2025 Kyojo Cup season

2025 Kyojo Cup

Drivers' Champion: Rio Shimono

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Parent series:
Super Formula
Inter Proto Series

The 2025 Kyojo Cup season was the ninth season of the Kyojo Cup, promoted by Inter Proto Motorsports Co., Ltd.

This is the first season using the Hybrid KCMG KC MG-01, previously used in the 2019 and 2022 FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cups. The FCR-VITA01, which was used from 2017 to 2024, will continue to race in the FCR-Vita series. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Teams and drivers

All teams will compete with an identical KCMG KC MG-01 chassis and Abarth 1.4-litre turbocharged hybrid engine, with Bridgestone as the tire supplier for the series. ^{[4] [3]}

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
BigBoss W Team TOM'S [5]	1	Aimi Saito [5]	All
	37	Hana Burton [5] [6]	All
docomo business ROOKIE [5]	4	Mako Hirakawa [5]	All
Kids com Team KCMG [5]	7	Miki Onaga [5]	All
	8	Rami Sasaki [5]	All
	9	Kelsey Pinkowski [7]	All
	10	Reina Amaya [8]	1–2
		Flame Airikkala [7]	3–5
Fujisan Shizuoka Racing [3]	12	Yuika Hosokawa [3]	All
AiWin Re-Kobe [5]	17	Itsumo Shiraishi [5]	All
Mihara Racing Team [3]	32	Kilei Kanemoto [9]	All
Fukuda racing [3]	33	Marie Iwaoka [3]	All
Team Optimus Cerumo・INGING [N 1] [5] INGING 2W zoomies Singha Sittipol Nexzter [N 1] [3]	38	Kokoro Sato [5]	All
	39	Riona Tomishita [5]	All
	59	Sitarvee Limnantharak [3]	All
Dojo Racing [3]	46	Ayumu Nagai [10]	All
TGM Grand Prix [3]	53	Miku Ikejima [3]	All
	55	Maaya Orido [3]	All
ATeam Buzz Racing [3]	57	Zhao Yunqing [3]	All
Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul with Dr.Dry [5]	86	Rio Shimono [5]	All
Autolook Racing [3]	87	Ryu Yamamoto [11]	All
Source: [12]

Calendar and results

The provisional calendar for 2025 was confirmed on 8 September 2024, which consists of five rounds all taking place at Fuji Speedway. ^[13] The official dates were confirmed in mid-January. ^{[14] [15]} The series announced there will be 2 races in each round, with Sprint race held on Saturday which consists of 10 laps to determine as well for the Feature race grid, and Feature race on Sunday consists of 12 laps. ^{[3] [12]}

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	SR	Fuji Speedway	10 May	Rio Shimono	Rio Shimono	Rio Shimono	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul with Dr.Dry	Fuji Champion Race Series Inter Proto Series
	FR		11 May		Rio Shimono	Rio Shimono	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul with Dr.Dry
2	SR		19 July	Aimi Saito	Aimi Saito	Aimi Saito	BigBoss W Team TOM'S	Super Formula Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
	FR		20 July		Miki Onaga	Miki Onaga	Kids com Team KCMG
3	SR		16 August	Aimi Saito	Aimi Saito	Rio Shimono	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul with Dr.Dry	Fuji Champion Race Series Inter Proto Series
	FR		17 August		Miki Onaga	Rio Shimono	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul with Dr.Dry
4	SR		11 October	Rio Shimono	Miki Onaga	Rio Shimono	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul with Dr.Dry	Super Formula Honda N-One Owner's Cup
	FR		12 October		Rio Shimono	Rio Shimono	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul with Dr.Dry
5	SR		8 November	Rio Shimono	Miki Onaga	Rio Shimono	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul with Dr.Dry	Fuji Champion Race Series Inter Proto Series
	FR		9 November

