2025 SRO Japan Cup

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 1–2
Tadao Uematsu[3]
Bingo Racing with LM corsa[5] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 Ukyo Sasahara[5] PA 1–2
Shinji Takei[5]
Team UpGarage with ACR[6] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 18 "Akita"[6] PA 1–2
Takashi Kobayashi[6]
Max Racing[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Yuya Motojima[4] PA 1–2
Yudai Uchida[4]
Ponos Racing[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 45 Kei Cozzolino[8] PA 1–2
Yorikatsu Tsujiko[8]
CarGuy Racing[3] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 66 Kazuki Ota[3] Am 1–2
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
Nobuyuki Oyagi[9] TBC
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 1–2
Kazunori Suenaga[5]
Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 98 Shinichi Takagi[5] PA 1–2
Daisuke Yamawaki[5]
Norik Racing[4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 181 Taku Bamba[4] PA TBC
Norikazu Shibata[4]
Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing[10] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 296 Shintaro Kawabata[10] PA 1–2
Akihiro Tsuzuki[10]
RunUp Sports[9] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Masaaki Nishikawa[9] Am 1–2
Atsushi Tanaka[9]
Maezawa Racing[11] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 555 Yusaku Maezawa[11] PA 1–2
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 1–2
Kiyoto Fujinami[12] 1
Taichi Watarai[13] 2
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 1–2
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]
Sunrise BLVD[3] 82 Daiki Fujiwara[11] SA 1–2
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 1–2
Seita Nonaka[17]
Murakami Motors[4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 88 Hiroyuki Murakami[4] TBA TBC
TBA
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[18]
Source:[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
Ukyo Sasahara
Shinji Takei
3 R1 Okayama
R2
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
Jake Parsons
Jesse Anthony Swinimer
3 R1 Okayama
R2
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 Sunrise BLVD
Daiki Fujiwara
Yoshimoto Makino
3 R1 Okayama
R2
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 Ukyo Sasahara
Shinji Takei 		Bingo Racing with LM corsa 1 2 7 P 49
2 "Bankcy" Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 1 49
3 Shintaro Kawabata
Akihiro Tsuzuki 		Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing 3 3 2 48
4 Yuya Motojima
Yudai Uchida 		Max Racing 5 1 Ret 35
5 Taichi Watarai Seven x Seven Racing 1 25
6 "Akita"
Takashi Kobayashi 		Team UpGarage with ACR 6 9 3 25
6 Kiyoto Fujinami Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 24
7 Nirei Fukuzumi
Kazunori Suenaga 		K-tunes Racing 8 6 5 22
8 Kei Cozzolino
Yorikatsu Tsujiko 		Ponos Racing 2 Ret Ret 18
9 Shinichi Takagi
Daisuke Yamawaki 		K-tunes Racing 7 5 17 16
10 Hirokazu Suzuki
Tadao Uematsu 		Team Macchina 9 7 6 16
11 Yusaku Maezawa
Naoki Yokomizo 		Maezawa Racing Ret Ret 4 12
12 Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda 		Akiland Racing 10 8 5
13 Ryuichiro Oyagi Team Daishin with GTNET 8 4
14 Masaaki Nishikawa
Atsushi Tanaka 		RunUp Sports 14 10 10 3
15 Kazuki Ota
Takashi Toyoda 		Car Guy Racing Ret DNS 11 1
— "Galah"
Natsu Sakaguchi 		Galah Racing With GTNET 12 0
