The 1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of the All-Japan GT Championship, now known as the Super GT Series, and the 15th season of top-level Japanese sports car racing dating back to the formation of the previous All-Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa won the GT500 class championship for Toyota Castrol Team in the #36 Castrol TOM's Supra. Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido won the GT300 class championship for Racing Project Bandoh in the #19 Nissan Silvia.

The GT500 Drivers' Championship was decided on a tiebreaker for the first time in JGTC/Super GT history. The duo of De la Rosa and Krumm, and Toyota Team SARD driver Masami Kageyama each scored 67 points, with two victories, and one second place finish. But a third-place finish for De la Rosa and Krumm broke the tie, giving them the championship for the Toyota Castrol Team. De la Rosa became the first driver to win both the GT500 Drivers' Championship, and the Japanese Top Formula Championship in Formula Nippon (now Super Formula), in the same calendar year.

For the second year in a row, the GT Association (GTA) held a non-championship all-star race at the end of the year. The race was held at the new Twin Ring Motegi circuit which had opened earlier in the year. Instead of using the 4.801-kilometre road course, the series raced around the 2.414 km superspeedway oval with cone chicanes installed around the banked corners. The circuit, now known as Mobility Resort Motegi, staged its first championship race the following year and has remained on the JGTC/Super GT schedule ever since.

Drivers and teams GT500 EntrantTeam Name Make Car Engine Drivers Tyre Rounds NISMOZEXEL Skyline Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 2 Aguri Suzuki All Érik Comas 1, 3–6, NC Marco Apicella 2KURE R33 556 Masahiko Kageyama All Masahiko Kondo All Hasemi MotorsportsUnisia JECS Skyline Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Masahiro Hasemi All Tetsuya Tanaka All Suzuki BankinAdvan Porsche (1)Alpha Computer Porsche (2, 4–5)Dunlop Porsche (3, 6) Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 4 Tatsuhiko Kaneumi (1–2) (3–6) All Mitsutake Koma All Team 5ZIGEN5ZIGEN Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 5 Eiichi Tajima All Marc Goossens 1–6 Hiro Matsushita NC Power CraftPower Craft TRD Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Bertrand Gachot 1–2 Paul Belmondo 1–2 Wayne Gardner 3–4, 6, NC Naoki Nagasaka 3, 5, 6 Tom Kristensen 4–5, NC Team TMSChateraise Porsche GT2 Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 10 Kaoru Iida All Ralph Firman All Hoshino RacingCalsonic Skyline Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Satoshi Motoyama 1–6 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1, 3–6, NC Fuminori Mizuno 2 Takeshi Tsuchiya NC Endless SportsEndless Advan GT-R Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 13 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All Yasushi Kikuchi 1 Mitsuo Fujimura 2–6 Mugen + Dome Projectavex Dome Mugen NSX Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18 Takuya Kurosawa 2–6, NC Katsumi Yamamoto 2–6, NC Team Take OneSOK Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 30 Yoji Yamada All Kazuo Mogi All Team Taisan AdvanSTP Taisan Porsche GT2 Porsche Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6 34 Keiichi Tsuchiya 3–4 Hideshi Matsuda 3–4STP Taisan Advan Viper Dodge Dodge Viper GTS-R Dodge EWB 8.0 L V10 Keiichi Tsuchiya 5–6, NC Hideshi Matsuda 5–6, NC Toyota Castrol TeamCastrol TOM's Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Michael Krumm 1–6 Pedro de la Rosa 1–6 Masanori Sekiya NC Ukyo Katayama NC 37 Toshio Suzuki All Masanori Sekiya 1–6 Shingo Tachi NCCastrol Cerumo Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Hironori Takeuchi All Katsutomo Kaneishi All Toyota Team SARDDenso SARD Supra Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Masami Kageyama All Olivier Grouillard 1 Tatsuya Tanigawa 2–6, NC Susuki Racing MechanicsAdvance Auto GT Camaro Chevrolet Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet LT1 6.0 L V8 47 Masato Yamamoto 4 Katsuhiko Okamoto 4 Team LeMansNissan 300ZX-GTS Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z LM Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8 75 Yuji Tachikawa 1–2 Tsuyoshi Takahashi 1–2 JLOC CorsaJLOC Diablo GTR Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GTR Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Takao Wada 2–6, NC Hisashi Wada 2–6, NC Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftRaybrig NSX Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Kunimitsu Takahashi 2–6, NC Akira Iida 2–6, NCRyowa House Pacific Team CerumoRH Cerumo SupraToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4510 Bertrand Gachot 3–6 Paul Belmondo 3–6

