2025 SRO Japan Cup

2025 SRO Japan Cup

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Parent series:
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The 2025 SRO Japan Cup is the fourth season of the SRO Japan Cup, 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, GTC-spec and GT4-spec cars with hopes of GT2-spec entries. The season began on 8 June at the Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled to end on 14 September Suzuka International Circuit in Okayama. ^[1]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi	13–15 June
2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka	11–13 July
3	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama	29–31 August
4	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie	12–14 September
Sources: [1] [2]

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds GT3 Team Macchina [3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 1 Hirokazu Suzuki [4] Am 1–3 Tadao Uematsu [3] Bingo Racing with LM corsa [5] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 Ukyo Sasahara [5] PA 1–3 Shinji Takei [5] Team UpGarage with ACR [6] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 18 "Akita" [6] PA 1–3 Takashi Kobayashi [6] Max Racing [7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Yuya Motojima [4] PA 1–3 Yudai Uchida [4] Ponos Racing [8] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 45 Kei Cozzolino [8] PA 1–3 Yorikatsu Tsujiko [8] CarGuy Racing [3] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 66 Kazuki Ota [3] Am 1–3 Takashi Toyoda [3] Akiland Racing [4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 71 Masayoshi Oyama [4] Am 1 Masayuki Ueda [4] Team Daishin with GTNET [9] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 81 Ryuichiro Oyagi [9] Am 2–3 Nobuyuki Oyagi [9] 3 Galah Racing With GTNET [4] 935 "Galah" [4] PA 2 Natsu Sakaguchi [4] Art Taste with JMS Racing [4] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 84 Nobuhiro Imada [4] Am 2 Yasuhiro Shimizu [4] K-tunes Racing [5] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 96 Nirei Fukuzumi [5] PA 1–3 Kazunori Suenaga [5] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 98 Shinichi Takagi [5] PA 1–3 Daisuke Yamawaki [5] Norik Racing [4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 181 Taku Bamba [4] PA 3 Norikazu Shibata [4] Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing [10] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 296 Shintaro Kawabata [10] PA 1–3 Akihiro Tsuzuki [10] RunUp Sports [9] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Masaaki Nishikawa [9] Am 1–3 Atsushi Tanaka [9] Maezawa Racing [11] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 555 Yusaku Maezawa [11] PA 1–3 Naoki Yokomizo [11] Seven x Seven Racing [12] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 666 "Bankcy" [12] PA 1–3 Kiyoto Fujinami [12] 1 Taichi Watarai [13] 2–3 GTC NGR [14] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 "Hiro" [14] Am 2 Hipoint Racing [15] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 Tomohisa Furuya [15] Am 1–2 Satoshi Konno [15] AWD Racing [16] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 Jake Parsons [16] PA 2 Jesse Anthony Swinimer [16] Gama83 Racing [4] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 83 Makoto Haga [4] PA 2 Mineki Okura [13] Caratt Racing [4] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 94 Takashi Sano [4] PA 2 Takuya Shirasaka [13] Bingo Racing [4] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 888 Tiger Wu [4] Am 1–3 GT4 Destino with Sunrise BLVD [4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 15 Kohei Azuma [4] Am 2 Hiroaki Nagasawa [4] Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD [3] 82 Daiki Fujiwara [11] SA 1–3 Yoshimoto Makino [11] Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia [17] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo 2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 39 Haridarma Manoppo [17] SA 1–3 Seita Nonaka [17] Murakami Motors [4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 88 Hiroyuki Murakami [4] SA 3 Soichiro Yoshida [18] K-tunes Racing [5] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo 2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 97 Betty Chen [4] Am 1–2 Yoshichika Nagai [19]

