Kyojo Cup

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Kyojo Cup
KYOJO CUP.png
Category Formula 4
Country Japan
Inaugural season2017
Chassis suppliers KCMG
Engine suppliers Abarth
Tyre suppliers Bridgestone
Drivers' champion Flag of Japan.svg Aimi Saito
Official website https://kyojocup.jp
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The Kyojo Cup is an all-female formula racing championship held in Japan founded in 2017 by Masanori Sekiya as a support championship for the Inter Proto Series. [1]

Contents

Having run to the same specifications as the FCR Vita championship since 2017, the series switched to the KC-MG01 ahead of the 2025 season. [2] [3]

Event format

In the first eight seasons of the championship, the race weekends consisted of one qualifying session and one race, held on the same day. [4]

From 2025 onwards, the series switched to a two-race format consisting of a "Sprint" race, held on Saturday, and a "Final" race, held on Sunday. [5]

The car

2017–2024

Riona Tomishita's 2023 VITA-01 at the 2024 Osaka Auto Messe Osaka Auto Messe 2024 (89) - No.225 KTMS VITA in 2023 KYOJO CUP.jpg
Riona Tomishita's 2023 VITA-01 at the 2024 Osaka Auto Messe

The championship's first car was the Vita-01, designed and built by West Racing Cars. [6] [7]

Specifications

2025

Starting from the 2025 season, Kyojo Cup will use the KC-MG01 F4 car, previously used in the 2019 and 2022 editions of FIA Motorsport Games' Formula 4 Cup. [8] [9]

Specifications

Champions

Drivers

SeasonDriverTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMarginRef(s)
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama Flag of Japan.svg J-Gear122240Race 2 of 215 [10] [11]
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama 433475Race 4 of 421 [12]
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Hinako Muramatsu Flag of Japan.svg Hinako Muramatsu 213262Race 4 of 41 [13]
2020 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miura Flag of Japan.svg ALBA314186Race 4 of 413 [14]
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Shion Tsujimoto Flag of Japan.svg Wildcat Competition224180Race 4 of 422.5 [15]
2022 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Onaga Flag of Japan.svg Fujita Pharmacy Racing433473.5Race 4 of 43.5 [16]
2023 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miura Flag of Japan.svg Team M 224186Race 4 of 46 [17]
2024 Flag of Japan.svg Aimi Saito Flag of Japan.svg Team M 3452115.5Race 6 of 638.5 [18]

Circuits

NumberCircuitsRoundsYears
1 Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Fuji Speedway 32 [a] 2017–present
2 Flag of Mie prefecture.svg Suzuka Circuit 22020–2021

Notes

  1. ↑ Fuji Speedway hosted all but two rounds since 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "【KYOJO-CUP開幕】女性同士の本気バトル。想像以上の激戦！" . Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "KYOJO CUP Introduces New Vehicle". thxnews.com. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "【2025年から女性限定のレース「KYOJO CUP」に新型フォーミュラマシン導入へ". carview.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "ABOUT KYOJO". kyojodrivers-guide.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "女子レーサーたちの新時代が始まる。2025年KYOJO CUP、ハイブリッドフォーミュラで進化". driving athlete. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Vita-01". vita-club.co.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "KYOJO CUPで注目。2010年誕生の国産マシン『VITA-01』とは" . Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "KCMG's New Hybrid F4 Car, The Future of Entry-Level Single Seaters?". dailysportscar.com. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Formula 4". fiamotorsportgames.com. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Fuji Champion Race Series - 2017" (PDF). fsw.tv. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Miki Koyama, And The Women Who Preceded Her In SUPER GT". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "【2018年のシリーズランキングです。結局2位はポイント1.5倍の最終戦で優勝した#4平川真子選手。3位には#0/39/759池島実紅選手となりました。写真はステージで行われたシリーズ表彰式で、視察に訪れていたKYOJO-CUP大会会長の三原じゅん子議員と上杉謙太郎議員にプレゼンターをお願いしました". facebook.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "【KYOJO CUP2019】「全てを出せた」村松日向子、嬉しい"初優勝"で逆転チャンピオン獲得". carview.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  14. ↑ "KYOJO CUP第4戦｜三浦愛が2020年シーズンのチャンピオンに輝く。優勝は翁長実希". jp.motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  15. ↑ "2021年KYOJO CUP、シリーズチャンピオンに辻本始温が輝く。最終戦は翁長実希が優勝" . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  16. ↑ "2022年のインタープロト王者は坪井翔に決定。KYOJO CUPは翁長実希が初のチャンピオン獲得" . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "KYOJO CUP第4戦は翁長実希が制すも、2位の三浦愛が自身二度目のチャンピオンを獲得". as-web.jp. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "ポール・トゥ・ウィンで今季4勝目を挙げた斎藤愛未選手が、自身初のシリーズチャンピオンに輝く". motorsports.jaf.or.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
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