# 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| KMSA Motorsport N | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 3 | Choi Jeongweon | 3–5 |
| KMSA Motorsport N | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 65 | Masanobu Kato | 5 |
| Tamada Racing / Team LeMans | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 7 | Seiji Tamada | All |
| Tamada Racing / Team LeMans | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 7 | Tobio Otani | 5 |
| Birth Racing Project | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 17 | Kenji Suzuki | 1–4 |
| Birth Racing Project | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 17 | Kento Kimura | 5 |
| Birth Racing Project | CUPRA Leon Competición TCR | 19 | "Hirobon" | 1–2, 5 |
| Birth Racing Project | CUPRA Leon Competición TCR | 19 | Takeshi Suehiro | 3–4 |
| 55MOTO Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 55 | "Mototino" | All |
| Audi Team Mars | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 65 | Masanobu Kato | 1–4 |
| J's Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 69 | Junichi Umemoto | All |
| J's Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | 690 | Hideo Kubota | 4 |
| Hagoromo Six DOME Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 98 | Anna Inotsume | All |

## Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 3 January 2023 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | 1 | Suzuka Circuit | 13 May | Anna Inotsume | "Hirobon" | Anna Inotsume | Hagoromo Six DOME Racing |
| 1 | 2 | Suzuka Circuit | 14 May | "Hirobon" | Anna Inotsume | Anna Inotsume | Hagoromo Six DOME Racing |
| 2 | 3 | Okayama International Circuit | 10 June | Anna Inotsume | Anna Inotsume | Anna Inotsume | Hagoromo Six DOME Racing |
| 2 | 4 | Okayama International Circuit | 11 June | "Hirobon" | Anna Inotsume | Anna Inotsume | Hagoromo Six DOME Racing |
| 3 | 5 | Twin Ring Motegi | 19 August | Takeshi Suehiro | Takeshi Suehiro | Takeshi Suehiro | Birth Racing Project |
| 3 | 6 | Twin Ring Motegi | 20 August | Takeshi Suehiro | Takeshi Suehiro | Takeshi Suehiro | Birth Racing Project |
| 4 | 7 | Fuji Speedway | 7 October | Anna Inotsume | Anna Inotsume | Anna Inotsume | Hagoromo Six DOME Racing |
| 4 | 8 | Fuji Speedway | 8 October | Anna Inotsume | Takeshi Suehiro | Takeshi Suehiro | Birth Racing Project |
| 5 | 9 | Sportsland Sugo | 25 November | Choi Jeongweon | "Hirobon" | Choi Jeongweon | KMSA Motorsport N |
| 5 | 10 | Sportsland Sugo | 26 November | Tobio Otani | Tobio Otani | Tobio Otani | Tamada Racing / Team LeMans |

## Championship standings
### Scoring systems

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Qualify | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Race | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |

### TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series :
| Pos. | Driver | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | Pts. |
| 1 | Anna Inotsume | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | Ret$^2$ | 1$^1$ | 4$^4$ | 108 |
| 2 | Masanobu Kato | 3$^4$ | 3$^5$ | 3$^4$ | DNS | 3$^2$ | 69 |
| 3 | "Hirobon" | 2$^2$ | 4$^3$ | | | 2$^3$ | 58 |
| 4 | "Mototino" | 5$^5$ | Ret$^2$ | 2$^3$ | 5 | 7 | 52 |
| 5 | Takeshi Suehiro | | | 1$^1$ | 2$^3$ | | 51 |
| 6 | Junichi Umemoto | 6 | 2$^4$ | Ret | 4$^4$ | 6 | 50 |
| 7 | Kenji Suzuki | 4$^3$ | 5 | 5$^5$ | 6$^5$ | | 45 |
| 8 | Choi Jeongweon | | | 6† | 7 | 1$^1$ | 44 |
| 9 | Seiji Tamada | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 10 | Hideo Kubota | | | | 3$^2$ | | 19 |
| 11 | Kento Kimura | | | | | 5$^5$ | 11 |
| | Tobio Otani | | | | | WD | |
| Pos. | Driver | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | Pts. |
TCR Japan Sunday Series :
| Pos. | Driver | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | Pts. |
| 1 | Anna Inotsume | 1$^2$ | 1$^2$ | Ret$^2$ | 2$^1$ | 2$^2$ | 107 |
| 2 | "Mototino" | 3$^3$ | 3$^4$ | 4$^5$ | 4$^5$ | 4 | 73 |
| 3 | Masanobu Kato | 4$^4$ | 2$^3$ | 2$^4$ | Ret | 8$^5$ | 60 |
| 4 | Takeshi Suehiro | | | 1$^1$ | 1$^3$ | | 58 |
| 5 | "Hirobon" | 2$^1$ | 5$^1$ | | | 3$^3$ | 56 |
| 6 | Junichi Umemoto | 6$^5$ | 4 | 6 | 6$^4$ | 5 | 49 |
| 7 | Choi Jeongweon | | | 3$^3$ | 3 | 7 | 39 |
| 8 | Kenji Suzuki | 5 | 7$^5$ | 5 | 7 | | 33 |
| 9 | Tobio Otani | | | | | 1$^1$ | 30 |
| 10 | Seiji Tamada | Ret | 6 | 7 | 5 | WD | 24 |
| 11 | Kento Kimura | | | | | 6$^4$ | 10 |
| 12 | Hideo Kubota | | | | Ret$^2$ | | 4 |
| Pos. | Driver | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | 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) |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

### Entrants championship

| Pos. | Entrant | No. | SUZ | SUZ | OKA | OKA | MOT | MOT | FUJ | FUJ | SUG | SUG | Pts. |
| 1 | Birth Racing Project | 19 | 2$^2$ | 2$^1$ | 4$^3$ | 5$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 2$^3$ | 1$^3$ | 2$^3$ | 3$^3$ | 223 |
| 2 | Hagoromo Six DOME Racing | 98 | 1$^1$ | 1$^2$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^2$ | Ret$^2$ | Ret$^2$ | 1$^1$ | 2$^1$ | 4$^4$ | 2$^2$ | 215 |
| 3 | 55MOTO Racing | 55 | 5$^5$ | 3$^3$ | Ret$^2$ | 3$^4$ | 2$^3$ | 4$^5$ | 5 | 4$^5$ | 7 | 4 | 125 |
| 4 | Audi Team Mars | 65 | 3$^4$ | 4$^4$ | 3$^5$ | 2$^3$ | 3$^4$ | 2$^4$ | DNS | Ret | | | 105 |
| 5 | J's Racing | 69 | 6 | 6$^5$ | 2$^4$ | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4$^4$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | 5 | 99 |
| 6 | Birth Racing Project | 17 | 4$^3$ | 5 | 5 | 7$^5$ | 5$^5$ | 5 | 6$^5$ | 7 | 5$^5$ | 6$^4$ | 99 |
| 7 | Tamada Racing / Team LeMans | 7 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1$^1$ | 88 |
| 8 | KMSA Motorsport N | 3 | | | | | 6† | 3$^3$ | 7 | 3 | 1$^1$ | 7 | 83 |
| 9 | KMSA Motorsport N | 65 | | | | | | | | | 3$^2$ | 8$^5$ | 24 |
| 10 | J's Racing | 690 | | | | | | | 3$^2$ | Ret$^2$ | | | 23 |
| Pos. | Driver | No. | SUZ | SUZ | OKA | OKA | MOT | MOT | FUJ | FUJ | SUG | SUG | 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) |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.