The 2026 seven x seven FIA F4 Japanese Championship season is the twelfth season of the F4 Japanese Championship.

This is the third season for the second-generation MCSC-24 chassis constructed by Toray Carbon Magic, and TOM'S TMA43 engine which produces 180 horsepower.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams compete with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.^[1]

Champion class

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Ragno Motor Sports	2	Keigo Okazawa[2]	1–2
Team 5ZIGEN	3	Sena Yamamoto[2]	1–4
Buzz Racing	7	Toranosuke Takagi[2]	1–4
	8	Song Harim[2]	1–2
		William Beck[3]	3
Zap Speed	14	Masaki Murata[2]	1–4
	24	Kota Umemoto[2]	1–4
Hydrangea Kageyama Racing	15	Ryusho Nakazato[4]	1–4
	16	Ryo Shirasaki[4]	1–4
	17	Yuta Suzuki[4]	1–4
Akiland Racing	19	Lu Youde[a][2]	1–4
Eagle Sports	21	Leon Ochiai[5][6]	2–4
Falcon Motorsport	26		1
		Haru Kataoka[3]	3
TGR-DC Racing School	28	Yuzuki Miura[7]	1–4
	29	Masana Muto[7]	1–4
	35	Ryo Sakai[7]	1–4
	36	Masaki Hamabe[7]	1–4
	37	Buntaro Igarashi[7]	1–4
	38	Tomoki Terashima[7]	1–4
Drago Corse	34	Kaoru Yoshida[3]	3–4
B-Max Engineering	42	Ryoki Minoura[8]	1–4
	43	Haruto Nakai[8]	1–4
Ponos Racing	45	Megumu Suzuki[9]	1–4
	54	Shota Sakai[9]	1–4
Fujita Pharmacy Racing	47	Taiga Ishii[2]	1, 3
	48	Taisei Murakami[2]	1–4
HFDP with B-Max Racing Team	50	Syo Momose[10]	1–4
	51	Kazuma Kurosawa[10]	1–4
TGM Grand Prix	53	Miku Ikejima[2]	1, 3–4
OTG Motor Sports	60	Kenta Kumagai[11]	1–4
	80	Miki Onaga[11]	1–4
HELM Motorsports	62	Kosei Oguma[2]	1–4
Mitsusada Racing	73	Ryutaro Sakai[2]	1–4
Team LeMans	78	TBA	TBC
Dr. Dry Racing	85	Kodai Yoshida[2]	1–3
	87	Rikuto Toyoshima[2]	1–4
Bionic Jack Racing	99	Soichiro Shioda[12]	1–4

Independent class

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Day Dream Racing	4	Yuichi Sasaki[2]	1, 3–4
Team 5ZIGEN	5	"Hirobon"[2]	1–4
Buzz Racing	6	Shigeto Nagashima[2]	1, 3–4
Team Hashimoto Group	9	Kazuhiro Kanayama[2]	1–4
Rn-sports	10	Isao Nakashima[2]	1–4
	11	Hiroshi Sugiyama[2]	1, 3–4
		Masayuki Ueda[6]	2
	12	Kentaro Kojima[2]	1, 3–4
	92	Ryuichi Kunihiro[2]	1, 3
		Masayuki Ueda	4
Hydrangea Kageyama Racing	18	Yutaka Toriba[4]	1–4
Zap Speed	22	"Go Shimizu"[2]	1–4
	77	"Mototino"[2]	1–4
N-Speed	23	"Yugo"[2]	1–4
B-Max Engineering	30	"Dragon"[13]	1–4
	44	Nobuhiro Imada[13]	1, 3–4
		"Syuji"[6]	2
	88	Yasuhiro Shimizu[13]	TBC
Eagle Sports	40	Shoichiro Akamatsu[2]	1–4
Field Motorsport	55	"Kentaro"[2]	1–4
HELM Motorsports	61	"William"[2]	1–4
Akiland Racing	71	Masayoshi Oyama[2]	1–4
	96	Makio Saito[2]	1–4
Dr Dry Racing Team	86	Hachiro Osaka[2]	1–4
M&K Racing	97	Mitsuhiro Endo[3]	2–3
Bionic Jack Racing	98	"Ikari"[12]	1–4

Race calendar

All seven rounds will be held in Japan. Six rounds are supporting the Super GT events in Japan, with only Okayama supporting the Super Formula Lights.^[14]

