# 1994 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1994 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 10th edition of the series and the first to be run under Class II regulations. It began at Autopolis on 24 April and finished after nine events at Fuji Speedway on 30 October. The championship was won by Masanori Sekiya, driving for Toyota Team TOM's.

## Teams & Drivers

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 318i | 1 | Joachim Winkelhock | 9 |
| BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 318i | 73 | Joachim Winkelhock | 3-4 |
| BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 318i | 73 | Leopold Prinz von Bayern | 1-2, 5-9 |
| BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 318i | 2 | Steve Soper | 9 |
| BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW 318i | 10 | Steve Soper | 1-8 |
| Team Taisan | BMW 318i | 2 | Kazuo Mogi | 1-8 |
| Team Taisan | BMW 318i | 26 | Kazuo Mogi | 9 |
| Nismo | Nissan Primera P10 | 3 | Masahiro Hasemi | 1-7, 9 |
| Nismo | Nissan Primera P10 | 12 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | 1-7, 9 |
| Nismo | Nissan Sunny B14 | 31 | Akira Iida | 6-9 |
| Nismo | Nissan Sunny B14 | 32 | Masahiko Kageyama | 6-9 |
| Trans Global | BMW 318i | 5 | Mutsuaki Sanada | 9 |
| YTR Mazdaspeed | Mazda Lantis | 5 | Mutsuaki Sanada | 1-4, 7 |
| YTR Mazdaspeed | Mazda Lantis | 6 | Yojiro Terada | 1-2, 4-8 |
| YTR Mazdaspeed | Mazda Lantis | 9 | Yojiro Terada | 9 |
| Motorola Pagers Racing | BMW 318i | 6 | Justin Bell | 9 |
| Motorola Pagers Racing | BMW 318i | 51 | Tim Harvey | 9 |
| FET Racing | Toyota Corolla AE100 | 7 | Naoki Nagasaka | All |
| FET Racing | Toyota Corolla AE100 | 8 | Kiyoshi Misaki | All |
| Object T | Honda Civic Ferio | 11 | Takahiko Hara | All |
| Object T | Toyota Corona T190 | 33 | Yasuo Muramatsu | 1-5 |
| Object T | Toyota Corona T190 | 33 | Michael Krumm | 7-9 |
| Mooncraft | Honda Civic Ferio | 14 | Naoki Hattori | 2-9 |
| Nakajima Planning | Honda Civic Ferio | 15 | Tetsuya Tanaka | All |
| Castrol Mugen Honda | Honda Civic Ferio | 16 | Osamu Nakako | 2-9 |
| Team Advan | BMW 318i | 17 | Tatsuhiko Kaneumi | 2-4, 6-9 |
| Team Advan | BMW 318i | 18 | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita | 2, 4-9 |
| Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota Sprinter Marino | 19 | Masahiro Matsunaga | All |
| Now Motor Sport | Mazda Lantis | 20 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada | 1 |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | BMW 318i | 21 | Yasushi Hitotsuyama | 1-2, 4, 7, 9 |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | BMW 318i | 21 | Mikio Hitotsuyama | 3, 5-6, 8 |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | BMW 318i | 22 | Mikio Hitotsuyama | 9 |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | BMW 318i | 22 | Takayuki Kinoshita | 1 |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | BMW 318i | 22 | Fuminori Mizuno | 2, 4 |
| Kondō Racing | Nissan HR33 Skyline GTS | 23 | Kaoru Iida | 3, 7, 9 |
| Tsuchiya Engineering | Toyota Corolla Ceres | 25 | Keiichi Suzuki | 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 |
| Tsuchiya Engineering | Toyota Corolla Ceres | 25 | Morio Nitta | 2, 4, 6, 8 |
| Team Kunimitsu | Honda Civic Ferio | 27 | Keiichi Tsuchiya | 2, 4-9 |
| Team Take One | BMW 318i | 30 | Akihiko Nakaya | All |
| Auto Tech Racing | BMW 318i | 35 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | All |
| Toyota Team TOM's | Toyota Corona T190 | 36 | Masanori Sekiya | All |
| Toyota Team TOM's | Toyota Corona T190 | 37 | Aguri Suzuki | 1, 3-9 |
| Toyota Team TOM's | Toyota Corona T190 | 37 | Masami Kageyama | 2 |
| Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota Corona T190 | 38 | Takuya Kurosawa | All |
| Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota Corona T190 | 39 | Tom Kristensen | All |
| Unicorse | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | 55 | Giambattista Busi | 7-9 |
| Team Gathers | Honda Civic Ferio | 77 | Kazuo Shimizu | 2, 4-9 |
| Team HKS | Vauxhall Cavalier 16v | 87 | Anthony Reid | 1-6 |
| Team HKS | Opel Vectra GT | 87 | Anthony Reid | 7-9 |
| Team Doricome | Honda Civic Ferio | 88 | Armin Hahne | 9 |
| Team Tanabe | Mazda Lantis | 99 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | 8-9 |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Autopolis, Ōita | 24 April | Tom Kristensen | Anthony Reid | Anthony Reid | Team HKS |
| 1 | R2 | Autopolis, Ōita | 24 April | | Anthony Reid | Anthony Reid | Team HKS |
| 2 | R3 | Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi | 15 May | Tom Kristensen | Masanori Sekiya | Tom Kristensen | Toyota Team Cerumo |
| 2 | R4 | Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi | 15 May | | Tom Kristensen | Steve Soper | BMW Team Schnitzer |
| 3 | R5 | Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō | 19 June | Aguri Suzuki | Aguri Suzuki | Anthony Reid | Team HKS |
| 3 | R6 | Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō | 19 June | | Steve Soper | Masanori Sekiya | Toyota Team TOM's |
| 4 | R7 | Suzuka Circuit, Mie | 3 July | Steve Soper | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Toyota Team Cerumo |
| 4 | R8 | Suzuka Circuit, Mie | 3 July | | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Toyota Team Cerumo |
| 5 | R9 | Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi | 17 July | Tom Kristensen | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Steve Soper | BMW Team Schnitzer |
| 5 | R10 | Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi | 17 July | | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Steve Soper | BMW Team Schnitzer |
| 6 | R11 | TI Circuit Aida, Okayama | 7 August | Anthony Reid | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Toyota Team Cerumo |
| 6 | R12 | TI Circuit Aida, Okayama | 7 August | | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Toyota Team Cerumo |
| 7 | R13 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki | 21 August | Steve Soper | Naoki Hattori | Masanori Sekiya | Toyota Team TOM's |
| 7 | R14 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki | 21 August | | Tetsuya Tanaka | Masanori Sekiya | Toyota Team TOM's |
| 8 | R15 | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi | 25 September | Tom Kristensen | Steve Soper | Steve Soper | BMW Team Schnitzer |
| 8 | R16 | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi | 25 September | | Tom Kristensen | Steve Soper | BMW Team Schnitzer |
| 9 | R17 | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka | 30 October | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Tom Kristensen | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Nissan Motorsport |
| 9 | R18 | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka | 30 October | | Anthony Reid | Anthony Reid | Team HKS |
Round 18 was also part of the 1994 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship calendar.

