# 2022 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2022 F4 Japanese Championship season was the eighth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 14 races over seven double-header rounds.

## Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered
| Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| Field Motorsports | 3 | Sergeyevich Sato | I | 1–2 |
| Field Motorsports | 55 | "Kentaro" | I | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 5 | Syun Koide | | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 6 | Kazuma Nishimura | | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 7 | Yusuke Mitsui | | All |
| SD-Style | 8 | Takumi Sanada | | 1 |
| Rn-sports | 11 | Itsuki Sato | | 1 |
| Rn-sports | 11 | Isao Nakashima | I | 2, 4 |
| Rn-sports | 11 | "Hirobon" | I | 6 |
| Rn-sports | 11 | "Daisuke" | I | 7 |
| Rn-sports | 99 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | I | All |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | 13 | Daiki Fujiwara | | 1–5, 7 |
| Zap Speed | 14 | Kotaro Shimbara | | All |
| Zap Speed | 86 | Hachiro Osaka | I | All |
| Zap Speed | 87 | Rio Shimono | | All |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 15 | Wataru Yoshimura | | All |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 16 | Takuya Otaki | | All |
| Akiland Racing | 18 | Makoto Hotta | I | 1–2 |
| Akiland Racing | 18 | Ryota Horachi | | 3–4, 7 |
| Akiland Racing | 18 | Yuta Fujiwara | | 5–6 |
| Akiland Racing | 22 | Yuta Fujiwara | | 4, 7 |
| Akiland Racing | 71 | Masayoshi Oyama | I | All |
| Akiland Racing | 72 | "Hirobon" | I | 7 |
| Akiland Racing | 96 | Makio Saito | I | All |
| KRac Motorsports | 19 | Shinnosuke Ito | | 1–5 |
| N-SPEED | 23 | "Yugo" | I | All |
| Tsuyoshi Usui | 24 | Tsuyoshi Usui | I | 2, 6 |
| RSS | 27 | "Syuji" | I | All |
| Saccess Racing | 29 | Yasushi Ide | I | 1 |
| Saccess Racing | 29 | Daitetsu Ueno | | 2 |
| Saccess Racing | 29 | Tadakazu Kojima | I | 3–7 |
| Saccess Racing | 39 | Hikaru Jitosho | | All |
| Saccess Racing | 40 | Daitetsu Ueno | | 4 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 30 | "Dragon" | I | All |
| B-Max Racing Team | 44 | Nobuhiro Imada | I | 1–2 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 50 | Yuki Mishima | | 1–2 |
| Buzz Racing | 31 | Jiei Okuzumi | | All |
| Buzz Racing | 32 | Shion Tsujimoto | | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Buzz Racing | 32 | Daisuke Takaguchi | | 3 |
| Buzz Racing | 33 | Katsunori Keihara | I | 1–3 |
| Buzz Racing | 33 | Ayato Iwasaki | | 4, 6–7 |
| Buzz Racing | 33 | Teppei Tsuruta | | 5 |
| TGR-DC Racing School | 35 | Rin Arakawa | | All |
| TGR-DC Racing School | 36 | Rikuto Kobayashi | | All |
| TGR-DC Racing School | 37 | Jin Nakamura | | All |
| TGR-DC Racing School | 38 | Ryoma Henzan | | All |
| Team Hero's | 41 | Shunji Okumoto | | All |
| Tokaidenso MD | 45 | Toshihiro Kubota | I | 7 |
| Bionic Jack Racing | 47 | Yuta Fujiwara | | 1–3 |
| Bionic Jack Racing | 47 | Sena Yamamoto | | 6–7 |
| Bionic Jack Racing | 81 | Kazuhisa Urabe | | All |
| Bionic Jack Racing | 97 | Yugo Iwasawa | | All |
| HELM Motorsports | 61 | Takumi Sato | | 2–4, 7 |
| HELM Motorsports | 61 | Itsuki Sato | | 5 |
| HELM Motorsports | 62 | Fuma Horio | | All |
| HELM Motorsports | 63 | Yutaka Toriba | I | All |
| Team RCOM | 68 | Ryunosuke Shibata | | 2, 4 |
| Skill Speed | 77 | Gento Miyashita | | All |
| OTG Motor Sports | 80 | Reimei Ito | | All |
| Sources: |||||
| Icon | Class |
| I | Independent Cup |

## Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Independent Cup winner |
| 1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 May | Syun Koide | Rin Arakawa | Yusuke Mitsui | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |
| 1 | R2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 4 May | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |
| 2 | R3 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 28 May | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | Makio Saito |
| 2 | R4 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 29 May | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |
| 3 | R5 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 6 August | Syun Koide | Rikuto Kobayashi | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |
| 3 | R6 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 7 August | Rikuto Kobayashi | Yugo Iwasawa | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |
| 4 | R7 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 27 August | Yusuke Mitsui | Syun Koide | Yusuke Mitsui | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |
| 4 | R8 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 28 August | Yusuke Mitsui | Yusuke Mitsui | Yusuke Mitsui | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |
| 5 | R9 | Sportsland Sugo, Murata | 17 September | Syun Koide | Jin Nakamura | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |
| 5 | R10 | Sportsland Sugo, Murata | 18 September | Jin Nakamura | Jin Nakamura | Jin Nakamura | TGR-DC Racing School | Yutaka Toriba |
| 6 | R11 | Autopolis, Hita | 1 October | Syun Koide | Jin Nakamura | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | "Hirobon" |
| 6 | R12 | Autopolis, Hita | 2 October | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | "Dragon" |
| 7 | R13 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 5 November | Rikuto Kobayashi | Rikuto Kobayashi | Rikuto Kobayashi | TGR-DC Racing School | "Dragon" |
| 7 | R14 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 6 November | Rikuto Kobayashi | Syun Koide | Syun Koide | Honda Formula Dream Project | Yutaka Toriba |

## Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' standings

| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | SUG | AUT | AUT | MOT | MOT | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| 1 | Syun Koide | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 279 |
| 2 | Yusuke Mitsui | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 246 |
| 3 | Rin Arakawa | 4 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 175 |
| 4 | Jin Nakamura | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 126 |
| 5 | Yugo Iwasawa | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 125 |
| 6 | Rikuto Kobayashi | 8 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | DNS | 1 | 6 | 120 |
| 7 | Reimei Ito | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 68 |
| 8 | Kazuma Nishimura | 28 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 60 |
| 9 | Gento Miyashita | 11 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 54 |
| 10 | Fuma Horio | 14 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 32 |
| 11 | Jiei Okuzumi | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 16 | Ret | 22 | 20 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 12 | 5 | Ret | 24 |
| 12 | Takumi Sato | | | 6 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 11 | | | | | Ret | 12 | 23 |
| 13 | Takuya Otaki | 12 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 30 | Ret | 17 | 18 |
| 14 | Ryoma Henzan | 6 | 19 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 35† | 8 | 16 |
| 15 | Teppei Tsuruta | | | | | | | | | 6 | 9 | | | | | 10 |
| 16 | Ayato Iwasaki | | | | | | | 20 | 31 | | | 8 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 10 |
| 17 | Daiki Fujiwara | 16 | 12 | 35 | 11 | 28 | Ret | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | | | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 18 | Kazuhisa Urabe | 9 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 7 |
| 19 | Shunji Okumoto | 7 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 |
| 20 | Kotaro Shimbara | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 33† | 5 |
| 21 | Yuki Mishima | 17 | Ret | 9 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 22 | Yuta Fujiwara | 20 | 17 | 23 | 22 | Ret | 22 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| 23 | Daitetsu Ueno | | | 12 | 14 | | | 36 | 19 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Ryota Horachi | | | | | 20 | 18 | 13 | 29 | | | | | 13 | 32† | 0 |
| 25 | Itsuki Sato | 21 | 18 | | | | | | | 14 | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| 26 | Shion Tsujimoto | 18 | 14 | 26 | Ret | | | Ret | 30 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 27 | Wataru Yoshimura | 15 | Ret | WD | WD | 17 | 15 | 21 | 22 | Ret | 21 | 17 | Ret | 33 | 22 | 0 |
| 28 | Shinnosuke Ito | Ret | 15 | 21 | Ret | 18 | 21 | 19 | Ret | 20 | 22 | | | | | 0 |
| 29 | Sena Yamamoto | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | 19 | 20 | 0 |
| 30 | Hikaru Jitosho | 19 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 22 | Ret | 0 |
| 31 | Rio Shimono | 34 | 16 | 22 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 21 | Ret | 0 |
| 32 | Yutaka Toriba | 22 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 0 |
| 33 | Ryunosuke Shibata | | | 19 | 17 | | | 24 | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Makio Saito | 25 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 27 | Ret | 24 | Ret | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| 35 | "Dragon" | 23 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 33 | Ret | 30 | Ret | Ret | 30 | Ret | 21 | 20 | 21 | 0 |
| 36 | "Hirobon" | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 31 | Ret | 31 | 0 |
| 37 | Tadakazu Kojima | | | | | 25 | 29 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 0 |
| 38 | Daisuke Takaguchi | | | | | 22 | 30 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | 27 | 28 | 30 | 35 | 26 | Ret | 29 | 25 | 25 | 28 | Ret | 23 | 26 | Ret | 0 |
| 40 | Hachiro Osaka | 30 | 29 | 33 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 26 | Ret | Ret | 27 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 0 |
| 41 | Sergeyevich Sato | 24 | 24 | 29 | 36 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 42 | Tsuyoshi Usui | | | 32 | 27 | | | | | | | 24 | 28 | | | 0 |
| 43 | "Kentaro" | 36 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 0 |
| 44 | Makoto Hotta | 31 | 25 | 27 | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Masayoshi Oyama | 32 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 35 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| 46 | Nobuhiro Imada | 26 | 26 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | "Syuji" | 33 | 32 | 36 | 28 | 29 | 27 | Ret | 34 | 29 | Ret | 28 | 32 | 32 | Ret | 0 |
| 48 | "Yugo" | 38 | 34 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 30 | Ret | 29 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 0 |
| 49 | Toshihiro Kubota | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | 28 | 0 |
| 50 | Takumi Sanada | 29 | 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 50 | "Daisuke" | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| 52 | Yasushi Ide | 35 | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 53 | Isao Nakashima | | | 31 | 37† | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 54 | Katsunori Keihara | 37 | 35 | 38 | 32 | 34 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | SUG | AUT | AUT | MOT | MOT | | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Independent Cup

| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | SUG | AUT | AUT | MOT | MOT | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| 1 | Yutaka Toriba | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 306 |
| 2 | Makio Saito | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 202 |
| 3 | "Dragon" | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 155 |
| 4 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 5 | Ret | 113 |
| 5 | Hachiro Osaka | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 113 |
| 6 | Tadakazu Kojima | | | | | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 101 |
| 7 | "Kentaro" | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 92 |
| 8 | Masayoshi Oyama | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 89 |
| 9 | "Syuji" | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 37 |
| 10 | Sergeyevich Sato | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 35 |
| 11 | Makoto Hotta | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 12 | "Yugo" | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 13 | Tsuyoshi Usui | | | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | 4 | 8 | | | 28 |
| 14 | "Hirobon" | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 26 |
| 15 | Nobuhiro Imada | 5 | 6 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 16 | Toshihiro Kubota | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 17 | Isao Nakashima | | | 8 | 14† | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 18 | "Daisuke" | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 19 | Katsunori Keihara | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 20 | Yasushi Ide | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | SUG | AUT | AUT | MOT | MOT | | Pts |

### Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scores points for their team.
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Honda Formula Dream Project | 336 |
| 2 | TGR-DC Racing School | 225 |
| 3 | Bionic Jack Racing | 128 |
| 4 | OTG Motor Sports | 68 |
| 5 | HELM Motorsports | 55 |
| 6 | Skill Speed | 54 |
| 7 | Buzz Racing | 44 |
| 8 | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 18 |
| 9 | Hitotsuyama Racing | 8 |
| 10 | Team Hero's | 6 |
| 11 | Zap Speed | 5 |
| 12 | B-Max Racing Team | 2 |