Champion Class

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	3 May	Ryo Sakai	Masana Muto	Buntaro Igarashi	TGR-DC Racing School
	R2		4 May	Ryo Sakai	Masana Muto	Masana Muto	TGR-DC Racing School
2	R3	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	13 June	Ryo Shirasaki	Ryo Shirasaki	Ryo Shirasaki	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
	R4		14 June	Ryo Shirasaki	Ryo Shirasaki	Ryo Shirasaki	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
3	R5	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	1 August	Ryo Shirasaki	Masana Muto	Ryo Shirasaki	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
	R6		2 August	Ryo Shirasaki	Megumu Suzuki	Ryo Shirasaki	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
4	R7	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	22 August	Ryo Shirasaki	Ryuichiro Sakai	Ryo Shirasaki	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
	R8		23 August	Ryo Shirasaki	Ryo Shirasaki	Ryo Shirasaki	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
5	R9	Sportsland Sugo, Murata	19–20 September
	R10
6	R11	Autopolis, Hita	17–18 October
	R12
7	R13	Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi	7–8 November
	R14

Independent Class

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	3 May	Yutaka Toriba	Yutaka Toriba	Yutaka Toriba	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
	R2		4 May	Yutaka Toriba	Masayoshi Oyama	Yutaka Toriba	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
2	R3	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	13 June	"Hirobon"	"Hirobon"	"Hirobon"	Team 5ZIGEN
	R4		14 June	"Hirobon"	"Kentaro"	"Hirobon"	Team 5ZIGEN
3	R5	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	1 August	"Hirobon"	Yutaka Toriba	"Hirobon"	Team 5ZIGEN
	R6		2 August	"Hirobon"	Yutaka Toriba	Yutaka Toriba	HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing
4	R7	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	22 August	Nobuhiro Imada	"Kentaro"	"Hirobon"	Team 5ZIGEN
	R8		23 August	"Hirobon"	Yutaka Toriba	Nobuhiro Imada	B-Max Engineering
5	R9	Sportsland Sugo, Murata	19–20 September
	R10
6	R11	Autopolis, Hita	17–18 October
	R12
7	R13	Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi	7–8 November
	R14

Championship standings

Points will be awarded as follows:

Championship Class

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver FUJ1 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 1 Ryo Shirasaki 19 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 150 2 Masana Muto 6 1 2 2 2 9 3 10 105 3 Ryo Sakai 9 27 3 5 Ret 2 6 2 71 4 Buntaro Igarashi 1 3 16 12 24 8 4 4 68 5 Kenta Kumagai 2 4 8 7 Ret 6 18 13 48 6 Masaki Hamabe Ret Ret 9 6 4 4 5 8 48 7 Ryutaro Sakai 14 21 4 3 Ret 18 2 19 45 8 Syo Momose 3 10 19 20 7 3 12 7 43 9 Yuzuki Miura 4 6 5 8 16 16 8 25 38 10 Lu Youde Ret 14 7 4 8 Ret 10 5 33 11 Yuta Suzuki Ret 8 6 9 5 7 16 16 30 12 Megumu Suzuki 25 15 14 13 3 14 9 6 25 13 Soichiro Shioda 26 18 22 Ret 11 13 7 3 21 14 Haruto Nakai 27 2 17 17 Ret 19 20 15 18 15 Kazuma Kurosawa 28 9 11 10 9 5 28 11 15 16 Ryusho Nakazato 8 16 10 14 6 11 13 Ret 13 17 Sena Yamamoto 5 19 15 11 19 26 17 Ret 10 18 Leon Ochiai 16 5 20 19 15 31 14 17 10 19 Tomoki Terashima 7 12 Ret 18 10 10 15 13 8 20 Miki Onaga 15 7 24 27 20 23 29 23 6 21 Ryoki Minoura 11 Ret 12 15 13 17 11 9 2 22 Masaki Murata 10 29 26 Ret Ret 25 22 20 1 23 Rikuto Toyoshima 20 11 23 22 12 21 19 12 0 24 Haru Kataoka 14 12 0 25 Keigo Okazawa 12 23 21 15 0 26 Kosei Oguma 13 17 13 21 17 15 WD WD 0 27 Shota Sakai Ret 13 18 23 26 20 25 21 0 28 Kodai Yoshida 17 20 WD WD WD WD 0 29 Toranosuke Takagi 18 24 25 24 23 27 21 18 0 30 Taiga Ishii WD WD 18 22 0 31 Kota Umemoto 23 22 WD WD 21 32 23 Ret 0 32 Taisei Murakami 21 25 28 25 Ret 28 27 Ret 0 33 Kaoru Yoshida 22 24 24 22 0 34 Song Harim 22 26 27 26 0 35 Miku Ikejima 24 28 Ret 29 26 24 0 36 William Beck 25 30 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts FUJ1 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap † — Did not finish but classified

