The 2025 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the 25th season of D1 Grand Prix (D1GP) professional drifting competition. The competition is organised by Sunpros under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) Semi national competition format and recognise as Japan Drift Championship. The championship is contested over 10 rounds starting at Okuibuki Motorpark and concluded at Odaiba. Naoki Nakamura entered as the defending champion but unable to contest the full season due to his commitment in Drift Masters.
Hideyuki Fujino won his third championship driving for Team Toyo Tires Drift who win the Teams' championship. Fujino managed to overturned 19 point deficit in the final round from Koudai Sobagiri who won the solo run championship.
Schedule RoundVenueDate1 Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture10 May 211 May 3 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture28 June429 June5 Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture27 September628 September7 Autopolis, Oita Prefecture25 October826 October9 Odaiba, Tokyo Bay15 November1016 November Drivers and Teams TeamsTiresCarEngineNoDriversRoundSeimi Style Shibatire DriftShibatireNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I62 Seimi TanakaAllUras RacingDunlopNissan Skyline (R34)Toyota 2JZ I63 Keichi NomuraAllTeam Amemiya Matsukiyo MINI GT ShibatireShibatireMazda RX-7 (FD3S)Custom 4-Rotor7 Yukio MatsuiAllVehiql Racing×ValinoValinoNissan 180SX (RPS13)Toyota 2JZ I68 Takuya Inaoka (R)AllTeam BUZZBREAK DriftValinoNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I69 Tetsuya KumeAllToyota GR86 (ZN8)10 Hayato MiyoshiAllTeam BuzzbreakToyota Mark II (JZX100)50 Ryo Ishii (R)AllTeam sky FJトラスポYokohamaNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I615 Yuta Fujiwara (R)AllShibata Racing TeamShibatireToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I618 Tetsuya HibinoAllNissan VR38 V631 Koudai SobagiriAllRepair Create × Result JapanShibatireToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I623 Mitsuru MurakamiAll27WorksShibatireNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I627 Takeshi MogiAllTeam TNR Lovca SE SystemAntaresToyota Mark II (JZX100)Toyota 2JZ I630 Tetsuro NakataAllCusco RacingYokohamaToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I632 Koji Tada (R)AllToyota GR Corolla (CZEA14JH)52 Atsuki Hoshi (R)AllHiroshima Toyota Team Droo-PDunlopToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I633 Junya IshikawaAllToyota AE85Toyota 2GR V655 Kazuya MatsukawaAllTeam MiyaseimitsuValinoNissan Silvia (S15)Custom 4-Rotor38 Hisashi SaitoTBCRacing Service WatanabeAntaresToyota AE86Nissan SR20 I443 Yoshifumi Tadokoro1-4,7-10Mazda RX-7 (FC3S)Mazda 20B 3-Rotor51 Teruyoshi IwaiAllGP SportsValinoNissan 180SX (RPS13)Toyota 2JZ I656 Takahiro MoriAllTeam Toyo Tires Drift -1 Toyo TiresToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I666 Hideyuki FujinoAll88 Masato KawabataAllTeam Toyo Tires Drift -2Toyota GR Corolla (GZEA14)77 Hokuto MatsuyamaAllToyota GR86 (ZN8)80 Yuki TanoAllTeam Toyo Tires Drift -3Toyota GT86 (ZN6)Nissan VR38 V614 Shiina Tamaki (R)AllD-Max Racing TeamToyo TiresNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I670 Masashi YokoiAll81 Kenshiro Wada (R)AllDrift Star RacingDrift StarToyota Chaser (JZX100)Toyota 2JZ I675 Yumeto HatanakaAllNissan Silvia (S13)Toyota 2JZ I698 Masakazu Doi (R)AllTeam MoriValinoNissan Silvia (S13)Toyota 2JZ I676 Ryu Nakamura (R)AllTeam VertexShibatireLexus RC (XC10)Toyota 2JZ I678 Takahiro UenoAllToyota GR86 (ZN8)95 Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond)1-4.9-10Nexzter Drive to Drift AcademyNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I663 Konpichit Toyingcharoen (Pay)1-489 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop)9-10BMW 2 Series (F22)Nissan VR38 V61-4Valino Team G-MeisterValinoBMW 3 Series (E92)Toyota 2JZ I679 Kojiro MekuwaAllFat Five RacingShibatireToyota GR Supra (J29/DB)Toyota 2JZ I687 Daigo Saito5-10Weins Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！