2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

Last updated March 04, 2025

The 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
KMSA Motorsport N	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	3	Choi Jeongweon	3–5
KMSA Motorsport N	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	65	Masanobu Kato	5
Tamada Racing / Team LeMans	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Seiji Tamada	All
Tamada Racing / Team LeMans	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Tobio Otani	5
Birth Racing Project	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	17	Kenji Suzuki	1–4
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	17	Kento Kimura	5
	CUPRA Leon Competición TCR	19	"Hirobon"	1–2, 5
	CUPRA Leon Competición TCR	19	Takeshi Suehiro	3–4
55MOTO Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR	55	"Mototino"	All
Audi Team Mars	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	65	Masanobu Kato	1–4
J's Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	69	Junichi Umemoto	All
J's Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	690	Hideo Kubota	4
Hagoromo Six DOME Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR	98	Anna Inotsume	All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 3 January 2023 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Suzuka Circuit	13 May	Anna Inotsume	"Hirobon"	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
1	2	Suzuka Circuit	14 May	"Hirobon"	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2	3	Okayama International Circuit	10 June	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2	4	Okayama International Circuit	11 June	"Hirobon"	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
3	5	Twin Ring Motegi	19 August	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Birth Racing Project
3	6	Twin Ring Motegi	20 August	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Birth Racing Project
4	7	Fuji Speedway	7 October	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
4	8	Fuji Speedway	8 October	Anna Inotsume	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Birth Racing Project
5	9	Sportsland Sugo	25 November	Choi Jeongweon	"Hirobon"	Choi Jeongweon	KMSA Motorsport N
5	10	Sportsland Sugo	26 November	Tobio Otani	Tobio Otani	Tobio Otani	Tamada Racing / Team LeMans

Championship standings

Scoring systems

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

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos.	Driver	SUZ	OKA	MOT	FUJ	SUG	Pts.
1	Anna Inotsume	1¹	1¹	Ret²	1¹	4⁴	108
2	Masanobu Kato	3⁴	3⁵	3⁴	DNS	3²	69
3	"Hirobon"	2²	4³			2³	58
4	"Mototino"	5⁵	Ret²	2³	5	7	52
5	Takeshi Suehiro			1¹	2³		51
6	Junichi Umemoto	6	2⁴	Ret	4⁴	6	50
7	Kenji Suzuki	4³	5	5⁵	6⁵		45
8	Choi Jeongweon			6†	7	1¹	44
9	Seiji Tamada	7	6	4	8	8	34
10	Hideo Kubota				3²		19
11	Kento Kimura					5⁵	11
	Tobio Otani					WD
Pos.	Driver	SUZ	OKA	MOT	FUJ	SUG	Pts.

TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos.	Driver	SUZ	OKA	MOT	FUJ	SUG	Pts.
1	Anna Inotsume	1²	1²	Ret²	2¹	2²	107
2	"Mototino"	3³	3⁴	4⁵	4⁵	4	73
3	Masanobu Kato	4⁴	2³	2⁴	Ret	8⁵	60
4	Takeshi Suehiro			1¹	1³		58
5	"Hirobon"	2¹	5¹			3³	56
6	Junichi Umemoto	6⁵	4	6	6⁴	5	49
7	Choi Jeongweon			3³	3	7	39
8	Kenji Suzuki	5	7⁵	5	7		33
9	Tobio Otani					1¹	30
10	Seiji Tamada	Ret	6	7	5	WD	24
11	Kento Kimura					6⁴	10
12	Hideo Kubota				Ret²		4
Pos.	Driver	SUZ	OKA	MOT	FUJ	SUG	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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
¹²³⁴⁵ – Points-scoring position in qualifying

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

Entrants championship

Pos.	Entrant	No.	SUZ		OKA		MOT		FUJ		SUG		Pts.
1	Birth Racing Project	19	2²	2¹	4³	5¹	1¹	1¹	2³	1³	2³	3³	223
2	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing	98	1¹	1²	1¹	1²	Ret²	Ret²	1¹	2¹	4⁴	2²	215
3	55MOTO Racing	55	5⁵	3³	Ret²	3⁴	2³	4⁵	5	4⁵	7	4	125
4	Audi Team Mars	65	3⁴	4⁴	3⁵	2³	3⁴	2⁴	DNS	Ret			105
5	J's Racing	69	6	6⁵	2⁴	4	Ret	6	4⁴	6⁴	6	5	99
6	Birth Racing Project	17	4³	5	5	7⁵	5⁵	5	6⁵	7	5⁵	6⁴	99
7	Tamada Racing / Team LeMans	7	7	Ret	6	6	4	7	8	5	8	1¹	88
8	KMSA Motorsport N	3					6†	3³	7	3	1¹	7	83
9	KMSA Motorsport N	65									3²	8⁵	24
10	J's Racing	690							3²	Ret²			23
Pos.	Driver	No.	SUZ		OKA		MOT		FUJ		SUG		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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)