— Nobuhiro Imada
Yasuhiro Shimizu 		Art Taste with JMS Racing Ret 0
GTC
1 Tiger Wu Bingo Racing 11 10 13 68
2 Tomohisa Furuya
Satoshi Kono 		Hipoint Racing 15 11 20 44
3 Jake Parsons
Jesse Anthony Swinimer 		AWD Racing 9 P 25
4 "Hiro" NGR 14 15
5 Makoto Haga
Mineki Okura 		Gama 83 Racing 15 12
6 Takashi Sano
Takuya Shirasaka 		Caratt Racing 16 10
GT4
1 Haridarma Manoppo
Seita Nonaka 		Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 9 18 75
2 Daiki Fujiwara
Yoshimoto Makino 		Sunrise BLVD 13 12 19 P 54
3 Betty Chen
Yoshichika Nagai 		K-tunes Racing 16 15 21 45
— Kohei Azuma
Hiroaki Nagasawa 		Destino with Sunrise BLVD 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 P 51
2 "Bankcy" Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 1 49
3 Shintaro Kawabata
Akihiro Tsuzuki 		Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing 3 3 2 48
4 Yuya Motojima
Yudai Uchida 		Max Racing 5 1 Ret 35
5 "Akita"
Takashi Kobayashi 		Team UpGarage with ACR 6 7 3 29
6 Taichi Watarai Seven x Seven Racing 1 25
7 Kiyoto Fujinami Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 24
8 Nirei Fukuzumi
Kazunori Suenaga 		K-tunes Racing 8 6 5 22
9 Kei Cozzolino
Yorikatsu Tsujiko 		Ponos Racing 2 Ret Ret 18
10 Shinichi Takagi
Daisuke Yamawaki 		K-tunes Racing 7 5 16
11 Yusaku Maezawa
Naoki Yokomizo 		Maezawa Racing Ret Ret 4 12
12 "Galah"
Natsu Sakaguchi 		Galah Racing With GTNET 8 6
GTC
1 Jake Parsons
Jesse Anthony Swinimer 		AWD Racing 7 P 25
2 Makoto Haga
Mineki Okura 		Gama 83 Racing 9 18
3 Takashi Sano
Takuya Shirasaka 		Caratt Racing 10 P 15
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 75
2 Daiki Fujiwara
Yoshimoto Makino 		Sunrise BLVD 2 2 2 P 54
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 75
2 Masaaki Nishikawa
Atsushi Tanaka 		RunUp Sports 3 3 3 45
3 Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda 		Akiland Racing 2 2 36
4 Ryuichiro Oyagi Team Daishin with GTNET 2 P 18
5 Kazuki Ota
Takashi Toyoda 		Car Guy Racing Ret DNS 4 12
— Nobuhiro Imada
Yasuhiro Shimizu 		Art Taste with JMS Racing Ret 0
GTC
1 Tiger Wu Bingo Racing 4 4 5 75
2 Tomohisa Furuya
Satoshi Kono 		Hipoint Racing 5 5 7 51
3 "Hiro" NGR 6 18
GT4
1 Betty Chen
Yoshichika Nagai 		K-tunes Racing 6 6 8 P 75
— Kohei Azuma
Hiroaki Nagasawa 		Destino with Sunrise BLVD DNS 0
Pos. Driver Team SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Points

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Points
GT3
1 Bingo Racing with LM corsa 1 2 7 49
2 Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 1 49
3 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing 3 3 2 48
4 K-tunes Racing 7 5 5 38
8 6 17
5 Max Racing 5 1 Ret 35
6 Team UpGarage with ACR 6 9 3 25
7 Ponos Racing 2 Ret Ret 18
8 Team Macchina 9 7 6 16
9 Maezawa Racing Ret Ret 4 12
10 Akiland Racing 10 8 5
11 Team Daishin with GTNET 8 4
12 RunUp Sports 14 10 10 3
13 Car Guy Racing Ret DNS 11 1
— Galah Racing With GTNET 12 0
— Art Taste with JMS Racing Ret 0
GTC
1 Bingo Racing 11 10 13 68
2 Hipoint Racing 15 11 20 44
3 AWD Racing 9 25
4 NGR 14 15
5 Gama 83 Racing 15 12
6 Caratt Racing 16 10
GT4
1 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 9 18 75
2 Sunrise BLVD 13 12 19 54
3 K-tunes Racing 16 15 21 30
— Destino with Sunrise BLVD DNS 0
Pos. Team SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Points

See also

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