GT300 EntrantTeam Name Make Car Engine Drivers Tyre Rounds KRAFTWise Sports Dunlop BP MR2 Toyota Toyota MR2 Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4 6 Hiroki Katoh 1–6 Takahiro Fujita 1–6Wise Sports Dunlop BP Cavalier Toyota Cavalier 60 Kumi Sato 4–6, NC Minoru Tanaka 4–6, NC RE Amemiya RacingRE Amemiya SuperG RX-7 Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Shinichi Yamaji All Haruhiko Matsumoto All Team 5ZIGENPCJ 5ZIGEN RSR Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 9 Tsunefumi Hioki 1–2 Masaharu Kinoshita 1–2 M Factory RacingMurauchi Kamei Skyline Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 11 Hiromoto Ishimori 2 Kinji Suzuki 2 Kamco WorksKamco Workstation GT-R Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6 15 Takeshi Odagiri 4 Takatoshi Onoda 4 Team Power MagicYB BMW 318i Coupe BMW BMW 318i Coupe BMW M43B18 1.8L I4 16 Motoji Sekine All Hiroyuki Iiri 1–2 Toshiya Fujishima 3–6 Kageisen Racing TeamTokyo College of Science and Arts RX-7 (1) Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 17 Toshihiko Nogami 1 Toshiaki Koshimizu 1Tokyo Polytechnic Institute Roadster (2–4, 6) Mazda Roadster (NA) Toshihiko Nogami 2–4, 6, NC Tomoyuki Hosono 2–4, 6, NC RS-R Racing with BandohRS-R Silvia Nissan Nissan Silvia (S14) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Manabu Orido All Hideo Fukuyama All AI Auto Racing AI Auto GAB Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/70 3.8 L F6 20 Kenji Takahashi All Hiroaki Suga All Hitotsuyama Racing Dunlop BP BMW BMW BMW M3 (E36) BMW S14 2.2 L Turbo I4 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 1–2, 6 Takayuki Kinoshita 1 Kenji Yamamoto 2–4 Mikio Hitotsuyama 3–5 Mizuno Fuminori 5–6 Hirano Motorsport Hirano Motorsport R32M Nissan Nissan Skyline GTS-i (R32) Nissan RB20DET 2.0 L Turbo I6 24 Toshiyuki Hirano 4 Hisanori Kuboyama 4 Tsuchiya Engineering Atlus Tsuchiya MR2 (1–2)Tsuchiya MR2 (3–6) Toyota Toyota MR2 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Masaoki Nagashima All Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–6 Sakae Obata NC Team Taisan Jr. Taisan Star Card RSR Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 26 Keiichi Suzuki All Morio Nitta All Team Ferrari Club of Japan Team FCJ Ferrari (1–4)Shell Ferrari F355 (5–6) Ferrari Ferrari F355 GT Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8 27 Tetsuya Ota 1–4, 6, NC Anders Olofsson 1–2, 4, NC Steven Andskär 3, 6 Team FCJ Ferrari 28 Masami Sugiyama All Masahiro Yamazaki 1–4, 6 Tetsuya Ota 5 Signal Friends Nito Seaside Silvia Nissan Nissan Silvia (S13) Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 45 Takeshi Yuasa 1–2 Kiyoaki Hanai 1–2 Cobra Racing Team Cobra Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 51 Katsunori Iketani All Masamitsu Ishihara 1–2, 4–6 Masami Sugiyama 3 S.D.R. Che'Nelle Porsche SDR Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 54 Nobuyuki Tanaka 6 Kazushige Saito 6 Sports Factory Racing Castrol RX-7 (1–3)Castrol FS RX-7 (4, 6) Mazda Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor 55 Toshihiro Fukazawa 1–3, 4, 6 Masaaki Nagashima 1–3, 4, 6 ecurie SiFo SiFo Spider Version GT Renault Renault Sport Spider Renault F7R 2.0 L I4 57 Hideyuki Tamamoto 2 Michiko Okuyama 2 Tomohiko Sunako 6 Akira Yoshitomi 6 Team Gaikokuya Gaikokuya Dunlop Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi All Nobuo Komiya All SigmaTec Racing Team SigmaTec 911 Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 71 Kaoru Hoshino All Masaki Jyonai All Makiguchi Engineering WAKO'S BMW M3 BMW BMW M3 (E36) BMW S14 2.5 L I4 72 Norio Makiguchi All Takeshi Asami All Cusco Racing Cusco Subaru Impreza Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Katsuo Kobayashi 6 Naohiro Furuya 6 NAC West NAC West Silvia Nissan Nissan Silvia (S13) Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 79 Masanori Sugiyama 2, 4 Hiroyasu Aoyagi 2, 4 Team Daishin Daishin Silvia Nissan Nissan Silvia (S14) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81 Nobuyuki Ohyagi (1–2) (3–6) All Tsuneaki Mankumo 1 Takayuki Kinoshita 2–6 First Racing Team Buddy Club MR2 Toyota Toyota MR2 Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 91 Masahiro Matsunaga All Junko Mihara All Shimizu Racing Enterprise Castrol Porsche (1–3)Porsche (4, 6) Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 333 Masatomo Shimizu 1–2, 4, 6 Yoshimi Katayama 1–2 Shigekazu Saeki 4 Fumihito Sakamoto 6 Tackle & RS Matsumoto PCJ Shiomi Clinic RSR Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 777 Katsuya Makita 1 Katsuharu Shiomi 1 910 Racing 910 Porsche Porsche Porsche 993 RSR Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6 910 Seiichi Sodeyama All Kiyoshi Misaki 1 Tomohiko Sunako 2–3 Hideyuki Tamamoto 4–6 910 TIB Porsche 911 Shigemitsu Haga 6 Kiichi Takahashi 6

