2015 F4 Japanese Championship

Drivers' champion: Sho Tsuboi
Teams' champion: TOM'S Spirit

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The 2015 F4 Japanese Championship was the inaugural season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 4 April in Okayama and finished on 15 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.[1]

## Teams and drivers

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Team  | No. | Driver  | Rounds

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Hanashima Racing[2] | 2  |  Katsuaki Kubota[3] | 1–2, 7
Shuma Sato  | 3–5
Sutekina Racing Team[2] | 3  |  Takahiro Ban[3] | 1
Miku Ikejima  | 2–3
Sena Sakaguchi | 4–7
RS Fine[2] | 4  |  Shunsuke Kohno[3] | All
5  |  Yuya Hiraki[3] | All
Clear Corporation  | 6  |  Masanori Yonekura[3] | 1, 3–4, 6
Honda Formula Dream Project[2] | 7  |  Hiroki Otsu[4] | All
8  |  Yuta Kamimura[4] | All
9  |  Mizuki Ishizaka[4] | All
10  |  Katsuhide Kaneishi[3] | All
Rn-sports[2] | 11  |  Tadasuke Makino[3] | All
57  |  Nobuhiro Yoshida  | 6
Team A-ONE with SECNA[2] | 12  |  Yuki Shiraishi[3] | 1–4, 6
KCMG[2] | 14  |  Yuki Nemoto[5] | All
18  |  James Munro[3] | 1–2
Paul Ip  | 3
Media Do Kageyama Racing[2] | 16  |  Tsubasa Mekaru[6] | 1–5
ARN Racing  | 17  |  Hiroaki Nagai  | 5–7
VSR Lamborghini S.C.Formula Jr[7] | 19  |  Takuro Shinohara[7] | All
63  |  Nicolas Costa[3] | 1–4
Gustavo Myasava  | 5–7
miNami aoYama with SARD[2][8] | 20  |  Kotoka Goibuchi  | 2, 4
Ayaka Imahashi  | 3, 5
Miki Koyama | 6–7
28  |  Yoshiaki Katayama[3] | 1–2
39  |  Junpei Kato[3] | All
RSS  | 21  |  Turbo Asahi  | 3–4, 7
22  |  Ritomo Miyata | 5–7
N-SPEED[2] | 23  |  Yugo Tanabe[3] | All
Mars Racing Factory  | 24  |  Hideki Nakahara  | 7
Field Motorsport[2] | 25  |  Tomoki Takahashi  | 2–4, 7
55  |  Takashi Hata[3] | 1–2, 4, 6–7
75  |  Yuya Tezuka[3] | All
Zap Speed Racing Team[9] | 27  |  Hwang Do-yun[9] | 1–4, 7
Shunsuke Sato  | 32  |  Shunsuke Sato  | 4
Sfida Racing Team  | 34  |  "Flying Rat"  | 2–4
35  |  "Motor Mouse"  | 2–4
TOM'S Spirit[2] | 36  |  Sho Tsuboi[3] | All
37  |  Kazuto Kotaka | 2–7
Garage Chabatake[2] | 38  |  Ryo Yamada[3] | 1–3
Tsuyoshi Tajima  | 5, 7
Buzz International[10] | 44  |  View Yamauchi[10] | All
45  |  Yosuke Yamazaki  | 7
B-MAX Racing Team[11] | 50  |  Shinnosuke Yamada[11] | All
51  |  Yuichi Mikasa[11] | All
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[2] | 52  |  Taku Bamba[3] | 1–3, 5–7
Le Beausset Motorsports[12] | 62  |  Noa Satomi[12] | All
Skill Speed[2] | 66  |  Riku Hashimoto[3] | All
leprix sport  | 70  |  Tsubasa Amano  | 2–7
NRS[2] | 80  |  Yudai Jinkawa[3] | 1
Satoshi Kosugi  | 2
81  |  Musashi Nakanishi  | 2–3
Yuichi Sasaki  | 7
Succeed Sports[2] | 88  |  Shintaro Kawabata[3] | All
89  |  Takahiro Ban  | 3–5
Ryota Kiyohara  | 6–7

## Race calendar and results

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The calendar was published on 19 January 2015.[1] All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.