RacingValinoToyota GR Supra (J29/DB)Toyota 2JZ I690 Mao YamanakaAllHirano Tire ★ Hardcore Rocket Bunny RacingHabileadNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I691 Hirotaka KanoAllTeam Valino × N-StyleValinoNissan Silvia (S13)Chevrolet LSX V899 Naoki Nakamura1-2Toyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I65-10
Entry Changes
Yuki Tano joined Team Toyo Tires Drift and will debut GR86 built by D-Max. 8 Drivers graduated to D1GP from D1 Lights include : Reigning champion, Kenshiro Wada joined Team D-Max Racing replacing Yuki Tano and will partner Masashi Yokoi who announce 2025 as his last year with the team. Runner-up, Koji Tada who will be partnered with former FDJ driver Atsuki Hoshi in Cusco Racing. Tada will drive Toyota GR86 while Hoshi will drive a GR Corolla. Shiina Tamaki join Team Toyo Tires Drift as the fifth member. She will be the only female driver on the series. Masakazu Doi graduated to D1GP replacing Hiroki Vito in Drift Star Racing. Ryo Ishi joined Team Buzzbreak. Ryu Nakamura, son of Naoki Nakamura will drive a Nissan Silvia S13, joined Team Mori after missing 2024 season. Takuya Inaoka will drive a Nissan 180SX. Super GT driver Yuta Fujiwara will drive a Nissan Silvia S15, After a year of from competition, 2023 Rookie of the year Tetsuya Kume will be returning and joined Hayato Miyoshi in Team BUZZBREAK. Team G-Meister only compete with one car as Koji Yamaguchi decided to take break from competition. Kojiro Mekuwa remain with the team. 2023 D1 Lights champion Hisato Yonai will not return for 2025 but planning to return for 2026. Pond will be driving a GR86 previously driven by Pop, in turn Pay will drive the S15 instead. Both Racing Service Watanabe driver will now ran Antares tires. Hirotaka Kano will be the sole driver that ran Habilead tires. Naoki Nakamura miss the Tsukuba round due to his commitment in Drift Masters European Championship. Daigo Saito miss the Okuibuki and Tsukuba round due to his commitment in Formula Drift.
Mid-season Changes
Naoki Nakamura replace his V8 powered S13 with a newly built Toyota GR86 from Ebisu round onwards. Kojiro Mekuwa change his car to Koji Yamaguchi's E92 for the remainder of the season. Mekuwa totalled his E92 in Ebisu during practice. Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) use Pay's S15 as the latter is not competing for the rest of the season after Tsukuba and Pop's BMW is in Thailand.
Results and standings
Round Results RoundVenueWinnerReportSolo RunBattle1OkuibukiSeimi Tanaka Kojiro Mekuwa2Lattapon Keawchin Kojiro Mekuwa3TsukubaMao YamanakaKojiro Mekuwa4Mitsuru MurakamiHokuto Matsuyama5EbisuKoudai SobagiriHideyuki Fujino6Hokuto MatsuyamaKoudai Sobagiri7AutopolisHideyuki FujinoKoudai Sobagiri8Koudai SobagiriNaoki Nakamura9OdaibaHideyuki FujinoNaoki Nakamura10Tetsuya HibinoHideyuki Fujino Further Information : 2025 D1 Grand Prix Series Ranking
Drivers' championship Point system Positions1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16thPoint252118161312111087654321Tanso point4321 Tiebraker is determined by higher points in tanso standings.
Round winner indicated with Bold and solo run winner with Italics RankDriverOkuibukiTsukubaEbisuAutopolisOdaibaTotalR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R101Hideyuki Fujino52010212512171617271702Koudai Sobagiri6161513252727171671693Naoki Nakamura150 - -1721182527211444Kojiro Mekuwa27252590015111801305Masashi Yokoi12241818810910011106Mao Yamanaka3131767191721131077Ryu Nakamura00016214021618868Masato Kawabata181021111361900809Tetsuya Hibino1000051616015177910Seimi Tanaka170901102109107711Mitsuru Murakami218111700700117512Hokuto Matsuyama7072531200356213Lattapon Keawchin (Pop)161201 - - - -10115014Junya Ishikawa052300605544815Kenshiro Wada01230105001104116Yuki Tano8161041000003917Yumeto Hatanaka0000201107163618Daigo Saito - - - -152014003119Takuya Inaoka0114110020023020Takahiro Ueno0616003 0102621Koji Tada02006 101062522Tetsuya Kume0000011011002223Yukio Matsui40020006031524Shiina Tamaki0000000440825Ryo Ishii0010005020826Takahiro Mori0004004000827Teruyoshi Iwai0305000000828Hirotaka Kano0053000000829Atsuki Hoshi0000010300430Kazuya Matsukawa04000000 0431Keiichi Nomura2000000000232Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond)10000000001
Solo run championship Rank.DriverRD.1RD.2RD.3RD.4RD.5RD.6RD.7RD.8RD.9RD.10Total1Koudai Sobagiri811614201515207101262Hideyuki Fujino51568126201220151193Masashi Yokoi1416111313161411011094Mao Yamanaka3122010111411013141085Kojiro Mekuwa1513101500161680936Mitsuru Murakami1014132000120016857Naoki Nakamura160 148138158828Seimi Tanaka20 14 7 10 1411769Masato Kawabata1342161131114 710Tetsuya Hibino6 6117 16206611Ryu Nakamura 12167 211136112Hokuto Matsuyama11 122320 365713Junya Ishikawa 715 12 61055514Lattapon Keawchin (Pop)720 1 4124415Kenshiro Wada 113 510 6 3516Daigo Saito 154015 3417Takuya Inaoka 10511 2 33118Yuki Tano1228341 3019Koji Tada 3 8 41 72320Yumeto Hatanaka 2 6 1222221Yukio Matsui4 4 7 41922Takahiro Ueno 84 5 01 1823Tetsuya Kume 02 13 1524Teruyoshi Iwai 5 7 1225Hirotaka Kano 75 1226Ryo Ishii 1 8 2 1127Takahiro Mori 6 5 1128Shiina Tamaki 55 1029Atsuki Hoshi 3 4 730Kazuya Matsukawa 6 631Keiichi Nomura2 232Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond)1 1
Team's championship Points scored by the highest finishing driver in each round. Rank.TeamRD.1RD.2RD.3RD.4RD.5RD.6RD.7RD.8RD.9RD.10Total1Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT 115156202666156261412TEAM VALINO × N-STYLE6 1020152626201233SHIBATA RACING TEAM6106620262661061224VALINO TEAM G-Champion2626263 6315 1055TEAM D-MAX RACING6201515633663836Waynes Toyota Kanagawa x It's Me! Racing366331533206687TEAM MORI 10153 20315668Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT 23332636 33509SEIMI STYLE SHIBATIRE DRIFT6 3 6 20 364410Repair Create × Result Japan20366 3 34111Hiroshima Toyota team DROO-P 320 3 3333512Nexzter drive to drift academy103 3 662813DRIFT STAR Racing 3 6 3102214TEAM VERTEX3310 3 03 2215CUSCO Racing 3 3363 32116VEHIQL RACING × VALINO 636 3 32117FAT FIVE RACING 6306 1518TEAM Amemiya Matsukiyo MINIGT Shiba Tire3 3 3 31219TEAM BUZZBREAK DRIFT 06 6 1220Team BuzzBreak 3 3 3 921Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT 3 33 622GP SPORTS 3 3 623Racing Service Watanabe 3 3 624Hirano Tire ★ Hardcore Rocket Bunny Racing 33 625URAS RACING3 3
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