The 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series.

Teams and drivers Team Car 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 Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Qualify 5 4 3 2 1colspan=5 Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

TCR Japan Series TCR Japan Saturday Series Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG 1 Anna Inotsume 11 11 Ret2 11 44 108 2 Masanobu Kato 34 35 34 DNS 32 69 3 "Hirobon" 22 43 23 58 4 "Mototino" 55 Ret2 23 5 7 52 5 Takeshi Suehiro 11 23 51 6 Junichi Umemoto 6 24 Ret 44 6 50 7 Kenji Suzuki 43 5 55 65 45 8 Choi Jeongweon 6† 7 11 44 9 Seiji Tamada 7 6 4 8 8 34 10 Hideo Kubota 32 19 11 Kento Kimura 55 11 Tobio Otani WD Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG TCR Japan Sunday Series Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG 1 Anna Inotsume 12 12 Ret2 21 22 107 2 "Mototino" 33 34 45 45 4 73 3 Masanobu Kato 44 23 24 Ret 85 60 4 Takeshi Suehiro 11 13 58 5 "Hirobon" 21 51 33 56 6 Junichi Umemoto 65 4 6 64 5 49 7 Choi Jeongweon 33 3 7 39 8 Kenji Suzuki 5 75 5 7 33 9 Tobio Otani 11 30 10 Seiji Tamada Ret 6 7 5 WD 24 11 Kento Kimura 64 10 12 Hideo Kubota Ret2 4 Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 1 2 3 4 5 – 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 Entrant No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG 1 Birth Racing Project 19 22 21 43 51 11 11 23 13 23 33 223 2 Hagoromo Six DOME Racing 98 11 12 11 12 Ret2 Ret2 11 21 44 22 215 3 55MOTO Racing 55 55 33 Ret2 34 23 45 5 45 7 4 125 4 Audi Team Mars 65 34 44 35 23 34 24 DNS Ret 105 5 J's Racing 69 6 65 24 4 Ret 6 44 64 6 5 99 6 Birth Racing Project 17 43 5 5 75 55 5 65 7 55 64 99 7 Tamada Racing / Team LeMans 7 7 Ret 6 6 4 7 8 5 8 11 88 8 KMSA Motorsport N 3 6† 33 7 3 11 7 83 9 KMSA Motorsport N 65 32 85 24 10 J's Racing 690 32 Ret2 23 Driver No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUGBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

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