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

Drivers and Teams

Teams Tires Car Engine No Drivers Round
Seimi Style Shibatire Drift Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 2 Seimi Tanaka All
Uras Racing Dunlop Nissan Skyline (R34) Toyota 2JZ I6 3 Keichi Nomura All
Team Amemiya Matsukiyo MINI GT Shibatire Shibatire Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Custom 4-Rotor 7 Yukio Matsui All
Vehiql Racing×Valino Valino Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Toyota 2JZ I6 8 Takuya Inaoka (R) All
Team BUZZBREAK Drift[1] Valino Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 9 Tetsuya Kume All
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 10 Hayato Miyoshi All
Team Buzzbreak Toyota Mark II (JZX100) 50 Ryo Ishii (R) All
Team sky FJトラスポ Yokohama Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 15 Yuta Fujiwara (R) All
Shibata Racing Team Shibatire Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 18 Tetsuya Hibino All
Nissan VR38 V6 31 Koudai Sobagiri All
Repair Create × Result Japan Shibatire Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 23 Mitsuru Murakami All
27Works Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 27 Takeshi Mogi All
Team TNR Lovca SE System Antares Toyota Mark II (JZX100) Toyota 2JZ I6 30 Tetsuro Nakata All
Cusco Racing Yokohama Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 32 Koji Tada (R) All
Toyota GR Corolla (CZEA14JH) 52 Atsuki Hoshi (R) All
Hiroshima Toyota Team Droo-P Dunlop Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 33 Junya Ishikawa All
Toyota AE85 Toyota 2GR V6 55 Kazuya Matsukawa All
Team Miyaseimitsu Valino Nissan Silvia (S15) Custom 4-Rotor 38 Hisashi Saito TBC
Racing Service Watanabe Antares Toyota AE86 Nissan SR20 I4 43 Yoshifumi Tadokoro 1-4,7-10
Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda 20B 3-Rotor 51 Teruyoshi Iwai All
GP Sports Valino Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Toyota 2JZ I6 56 Takahiro Mori All
Team Toyo Tires Drift -1 Toyo Tires Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 66 Hideyuki Fujino All
88 Masato Kawabata All
Team Toyo Tires Drift -2 Toyota GR Corolla (GZEA14) 77 Hokuto Matsuyama All
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 80 Yuki Tano All
Team Toyo Tires Drift -3 Toyota GT86 (ZN6) Nissan VR38 V6 14 Shiina Tamaki (R) All
D-Max Racing Team Toyo Tires Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 70 Masashi Yokoi All
81 Kenshiro Wada (R) All
Drift Star Racing Drift Star Toyota Chaser (JZX100) Toyota 2JZ I6 75 Yumeto Hatanaka All
Nissan Silvia (S13) Toyota 2JZ I6 98 Masakazu Doi (R) All
Team Mori Valino Nissan Silvia (S13) Toyota 2JZ I6 76 Ryu Nakamura (R) All
Team Vertex Shibatire Lexus RC (XC10) Toyota 2JZ I6 78 Takahiro Ueno All
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 95 Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) 1-4.9-10
Nexzter Drive to Drift Academy Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 63 Konpichit Toyingcharoen (Pay) 1-4
89 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 9-10
BMW 2 Series (F22) Nissan VR38 V6 1-4
Valino Team G-Meister Valino BMW 3 Series (E92) Toyota 2JZ I6 79 Kojiro Mekuwa All
Fat Five Racing Shibatire Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) Toyota 2JZ I6 87 Daigo Saito 5-10
Weins Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！Racing Valino Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) Toyota 2JZ I6 90 Mao Yamanaka All
Hirano Tire ★ Hardcore Rocket Bunny Racing Habilead Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 91 Hirotaka Kano All
Team Valino × N-Style Valino Nissan Silvia (S13) Chevrolet LSX V8 99 Naoki Nakamura 1-2
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 5-10

Entry Changes

  • Yuki Tano joined Team Toyo Tires Drift and will debut GR86 built by D-Max.[2]
  • 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.[3][4]
    • 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.[5]
    • Shiina Tamaki join Team Toyo Tires Drift as the fifth member.[6] She will be the only female driver on the series.
    • Masakazu Doi graduated to D1GP replacing Hiroki Vito in Drift Star Racing.[7]
    • 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

Point system

Positions 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Point 25 21 18 16 13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Tanso point 4 3 2 1

Tiebraker is determined by higher points in tanso standings.

Round winner indicated with Bold and solo run winner with Italics

Rank Driver Okuibuki Tsukuba Ebisu Autopolis Odaiba Total
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10
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 0 - - 17 21 18 25 27 21 144
4 Kojiro Mekuwa 27 25 25 9 0 0 15 11 18 0 130
5 Masashi Yokoi 12 24 18 18 8 10 9 10 0 1 110
6 Mao Yamanaka 3 13 17 6 7 19 1 7 21 13 107
7 Ryu Nakamura 0 0 0 16 21 4 0 21 6 18 86
8 Masato Kawabata 18 10 2 11 1 13 6 19 0 0 80
9 Tetsuya Hibino 10 0 0 0 5 16 16 0 15 17 79
10 Seimi Tanaka 17 0 9 0 11 0 21 0 9 10 77
11 Mitsuru Murakami 21 8 11 17 0 0 7 0 0 11 75
12 Hokuto Matsuyama 7 0 7 25 3 12 0 0 3 5 62
13 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 16 12 0 1 - - - - 10 11 50
14 Junya Ishikawa 0 5 23 0 0 6 0 5 5 4 48
15 Kenshiro Wada 0 12 3 0 10 5 0 0 11 0 41
16 Yuki Tano 8 1 6 10 4 10 0 0 0 0 39
17 Yumeto Hatanaka 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 7 16 36
18 Daigo Saito - - - - 15 2 0 14 0 0 31
19 Takuya Inaoka 0 11 4 11 0 0 2 0 0 2 30
20 Takahiro Ueno 0 6 16 0 0 3 　 0 1 0 26
21 Koji Tada 0 2 0 0 6 　 10 1 0 6 25
22 Tetsuya Kume 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0 0 22
23 Yukio Matsui 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 3 15
24 Shiina Tamaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 8
25 Ryo Ishii 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 8
26 Takahiro Mori 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 8
27 Teruyoshi Iwai 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
28 Hirotaka Kano 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
29 Atsuki Hoshi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4
30 Kazuya Matsukawa 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 　 0 4
31 Keiichi Nomura 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
32 Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 109
4 Mao Yamanaka 3 12 20 10 11 14 1 10 13 14 108
5 Kojiro Mekuwa 15 13 10 15 0 0 16 16 8 0 93
6 Mitsuru Murakami 10 14 13 20 0 0 12 0 0 16 85
7 Naoki Nakamura 16 0 　 　 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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