Round  | Circuit  | Date  | Pole Position  | Fastest Lap  | Winning driver  | Winning team

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1  | R1  | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 4 April  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Tadasuke Makino |  Tadasuke Makino |  Rn-sports
R2  | 5 April  |  Tsubasa Mekaru  |  Tadasuke Makino |  Tadasuke Makino |  Rn-sports
2  | R1  | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 2 May  |  Tadasuke Makino |  Sho Tsuboi |  Sho Tsuboi |  TOM'S Spirit
R2  | 3 May  |  Tadasuke Makino |  Sho Tsuboi |  Tadasuke Makino |  Rn-sports
3  | R1  | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 8 August  |  Katsuhide Kaneishi  |  Yuya Hiraki |  Tadasuke Makino |  Rn-sports
R2  | 9 August  |  Katsuhide Kaneishi  |  Yuya Hiraki |  Sho Tsuboi |  TOM'S Spirit
4  | R1  | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 29 August  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Yuya Hiraki |  Sho Tsuboi |  TOM'S Spirit
R2  | 30 August  |  Tadasuke Makino |  Tadasuke Makino |  Sho Tsuboi |  TOM'S Spirit
5  | R1  | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 19 September  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Shunsuke Kohno |  Sho Tsuboi |  TOM'S Spirit
R2  | 20 September  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Sena Sakaguchi |  Sho Tsuboi |  TOM'S Spirit
6  | R1  | Autopolis, Hita | 31 October  |  Hiroki Otsu |  Sho Tsuboi |  Sho Tsuboi |  TOM'S Spirit
R2  | 1 November  |  Yuya Hiraki |  Kazuto Kotaka |  Shinnosuke Yamada  |  B-MAX Racing Team
7  | R1  | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 14 November  |  Yuki Nemoto |  Yuta Kamimura  |  Tadasuke Makino |  Rn-sports
R2  | 15 November  |  Tadasuke Makino |  Sho Tsuboi |  Tadasuke Makino |  Rn-sports

## Championship standings

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### Drivers' Championships

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* Only the best eleven results counted towards the championship. Points were awarded as follows:

Position  |  1st |  2nd |  3rd |  4th |  5th |  6th |  7th |  8th |  9th |  10th

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Points  | 20  | 15  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 1

#### Overall

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| Pos  | Driver  | OKA | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | Points

