The 2018 Super Taikyu Series was the 27th season of the Super Taikyu Series. The season will start on 31 March at Suzuka Circuit and end on 4 November at Okayama International Circuit. #99 GTNET Motorsports is the Champion and the 4th overall title for a Nissan GTR GT3
Teams and drivers
Entrant Vehicle No Drivers Rounds ST–X Endless Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 3 Yukinori Taniguchi 1–4, 6 Hideki Yamauchi All Tsubasa Mekaru Kyosuke Mineo 3 Shinnosuke Yamada Juku Sunaga Tajima Tsuyoshi 5 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 24 Tomonobu Fujii 1–2, 4–6 Kazuki Hiramine Yuudai Uchida J-Fly Racing by Phoenix Racing Asia Audi R8 LMS 81 Jeffrey Lee All André Couto Shintaro Kawabata 1–5 Alessio Picariello 3, 6 Phoenix Racing Asia 82 Alex Au 1–4 Shaun Thong Alex Yoong Philip Ellis 3 83 Lim Keong Wee All Melvin Moh Marchy Lee 1–4 Max Hofer 3 Mathias Beche 5–6 GTNET Motor Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 99 Teruhiko Hamano All Kazuki Hoshino Kiyoto Fujinami Hironobu Yasuda 3 Sun Zheng 3, 5 R.n. Sports Mercedes-AMG GT3 112 Atsushi Sato 1, 4, 6 Ryosei Yamashita Nobuo Kubo MAX Racing Lexus RC F GT3 244 Tetsuya Tanaka 1, 3–6 Kimiya Sato Takeshi Tsuchiya Go Max 1, 3–5 Toru Tanaka 6 D'station Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R 777 Satoshi Hoshino 1–4 Seiji Ara Tsubasa Kondo Yuya Motoshima 3 CARGUY Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 999 Kei Cozzolino 6 Takeshi Kimura Afiq Yazid ST–Z BEND Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 51 Daisuke Ikeda 3, 5 Masamitsu Ishihara Yuya Sakamoto Shinya Hosokawa 3 Atsushi Yogō Monokore Ginetta G55 GT4 550 "Ryo" 6 Hideki Hirota Hironobu Yasuda ST–TCR Adenau Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10 Philippe Devesa All Shogo Mitsuyama Mitsuhiro Endō 3, 5 Shuichi Wakisaka 3 Birth Racing Project Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 19 “Hirobon” All "Yossy" Koichi Okumura 1–5 Takuro Shinohara 1–2, 6 Kei Akiyoshi 3 Komiya Masanobu Daisuke Yamawaki 3, 5 Takeshi Matsumoto 4, 6 Audi driving experience Japan Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 33 Hideki Nakahara 5 Hiroaki Oiwa Ryuichiro Tomita Masataka Yanagida Audi Team DreamDrive Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 45 Naoto Takeda 1–4, 6 Takuya Shirasaka Shozo Tagahara All Yoshiyuki Okumura 3, 5 46 Toshiro Tsukada 1 Yoshikazu Sobu Atsushi Ishizaki Yuji Kiyotaki Audi Team DreamDrive Noah 75 Yuji Kiyotaki 3–6 Yoshikazu Sobu Toshiro Tsukada Tadashi Watanabe 3–5 Kazuyuki Matsumoto 3 Yukihiro Yamaji Audi Team Mars Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 65 Daisuke Imamura 3–6 Hironori Ishizawa Masato Kato Toshihiro Yoshida 3 B-Max Engineering with Dome Honda Civic Type-R TCR (FK2) 96 “Takumi” 1–2, 4 Motoyoshi Yoshida Ryuji “Dragon” Kumita “Syuji” 1–2 Shinichi Takagi 4 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) “Takumi” 6 Motoyoshi Yoshida Shinichi Takagi Modulo Racing with Dome Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 