# 2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup

The 2023 Bridgestone TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup was the eleventh running of the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup, a one-make motor racing championship for Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ sports cars operated by Toyota Gazoo Racing. The championship featured a mix of Toyota factory drivers, independent professional drivers, and gentleman drivers, and commenced on 13 May at Sportsland SUGO and concluded on 26 November at Fuji Speedway.
Subaru factory driver Takuto Iguchi won his second series championship during the series finale at Fuji despite a first-lap collision with Takamitsu Matsui and Reimei Itō, clinching the title by four points over runner-up Yuui Tsutsumi and third-placed Tōgo Suganami.

## Teams and drivers
### Professional Series

| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Toyota | Delta Motorsports | 1 | Yūsuke Tomibayashi | 2–7 |
| Toyota | Delta Motorsports | 504 | Yūsuke Tomibayashi | 1 |
| Toyota | KIM International | 3 | Kengo Ichijou | 5–7 |
| Toyota | Mansaku Jidousya | 5 | Takashi Inoue | All |
| Toyota | T by Two CABANA Racing | 7 | Yuui Tsutsumi | All |
| Toyota | T by Two CABANA Racing | 700 | Hikaru Jitōsho | All |
| Toyota | T by Two CABANA Racing | 770 | Ryō Yamada | All |
| Toyota | KWR Motorsports | 8 | Keiichi Watanabe | 7 |
| Toyota | OTG Motor Sports | 10 | Tōgo Suganami | All |
| Toyota | OTG Motor Sports | 60 | Ryo Ogawa | All |
| Toyota | OTG Motor Sports | 70 | Naoki Hattori | All |
| Toyota | OTG Motor Sports | 80 | Reimei Itō | All |
| Toyota | ASSO Motor Sports | 11 | Juichi Wakisaka | All |
| Toyota | ASSO Motor Sports | 112 | Tomoaki Ichimori | All |
| Toyota | Kobannyanneru | 12 | Seiya Jin | 1–5 |
| Toyota | Kobannyanneru | 12 | Tsubasa Mekaru | 6–7 |
| Toyota | Kobannyanneru | 120 | Masaya Kohno | 5–7 |
| Toyota | K-one Racing team | 17 | Kiyonori Imai | 1–2 |
| Toyota | K-one Racing team | 17 | Shunji Okumoto | 4–7 |
| Toyota | K-one Racing team | 32 | Kiyonori Imai | 4–7 |
| Toyota | Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team | 18 | Yūichi Nakayama | 2, 4–7 |
| Toyota | KMS Racing | 31 | Takayuki Aoki | All |
| Toyota | Ogura Clutch with Revolution | 34 | Masahiro Sasaki [ja] | All |
| Toyota | TEAM GMB | 38 | Manabu Yamazaki | 3 |
| Toyota | Spread | 38 | Shō Tsuboi | 5, 7 |
| Toyota | Spread | 38 | Shinya Hosokawa [ja] | 6 |
| Toyota | Takashima Noboru | 50 | Noboru Takashima | 5 |
| Toyota | Y's PRODUCE | 55 | Yūki Kamakura | 1, 3, 6–7 |
| Toyota | Tochigi Toyota T2FACTORY | 56 | Yoshiyuki Tsuruga | All |
| Toyota | Maruta Toshimasa | 58 | Toshimasa Maruta | 2 |
| Toyota | Morikawa Motoo | 76 | Motoo Morikawa | 5–7 |
| Toyota | DTEC Team MASTER ONE | 97 | Tomoki Takahashi | 1–5 |
| Toyota | DTEC Team MASTER ONE | 98 | Yūya Motojima | All |
| Toyota | RSS | 114 | Miki Onaga | 2, 4–7 |
| Toyota | Netz Hyōgo Racing Team | 121 | Naoya Gamou | All |
| Toyota | Netz Toyama Racing | 123 | Takamitsu Matsui | 1, 3, 5–7 |
| Toyota | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | 160 | Hiroki Yoshida | All |
| Toyota | AVANTECH racingteam | 186 | Takafumi Katsuki | 6–7 |
| Toyota | Nine with ARN Racing | 199 | Hibiki Taira | 1–4, 6–7 |
| Toyota | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | 225 | Miki Koyama | All |
| Toyota | KSM | 293 | Daichi Okamoto | 1, 3–7 |
| Toyota | 4MINUTES | 340 | Atsushi Miyake | All |
| Toyota | Hojust Racing | 501 | Takeshi Suehiro | 5–6 |
| Toyota | Team MEISHIN | 550 | Shōtarō Munetou | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Toyota | SHIFT | 556 | Ryōsuke Go | All |
| Toyota | M Planning | 910 | Hiroyuki Saka | 1, 3–7 |
| Subaru | Atract/K | 62 | Junpei Katoh | 1–3, 5, 7 |
| Subaru | Team Takuty | 87 | Rintarō Kubo [ja] | All |
| Subaru | Team Takuty | 88 | Takuto Iguchi | All |
| Subaru | Recaro Racing Team | 909 | Takashi Kogure | All |
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## Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan. The provisional calendar was announced on 25 November 2022. The sixth round at Suzuka was run in support of the Super Formula Championship, with other rounds being run alongside local racing events and Formula Beat races.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 14 May | Daichi Okamoto | Daichi Okamoto | Daichi Okamoto | KSM |
| 2 | Autopolis, Hita | 11 June | Reimei Itō | Yūya Motojima | Takuto Iguchi | Team Takuty |
| 3 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 23 July | Hiroki Yoshida | Hiroki Yoshida | Rintarō Kubo | Team Takuty |
| 4 | Tokachi International Speedway, Sarabetsu | 20 August | Hibiki Taira | Daichi Okamoto | Yuui Tsutsumi | T by Two CABANA Racing |
| 5 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 10 September | Tōgo Suganami | Hiroki Yoshida | Takamitsu Matsui | Netz Toyama Racing |
| 6 | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka | 29 October | Tōgo Suganami | Takuto Iguchi | Tōgo Suganami | OTG Motor Sports |
| 7 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 26 November | Reimei Itō | Yuui Tsutsumi | Yūichi Nakayama | Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team |