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Pos	Team	FUJ1		OKA		FUJ2		SUZ		SUG		AUT		MOT		Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14
1	Hydrangea Kageyama Racing	8	8	1	1	1	1	1	1							158
2	TGR-DC Racing School	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2							155
3	Mitsusada Racing	14	21	4	3	Ret	18	2	19							45
4	HFDP with B-Max Racing Team	3	9	11	10	7	3	12	7							45
5	OTG Motor Sports	2	4	8	7	20	6	18	14							38
6	Akiland Racing	Ret	14	7	4	8	Ret	10	5							32
7	Ponos Racing	25	13	14	13	3	14	9	6							25
8	Bionic Jack Racing	26	18	22	Ret	11	13	7	3							21
9	B-Max Engineering	11	2	17	15	13	17	11	9							20
10	Team 5ZIGEN	5	19	15	11	19	26	17	Ret							10
11	Falcon Motorsport	16	5			14	12									10
12	Zap Speed	10	29	26	Ret	21	25	22	20							1
13	Dr. Dry Racing	17	11	23	22	12	21	19	12							0
14	Ragno Motor Sports	12	23	21	16											0
15	HELM Motorsports	13	17	13	21	17	15	WD	WD							0
16	Eagle Sports			20	19	15	31	14	17							0
17	Buzz Racing	18	24	25	24	23	27	21	18							0
18	Fujita Pharmacy Racing	21	25	28	25	18	22	27	Ret							0
19	Drago Corse					22	24	24	22							0
20	TGM Grand Prix	24	28			Ret	29	26	24							0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
		FUJ1		OKA		FUJ2		SUZ		SUG		AUT		MOT

Independent Class

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	FUJ1		OKA		FUJ2		SUZ		SUG		AUT		MOT		Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14
1	"Hirobon"	3	Ret	1	1	1	2	1	2							151
2	Yutaka Toriba	1	1	4	Ret	4	1	Ret	Ret							99
3	Nobuhiro Imada	2	6			3	3	Ret	1							81
4	"Kentaro"	14	Ret	2	2	2	17	4	3							81
5	"Dragon"	19	4	11	4	9	4	2	4							68
6	Masayoshi Oyama	6	3	5	5	10	6	9	7							60
7	"Ikari"	7	2	3	6	20	DSQ	15	DNS							47
8	Masayuki Ueda			Ret	3			5	5							35
9	Isao Nakashima	4	8	9	8	7	7	11	Ret							34
10	Shoichiro Akamatsu	11	5	8	12	13	5	7	8							30
11	"Go Shimizu"	5	9	12	9	6	8	13	8							30
12	Makio Saito	10	Ret	6	Ret	8	DSQ	3	Ret							28
13	Kentaro Kojima	9	Ret	10	10	5	9	8	6							28
14	"William"	8	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	6	12							24
15	Hiroshi Sugiyama	13	7			12	10	Ret	13							7
16	Yuichi Sasaki	12	Ret			11	Ret	Ret	9							2
17	Shigeto Nagashima	15	10			15	12	10	14							2
18	Hachiro Osaka	16	11	13	11	14	11	Ret	10							1
19	"Mototino"	Ret	12	15	13	Ret	14	16	DNS							0
20	Kazuhiro Kanayama	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	16	12	15							0
21	Mitsuhiro Endo			WD	WD	16	13									0
22	Ryuichi Kunihiro	17	13			19	Ret									0
23	"Syuji"			14	14											0
24	"Yugo"	18	14	16	15	18	15	14	16							0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
		FUJ1		OKA		FUJ2		SUZ		SUG		AUT		MOT

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Pos	Team	FUJ1		OKA		FUJ2		SUZ		SUG		AUT		MOT		Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14
1	Team 5ZIGEN	3	Ret	1	1	1	2	1	2							151
2	B-Max Engineering	2	4	11	4	3	3	2	1							115
3	Hydrangea Kageyama Racing	1	1	4	Ret	4	1	Ret	Ret							99
4	Field Motorsport	14	Ret	2	2	2	17	4	3							81
5	Akiland Racing	6	3	5	5	8	6	3	7							76
6	Rn-sports	4	7	9	3	5	7	5	5							71
7	Bionic Jack Racing	7	2	3	6	20	DSQ	15	DNS							47
8	Eagle Sport	11	5	8	12	13	5	7	11							30
9	Zap Speed	5	9	12	9	6	8	13	8							30
10	HELM Motorsports	8	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	6	12							24
11	Day Dream Racing	12	Ret			11	Ret	Ret	9							2
12	Buzz Racing	15	10			15	12	10	14							2
13	Dr Dry Racing Team	16	11	13	11	14	11	Ret	10							0
14	Team Hashimoto Group	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	16	12	15							0
15	M&K Racing			WD	WD	16	13									0
16	N-Speed	18	14	16	15	18	16	14	16							0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
		FUJ1		OKA		FUJ2		SUZ		SUG		AUT		MOT

Notes

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)