The 2025 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 6 to 9 November 2025. It marked the tenth running of the Rally Japan, and was the thirteenth round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The 2025 event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region and was contested over twenty special stages, covering a total competitive distance of .
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov were the defending rally winners in the WRC2 category. Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the defending rally winners in the WRC3 category.
Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais won the rally, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winner. Alejandro Cachón and Borja Rozada were the winners in the WRC2 category, and secured their category titles. Ghjuvanni Rossi and Kylian Sarmezan were the winners in the WRC3 category, while Matteo Fontana and Alessandro Arnaboldi became the 2025 WRC3 champions.
Background Entry list The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the WRC2 Championship, the WRC3 Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were fourteen Rally2 crews in the WRC2 Championship and four Rally3 crew in the WRC3 Championship.
+ No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre 1 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 5 Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer, Team 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver 13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 17 Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 55 Josh McErlean Eoin Treacy M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer + No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre 21 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Gus Greensmith Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver 22 Jan Solans Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio PH.Ph Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver 23 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver 24 Alejandro Cachón Borja Rozada Toyota España Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver 25 Yuki Yamamoto James Fulton Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver 26 Diego Domínguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate Diego Domínguez Jr. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver 27 Hiroki Arai Hiroki Tachikui R2R×YAHAGI Racing Team Škoda Fabia R5 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver 28 Heikki Kovalainen Sae Kitagawa Heikki Kovalainen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver 29 Norihiko Katsuta Yusuke Kimura Toyota Gazoo Racing WRJ Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver 30 Takuma Kamada Yuichi Matsumoto Takuma Kamada Škoda Fabia R5 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver 31 Fumio Nutahara Shungo Azuma Fumio Nutahara Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver 32 Osamu Fukunaga Misako Saida Osamu Fukunaga Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver 34 Satoshi Imai Fuyu Takahashi Satoshi Imai Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver + No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Class/Championship eligibility Tyre 35 Matteo Fontana Alessandro Arnaboldi Matteo Fontana Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3 36 Ghjuvanni Rossi Kylian Sarmezan Ghjuvanni Rossi Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3 37 Georgios Vasilakis Allan Harryman Georgios Vasilakis Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Masters Driver, Masters Co-Driver 38 Eric Royère Alexis Grenier Eric Royère Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3 + No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre 20 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Printsport Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 40 Armand Fumal Jules Escartefigue Armand Fumal Alpine A110 Rally RGT Masters Driver
Itinerary All dates and times are JST (UTC+9). Date No. Time span Stage name Distance 6 November — After 9:01 Kuragaike Park [Shakedown] 2.75 km After 15:30 Opening ceremony, Toyota Stadium SS1 After 16:05 Kuragaike Park SSS 2.75 km 7 November 5:43 – 5:58 Service A, Toyota Stadium SS2 After 7:11 Inabu / Shitara 1 17.08 km SS3 After 8:24 Shinshiro 1 17.41 km SS4 After 9:57 Isegami's Tunnel 1 19.66 km 11:37 – 11:57 Regroup, Toyota Stadium 11:57 – 12:37 Service B, Toyota Stadium SS5 After 13:40 Isegami's Tunnel 2 19.66 km SS6 After 15:03 Inabu / Shitara 2 17.08 km SS7 After 16:16 Shinshiro 2 17.41 km 18:06 – 18:51 Flexi service C, Toyota Stadium 8 November 5:55 – 6:10 Service D, Toyota Stadium SS8 After 7:23 Obara 1 16.44 km SS9 After 8:34 Ena 1 21.25 km SS10 After 10:05 Mt. Kasagi 1 21.74 km 10:55 – 11:54 Regroup, Enakyo Park SS11 After 12:35 Mt. Kasagi 2 21.74 km SS12 After 14:08 Ena 2 21.25 km SS13 After 15:21 Obara 2 16.44 km 16:36 – 17:32 Regroup, SkyHall SS14 After 17:35 Toyota City SSS 3.05 km 18:10 – 18:55 Flexi service E, Toyota Stadium 9 November 7:26 – 7:41 Service F, Toyota Stadium SS15 After 8:39 Nukata 1 20.23 km SS16 After 9:35 Lake Mikawako 1 13.98 km 12:07 – 12:27 Regroup, Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium SS17 After 10:53 Okazaki SSS 1 1.98 km SS18 After 11:04 Okazaki SSS 2 1.98 km 11:22 – 11:47 Regroup, Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium SS19 After 12:33 Nukata 2 20.23 km 13:23 – 14:10 Regroup, Mikawako Enchi SS20 After 14:15 Lake Mikawako 2 [Power Stage] 13.98 km After 15:45 Official finish, Toyota Stadium Source:
