Ryuichiro Oyagi No. 81 Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports 7 8 6 5 34 11 Akira Mizutani Yuki Nemoto No. 563 ANR With VSR 3 7 21 12 Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 7 Ret 6 7 20 GTC 1 Makoto Haga No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing 13 13 10 7 9 14 129 2 Masataka Inoue Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 6 6 50 3 Mineki Okura No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing 9 14 50 4 Satoshi Konno Keita Sawa No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 10 16 36 GT4 1 Takeshi Suehiro No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 11 12 7 8 13 9 153 2 Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano No. 50 YZ Racing 9 10 12 10 8 9 11 11 146 3 Haridarma Manoppo No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 11 9 10 12 10 143 4 Toshiyuki Ochiai No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 7 8 13 9 126 5 Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino No. 82 Sunrise BLVD 11 11 10 9 11 14 15 12 112 6 Seita Nonaka No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 10 12 10 103 7 Yoshichika Nagai No. 97 K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 14 15 78 8 Masahiko Kageyama No. 97 K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 56 9 Kazuhisa Urabe No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 9 11 40 10 Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 12 11 16 13 40 11 Takashi Toyoda No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 16 28 12 Noriyuki Higuchi No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 11 12 27 13 Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 14 Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo No. 64 JBR 15 15 16 15 Ryohei Sakaguchi No. 16 K-tunes Racing 14 15 20 16 Yasuto Fukui No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 16 16 12 Guest drivers ineligible to score points GT3 — "" Kiyoto Fujinami No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM 1 6 — — Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo No. 555 Maezawa Racing 4 2 — GT4 — "" Miou Katayama No. 64 JBR 14 11 — Driver Team SUG FUJ SUZ OKA Points

Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Pro-Am Cup

	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points
GT3
1	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	154
2	Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	4	3	2	2	1	2	WD	WD	106
3	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	No. 9 Bingo Racing	1	1							50
4	Akira Mizutani Yuki Nemoto	No. 563 ANR With VSR	3	4							27
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
GT3
—	"" Kiyoto Fujinami	No. 666 Seven x Seven With KFM							1	3	—
—	Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo	No. 555 Maezawa Racing							3	2	—
	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points

Silver-Am Cup

	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points
GT4
1	Takeshi Suehiro	No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	2	2	3	4	1	1	3	1	153
2	Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano	No. 50 YZ Racing	1	3	4	2	2	2	1	3	146
3	Haridarma Manoppo	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	4	1	1	3	3	3	2	P	143
4	Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino	No. 82 Sunrise BLVD	3	4	2	1	4	5	5	4	114
5	Toshiyuki Ochiai	No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	2	2			1	1	3	1	126
6	Seita Nonaka	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	4	1			3	3	2	2	103
7	Yoshichika Nagai	No. 97 K-tunes Racing	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	84
8	Masahiko Kageyama	No. 97 K-tunes Racing	5	5	5	5	5	4			62
9	Kazuhisa Urabe	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia			1	3					40
10	Noriyuki Higuchi	No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing			3	4					27
11	Ryohei Sakaguchi	No. 16 K-tunes Racing							4	5	22
	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points

Am Cup

	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points
GT3
1	Tadao Uematsu	No. 55 Team MACCHINA	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	5	154
2	Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki	No. 7 Comet Racing	2	2	3	2	1	1	4	2	149
3	Atsushi Tanaka	No. 360 RunUp Sports	4	3	6	4	3	3	5	4	99
4	Masaaki Nishikawa	No. 360 RunUp Sports	4	3	6	WD	3	3	5	4	87
5	"" Shinji Takei	No. 9 Bingo Racing			2	3	Ret	DSQ	1	1	83
6	Nobuyuki Oyagi Ryuichiro Oyagi	No. 81 Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports			5	6			3	3	48
7	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino	No. 47 D'station Racing	3	Ret	4	5					37
GT4
1	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino	No. 47 D'station Racing					1	1	1	1	100
2	Takashi Toyoda	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport	1	1	2	2					86
3	Kiwamu Katayama	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport	1	1							50
4	Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo	No. 64 JBR			1	1					50
5	Yasuto Fukui	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport			2	2					36
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
GT4
—	"" Miou Katayama	No. 64 JBR					2	2			—
	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points

Teams' Championship

	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points
GT3
1	K-tunes Racing	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	272
	5	5	2	4	2	2	WD	WD
2	Team MACCHINA	4	3	3	2	4	4	5	8	115
3	Bingo Racing	1	1	4	5	Ret	DSQ	3	3	105
4	Comet Racing	6	4	5	3	3	3	7	4	100
5	RunUp Sports	8	7	8	6	5	5	8	7	62
6	Team DAISHIN with GTNET Motorsports			7	8			6	5	34
7	ANR With VSR	3	7							21
8	D'station Racing	7	Ret	6	7					20
GT4
1	Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	10	9	11	12	7	8	13	9	153
2	YZ Racing	9	10	12	10	8	9	11	11	146
3	Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	12	8	9	11	9	10	12	10	143
4	Sunrise BLVD	11	11	10	9	11	14	15	12	112
5	K-tunes Racing	13	12	14	14	13	13	14	15	78
6	D'station Racing					12	12	16	13	38
7	ABSSA Motorsport	14	13	16	16					28
8	JBR			15	15					16
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
GT3
—	Seven x Seven With KFM							1	6	—
—	Maezawa Racing							4	2	—
GT4
—	JBR					14	13			—
	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points

See also

• 2024 British GT Championship
• 2024 GT World Challenge Europe
• 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2024 GT World Challenge America
• 2024 GT World Challenge Australia
• 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-11-09. SRO to stage separate Japan Cup and Fanatec GT Asia races from 2024. 2023-11-09. Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS. en-GB.
2. News: Comet Racing Enters 2024 Japan Cup with Ferrari 296. Klein. Jamie. 19 December 2023. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 19 December 2023.
3. News: Bingo Racing Corvette To Return In Japan Cup. 22 February 2024. dailysportscar.com. O'Connell. RJ. 22 February 2024.
4. News: Preview: Fuji braced for record-breaking GT gathering. 17 June 2024. gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 17 June 2024.
5. News: D'station confirms 2024 Fanatec GT Asia and Japan Cup programmes. 21 December 2023. 21 December 2023. gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group.
6. News: Asian News Notebook: Super GT, Japan Cup & GT World Challenge Asia. 21 March 2024. dailysportscar.com. O'Connell. RJ. 21 March 2024.
7. News: Team DAISHIN ／GTNETがJapan Cup富士大会に大八木信行／大八木龍一郎の親子コンビで参戦. 11 June 2024. gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 June 2024.
8. News: SRO Asia Notebook (8/3/2024). 8 March 2024. dailysportscar.com. 8 March 2024.
9. News: Maezawa Racing confirms Japan Cup debut at Okayama. 13 August 2024. gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 August 2024.
10. News: Entry List Published For 2024 SRO Japan Cup At Sugo. 31 May 2024. dailysportscar.com. O'Connell. RJ. 21 May 2024.
11. News: Preview: 2024 hits half-distance as SRO GT PowerTour heads to Suzuka. 3 July 2024. gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 July 2024.
12. News: Preview: 2024 hits half-distance as SRO GT PowerTour heads to Suzuka. 3 July 2024. gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 July 2024.
13. News: More domestic and international teams commit to Japan Cup. 2 February 2024. gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 2 February 2024.
14. News: Tomonobu Fujii Launches "JBR" and Announces Entries to GT World Challenge Asia Japan Cup and the 24 Hours of Dubai.. 4 June 2024. team-jbr.com. 4 June 2024.