Schedule Round Race Circuit Dates 1 Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit 29–30 March 2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Fuji Speedway 3–4 May 3 Hi-Land GT Championship Sendai Hi-Land Raceway 28–29 June 4 Japan Special GT Cup Fuji Speedway 9–10 August 5 CP Mine GT Race Miné Circuit 4–5 October 6 Sugo GT Championship Sportsland SUGO 25–26 October NC Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race Twin Ring Motegi 15–16 November

Season results Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text. Round CircuitDateClass Pole position Race winner 1 Suzuka Circuit30 MarchGT500 No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team No. 2 NISMO Masanori Sekiya Toshio Suzuki Aguri Suzuki Érik ComasGT300No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido2Fuji Speedway4 MayGT500No. 36 Toyota Castrol TeamNo. 39 Toyota Team SARD Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa Masami Kageyama Tatsuya TanigawaGT300 No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh No. 26 Team Taisan Jr. Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta3Sendai Hi-Land Raceway29 JuneGT500No. 37 Toyota Castrol TeamNo. 36 Toyota Castrol Team Masanori Sekiya Toshio Suzuki Michael Krumm Pedro de la RosaGT300 No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering Yasushi Hitotsuyama Kenji Yamamoto Takeshi Tsuchiya Masaoki Nagashima4Fuji Speedway10 AugustGT500No. 36 Toyota Castrol TeamNo. 39 Toyota Team SARD Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa Masami Kageyama Tatsuya TanigawaGT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 26 Team Taisan Jr. Takeshi Tsuchiya Masaoki Nagashima Keiichi Suzuki Morio Nitta5Miné Circuit5 OctoberGT500No. 18 Mugen + Dome ProjectNo. 36 Toyota Castrol Team Takuya Kurosawa Katsumi Yamamoto Michael Krumm Pedro de la RosaGT300 No. 6 Kraft No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh Hiroki Katoh Takahiro Fujita Hideo Fukuyama Manabu Orido6Sportsland SUGO26 OctoberGT500No. 100 Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftNo. 5 Team 5Zigen Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida Eiichi Tajima Marc GoossensGT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 71 Sigmatech Racing Team Takeshi Tsuchiya Masaoki Nagashima Kaoru Hoshino Masaki Jyonai NC Twin Ring MotegiRace 1–16 NovemberGT500 No. 2 NISMO No. 2 NISMO Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas Aguri Suzuki Érik ComasGT300 No. 910 910 Racing No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan Seiichi Sodeyama Hideyuki Tamamoto Tetsuya Ota Anders OlofssonRace 2–16 NovemberGT500No. 2 NISMONo. 2 NISMO Aguri Suzuki Érik Comas Aguri Suzuki Érik ComasGT300No. 27 Ferrari Club of JapanNo. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson Tetsuya Ota Anders Olofsson

Point ranking GT500 class Drivers