The 1997 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 13th edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on 6 April and finished after eight events, also at Fuji Speedway on 2 November. The championship was won by Osamu Nakako, driving for Mugen Honda. [1] [2] [3]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Ref | |
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| 1 | R1 |  Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka | 6 April | Satoshi Motoyama [4] | Races cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. | [5] | ||
| R2 | Ryo Michigami [6] | [7] | ||||||
| 2 | R3 | TI Circuit Aida, Okayama | 11 May | Osamu Nakako | Satoshi Motoyama | Takuya Kurosawa | Mugen Honda | [8] |
| R4 | Osamu Nakako | Osamu Nakako | Osamu Nakako | Mugen Honda | [9] | |||
| 3 | R5 | Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi | 25 May |  Michael Krumm | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Michael Krumm | Toyota Team TOM's | [10] |
| R6 | Michael Krumm | Hideki Okada | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Nismo | [11] | |||
| 4 | R7 | Suzuka Circuit, Mie | 8 June | Takuya Kurosawa | Takuya Kurosawa | Takuya Kurosawa | Mugen Honda | [12] |
| R8 | Takuya Kurosawa | Satoshi Motoyama | Satoshi Motoyama | Nismo | [13] | |||
| 5 | R9 | Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi | 13 July | Satoshi Motoyama | Osamu Nakako | Osamu Nakako | Mugen Honda | [14] |
| R10 | Satoshi Motoyama | Ryo Michigami | Osamu Nakako | Mugen Honda | [15] | |||
| 6 | R11 | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi | 7 September | Akira Iida | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Satoshi Motoyama | Nismo | [16] |
| R12 | Akira Iida | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Akira Iida | HKS Opel Team Japan | [17] | |||
| 7 | R13 | Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō | 21 September | Satoshi Motoyama | Michael Krumm | Takuya Kurosawa | Mugen Honda | [18] |
| R14 | Takuya Kurosawa | Ryo Michigami | Takuya Kurosawa | Mugen Honda | [19] | |||
| 8 | R15 | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka | 2 November | Naoki Hattori | Osamu Nakako | Osamu Nakako | Mugen Honda | [20] |
| R16 | Naoki Hattori | Naoki Hattori | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Nismo | [21] | |||
Points were awarded 15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 10 finishers in each race, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. Drivers would have counted their best 12 scores, but with the cancellation of the first two races of the season, only the ten best were counted.
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