97 Tadao Uematsu All Shinji Nakano Hiroki Otsu Takashi Kobayashi Keiko Ishikawa 3 DOME RACING PROJECT 98 Taiyou Iida All Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1–3 Kazuho Takahashi 3–4 Richard Wee 3 Keiko Ishikawa 5 Ryuji “Dragon” Kumita 6 ST–1 apr Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 31 Katsuhito “Jack” Ogawa 1–2 Masami Kageyama 1–2, 5–6 Ryuichiro Tomita 1–2, 6 "T. Stark" 5–6 Yuta Kamimura 5 D'station Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 47 Tatsuya Hoshino 1–4 Manabu Orido Kenji Hama Kenji Kobayashi 3 Lee Jung-woo ST–2 Shinryo Racing Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 6 Tomohiro Tomimasu All Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi Yoshiki Fujii 3 Setsuo Furuyama Masato Narisawa 7 Wataru Yamaki All Turbo Asahi Zene Okazaki 1–4 Kizuku Hirota Hirofumi Okumura 3 Atsushi Ishizaki 5 Masato Narazawa 5–6 Team Nopro Mazda Axela Sky-D 17 Tatsuya Tanigawa All Tatsuya Nogami Toshihiko Nogami Yosunari Fujiwara 3, 5 Hiroki Yamada 3 TOWAINTEC Racing Subaru Impreza WRX STI 59 Manabu Osawa All Hitoshi Goto Takuto Iguchi Mizuki Ishizaka ST–3 MP Racing Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33) 9 Joe Shindo All Keiichi Inoue Yusaku Shibata 1–2, 5–6 Takahisa Ōno 3 Takumi Takada "Natsu" Masami Kageyama 4 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport Nissan Fairlady (Z34) 14 Masaya Kohno All Tomoaki Ichimori Manabu Ohara Manabu Yamazaki Toshiaki Koshimizu 3 Takahiko Shimazawa 15 Masaaki Nagashima All Kazuomi Komatsu Makoto Fujiwara 1–5 Yasutaka Hinoi Ataka Mitsunori 3 Yutaka Katsuyoshi Kenichi Sugiyama 6 Techno First Racing Team Lexus RC350 34 Masaki Kano All Satoshi Matsubara Riki Okusa Takafumi Ohsaki 3 Naoshi Osaka Tracy Sports Lexus IS350 38 Makoto Hotta 1–4 Ryohei Sakaguchi Morio Nitta Lexus RC350 Makoto Hotta 5–6 Ryohei Sakaguchi Morio Nitta 39 Yuya Tezuka All Kazuya Shimogaki Shuji Maejima Sesshu Kondo Le Beausset Motorsports Lexus RC350 62 Koki Saga All Kenta Yamashita Ritomo Miyata Hiroaki Ishiura 3 Hirate Kohei Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Toyota Mark X GR Sport 68 Naoki Hattori All Shigekazu Wakisaka Takayuki Hiranuma Taku Bamba 3 Suga Fuwami ST–4 Endless Sports Toyota 86 13 Ryo Ogawa All Tsubasa Takahashi Masaya Hanazato Ryosuke Kure Yuki Nakayama 3 Shinichi Kobayashi Asano Racing Service Toyota 86 18 Takeo Asano All Masataka Inoue Yoshiyuki Tsuruga 1–2 Masayuki Mori Shiba Toshikazu 3–6 Kazunori Fumura 3–4 Genki Usakura 3 Takashi Tobetsutani Susumu Nakamura 5 Daiki Fujiwara 6 APROS Racing Toyota GRMN Vitz Turbo 26 Mitsuaki Matsuo All Kazunari Yoshioka Takashi Azuma Yuichi Yokoo Koji Miura 3 Hideki Kimura Makiguchi Engineering Toyota 86 27 Isao Ihashi All Ryuju Fujita 1–4 Hideki Hirota 1–3 Yuki Baba 3, 5–6 Ryo Yamada 5–6 T’s Concept Toyota 86 28 Tohjiro Azuma All “Daisuke” Tetsuya Moriyama 1–4 Masayuki Ueda 1–2, 4–6 Takashi Kubo 3 Shunsuke Kono Tatsuya Kataoka "Kembow" 5 29 Masahiro Sasaki All Yasuhiro Ogura “Kembow” 1–2 Kazuya Oshima 3 Koyama Mihime 3–4 Daisuke Toyoda 3–6 Iida Akira 3 TEAM HERO'S Honda S2000 41 Kensuke Yamamoto 6 Ryuki Fujita Masahiro Aso TC Corse Mazda Roadster (NC) 54 Teruaki Kato 1–2, 4–6 Yuui Tsutsumi Yuya Hiraki Hiroshi Nakamura 1–2, 4–5 Auto Factory Toyota 86 55 Jun Tashiro 1–3 Takashi Ito Masayuki Tanaka Takayuki Oi 3 Yuichi Mikasa Kenta Hanazawa Kobayashi Auto Racing Project Honda Integra Type-R 58 Koichi Kobayashi All Resshu Shioya Hiroshi Ito 1–2, 5 Takao Seto 1–2, 6 Minoru Seino 3–4 Takayuki Yamada 3 Masayuki Sakano Cusco Racing Toyota 86 77 Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada 1–3, 5 Koji Endo Yasunori Nakajima Yohei Hashimoto 3, 5 Takeshi Matsui 3 TOM'S Spirit Toyota 86 86 Takamitsu Matsui All Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi Naoya Gamou 3 Tracy Sports with SPV Racing Toyota 86 100 Hitoshi Matsui 2–3 Tetsuya Hibino Yuya Hira 3 Ryohei Tanaka Kenny Lee Shinichi Hyodo 4, 6 Masafumi Inada TEAM221 with W.S. Engineering Honda S2000 116 Yasuhiro Ogushi 4 Tetsuya Shuto 4, 6 Yoshida Yasuyuki Ryuichiro Otsuka 6 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing Honda Integra Type-R 884 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 1, 3–6 Hiro Hayashi 1, 3, 5–6 Shuji Takeuchi 1 Hiromasa Hayashi Hiroki Yoshida 3–5 Yuji Kunimoto 3 Le Mans 24h Project Team with CARGUY Honda Civic Type-R Euro 999 Shoki Tenkawa 3 Yuki Shiraishi Hajime Noma Shimoyama Kazusu ST–5 Team221 Mazda Roadster (ND) 2 Katsuhiko Tsutsui All Junichiro Yamashita Ryuichiro Otsuka 1–2 Yamaji Yama 3–6 Masaki Tanaka 3–4 Takahiro Tanaka 3 Shuto Tetsuya Yuta Kamimura 6 Team Bride Honda Fit 3 RS 4 Junzo Shibatani 1–2 Yuya Ota All Hidefumi Minami Toshiya Ito 1–3 Kurosaki Kurosu 3 Seijiro Aihara Carlos Honda 3–4, 6 apr Mazda Roadster (ND) 32 Akihiro Harashima 1–2 Junko Takahashi Akihiro Matsuda Naoya Kawashima apr with Murakami Motors Teru Nakamura 6 Haruhiko Sugino Yoshimitsu Kondo Team Nopro Mazda Demio Sky-D 37 Yutaka Seki All Kaoru Ijiri Tobio Ohtani Yoshiaki Kato 3 Dijon Racing Honda Fit 3 RS 48 Kyosuke Inomata All Hiroshi Takamori Shunsuke Sato 1–2 Takahisa Ohno 1–2, 4–6 Sho Kawamura 3 Tetsuya Sasao Seiyuki Neno Love Drive Racing with NATS Mazda Roadster (ND) 50 Marie Iwaoka All Anna Inotsume Hiroko Komatsu 1–5 Yumiko Sekizaki 1–3 Kato Sayaka 3, 6 Tsujita Megumi 3 Over Drive Mazda Demio 15MB 66 Riku Hashimoto All Takayuki Takechi Shigetomo Shimono 1–3 Takashi Nishiyama 3 Yasushi Ide Ryoku Tanioka Makoto Furano 4–6 Team Yamato Honda Fit 3 RS 67 Ayumu Ikeda 2 Ryohei Yasui 2, 6 Ryo Nakagawa 6 J’s Racing Honda Fit 3 RS 69 Junichi Umemoto All Ifwat Razak Masaharu Imuta 1–3 Tomomitsu Senoo Hideo Kubota 3–5 Hirokazu Takahashi 3 Masuda Ranmuta 5 Seiji Imuta 6 70 Hideo Kubota 6 Liu Yonglin Lv Yangyi Murakami Motors Mazda Roadster (ND) 88 Hiroyuki Murakami 3–6 Keiji Amemiya Koichiro Yoshida Kununori Nakane Takeshi Wakiya 3 Haruhiko Sugino FCA Racing Honda Fit 3 RS 168 Jun Fujii All Toshihiro Kubota Shinsuke Umeda Yuji Ito 3 Sources:
Calendar and results The 2018 schedule was announced in January 2018.