2026 SRO Japan Cup

The 2026 SRO Japan Cup was the fifth 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 were contested with GT3-spec, GTC-spec and GT4-spec cars with hopes of GT2-spec entries.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Map of circuit locations 1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi 15–17 May 2 Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 10–12 July 3 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama 28–30 August 4 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie 11–13 SeptemberSources:

Entry list

Team Car Engine Drivers Class Rounds GT3 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 1 Shintaro Kawabata PA All Akihiro Tsuzuki Bingo Racing with LM corsa Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 9 Ukyo Sasahara PA All Shinji Takei The Spirit of FFF Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 19 Hiroshi Hamaguchi Am All Mineki Okura Max Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Yuya Motojima PA All Yusaku Shibata Fivestar with Team DreamDrive Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 25 Takashi Sano PA 2, 4 Takuya Shirasaka AWD Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 27 Jake Parsons PA All Jesse Swinimer Ponos Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 45 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Am All Yusuke Yamasaki CarGuy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 66 Kazuki Ota Am 1–2, 4 Takeshi Kimura 1 Takashi Toyoda 2, 4 McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 88 Tadao Uematsu PA All Kenta Yamashita K-tunes Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Lexus RC F GT3 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 96 Kazunori Suenaga PA All Sena Sakaguchi 1, 4 Nirei Fukuzumi 2–3 Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 97 Betty Chen Yin-yu PA All Shinichi Takagi Norik Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 181 Taku Bamba PA All "" RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 360 Masaaki Nishikawa Am 1, 3 Atsushi Tanaka Maezawa Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 555 Yusaku Maezawa PA All Naoki Yokomizo GalahRacing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 935 "" PA 2 Natsu Sakaguchi GT4 Akiland Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2  BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 11 Yuji Kunimoto PA 1, 3 Masayoshi Oyama Masahiko Ida Am 4 Wang Yang E-Needs Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Turbo I6 29 Kota Murase Am 2, 4 Tatsuya Osaki Pop Race Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Turbo V8 44 Kelvin Ho Chun Ki Am All Maaya Orido Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG.GA 4.0 L Flat-6 82 Yoshimoto Makino PA All Takeshi Suehiro Icon Class Drivers PA Pro-Am Cup S Silver Cup Am Am Cup Kei Cozzolino was scheduled to compete for Ponos Racing, but Cozzolino left the team before the season starts. He was replaced by Yusuke Yamasaki, and the team competed in the Am class.

Race results Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4). In the Pole Position column, bold indicates the driver who set the qualifying lap.

GT3 Round Circuit Pole position Pro/Am winners Am winners 1 1 SUGO No. 1 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 1 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura R2 No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura 2 1 Fuji No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing No. 88 Miracolo Tokyo No. 45 Ponos Racing Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura Tadao Uematsu Kenta Yamashita Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki R2 No. 1 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 1 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura 3 1 Okayama No. 24 Max Racing No. 24 Max Racing No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura R2 No. 96 K-tunes Racing No. 96 K-tunes Racing No. 45 Ponos Racing Nirei Fukuzumi Kazunori Suenaga Nirei Fukuzumi Kazunori Suenaga Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki 4 1 Suzuka No. 45 Ponos Racing No. 1 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura R2 No. 1 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 1 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura GT4 Round Circuit Pole position Silver/Am Winners Am winners 1 1 SUGO No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 44 Team Pop Race Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Kelvin Ho Chun Ki Maaya Orido R2 No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 11 Akiland RacingNo classified finishers Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Yuji Kunimoto Masayoshi Oyama 2 1 Fuji No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 44 Team Pop Race Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Kelvin Ho Chun Ki Maaya Orido R2 No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 29 E-Needs Racing Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Kota Murase Tatsuya Osaki 3 1 Okayama No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 44 Team Pop Race Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Kelvin Ho Chun Ki Maaya Orido R2 No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 44 Team Pop Race Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Kelvin Ho Chun Ki Maaya Orido 4 1 Suzuka No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 29 E-Needs Racing Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Kota Murase Tatsuya Osaki R2 No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD No. 29 E-Needs Racing Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Kota Murase Tatsuya Osaki