## Championship Standings

Points were awarded 15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 10 finishers in each race, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. Drivers counted their 13 best scores.
| Pos | Driver | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | TOK | TOK | SUZ | SUZ | MIN | MIN | AID | AID | TSU | TSU | SEN | SEN | FUJ | FUJ | Pts |
| 1 | Masanori Sekiya | 2 | 3 | 17 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 135 |
| 2 | Tom Kristensen | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | DNS | 1 | 1 | NC | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 134 |
| 3 | Steve Soper | Ret | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | Ret | DNS | 1 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 132 |
| 4 | Anthony Reid | 1 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 106 |
| 5 | Aguri Suzuki | 9 | 5 | | | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | DNS | 3 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 102 |
| 6 | Masahiro Hasemi | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | 4 | 5 | 76 |
| 7 | Naoki Hattori | | | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 64 |
| 8 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | 1 | Ret | 53 |
| 9 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | 7 | 4 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 12 | 16 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 33 |
| 10 | Joachim Winkelhock | | | | | 8 | 4 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | Osamu Nakako | | | Ret | 6 | 12 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 28 |
| 12 | Keiichi Suzuki | 6 | 8 | | | 5 | 5 | | | Ret | 4 | | | Ret | DNS | | | DNS | DNS | 27 |
| 13 | Akira Iida | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 24 |
| 14 | Tetsuya Tanaka | Ret | 12 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 18 | DNS | 2 | Ret | 11 | 7 | DNS | 14 | 24 |
| 15 | Leopold Prinz von Bayern | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | | | | | Ret | DNS | 10 | 6 | 15 | DNS | 7 | 8 | DNS | DNS | 24 |
| 16 | Keiichi Tsuchiya | | | 8 | 4 | | | 17 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 20 |
| 17 | Naoki Nagasaka | Ret | 10 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 7 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 20 |
| 18 | Takuya Kurosawa | 8 | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 19 | Kiyoshi Misaki | 13 | 17 | Ret | 9 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | DNS | 6 | Ret | NC | 11 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 20 | Akihiko Nakaya | 11 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | 21 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 23 | 14 |
| 21 | Masami Kageyama | | | 2 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 22 | Masahiko Kageyama | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 10 | Ret | 3 | Ret | DNS | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| 23 | Giambattista Busi | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 8 |
| 24 | Michael Krumm | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 27 | 22 | 8 |
| 25 | Yojiro Terada | 18 | 15 | 15 | 8 | | | 20 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 21 | DNS | DNS | 7 |
| 26 | Fuminori Mizuno | | | 12 | 5 | | | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 27 | Masahiro Matsunaga | 16 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 20 | DNS | DNS | 5 |
| 28 | Kazuo Mogi | 12 | 18 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | 14 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 11 | 8 | Ret | DNS | DNS | NC | 3 |
| 29 | Takahiko Hara | 19 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 15 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 1 |
| 30 | Mutsuaki Sanada | 14 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 17 | 13 | Ret | Ret | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | 19 | 21 | 0 |
| 31 | Mikio Hitotsuyama | | | | | 18 | 14 | | | 17 | 11 | 19 | 14 | | | 22 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 0 |
| 32 | Kazuo Shimizu | | | 14 | 15 | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 12 | 13 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 0 |
| 33 | Morio Nitta | | | Ret | DNS | | | 23 | Ret | | | Ret | DNS | | | 12 | 13 | | | 0 |
| 34 | Yasuo Muramatsu | NC | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 12 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita | | | NC | Ret | | | 18 | 14 | 13 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 14 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 25 | DSQ | 0 |
| 36 | Tatsuhiko Kaneumi | | | NC | 14 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 19 | | | 20 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 0 |
| 37 | Takayuki Kinoshita | 15 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Armin Hahne | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 15 | 0 |
| 39 | Yasushi Hitotsuyama | 17 | 16 | Ret | Ret | | | 21 | 18 | | | | | Ret | DNS | | | DNS | 24 | 0 |
| 40 | Tim Harvey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| 41 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 0 |
| 42 | Justin Bell | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | Ret | 0 |
| 43 | Kaoru Iida | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | | | 23 | 28 | 0 |
| NC | Hidetoshi Mitsusada | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | TOK | TOK | SUZ | SUZ | MIN | MIN | AID | AID | TSU | TSU | SEN | SEN | FUJ | FUJ | 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) |