Season summary

Round one

Round one of the season took place between 9–11 May. Qualifying and the sprint race took place on 10 May, with rainy and low visibility conditions lasting throughout the day. Rio Shimono took pole position, Hana Burton took second with a time 20 milliseconds slower than Shimono, and Miki Onaga qualified third. The sprint race started under a safety car due to damp conditions. The safety car ended after 2 laps, with Onaga moving up to second and Burton falling to fifth. On the second to last lap, Maaya Orido and Yuika Hosokawa collided, with the prior retiring from the race and the latter continuing, although a lap down. Shimono finished the race in first, ahead of Onaga and Mako Hirakawa, who were 9.638 seconds and 12.152 seconds behind Shimono, respectively. ^{[16] [17]}

With the feature race's start grid being set by the sprint race's finishing order, Shimono started the feature race in first. Halfway through the race, Kokoro Sato overtook Hirakawa for third place. Hirakawa continued to lose multiple positions, but was able to finish fourth. TOM'S driver Aimi Saito gained multiple places throughout the race, finishing in seventh. With Sato holding onto third, Onaga maintained second place, finishing 9.175 seconds behind Shimono. Shimono had a dominant weekend, claiming both race victories and achieving the maximum possible points for the round. ^{[17] [18]}

Championship standings

Sprint race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Feature race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Qualifying points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd
Points	3	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 FUJ4 FUJ5 Points SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR 1 Rio Shimono 11 1 32 3 13 1 11 1 11 129 2 Miki Onaga 23 2 2 1 16 6 23 4 23 83 3 Aimi Saito 14 7 11 2 191 10 5 2 32 63 4 Kokoro Sato 4 3 4 6 6 5 3 5 5 51 5 Riona Tomishita 9 11 7 5 3 3 9 3 Ret 36 6 Rami Sasaki 7 6 9 19 5 2 112 9 4 35 7 Mako Hirakawa 3 4 10 12 2 4 10 8 13 33 8 Itsumo Shiraishi 12 10 5 7 42 17 4 6 Ret 26 9 Ayumu Nagai 5 8 6 4 17 16 18 12 Ret 18 10 Kilei Kanemoto 8 5 11 15 8 7 7 7 Ret 18 11 Hana Burton 62 9 Ret3 8 12 14 8 10 6 16 12 Miku Ikejima 10 12 8 9 7 8 6 17 Ret 11 13 Ryu Yamamoto 18 18 14 18 20 15 15 14 7 2 14 Marie Iwaoka 11 14 12 10 13 13 14 11 8 2 15 Sitarvee Limnantharak 13 13 13 11 10 9 20 18 10 2 16 Maaya Orido 19 20 15 13 15 11 12 13 9 0 17 Flame Airikkala 9 18 13 15 Ret 0 18 Yuika Hosokawa 20 16 17 14 11 12 16 16 11 0 19 Zhao Yunqing 15 19 19 16 18 19 19 19 12 0 20 Kelsey Pinkowski 16 17 18 17 14 20 17 20 Ret 0 21 Reina Amaya 17 15 17 Ret 0 Pos Driver SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR Points FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 FUJ4 FUJ5

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

Notes

1. Cars No. 38 and No. 39 entered as Team Optimus Cerumo・INGING, cars No. 59 entered as INGING 2W zoomies Singha Sittipol Nexzter

References

1. "📣 Just unveiled: Say hello to the new #KYOJOCUP machine. The KYOJO FORMULA KC-MG01 is set to debut in 2025. This hybrid-powered car will succeed the current VITA-01, meaning the all-female series will turn into a formula series. An exciting development!". X.com. 20 July 2024.
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12. Intan, Maiya (9 May 2025). "Kyojo Cup: 2025 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
13. "NEWS Here's the provisional 2025 calendar for the Kyojo Cup!". X.com. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
14. "NEWS 🇯🇵 Here is the updated 2025 calendar for the Kyojo Cup!". X.com. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
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External links

• Official website