2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

Last updated October 28, 2025

The 2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the third season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2021 Super Formula Championship.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Nilzz Racing^[1]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Keiichi Inoue	1, 4
Nilzz Racing^[1]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Jun Makino	5
Adenau IDI Golf TCR^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	10	Jun Sato	1−2, 5
Birth Racing Project^[1]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	17	Kenji Suzuki	All
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	18	Takeshi Matsumoto	3
	CUPRA León TCR	19	'Kusako'	All
Audi Team Hitotsuyama^[1]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	21	Takuro Shinohara	3
		21	Yuki Fujii	1
		101	Yuki Fujii	4
Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG ^[2]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	45	Naoto Takeda	1
Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG ^[2]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	45	Takuya Shirasaka	2
55MOTO Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	55	'Mototino'	3−6
Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	62	Resshu Shioya	5−6
Audi Team Mars	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	65	Masanobu Kato	All
Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing^[2]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	71	Masayoshi Oyama	All
M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse^[1]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	73	Mineki Okura	1−2, 4−6
Dome Racing ^[2]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	97	Akihiko Nakaya	1
			Ai Miura	2−3
			Yusuke Shiotsu	4
		98	Anna Inotsume	5−6

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 10 February 2021 with 6 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting series
1	1	Fuji Speedway	3 April	'Hirobon'	Yuki Fujii	Keiichi Inoue	Nilzz Racing	Super Formula
1	2	Fuji Speedway	4 April	Yuki Fujii	Masanobu Kato	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
2	3	Autopolis	15 May	Takuya Shirasaka	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
2	4	Autopolis	16 May	Ai Miura	Race cancelled due to heavy rain
3	5	Sportsland Sugo	24 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project	SUGO Champion Cup
	6		24 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project
	7		25 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takuro Shinohara	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project
4	8	Twin Ring Motegi	28 August	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project	Super Formula
4	9	Twin Ring Motegi	29 August	Yusuke Shiotsu	Yusuke Shiotsu	Yuki Fujii	Audi Team Hitotsuyama
5	10	Twin Ring Motegi	16 October	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse
5	11	Twin Ring Motegi	17 October	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
6	12	Suzuka Circuit	30 October	'Hirobon'	Anna Inotsume	Resshu Shioya	Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion
6	13	Suzuka Circuit	31 October	'Hirobon'	Masanobu Kato	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project

Championship standings

Scoring systems

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

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos.	Driver	FUJ	ATP	SUG	MT1	MT2	SUZ	Pts.
1	'Hirobon'	8¹	1²	2³	1¹	3³	6¹	120
2	Masanobu Kato	Ret⁵	3⁴	3⁵	5⁵	2⁴	3	80
3	Mineki Okura	5	8⁵		3⁴	1¹	5	72
4	Sioja Resszu					4²	1⁴	43
5	Kenji Suzuki	6	7	5	8	7	8³	41
6	Jun Sato	2⁴	6			5		38
7	Masayoshi Oyama	7	5	7	Ret	6	7	36
8	Keiichi Inoue	1³			7			34
9	Macumotó Takesi			1¹				30
10	'Mototino'			6	6	Ret	4⁵	29
11	Inocume Anna					8⁵	2²	27
12	Miura Ai		2³	Ret⁴				23
13	Siocu Juszuke				2²			22
14	Siraszaka Takuja		4¹					17
15	Sinohara Takuró			4²				16
16	Akihiko Nakaya	3
17	Fudzsii Júki				4³			15
18	Naoto Takeda	4						12
19	Yuki Fujii	9²						6
20	Makinó Dzsun					9		2
Pos.	Driver	FUJ	ATP	SUG	MT1	MT2	SUZ	Pts.

TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos.	Driver	FUJ	ATP	SG1	SG2	MT1	MT2	SUZ	Pts.
1	'Hirobon'	1²	C	2⁴	4⁴	7	1⁴	1¹	126
2	Masanobu Kato	2³	C	4⁵	5⁵	5⁵	2²	2²	100
3	Macumotó Takesi			1¹	1¹				60
4	Mineki Okura	3⁴	C			9	4¹	5⁴	48
5	Sinohara Takuró			3²	2²				41
6	Masayoshi Oyama	9	C	7	6	3	7	8	41
7	'Mototino'			6	7	6	5³	7	41
8	Sioja Resszu						3⁵	3⁵	32
9	Miura Ai		C	5³	3³				31
10	Fudzsii Júki					1²			29
11	Siocu Juszuke					2¹			23
12	Inocume Anna						6	4³	23
13	Keiichi Inoue	7				4			18
14	Yuki Fujii	4¹							17
15	Jun Sato	5⁵	C				9		13
16	Akihiko Nakaya	6							8
17	Naoto Takeda	8							4
18	Makinó Dzsun						10		1
19	Kenji Suzuki	Ret							0
20	Siraszaka Takuja		C						0
Pos.	Driver	FUJ	ATP	SG1	SG2	MT1	MT2	SUZ	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Entrants championship

Pos.	Entrant	No.	FUJ		ATP		SUG			MOT1		MOT2		SUZ		Pts.
Pos.	Entrant	No.	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD1	Pts.
1	Birth Racing Project	19	8¹	1²	1²	C	2³	2⁴	4⁴	1¹	7⁴	3³	1⁴	6¹	1¹	246
2	Audi Team Mars	65	Ret⁵	2³	3⁴	C	3⁵	4⁵	5⁵	5⁵	5⁵	2⁴	2²	3	2²	180
3	Dome Racing	97	3	6	2³	C	Kiz⁴	5³	3³	2²	2¹					122
4	M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse	73	5	3⁴	8⁵	C				3⁴	9	1¹	4¹	5	5⁴	120
5	Birth Racing Project	18					1¹	1¹	1¹							90
6	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	21	9²	4¹			4²	3²	2²							80
7	55MOTO Racing	55					6	6	7	6	6	Ret	5³	4⁵	7	79
8	Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing	71	7	9	5	C	7	7	6	Ret	3	6	7	7	8	77
9	Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion	62										4²	3⁵	1⁴	3⁵	75
10	Birth Racing Project	17	6	Ret	7	C	5	8	8	8	Ret³	7	8	8³	6	64
11	Nillz Racing	7	1³	7						7	4	9	10			55
12	Adenau IDI Golf TCR	10	2⁴	5⁵	6	C						5	9			51
12	Dome Racing	98										8⁵	6	2²	4³	50
14	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	101								4³	1²					44
15	Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG	45	4	8	4¹	C										31
Pos.	Driver	No.	FUJ		ATP		SUG			MOT1		MOT2		SUZ		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes

References

1 2 3 4 5 "TCR Japan issues ten-car 2021 entry list". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
1 2 3 "Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
↑ "TCR Japan issues 2021 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

External links

TCR Japan Touring Car Series Official website

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[Entry-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "TCR Japan issues ten-car 2021 entry list". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-26.

[Hondas-2] 1 2 3 "Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.

[3] "TCR Japan issues 2021 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

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