The Rally Hokkaido (ラリー北海道), is an international rallying event held on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan.
The rally was first held in 2002 as Japan's entry into the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship and Japan's return to international rallying.
In 2004 the rally was promoted to World Championship status as the inaugural Rally Japan. The following year the World and Asia-Pacific rallies were split into separate rallies with both still being held in Hokkaido with Rally Japan as the WRC round, Rally Hokkaido as the APRC round. It has been throughout a Japan Rally Championship event as well.
The event has been dominated by Subaru Imprezas. Local driver Toshihiro Arai has won his home event six times.
List of winners Sourced in part from: YearWinnerCar 2002 Possum Bourne Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2003 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2004 Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 2005 Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 2006 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2007 Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2008 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2009 Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2010 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2011 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2012 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2013 Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2014 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2015 Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2016 Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia R5 2017 Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia R5 2018 Yuya Sumiyama Škoda Fabia R5 2019 Mike Young Toyota C-HR 2023 Jari-Matti Latvala Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
References
External links Official website Asia Pacific Championship