2026 All Japan Road Race Championship

The 2026 MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship (Japanese: 2026 MFJ全日本ロードレース選手権シリーズ, Hepburn: 2026 MFJ Zen Nihon Rōdo Rēsu Senshuken Shirīzu) will be the 60th MFJ Road Race season of the All Japan Road Race Championship since the series-format started, and the 65th consecutive year since the first All Japan race was held after the MFJ was established.[1][2][3] The season is scheduled to begin at Motegi on 4 April, and conclude on 25 October at the 58th MFJ Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit.[4]

Calendar

The updated provisional calendar was released on 24 October 2025.[4]

Round Circuit Location Date Class Map of circuit locations
1 Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Tochigi 4–5 April JSB1000[a]
2 Sportsland Sugo Murata, Miyagi 25–26 April JSB1000†, ST1000, ST600†, J-GP3
3 Autopolis Hita, Ōita 30–31 May JSB1000†, ST1000, ST600, J-GP3
4 Tsukuba Circuit Shimotsuma, Ibaraki 21 June J-GP3
5 Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Tochigi 29–30 August JSB1000†, ST1000†, ST600, J-GP3
6 Okayama International Circuit Mimasaka, Okayama 26–27 September JSB1000, ST1000, ST600, J-GP3
7 Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Mie 24–25 October JSB1000†, ST1000, ST600, J-GP3
  • † – Double-header

Calendar changes

  • The Tsukuba round has been shortened to one day, and the J-GP3 class will no longer contest a double-header.
  • The Autopolis round has been brought forward to before the summer break.

Regulation changes

Starting from the 2026 season, a concession system will be introduced to the ST1000 class to reduce performance gaps between manufacturers, as well as to increase the number of entrants per race. The system allows approved low-cost concession parts designed to help manufacturers with a performance disadvantage reach a fair competitive baseline. Throughout the season, performance will be reviewed to determine whether a manufacturer should retain or have adjustments made to its concessions.[5]

The championship will also drop the system of assigning race numbers based on last season's standings, and riders will instead use their own chosen personal numbers. This will apply to all four classes and only to full-season entrants.[6][7]

Teams and riders

JSB1000 participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider
Auto Race Ube Racing Team BMW M1000RR B TBA Naomichi Uramoto[8]
I's Racing 18 Tatsuya Nakamura
Sanmei Team Taro with SDG 44 Taro Sekiguchi[9]
Tone Team4413 BMW D 24 Ainosuke Yoshida[10]
46 Tomoya Hoshino[10]
SDG-Ducati Team Kagayama Ducati Panigale V4 R B 88 Ryo Mizuno[11]
Astemo Pro Honda SI Racing Honda CBR1000RR-R B 4 Kohta Nozane[12]
Honda Dream RT Sakurai 5 Kazuki Ito[13]
TBA Daijiro Hiura[13]
SDG Team HARC-PRO Honda 92 Yuki Kunii[14]
Team ATJ 6 Satoru Iwata[15]
10 Kohki Suzuki[15]
Team Sugai Racing Japan 27 Yoshiyuki Sugai
Dunlop Racing Team with Yahagi D 45 Tetsuta Nagashima[16]
KRP Sanyoukougyo RS-Itoh Kawasaki ZX-10R B 31 Riku Sugawara[17]
Team Suzuki CN Challenge Suzuki GSX-R1000R B 85 Takuya Tsuda
S-Sports Suzuki 95 Sho Nishimura[18]
Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 B 1 Katsuyuki Nakasuga[19]
Marumae Team Kodama 50 Yuta Kodama
Team Baby Face 16 Kazuma Tsuda
RSN D 21 Shinichi Nakatomi
Sources:[20]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider

ST1000 participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider
Team Tatara Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory D 10 Ruka Wada[21]
16 Akito Haga[21]
Astemo Pro Honda SI Racing Honda CBR1000RR-R 1 Taiga Hada[12]
5 Kohta Arakawa[12]
Moto Bum Honda 7 Rei Toshima[22]
Nankai & Sanyo Kogyo RS-Itoh 97 Yuto Sano[23]
RT Japan M Auto 27 Tsukasa Murata[24]
33 Yudai Kamei[24]
SDG Team HARC-PRO Honda 56 Teppei Nagoe[14]
Toho Racing 15 Kosuke Sakumoto[25]
104 Takuma Kunimine[25]
Yahagi Racing Team 12 Motoharu Ito[26]
Kawasaki Plaza Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 43 Gun Mie[27]
64 Ryosuke Iwato[27]
Team Titan TKR Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000R 9 Takeru Murase
Akeno Speed RC Koshien Yamaha YZF-R1 4 Shota Ite[19]
Hisa31 with R-in Spirits 25 Hisami Arai
Nitro Ryota Racing 28 Natetan Thongkoat
Sources:[20]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider

ST600 participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider
Astemo Pro Honda SI Racing Honda CBR600RR B 15 Kanta Hamada[12]
31 Kenshin Nakatani[12]
Battle Factory 1 Yuta Date[28]
25 Shun Miyazaki[28]
Japan Post NTT docomo Business 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama[29]
Honda Suzuka Racing Team 26 Genki Nakajima
Moto Bum Honda 12 Kouga Matsumoto[22]
21 Sho Tokuda[22]
64 Rui Kusu[22]
93 Riku Matsushima[22]
SDG Team HARC-PRO Honda 10 Amon Odaki[14]
13 Kai Aota[14]
SE Competition 8 Toshiki Senda
TN45 Mirai Racing with Astemo 17 Tetsuya Fujita[16]
Toho Racing 28 Mikuto Suzuki[25]
34 Anjyu Kasai[25]
Team Eoric with Flash Kawasaki ZX-6R 33 Kou Yamamoto
Akeno Speed Yamaha YZF-R6 52 Aoi Uezu
Garage L8 Racing Team 29 Yusuke Ikeda
Ito Racing Borg Custom 5 Rei Matsuoka[19]
16 Shoma Yamane
35 Wahyu Nugroho
K-Fund GBS Racing 7 Takumi Takahashi[19]
Nitro Ryota Racing 9 Keisuke Tanaka[30]
11 Ren Okabe[30]
Racing Team Seki 32 Yuta Tarusawa
Teamkenken 50 Kengo Nagao[31]
Team Tec2 and 24Service 30 Yoshihiro Toyohara
Webike Team Norick 27 Kairi Moriyama[19]
Sources:[20]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider

J-GP3 participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider
Japan Post NTT docomo Business Honda NSF250R B 3 Shizuka Okazaki[29]
23 Rei Wakamatsu[29]
Like a Wind Club Y's 9 Motonari Matsuda
Marumae Dream Kitakyushu CParis 5 Hayato Oota
Nozawa Racing Family Malusaka 17 Hidenori Nozawa
Plan Bee Racing MTR 24 Arata Irimoto
Team Ak1Tech TxS 25 Rukiya Yamamoto
Team Deshi with RG Niwa 28 Norihiko Murata
Team Life Honda Dream Kitakyushu 8 Eito Nakamura
Team Plusone 11 Shun Takenaka[32]
Astemo SI Racing with Thai Honda
Astemo SI Racing with RSC
14 Techin In-Aphai
27 Pongkun Aeimnoi
D 16 Rintaro Todaka[12]
Honda Dream RT Sakurai TBA Yugo Nakayama[13]
Honda Vietnam Kohara RT 26 Ngo Nguyen Viet Tuan
PMU 7C Galespeed 1 Hiroki Ono
Kijima Kiss RC with Katsudenki P 10 Shingo Iidaka
SDG Jr. 56Racing 56 Kotaro Togashi[33]
Team Naoko KTM KTM RC250R B 5 Naoko Takasugi
Sources:[20]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider

Notes

  1. ^ The race will serve as a support race to the 2026 Super Formula Championship round.

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