Report WRC Rally1 Classification Position Driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class Event Sunday Stage Total 1 1 17 Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:21:08.9 0.0 25 5 5 35 2 2 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:21:20.5 +11.6 17 4 4 25 3 3 5 Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:23:25.5 +2:16.6 15 0 0 15 4 4 10 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 3:24:27.0 +3:18.1 12 2 2 16 5 5 13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:27:57.6 +6:48.7 10 0 1 11 6 6 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:28:10.4 +7:01.5 8 3 3 14 14 7 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 4:01:33.5 +40:24.6 0 1 0 1 Retired SS16 16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Accident damage 0 0 0 0 Retired SS15 1 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Electrical 0 0 0 0 Retired SS3 55 Josh McErlean Eoin Treacy M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Accident 0 0 0 0 Source:
Special stages Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders SD Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:13.8 SS1 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:07.5 Rovanperä / Halttunen SS2 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:20.9 Ogier / Landais SS3 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:36.7 Katsuta / Johnston SS4 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:57.6Ogier / Landais SS5 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:47.8 SS6 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:18.9 SS7 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:34.7 SS8 Fourmaux / Coria Hyundai i20 N Rally1 9:34.7 SS9 Fourmaux / Coria Hyundai i20 N Rally1 15:07.4 SS10 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:17.3 SS11 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:07.5 SS12 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:57.3 SS13 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:00.9 SS14 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:14.6 SS15 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 12:52.5 SS16 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:14.3 SS17 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1:57.4 SS18 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1:56.4 SS19 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:36.4 SS20 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:29.3 Source:
Championship standings Bold text indicates 2025 World Champions.
+MoveDriverPoints 1 Elfyn Evans 272 2 Sébastien Ogier 269 3 Kalle Rovanperä 248 4 Ott Tänak 213 5 Thierry Neuville 166
+MoveDriverPoints 1 Scott Martin 272 2 Vincent Landais 269 3 Jonne Halttunen 248 4 Martin Järveoja 213 5 Martijn Wydaeghe 166
+MoveDriverPoints 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 692 2 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 464 3 M-Sport Ford WRT 191 4 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 145
WRC2 Rally2 Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class Class Event 8 1 24 Alejandro Cachón Borja Rozada Toyota España Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:31:50.5 0.0 25 4 9 2 23 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:32:45.1 +54.6 17 2 10 3 22 Jan Solans Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio PH.Ph Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:33:34.9 +1:44.4 15 1 11 4 28 Heikki Kovalainen Sae Kitagawa Heikki Kovalainen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:35:59.9 +4:09.4 12 0 12 5 27 Hiroki Arai Hiroki Tachikui R2R×YAHAGI Racing Team Škoda Fabia R5 3:36:17.1 +4:26.6 10 0 13 6 26 Diego Domínguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate Diego Domínguez Jr. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:36:30.6 +4:40.1 8 0 14 7 30 Takuma Kamada Yuichi Matsumoto Takuma Kamada Škoda Fabia R5 3:46:07.6 +14:17.1 6 0 16 8 31 Fumio Nutahara Shungo Azuma Fumio Nutahara Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:54:01.4 +22:10.9 4 0 25 9 34 Satoshi Imai Fuyu Takahashi Satoshi Imai Citroën C3 Rally2 5:01:09.0 +1:29:18.5 2 0 Retired SS20 25 Yuki Yamamoto James Fulton Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Accident 0 0 Retired SS16 32 Osamu Fukunaga Misako Saida Osamu Fukunaga Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Mechanical 0 0 Retired SS9 21 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Gus Greensmith Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Brakes 0 0 Retired SS9 29 Norihiko Katsuta Yusuke Kimura Toyota Gazoo Racing WRJ Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Accident 0 0 Source:
Special stages
+ Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders SD Gryazin / Aleksandrov Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:17.1 SS1 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2:11.7Cachón / Rozada SS2 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:54.4 SS3 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:13.9 SS4 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 15:39.0 Gryazin / Aleksandrov SS5 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 15:27.9Cachón / Rozada SS6 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:51.1 SS7 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:08.1 SS8 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:38.6 SS9 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 15:53.3 SS10 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 15:05.7 SS11 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 14:52.1 SS12 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 15:39.7 SS13 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:32.0 SS14 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:20.4 SS15 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 13:24.9 SS16 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 9:45.3 SS17 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2:01.5 SS18 Kovalainen / Kitagawa Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2:00.4 SS19 Cachón / Rozada Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 13:08.8 SS20 Arai / Tachikui Škoda Fabia R5 10:07.0 Source: