2025 D1 Grand Prix series

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

Round Venue Date
1 Shiga Prefecture Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture 10 May
2 11 May
3 Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture 28 June
4 29 June
5 Fukushima Prefecture Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture 27 September
6 28 September
7 Ōita Prefecture Autopolis, Oita Prefecture 25 October
8 26 October
9 Tokyo Odaiba, Tokyo Bay 15 November
10 16 November

Drivers and Teams

Teams No Drivers Machine Tires Round
Seimi Style Shibatire Drift 2 Japan Seimi Tanaka Nissan Silvia (S15) Shibatire All
Uras Racing 3 Japan Keichi Nomura Nissan Skyline (R34) Dunlop All
Team Amemiya Matsukiyo MINI GT Shibatire 7 Japan Yukio Matsui Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Shibatire All
Vehiql Racing×Valino 8 Japan Takuya Inaoka (R) Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Valino All
Team BUZZBREAK[1] 9 Japan Tetsuya Kume Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino All
10 Japan Hayato Miyoshi Toyota GR86 (ZN8) All
Team sky FJトラスポ 15 Japan Yuta Fujiwara (R) Nissan Silvia (S15) Yokohama All
Shibata Racing Team 18 Japan Tetsuya Hibino Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Shibatire All
31 Japan Koudai Sobagiri All
Repair Create × Result Japan 23 Japan Mitsuru Murakami Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Shibatire All
27Works 27 Japan Takeshi Mogi Nissan Silvia (S15) Shibatire All
Team TNR Lovca SE System 30 Japan Tetsuro Nakata Toyota Mark II (JZX100) Antares All
Cusco Racing 32 Japan Koji Tada (R) Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Yokohama All
52 Japan Atsuki Hoshi (R) Toyota GR Corolla (CZEA14JH) All
Hiroshima Toyota Team Droo-P 33 Japan Junya Ishikawa Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Dunlop All
55 Japan Kazuya Matsukawa Toyota AE85 All
Team Miyaseimitsu 38 Japan Hisashi Saito Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino TBC
Racing Service Watanabe 43 Japan Yoshifumi Tadokoro Toyota AE86 Antares 1-4,7-10
51 Japan Teruyoshi Iwai Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) All
Team Buzzbreak 50 Japan Ryo Ishii (R) Toyota Mark II (JZX100) Valino All
GP Sports 56 Japan Takahiro Mori Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Valino All
Team Toyo Tires Drift 1

Team Toyo Tires Drift 2

Team Toyo Tires Drift 3

66 Japan Hideyuki Fujino Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyo Tires All
88 Japan Masato Kawabata All
77 Japan Hokuto Matsuyama Toyota GR Corolla (GZEA14) All
80 Japan Yuki Tano Toyota GR86 (ZN8) All
14 Japan Shiina Tamaki (R) Toyota GT86 (ZN6) All
D-Max Racing Team 70 Japan Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyo Tires All
81 Japan Kenshiro Wada (R) All
Drift Star Racing[2] 75 Japan Yumeto Hatanaka Toyota Chaser (JZX100) Valino/ Drift Star All
98 Japan Masakazu Doi (R) TBA All
Team Mori 76 Japan Ryu Nakamura (R) Nissan Silvia (S13) Valino All
Team Vertex

Nexzter Drive to Drift Academy

78 Japan Takahiro Ueno Lexus RC (XC10) Shibatire All
95 Thailand Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 1-4.9-10
63 Thailand Konpichit Toyingcharoen (Pay) Nissan Silvia (S15) 1-4
89 Thailand Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 9-10
BMW 2 Series (F22) 1-4
Valino Team G-Meister 79 Japan Kojiro Mekuwa BMW 3 Series (E92) Valino All
Fat Five Racing 87 Japan Daigo Saito Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) Shibatire 5-10
Weins Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！Racing 90 Japan Mao Yamanaka Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) Valino All
Hirano Tire ★ Hardcore Rocket Bunny Racing 91 Japan Hirotaka Kano Nissan Silvia (S15) Habilead All
Team Valino X N-Style 99 Japan Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia (S13) Valino 1-2,5-10

Entry Changes

  • Yuki Tano joined Team Toyo Tires Drift and will debut GR86 built by D-Max.[3]
  • 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.[4][5]
    • 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.[6]
    • Shiina Tamaki join Team Toyo Tires Drift as the fifth member.[7] She will be the only female driver on the series.
    • Masakazu Doi graduated to D1GP replacing Hiroki Vito in Drift Star Racing.[2]
    • 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.[1]
  • Team G-Meister only compete with one car as Koji Yamaguchi decided to take break from competition. Kojiro Mekuwa remain with the team.[8]
  • 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

Round Venue Winner Report
Solo Run Battle
1 Okuibuki Seimi Tanaka Kojiro Mekuwa [9]
2 Lattapon Keawchin Kojiro Mekuwa
3 Tsukuba Mao Yamanaka Kojiro Mekuwa [10]
4 Mitsuru Murakami Hokuto Matsuyama
5 Ebisu Koudai Sobagiri Hideyuki Fujino [11]
6 Hokuto Matsuyama Koudai Sobagiri
7 Autopolis Hideyuki Fujino Koudai Sobagiri [12]
8 Koudai Sobagiri Naoki Nakamura
9 Odaiba Hideyuki Fujino Naoki Nakamura [13]
10 Tetsuya Hibino Hideyuki Fujino

Further Information : 2025 D1 Grand Prix Series Ranking

Drivers' championship

Round winner indicated with Bold and solo run winner with Italics

Rank Driver Okuibuki Tsukuba Ebisu Autopolis Odaiba Total
RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD.8 RD.9 RD.10
1 Hideyuki Fujino 5 20 10 21 25 12 17 16 17 27 170
2 Koudai Sobagiri 6 16 15 13 25 27 27 17 16 7 169
3 Naoki Nakamura 15 17 21 18 25 27 21 144
4 Kojiro Mekuwa 27 25 25 9 15 11 18 　 130
5 Masashi Yokoi 12 24 18 18 8 10 9 10 　 1 110
6 Mao Yamanaka 3 13 17 6 7 19 1 7 21 13 107
7 Ryu Nakamura 　 　 　 16 21 4 　 21 6 18 86
8 Masato Kawabata 18 10 2 11 1 13 6 19 　 　 80
9 Tetsuya Hibino 10 　 　 　 5 16 16 　 15 17 79
10 Seimi Tanaka 17 　 9 　 11 　 21 　 9 10 77
11 Mitsuru Murakami 21 8 11 17 　 　 7 　 　 11 75
12 Hokuto Matsuyama 7 　 7 25 3 12 　 　 3 5 62
13 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 16 12 　 1 　 　 　 　 10 11 50
14 Junya Ishikawa 　 5 23 　 　 6 　 5 5 4 48
15 Kenshiro Wada 　 12 3 　 10 5 　 　 11 　 41
16 Yuki Tano 8 1 6 10 4 10 　 　 　 　 39
17 Yumeto Hatanaka 　 　 　 　 2 　 11 　 7 16 36
18 Daigo Saito 　 　 　 　 15 2 0 14 　 　 31
19 Takuya Inaoka 　 11 4 11 　 　 2 　 　 2 30
20 Takahiro Ueno 　 6 16 　 　 3 　 0 1 　 26
21 Koji Tada 　 2 　 　 6 　 10 1 　 6 25
22 Tetsuya Kume 　 　 　 　 0 11 　 11 　 　 22
23 Yukio Matsui 4 　 　 2 　 　 　 6 　 3 15
24 Shiina Tamaki 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 4 4 　 8
25 Ryo Ishii 　 　 1 　 　 　 5 　 2 　 8
26 Takahiro Mori 　 　 　 4 　 　 4 　 　 　 8
27 Teruyoshi Iwai 　 3 　 5 　 　 　 　 　 　 8
28 Hirotaka Kano 　 　 5 3 　 　 　 　 　 　 8
29 Atsuki Hoshi 　 　 　 　 　 1 　 3 　 　 4
30 Kazuya Matsukawa 　 4 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 4
31 Keiichi Nomura 2 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 2
32 Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) 1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 1

