The 2025 SRO Japan Cup was 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 13 June at the Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled to end on 14 September Suzuka International Circuit in Okayama.
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 SeptemberSources:
Entry list
Team Car Engine Drivers Class Rounds GT3 Team Macchina Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 1 Hirokazu Suzuki Am All Tadao Uematsu Bingo Racing with LM corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 Ukyo Sasahara PA All Shinji Takei Team UpGarage with ACR Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 18 "" PA All Takashi Kobayashi Max Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Yuya Motojima PA All Ponos Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 45 Kei Cozzolino PA All Yorikatsu Tsujiko CarGuy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 66 Kazuki Ota Am All Takashi Toyoda Akiland Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 71 Masayoshi Oyama Am 1, 4 Masayuki Ueda Team Daishin with GTNET Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 81 Ryuichiro Oyagi Am 2–4 Nobuyuki Oyagi 3 Galah Racing With GTNET 935 "" PA 2 Natsu Sakaguchi Art Taste with JMS Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 84 Nobuhiro Imada Am 2 Yasuhiro Shimizu K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96 Nirei Fukuzumi PA All Kazunori Suenaga Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 98 Shinichi Takagi PA 1–3 Daisuke Yamawaki Norik Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 181 Taku Bamba PA 3–4 Norikazu Shibata Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 296 Shintaro Kawabata PA All Akihiro Tsuzuki RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 360 Masaaki Nishikawa Am All Atsushi Tanaka Maezawa Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 555 Yusaku Maezawa PA All Naoki Yokomizo Seven x Seven Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 666 "" PA All Kiyoto Fujinami 1 Taichi Watarai 2–4 GTC NGR Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 16 "" Am 2 Hipoint Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 17 Tomohisa Furuya Am 1–2 Satoshi Konno AWD Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 27 Jake Parsons PA 2 Jesse Anthony Swinimer Gama83 Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 83 Makoto Haga PA 2 Mineki Okura Caratt Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 94 Takashi Sano PA 2 Takuya Shirasaka Bingo Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 888 Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan Am All GT4 TTR with Akiland Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 11 Tony Fong Wai Shing Am 4 Terence Tse Kin Leung Destino with Sunrise BLVD Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 15 Kohei Azuma Am 2, 4 Hiroaki Nagasawa Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 82 Yoshimoto Makino SA All Daiki Fujiwara Takeshi Suehiro 4 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 39 Haridarma Manoppo SA All Seita Nonaka Murakami Motors Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 88 Hiroyuki Murakami SA 3 Soichiro Yoshida K-tunes Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 97 Betty Chen Yin-yu Am 1–2 Yoshichika Nagai 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 1 SUGO No. 18 Team UpGarage with ACR No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa Team Macchina "" 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 Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu 2 1 Fuji No. 296 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing No. 1 Team Macchina Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki "" Taichi Watarai Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu R2 No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa No. 296 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 81 Team Daishin with GTNET Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Ryuichiro Oyagi 3 1 Okayama No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa No. 1 Team Macchina "" Taichi Watarai Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu R2 No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa No. 45 Ponos Racing No. 1 Team Macchina Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu 4 1 Suzuka No. 24 Max Racing No. 18 Team UpGarage with ACR No. 1 Team Macchina Yuya Motojima "" Takashi Kobayashi Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu R2 No. 45 Ponos Racing No. 45 Ponos Racing No. 1 Team Macchina Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu GTC Round Circuit Pole position Pro/Am winners Am winners 1 1 SUGO No. 888 Bingo Racing No entries No. 888 Bingo Racing Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan R2 No. 888 Bingo Racing No. 888 Bingo Racing Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan 2 1 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 Chi-hsuan R2 No. 27 AWD Racing No. 27 AWD Racing No. 16 NGR Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer "" 3 1 Okayama No. 888 Bingo Racing No entries No. 888 Bingo Racing Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan R2 No. 888 Bingo Racing No. 888 Bingo Racing Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan 4 1 Suzuka No. 888 Bingo Racing No. 888 Bingo Racing Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan R2 No. 888 Bingo Racing No. 888 Bingo Racing Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan GT4 Round Circuit Pole position Silver/Am Winners Am winners 1 1 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 Yin-yu 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 Yin-yu Yoshichika Nagai 2 1 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 Yin-yu Yoshichika Nagai R2 No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No classified finishers Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka 3 1 Okayama No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No entries Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka R2 No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka 4 1 Suzuka No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 15 Destino with Sunrise BLVD Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Kohei Azuma Hiroaki Nagasawa R2 No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No. 15 Destino with Sunrise BLVD Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Kohei Azuma Hiroaki Nagasawa
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 Points251815121086421
Drivers' championships DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPointsGT31 Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing 3 3 2 1 7 5 3 21222 Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko Ponos Racing 2 Ret Ret 2 17† 1 2 11043 "" Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 1 4 6 2 4 81034 Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Bingo Racing with LM corsa 1 2 7 8 1 3 8 18975 "" Takashi Kobayashi Team UpGarage with ACR 6 9 3 16 2 6 1 3916 Taichi Watarai Seven x Seven Racing 1 4 6 2 4 8797 Yuya Motojima Max Racing 5 1 Ret 5 9 4 5 6778 Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu Team Macchina 9 7 6 10 8 7 7 5439 Nirei Fukuzumi Kazunori Suenaga K-tunes Racing 8 6 5 7 5 17 11 Ret3810 Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo Maezawa Racing Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 12 6 93711 Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki K-tunes Racing 7 5 17 Ret 3 Ret3112 Taku Bamba Norikazu Shibata Norik Racing 4 8 9 43013 Kiyoto Fujinami Seven x Seven Racing 4 42414 Ryuichiro Oyagi Team Daishin with GTNET 8 6 10 9 18 72115 Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda Akiland Racing 10 8 10 10716 Ryuichiro Oyagi Team Daishin with GTNET 8 6317 Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka RunUp Sports 14 10 10 Ret 13 11 19 12318 Nobuhiro Imada Yasuhiro Shimizu Art Taste with JMS Racing Ret 9219 Kazuki Ota Takashi Toyoda Car Guy Racing Ret DNS 11 15 12 10 12 112— "" Natsu Sakaguchi Galah Racing With GTNET 12 110 GTC1 Tiger Wu Chi-hsuan Bingo Racing 11 10 13 14 11 13 13 131832 Tomohisa Furuya Satoshi Kono Hipoint Racing 15 11 20 19523 Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer AWD Racing 9 13434 "" NGR 14 12405 Makoto Haga Mineki Okura Gama 83 Racing 15 16246 Takashi Sano Takuya Shirasaka Caratt Racing 16 1720GT41 Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 12 9 18 20 14 14 15 141932 Yoshimoto Makino Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 13 12 19 21 15 15 14 161513 Daiki Fujiwara Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 13 12 19 21 15 15 WD WD1084 Betty Chen Yin-yu Yoshichika Nagai K-tunes Racing 16 15 21 Ret455 Takeshi Suehiro Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 14 16436 Hiroyuki Murakami Soichiro Yoshida Murakami Motors 16 16307 Kohei Azuma Hiroaki Nagasawa Destino with Sunrise BLVD DNS DNS 16 1630Guest drivers ineligible to score pointsGT4— Tony Fong Wai Shing Terence Tse Kin Leung TTR with Akiland Racing 17 170DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPointsBold – 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 DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPointsGT31 Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing 3 3 2 1 7 5 3 21222 Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko Ponos Racing 2 Ret Ret 2 8† 1 2 11083 Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Bingo Racing with LM corsa 1 2 6 7 1 3 7 81074 "" Seven x Seven Racing 4 4 1 4 6 2 4 61075 "" Takashi Kobayashi Team UpGarage with ACR 6 7 3 10 2 6 1 3976 Taichi Watarai Seven x Seven Racing 1 4 6 2 4 6837 Yuya Motojima Max Racing 5 1 Ret 5 8 4 5 5818 Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo Maezawa Racing Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 8 6 7459 Nirei Fukuzumi Kazunori Suenaga K-tunes Racing 8 6 5 6 5 9 9 Ret4410 Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki K-tunes Racing 7 5 11 Ret 3 Ret3711 Taku Bamba Norikazu Shibata Norik Racing 4 7 8 43612 Kiyoto Fujinami Seven x Seven Racing 4 42413 "" Natsu Sakaguchi Galah Racing With GTNET 8 810 GTC1 Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer AWD Racing 7 9502 Makoto Haga Mineki Okura Gama 83 Racing 9 11363 Takashi Sano Takuya Shirasaka Caratt Racing 10 1230DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPoints
Silver-Am Cup DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPointsGT41 Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11932 Yoshimoto Makino Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 21513 Daiki Fujiwara Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 2 2 2 2 2 2 WD WD1084 Takeshi Suehiro Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 1 2435 Hiroyuki Murakami Soichiro Yoshida Murakami Motors 3 330DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPoints
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