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 1 5 Ret 1 3 5 1 11352 Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata Max Racing 2 2 2 2 1 6 2 41353 Tadao Uematsu Kenta Yamashita Team Uematsu 3 3 1 4 13 3 3 21164 Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Bingo Racing with LM corsa 4 1 5 3 2 4 5 61105 Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo Maezawa racing 6 4 WD WD 4 2 9 3676 Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura The Spirit of FFF Racing 5 6 Ret 5 6 8 4 5627 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki Ponos Racing 10 8 7 6 8 7 7 7418 Kazunori Suenaga K-tunes Racing WD WD Ret 10 Ret 1 6 8389 "" Taku Bamba Norik Racing 7 9 4 7 5 11 WD WD3610 Jake Parsons Jesse Swinimer AWD Racing 9 7 3 8 Ret 10 8 113211 Nirei Fukuzumi K-tunes Racing Ret 10 Ret  12612 Betty Chen Yin-yu Shinichi Takagi K-tunes Racing 8 Ret 6 9 7 9 WD WD2213 Sena Sakaguchi K-tunes Racing WD WD 6 81214 Kazuki Ota CarGuy Racing 11 Ret 8 12 11 9614 Takashi Toyoda CarGuy Racing 8 12 11 9615 Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka RunUp Sports 12 10 11 14316 Takashi Sano Takuya Shirasaka Fivestar with Team DreamDrive 13† 13 10 10317 "" Natsu Sakaguchi GalahRacing 9 112— Takeshi Kimura CarGuy Racing 11 Ret0GT41 Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 13 12 10 14 9 12 12 121432 Kelvin Ho Chun Ki Maaya Orido Pop Race 15 Ret 11 16 12 15 14 Ret933 Yuji Kunimoto Masayoshi Oyama Akiland Racing 14 11 10 13794 Kota Murase Tatsuya Osaki E-Needs Racing 12 15 13 13695 Masahiko Ida Wang Yang Akiland Racing 15 1427DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPointsBold – 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 1 5 Ret 1 3 5 1 11352 Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata Max Racing 2 2 2 2 1 6 2 41353 Tadao Uematsu Kenta Yamashita Team Uematsu 3 3 1 4 9 3 3 21214 Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei Bingo Racing with LM corsa 4 1 5 3 2 4 4 51145 Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo Maezawa racing 5 4 WD WD 4 2 8 3716 Jake Parsons Jesse Swinimer AWD Racing 8 6 3 6 Ret 8 6 7537 "" Taku Bamba Norik Racing 6 7 4 5 5 9 WD WD488 Kazunori Suenaga K-tunes Racing WD WD Ret 8 Ret 1 5 6479 Betty Chen Yin-yu Shinichi Takagi K-tunes Racing 7 Ret 6 7 6 7 WD WD3410 Nirei Fukuzumi K-tunes Racing Ret 8 Ret 12911 Sena Sakaguchi K-tunes Racing WD WD 5 61812 "" Natsu Sakaguchi GalahRacing 7 98GT41 Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 9 9 8 10 7 10 8 81682 Yuji Kunimoto Masayoshi Oyama Akiland Racing 10 8 8 1179DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPoints

Am Cup DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPointsGT31 Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura The Spirit of FFF Racing 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 11682 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki Ponos Racing 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 21583 Kazuki Ota CarGuy Racing 3 Ret 2 3  4 3754 Takashi Toyoda CarGuy Racing 2 3 4 3605 Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka RunUp Sports 4 3 3  3576 Takashi Sano Takuya Shirasaka Fivestar with Team DreamDrive 5† 4 3 4547 Takeshi Kimura CarGuy Racing 3 Ret15GT41 Kelvin Ho Chun Ki Maaya Orido Pop Race 5 Ret 3 6 4 4 6 Ret1362 Kota Murase Tatsuya Osaki E-Needs Racing 4 5 5 5933 Masahiko Ida Wang Yang Akiland Racing 7 633DriverTeamSUGFUJOKASUZPoints

Teams' Championship TeamSUGFUJOKASUZPointsGT31 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing 1 5 Ret 1 3  5 1 11352 Max Racing 2 2 2 2 1 6 2 41353 3 3 1 4 13 3 3 21264 Bingo Racing with LM corsa 4 1 5 3 2 4 5 71085 Maezawa racing 6 4 WD WD 4 2 9 3676 The Spirit of FFF Racing 5 6 Ret 5 6 8 4 5627 K-tunes Racing 8 Ret 6 9 7 1 6 8 60 WD WD Ret 10 Ret 9 WD WD8 Ponos Racing 10 8 7 6 8 7 7 6439 Norik Racing 7 9 5 7 5 11 WD WD3410 AWD Racing 9 7 3 8 Ret  10 8 113211 CarGuy Racing 11 Ret 8 12 11 9612 RunUp Sports 12 10 11 14313 Fivestar with Team DreamDrive 13 13 10 10314 GalahRacing 9 112GT41 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD 13 12 10 14 9 11 12 121682 Akiland Racing 14 11 10 13 15 141063 Pop Race 15 Ret 11 16 12 15 14 Ret934 E-Needs Racing 12 15 13 1369TeamSUGFUJOKASUZPoints

See also 2026 British GT Championship 2026 GT World Challenge Europe 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2026 GT World Challenge America 2026 GT World Challenge Australia 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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