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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
		65	Masanobu Kato	5
Tamada Racing / Team LeMans	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Seiji Tamada	All
			Tobio Otani	5
Birth Racing Project	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	17	Kenji Suzuki	1–4
			Kento Kimura	5
	CUPRA Leon Competición TCR	19	"Hirobon"	1–2, 5
			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
	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.

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
	2		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
	4		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
	6		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
	8		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
	10		26 November	Tobio Otani	Tobio Otani	Tobio Otani	Tamada Racing / Team LeMans

Championship standings※

Scoring systems

TCR Japan Series※

TCR Japan Saturday Series Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts. 1 Anna Inotsume 1 1 Ret 1 4 108 2 Masanobu Kato 3 3 3 DNS 3 69 3 "Hirobon" 2 4 2 58 4 "Mototino" 5 Ret 2 5 7 52 5 Takeshi Suehiro 1 2 51 6 Junichi Umemoto 6 2 Ret 4 6 50 7 Kenji Suzuki 4 5 5 6 45 8 Choi Jeongweon 6† 7 1 44 9 Seiji Tamada 7 6 4 8 8 34 10 Hideo Kubota 3 19 11 Kento Kimura 5 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 1 1 Ret 2 2 107 2 "Mototino" 3 3 4 4 4 73 3 Masanobu Kato 4 2 2 Ret 8 60 4 Takeshi Suehiro 1 1 58 5 "Hirobon" 2 5 3 56 6 Junichi Umemoto 6 4 6 6 5 49 7 Choi Jeongweon 3 3 7 39 8 Kenji Suzuki 5 7 5 7 33 9 Tobio Otani 1 30 10 Seiji Tamada Ret 6 7 5 WD 24 11 Kento Kimura 6 10 12 Hideo Kubota Ret 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 – 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 2 2 4 5 1 1 2 1 2 3 223 2 Hagoromo Six DOME Racing 98 1 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 2 4 2 215 3 55MOTO Racing 55 5 3 Ret 3 2 4 5 4 7 4 125 4 Audi Team Mars 65 3 4 3 2 3 2 DNS Ret 105 5 J's Racing 69 6 6 2 4 Ret 6 4 6 6 5 99 6 Birth Racing Project 17 4 5 5 7 5 5 6 7 5 6 99 7 Tamada Racing / Team LeMans 7 7 Ret 6 6 4 7 8 5 8 1 88 8 KMSA Motorsport N 3 6† 3 7 3 1 7 83 9 KMSA Motorsport N 65 3 8 24 10 J's Racing 690 3 Ret 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

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

References※

External links※

• TCR Japan Touring Car Series Official website