Solo run championship

Rank. Driver RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD.8 RD.9 RD.10 Total
1 Koudai Sobagiri 8 1 16 14 20 15 15 20 7 10 126
2 Hideyuki Fujino 5 15 6 8 12 6 20 12 20 15 119
3 Masashi Yokoi 14 16 11 13 13 16 14 11 　 1 109
4 Mao Yamanaka 3 12 20 10 11 14 1 10 13 14 108
5 Kojiro Mekuwa 15 13 10 15 　 　 16 16 8 　 93
6 Mitsuru Murakami 10 14 13 20 　 　 12 　 　 16 85
7 Naoki Nakamura 16 　 　 　 14 8 13 8 15 8 82
8 Seimi Tanaka 20 　 14 　 7 　 10 　 14 11 76
9 Masato Kawabata 13 4 2 16 1 13 11 14 　 　 7
10 Tetsuya Hibino 6 　 　 　 6 11 7 　 16 20 66
11 Ryu Nakamura 　 　 　 12 16 7 　 2 11 13 61
12 Hokuto Matsuyama 11 　 12 2 3 20 　 　 3 6 57
13 Junya Ishikawa 　 7 15 　 　 12 　 6 10 5 55
14 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 7 20 　 1 　 　 　 　 4 12 44
15 Kenshiro Wada 　 11 3 　 5 10 　 　 6 　 35
16 Daigo Saito 　 　 　 　 15 4 0 15 　 　 34
17 Takuya Inaoka 　 10 5 11 　 　 2 　 　 3 31
18 Yuki Tano 12 2 8 3 4 1 　 　 　 　 30
19 Koji Tada 　 3 　 　 8 　 4 1 　 7 23
20 Yumeto Hatanaka 　 　 　 　 2 　 6 　 12 2 22
21 Yukio Matsui 4 　 　 4 　 　 　 7 　 4 19
22 Takahiro Ueno 　 8 4 　 　 5 　 0 1 　 18
23 Tetsuya Kume 　 　 　 　 0 2 　 13 　 　 15
24 Teruyoshi Iwai 　 5 　 7 　 　 　 　 　 　 12
25 Hirotaka Kano 　 　 7 5 　 　 　 　 　 　 12
26 Ryo Ishii 　 　 1 　 　 　 8 　 2 　 11
27 Takahiro Mori 　 　 　 6 　 　 5 　 　 　 11
28 Shiina Tamaki 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 5 5 　 10
29 Atsuki Hoshi 　 　 　 　 　 3 　 4 　 　 7
30 Kazuya Matsukawa 　 6 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 6
31 Keiichi Nomura 2 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 2
32 Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) 1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 1

Team's championship

Points scored by the highest finishing driver in each round.

Rank. Team RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD.8 RD.9 RD.10 Total
1 Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT 1 15 15 6 20 26 6 6 15 6 26 141
2 TEAM VALINO × N-STYLE 6 　 　 　 10 20 15 26 26 20 123
3 SHIBATA RACING TEAM 6 10 6 6 20 26 26 6 10 6 122
4 VALINO TEAM G-Champion 26 26 26 3 　 　 6 3 15 　 105
5 TEAM D-MAX RACING 6 20 15 15 6 3 3 6 6 3 83
6 Waynes Toyota Kanagawa x It's Me! Racing 3 6 6 3 3 15 3 3 20 6 68
7 TEAM MORI 　 　 　 10 15 3 　 20 3 15 66
8 Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT 2 3 3 3 26 3 6 　 　 3 3 50
9 SEIMI STYLE SHIBATIRE DRIFT 6 　 3 　 6 　 20 　 3 6 44
10 Repair Create × Result Japan 20 3 6 6 　 　 3 　 　 3 41
11 Hiroshima Toyota team DROO-P 　 3 20 　 　 3 　 3 3 3 35
12 Nexzter drive to drift academy 10 3 　 3 　 　 　 　 6 6 28
13 DRIFT STAR Racing 　 　 　 　 3 　 6 　 3 10 22
14 TEAM VERTEX 3 3 10 　 　 3 　 0 3 　 22
15 CUSCO Racing 　 3 　 　 3 3 6 3 　 3 21
16 VEHIQL RACING × VALINO 　 6 3 6 　 　 3 　 　 3 21
17 FAT FIVE RACING 　 　 　 　 6 3 0 6 　 　 15
18 TEAM Amemiya Matsukiyo MINIGT Shiba Tire 3 　 　 3 　 　 　 3 　 3 12
19 TEAM BUZZBREAK DRIFT 　 　 　 　 0 6 　 6 　 　 12
20 Team BuzzBreak 　 　 3 　 　 　 3 　 3 　 9
21 Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT 3 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 3 3 　 6
22 GP SPORTS 　 　 　 3 　 　 3 　 　 　 6
23 Racing Service Watanabe 　 3 　 3 　 　 　 　 　 　 6
24 Hirano Tire ★ Hardcore Rocket Bunny Racing 　 　 3 3 　 　 　 　 　 　 6
25 URAS RACING 3 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 3

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