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The 2024 Japan Cup Series is: the: third season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan. The races are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 8 June at the——Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled——to end on 25 August at Okayama International Circuit in Okayama.

Starting from this season, the Japan Cup had separated from the "main GTWCA race." And would run as a stand-alone race.

Calendar※

Japan Cup Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi	8–9 June
2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka	22–23 June
3	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie	6–7 July
4	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama	24–25 August
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Entry list※

Japan Cup※

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds GT3 Comet Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 7 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Am 1–3 Yusuke Yamasaki Bingo Racing Corvette C7 GT3-R Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 Ukyo Sasahara PA 1 Shinji Takei 1 Am 2–3 "Motoki" 2–3 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Kenji Hama Am 1–2 Tatsuya Hoshino Team Macchina McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 55 Tadao Uematsu Am 1–3 GTNET Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 81 Nobuyuki Oyagi Am 2 Ryuichiro Oyagi K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 96 Morio Nitta PA 1–3 Kazunori Suenaga Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 98 Shinichi Takagi PA 1–3 Daisuke Yamawaki RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 360 Masaaki Nishikawa Am 1–3 Atsushi Tanaka ANR with VSR Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 563 Akira Mizutani PA 1 Yuki Nemoto GTC ABSSA Motorsport Ferrari 488 Challenge Ferrari F154 4.0 L V8 16 Masataka Inoue PA 3 Kiwamu Katayama GAMA 83 Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 83 Makoto Haga Am 2–3 GT4 ABSSA Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 16 Takashi Toyoda Am 1–2 Kiwamu Katayama 1, 3 Yasuto Fukui 2–3 Masataka Inoue TBC Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 38 Takeshi Suehiro SA 1–3 Toshiyuki Ochiai 1, 3 Noriyuki Higuchi 2 Kiyohide Shirakihara TBC Afiq Yazid TBC Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 39 Haridarma Manoppo SA 1–3 Seita Nonaka 1, 3 Kazuhisa Urabe 2 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Kenji Hama Am 3 Tatsuya Hoshino YZ Racing BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 50 Yuki Fujii SA 1–3 Masaki Kano JBR McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838 3.8 L Turbo V8 64 Yasutaka Ando Am 2 Osamu Kondo "Hiro" 3 Miou Katayama TBA TBA Am TBC TBA Sunrise BLVD Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 82 Daiki Fujiwara SA 1–3 Yoshimoto Makino TBA TBA TBC TBA K-tunes Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 97 Masahiko Kageyama SA 1–3 Yoshichika Nagai Checkshop Caymania Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 718 Naohiko Otsuka Am TBC TBA Buzz Racing McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838 3.8 L Turbo V8 TBA "Ken Alex" SA TBC Lin Chenghua

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 and GT4).

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners		GT4 Silver-Am Winner	GT4 Am Winner
1	R1	Sportsland SUGO	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 9 Bingo Racing	No. 55 Team Macchina		No. 50 YZ Racing	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Tadao Uematsu		Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano	Kiwamu Katayama Takashi Toyoda
	R2		No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 9 Bingo Racing	No. 55 Team Macchina		No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Tadao Uematsu		Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka	Kiwamu Katayama Takashi Toyoda
2	R1	Fuji Speedway	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 55 Team Macchina		No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	No. 64 JBR
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Tadao Uematsu		Haridarma Manoppo Kazuhisa Urabe	Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo
	R2		No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 55 Team Macchina		No. 82 Sunrise BLVD	No. 64 JBR
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Tadao Uematsu		Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino	Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo
3	R1	Suzuka	No. 9 Bingo Racing	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	No. 7 Comet Racing		No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	No. 47 D'station Racing
			"Motoki" Shinji Takei	Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga	Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki		Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino
	R2		No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	No. 7 Comet Racing		No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	No. 47 D'station Racing
			Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki		Toshiyuki Ochiai Takeshi Suehiro	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino
4	R1	Okayama
	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 SUZ OKA Points GT3 1 Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki No. 98 K-tunes Racing 2 2 1 1 2 1 129 2 Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga No. 96 K-tunes Racing 5 5 2 4 1 2 93 3 Tadao Uematsu No. 55 Team Macchina 4 3 3 2 4 4 84 4 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki No. 7 Comet Racing 6 4 5 3 3 3 75 5 Shinji Takei No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 4 5 Ret DSQ 72 6 Ukyo Sasahara No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 1 50 7 Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 6 5 5 54 8 Masaaki Nishikawa No. 360 RunUp Sports 8 6 8 WD 5 5 36 9 "Motoki" No. 9 Bingo Racing 4 5 Ret DSQ 22 10 Akira Mizutani Yuki Nemoto No. 563 ANR With VSR 3 7 21 11 Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 7 Ret 6 7 20 12 Nobuyuki Oyagi Ryuichiro Oyagi No. 81 GTNET Motorsports 7 8 10 GTC 1 Makoto Haga No. 83 GAMA 83 Racing 13 13 10 7 86 2 Masataka Inoue Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 6 6 50 GT4 1 Takeshi Suehiro No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 11 12 7 8 113 2 Haridarma Manoppo No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 11 9 10 107 3 Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano No. 50 YZ Racing 9 10 12 10 8 9 106 4 Toshiyuki Ochiai No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 10 9 7 8 86 5 Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino No. 82 Sunrise BLVD 11 11 10 9 11 14 86 6 Seita Nonaka No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 8 9 10 67 7 Masahiko Kageyama Yoshichika Nagai No. 97 K-tunes Racing 13 12 14 14 13 13 56 8 Kazuhisa Urabe No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 9 11 40 9 Takashi Toyoda No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 16 28 10 Noriyuki Higuchi No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing 11 12 27 11 Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 12 11 22 12 "Hiro" Miou Katayama No. 64 JBR 14 11 16 13 Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 14 13 16 14 Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo No. 64 JBR 15 15 16 15 Yasuto Fukui No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 16 16 12 Pos. Driver Team SUG FUJ SUZ OKA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate 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		SUZ		OKA		Points
GT3
1	Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki	No. 98 K-tunes Racing	2	2	1	1	2	1			129
2	Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	4	3	2	2	1	2			116
3	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	No. 9 Bingo Racing	1	1							50
4	Akira Mizutani Yuki Nemoto	No. 563 ANR With VSR	3	4							27
Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points

Silver-Am Cup※

Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points
GT4
1	Takeshi Suehiro	No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	2	2	3	4	1	1			113
2	Haridarma Manoppo	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	4	1	1	3	3	3			107
3	Yuki Fujii Masaki Kano	No. 50 YZ Racing	1	3	4	2	2	2			106
4	Toshiyuki Ochiai	No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	2	2			1	1			86
5	Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino	No. 82 Sunrise BLVD	3	4	2	1	4				70
6	Seita Nonaka	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	4	1			3	3			67
7	Masahiko Kageyama Yoshichika Nagai	No. 97 K-tunes Racing	5	5	5	5	5				50
8	Kazuhisa Urabe	No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia			1	3					40
9	Noriyuki Higuchi	No. 38 Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing			3	4					27
Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points

Am Cup※

Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points
GT3
1	Tadao Uematsu	No. 55 Team Macchina	1	1	1	1	2	2			136
2	Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki	No. 7 Comet Racing	2	2	3	2	1	1			119
3	Atsushi Tanaka	No. 360 RunUp Sports	4	3	6	4	3	3			77
4	Masaaki Nishikawa	No. 360 RunUp Sports	4	3	6	WD	3	3			65
5	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino	No. 47 D'station Racing	3	Ret	4	5					37
6	"Motoki" Shinji Takei	No. 9 Bingo Racing			2	3	Ret	DSQ			33
7	Nobuyuki Oyagi Ryuichiro Oyagi	No. 81 GTNET Motorsports			5	6					18
GT4
1	Takashi Toyoda	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport	1	1	2	2					86
2	Kiwamu Katayama	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport	1	1							50
3	Yasutaka Ando Osamu Kondo	No. 64 JBR			1	1					50
4	Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino	No. 47 D'station Racing					1	1			50
5	Yasuto Fukui	No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport			2	2					36
6	"Hiro" Miou Katayama	No. 64 JBR					2	2			36
Pos.	Driver	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points

Teams' Championship※

Pos.	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points
GT3
1	K-tunes Racing	2	2	1	1	1	1			222
		5	5	2	4	2	2
2	Team Macchina	4	3	3	2	4	4			84
4	Comet Racing	6	4	5	3	3	3			75
5	Bingo Racing	1	1	4	5	Ret	DSQ			72
5	RunUp Sports	8	7	8	6	5	5			42
6	ANR With VSR	3	7							21
7	D'station Racing	7	Ret	6	7					20
8	GTNET Motorsports			7	8					10
GT4
1	Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing	10	9	11	12	7	9			113
2	Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	12	8	9	11	9	11			107
3	YZ Racing	9	10	12	10	8	10			106
4	Sunrise BLVD	11	11	10	9	11	15			76
5	K-tunes Racing	13	12	14	14	13	14			56
6	JBR			15	15	14	13			32
7	ABSSA Motorsport	14	13	16	16					28
8	D'station Racing					12	12			22
Pos.	Team	SUG		FUJ		SUZ		OKA		Points

See also※

• 2024 British GT Championship
• 2024 GT World Challenge Europe
• 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2024 GT World Challenge America
• 2024 GT World Challenge Australia
• 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge

References※

External links※

• Official website