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers, with one point awarded for pole position and fastest lap respectively.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | SUG | AUT | MOT | TOK | OKA | SUZ | FUJ | Points |
| 1 | Takuto Iguchi | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 71 |
| 2 | Yuui Tsutsumi | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 67 |
| 3 | Tōgo Suganami | 6 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 53 |
| 4 | Daichi Okamoto | 1 | | 5 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 49 |
| 5 | Yūichi Nakayama | | 4 | | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 49 |
| 6 | Rintarō Kubo | 16 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| 7 | Hibiki Taira | 7 | 2 | Ret | 2 | | 32 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | Yūya Motojima | 13 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 9 | Hiroki Yoshida | 10 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 26 |
| 10 | Masahiro Sasaki | 4 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Naoya Gamou | 8 | 20 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 12 | Takamitsu Matsui | 20 | | 13 | | 1 | 11 | Ret | 20 |
| 13 | Yūsuke Tomibayashi | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 14 | Takayuki Aoki | 11 | 11 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Tomoki Takahashi | 15 | 3 | 9 | 10 | Ret | | | 15 |
| 16 | Reimei Itō | 14 | 6 | 10 | WD | 8 | 8 | Ret | 15 |
| 17 | Juichi Wakisaka | 12 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 27 | 17 | 14 |
| 18 | Ryō Ogawa | 23 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 19 | Shō Tsuboi | | | | | 16 | | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | Hikaru Jitōsho | 9 | 26 | 22 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 2 |
| – | Tomoaki Ichimori | 21 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 0 |
| – | Shōtarō Munetou | 26 | 15 | | 12 | 32 | Ret | 35 | 0 |
| – | Kengo Ichijou | | | | | 20 | 23 | 13 | 0 |
| – | Naoki Hattori | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 14 | 20 | 0 |
| – | Ryō Yamada | 27 | 19 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 32 | 0 |
| – | Yoshiyuki Tsuruga | 17 | 29 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 0 |
| – | Seiya Jin | 18 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 14 | | | 0 |
| – | Ryōsuke Go | 24 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 0 |
| – | Shunji Okumoto | | | | 21 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 0 |
| – | Takashi Kogure | 22 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 24 | 0 |
| – | Junpei Katoh | 28 | 23 | 16 | | WD | | 34 | 0 |
| – | Hiroyuki Saka | 25 | | 23 | 22 | 17 | Ret | 19 | 0 |
| – | Atsushi Miyake | 30 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| – | Takeshi Suehiro | | | | | Ret | 18 | | 0 |
| – | Miki Koyama | DNS | Ret | 26 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 30 | 0 |
| – | Takashi Inoue | 31 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 28 | Ret | 31 | 0 |
| – | Miki Onaga | | 24 | | 27 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 0 |
| – | Masaya Kohno | | | | | 25 | 30 | 37 | 0 |
| – | Toshimasa Maruta | | 25 | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Takafumi Katsuki | | | | | | 33 | 26 | 0 |
| – | Shinya Hosokawa | | | | | | 26 | | 0 |
| – | Tsubasa Mekaru | | | | | | 31 | 27 | 0 |
| – | Manabu Yamazaki | | | 27 | | | | | 0 |
| – | Motoo Morikawa | | | | | 29 | 28 | 29 | 0 |
| – | Yūki Kamakura | 29 | | 28 | | | 34 | 33 | 0 |
| – | Kiyonori Imai | 32 | 30 | | 28 | 34 | | | 0 |
| – | Noboru Takashima | | | | | 31 | | | 0 |
| – | Keiichi Watanabe | | | | | | | 36 | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | SUG | AUT | MOT | TOK | OKA | SUZ | FUJ | Points |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Race winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| Blank | Did not participate |