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

Race results

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

GT3
Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	SUGO	No. 18 Team UpGarage with ACR	No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa	Team Macchina
			"Akita" Takashi Kobayashi	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu
	R2		No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa	No. 24 Max Racing	No. 1 Team Macchina
			Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Yuya Motojima Yudai Uchida	Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu
2	R1	Fuji	No. 296 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing	No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing	No. 1 Team Macchina
			Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki	"Bankcy" Taichi Watarai	Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu
	R2		No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa	No. 296 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing	No. 81 Team Daishin with GTNET
			Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki	Ryuichiro Oyagi
3	R1	Okayama	No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing	No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa	No. 1 Team Macchina
			"Bankcy" Taichi Watarai	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu
	R2		No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa
			Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei
4	R1	Suzuka
	R2
GTC
Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	SUGO	No. 888 Bingo Racing	No entries	No. 888 Bingo Racing
			Tiger Wu		Tiger Wu
	R2		No. 888 Bingo Racing		No. 888 Bingo Racing
			Tiger Wu		Tiger Wu
2	R1	Fuji	No. 27 AWD Racing	No. 27 AWD Racing	No. 888 Bingo Racing
			Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer	Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer	Tiger Wu
	R2		No. 27 AWD Racing	No. 27 AWD Racing	No. 16 NGR
			Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer	Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer	"Hiro"
3	R1	Okayama	No. 888 Bingo Racing	No entries	No. 888 Bingo Racing
			Tiger Wu		Tiger Wu
	R2		No. 888 Bingo Racing
			Tiger Wu
4	R1	Suzuka
	R2
GT4
Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Silver/Am Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	SUGO	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 97 K-tunes Racing
			Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai
	R2		No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 97 K-tunes Racing
			Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai
2	R1	Fuji	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 97 K-tunes Racing
			Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai
	R2		No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No classified finishers
			Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino	Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka
3	R1	Okayama	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No entries
			Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka
	R2		No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia
			Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka
4	R1	Suzuka
	R2

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

Pos. Driver Team SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Points GT3 1 Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing 3 3 2 1 7 79 2 Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Bingo Racing with LM corsa 1 2 7 8 1 P 78 3 "Bankcy" Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 1 4 6 69 4 Yuya Motojima Yudai Uchida Max Racing 5 1 Ret 5 9 47 5 Taichi Watarai Seven x Seven Racing 1 4 6 45 6 "Akita" Takashi Kobayashi Team UpGarage with ACR 6 9 3 16 2 43 7 Nirei Fukuzumi Kazunori Suenaga K-tunes Racing 8 6 5 7 5 38 8 Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko Ponos Racing 2 Ret Ret 2 17† 36 9 Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki K-tunes Racing 7 5 17 Ret 3 31 10 Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo Maezawa Racing Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 27 11 Kiyoto Fujinami Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 24 12 Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu Team Macchina 9 7 6 10 8 21 13 Ryuichiro Oyagi Team Daishin with GTNET 8 6 10 13 14 Taku Bamba Norikazu Shibata Norik Racing 4 12 15 Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda Akiland Racing 10 8 5 16 Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka RunUp Sports 14 10 10 Ret 13 3 16 Nobuhiro Imada Yasuhiro Shimizu Art Taste with JMS Racing Ret 9 2 17 Kazuki Ota Takashi Toyoda Car Guy Racing Ret DNS 11 15 12 1 — "Galah" Natsu Sakaguchi Galah Racing With GTNET 12 11 0 GTC 1 Tiger Wu Bingo Racing 11 10 13 14 11 P 108 2 Tomohisa Furuya Satoshi Kono Hipoint Racing 15 11 20 19 52 3 Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer AWD Racing 9 13 43 4 "Hiro" NGR 14 12 40 5 Makoto Haga Mineki Okura Gama 83 Racing 15 16 24 6 Takashi Sano Takuya Shirasaka Caratt Racing 16 17 20 GT4 1 Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 9 18 20 14 P 125 2 Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 13 12 19 21 15 90 3 Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai K-tunes Racing 16 15 21 Ret 45 4 Hiroyuki Murakami Soichiro Yoshida Murakami Motors 16 15 — Kohei Azuma Hiroaki Nagasawa Destino with Sunrise BLVD DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver Team SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

Notes:

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

Pro-Am Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Points
GT3
1	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Bingo Racing with LM corsa	1	2	6	7	1	P			82
2	Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki	Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing	3	3	2	1	7				79
3	"Bankcy"	Seven x Seven Racing	4	4	1	4	6				69
4	Yuya Motojima Yudai Uchida	Max Racing	5	1	Ret	5	8				49
5	"Akita" Takashi Kobayashi	Team UpGarage with ACR	6	7	3	10	2				49
6	Taichi Watarai	Seven x Seven Racing			1	4	6				45
7	Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko	Ponos Racing	2	Ret	Ret	2	8†				40
8	Nirei Fukuzumi Kazunori Suenaga	K-tunes Racing	8	6	5	6	5				40
9	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	K-tunes Racing	7	5	11	Ret	3				37
10	Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo	Maezawa Racing	Ret	Ret	4	3					27
11	Kiyoto Fujinami	Seven x Seven Racing	4	4							24
12	Taku Bamba Norikazu Shibata	Norik Racing					4				12
13	"Galah" Natsu Sakaguchi	Galah Racing With GTNET			8	8					10
GTC
1	Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer	AWD Racing			7	9					50
2	Makoto Haga Mineki Okura	Gama 83 Racing			9	11					36
3	Takashi Sano Takuya Shirasaka	Caratt Racing			10	12					30
Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Points

Silver-Am Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Points
GT4
1	Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	1	1	1	1	1	P			125
2	Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino	Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD	2	2	2	2	2				90
3	Hiroyuki Murakami Soichiro Yoshida	Murakami Motors					3				15
Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Points

Am Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Points
GT3
1	Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu	Team Macchina	1	1	1	3	1	P			115
2	Ryuichiro Oyagi	Team Daishin with GTNET			2	1	2				61
3	Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka	RunUp Sports	3	3	3	Ret	5				57
4	Kazuki Ota Takashi Toyoda	Car Guy Racing	Ret	DNS	4	6	4				39
5	Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda	Akiland Racing	2	2							36
6	Nobuhiro Imada Yasuhiro Shimizu	Art Taste with JMS Racing			Ret	2					18
GTC
1	Tiger Wu	Bingo Racing	4	4	5	5	3	P			93
2	Tomohisa Furuya Satoshi Kono	Hipoint Racing	5	5	7	7					51
3	"Hiro"	NGR			6	4					43
GT4
1	Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai	K-tunes Racing	6	6	8	Ret					75
—	Kohei Azuma Hiroaki Nagasawa	Destino with Sunrise BLVD			DNS	DNS					0
Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Points

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Points
GT3
1	Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing	3	3	2	1	7				79
2	Bingo Racing with LM corsa	1	2	7	8	1				78
3	Seven x Seven Racing	4	4	1	4	6				69
4	K-tunes Racing	7	5	5	7	3				69
		8	6	17	Ret	5
5	Max Racing	5	1	Ret	5	9				47
6	Team UpGarage with ACR	6	9	3	16	2				43
7	Ponos Racing	2	Ret	Ret	2	17†				36
8	Maezawa Racing	Ret	Ret	4	3	Ret				27
9	Team Macchina	9	7	6	10	8				21
10	Team Daishin with GTNET			8	6	10				13
11	Norik Racing					4				12
12	Akiland Racing	10	8							5
13	RunUp Sports	14	10	10	Ret	13				3
14	Art Taste with JMS Racing			Ret	9					2
15	Car Guy Racing	Ret	DNS	11	15	12				1
—	Galah Racing With GTNET			12	11					0
GTC
1	Bingo Racing	11	10	13	14	11				108
2	Hipoint Racing	15	11	20	19					52
3	AWD Racing			9	13					43
4	NGR			14	12					40
5	Gama 83 Racing			15	17					24
6	Caratt Racing			16	18					20
GT4
1	Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	12	9	18	20	14				125
2	Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD	13	12	19	21	15				72
3	K-tunes Racing	16	15	21	Ret					45
4	Murakami Motors					16				15
—	Destino with Sunrise BLVD			DNS	DNS					0
Pos.	Team	SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Points

See also

• 2025 GT World Challenge Asia
• 2025 Thailand Super Series
• 2025 British GT Championship
• 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge

References

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External links

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