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1  |  Sho Tsuboi | 2 | 2  | 1 | 9 | 4  | 1  | 1 | 1  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17  | 5  | 2 | 195
2  |  Tadasuke Makino | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1  | 26  | 2  | 2 | 2  | 3  | 9  | 5  | 1  | 1 | 192
3  |  Hiroki Otsu | 9  | 3  | 4  | 11  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 17  | 5  | 7  | 2 | 2  | 3  | 24  | 108
4  |  Shinnosuke Yamada  | Ret  | Ret  | 3  | 3  | 7  | 6  | 7  | 7  | 10  | Ret  | 3  | 1  | 6  | 8  | 84
5  |  Yuya Hiraki | 3  | 7  | 6  | Ret  | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3  | 12  | 13  | 4  | 20 | Ret  | 13  | 83
6  |  Kazuto Kotaka |  |  | 10  | 13  | 6  | 5  | 6  | 4  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 6 | 16  | 11  | 50
7  |  Yuki Nemoto | Ret  | 10  | 8  | 7  | 12  | Ret  | 10  | 5  | 15  | 14  | 14  | 8  | 2 | 3  | 47
8  |  Shunsuke Kohno | 10  | 20  | 17  | 21  | 17  | 18  | 9  | 9  | 3 | 2  | 10  | 10  | 9  | 6  | 42
9  |  Mizuki Ishizaka  | DNS  | 16  | 13  | 5  | 5  | Ret  | 5  | 14  | 20  | 16  | 6  | 4  | 11  | 9  | 42
10  |  Sena Sakaguchi |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30†  | 6  | 7  | 8 | 5  | 7  | 3  | 7  | 41
11  |  Takuro Shinohara | 17  | 18  | Ret  | 4  | 18  | 8  | 18  | 8  | 9  | 4  | 7  | 9  | 10  | 22  | 35
12  |  Yuta Kamimura  | Ret  | 5  | 11  | 15  | Ret  | 12  | 8  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 16  | 15  | 7 | 4  | 35
13  |  Shintaro Kawabata  | 15  | Ret  | 5  | 10  | 11  | 13  | 28  | 11  | 14  | 11  | 15  | 11  | 4  | 5  | 27
14  |  Yuichi Mikasa  | 5  | Ret  | Ret  | 2  | Ret  | 9  | 22  | 18  | 13  | 12  | 21  | 16  | Ret  | 17  | 25
15  |  Ritomo Miyata |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 9  | Ret  | 3  | 14  | 27  | 24
16  |  Katsuhide Kaneishi  | 19  | 9  | 21  | 28  | Ret | 3 | 16  | 19  | 21  | 22  | 27  | 13  | 15  | 12  | 14
17  |  Tsubasa Mekaru  | 6  | Ret | 7  | 32†  | 8  | 25  | 12  | 13  | 16  | 15  |  |  |  |  | 13
18  |  Nicolas Costa | 4  | 15  | 12  | 14  | DNS  | 16  | 13  | 24  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
19  |  James Munro | Ret  | 4  | 16  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
20  |  Yuki Shiraishi  | 7  | 6  | 18  | 16  | 16  | 24  | 15  | 15  |  |  | 12  | Ret  |  |  | 10
21  |  Musashi Nakanishi  |  |  | 33†  | 6  | 21  | 23  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
22  |  Turbo Asahi  |  |  |  |  | 10  | 7  | 20  | 30  |  |  |  |  | 23  | 23  | 5
23  |  Noa Satomi  | 20  | 8  | Ret  | 20  | 19  | 31  | 17  | 16  | 17  | Ret  | 11  | 12  | 12  | Ret  | 3
24  |  Riku Hashimoto  | 11  | 17  | 19  | 8  | 24  | Ret  | 19  | 20  | 27  | 21  | 24  | 23  | 15  | Ret  | 3
25  |  Ryo Yamada  | 8  | 12  | 15  | Ret  | 20  | 19  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
26  |  Taku Bamba  | WD  | WD  | 9  | 12  | 14  | 15  |  |  | 18  | 17  | 13  | 21  | Ret  | 10  | 3
27  |  Tsubasa Amano  |  |  | 22  | 19  | 9  | 11  | Ret  | 12  | Ret  | 19  | 18  | 14  | 17  | 14  | 2
28  |  Shuma Sato  |  |  |  |  | 13  | 14  | 31†  | 22  | 11  | 10  |  |  |  |  | 1
29  |  Junpei Kato  | 13  | 19  | 14  | 24  | 15  | 10  | 14  | DNS  | 26  | 23  | 19  | 27  | Ret  | 25  | 1
30  |  Takahiro Ban  | 18  | 11  |  |  | 26  | 20  | 32†  | 23  | 23  | 26  |  |  |  |  | 0
31  |  Tomoki Takahashi  |  |  | 31  | 18  | Ret  | 21  | 11  | 26  |  |  |  |  | WD  | WD  | 0
32  |  Masanori Yonekura  | 12  | 23†  |  |  | WD  | WD  | 24  | 25  |  |  | 26  | 24  |  |  | 0
33  |  View Yamauchi  | WD  | WD  | 20  | 25  | 22  | 17  | Ret  | 31  | 24  | 24  | 25  | 22  | 13  | 21  | 0
34  |  Yoshiaki Katayama | 21  | 13  | DNS  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
35  |  Yuya Tezuka  | 22  | 14  | 23  | 17  | 23  | 22  | 21  | 27  | 22  | 20  | 17  | 18  | 19  | Ret  | 0
36  |  Katsuaki Kubota  | 14  | 22  | 26  | 31  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  | 0
37  |  Hwang Do-yun  | WD  | WD  | 25  | Ret  | Ret  | 33  | 23  | 21  |  |  |  |  | 25  | 16  | 0
38  |  Yugo Tanabe  | 16  | 24  | 32  | 29  | Ret  | 32  | 29  | 33  | 30  | 29  | 30  | 28  | 28  | 32  | 0
39  |  Gustavo Myasava  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19  | 38  | 23  | Ret  | Ret  | 18  | 0
40  |  Yosuke Yamazaki  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18  | Ret  | 0
41  |  Hiroaki Nagai  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25  | 25  | 29  | 29†  | 21  | 19  | 0
42  |  Nobuhiro Yoshida  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22  | 19  |  |  | 0
43  |  Ryota Kiyohara  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20  | Ret  | Ret  | 20  | 0
44  |  Takashi Hata  | Ret  | 21  | 28  | Ret  |  |  | 25  | 29  |  |  | Ret  | 25  | 20  | 30  | 0
45  |  Satoshi Kosugi  |  |  | 24  | 22  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
46  |  Tsuyoshi Tajima  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 29  | 28  |  |  | 22  | 31  | 0
47  |  Kotoka Goibuchi  |  |  | 27  | 23  |  |  | 27  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
48  |  Yuichi Sasaki  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24  | 29  | 0
49  |  Ayaka Imahashi  |  |  |  |  | 25  | 28  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
50  |  Miki Koyama |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 28  | 26  | 26  | 26  | 0
51  |  "Motor Mouse"  |  |  | 29  | 26  | 27  | 27  | WD  | WD  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
52  |  "Flying Rat"  |  |  | 30  | 27  | 28  | 30  | 26  | 32  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
53  |  Hideki Nakahara  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27  | 28  | 0
54  |  Shunsuke Sato  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 28  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
55  |  Miku Ikejima  |  |  | Ret  | 30  | Ret  | 29  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
|  Yudai Jinkawa  | WD  | WD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
|  Paul Ip  |  |  |  |  | WD  | WD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
Pos  | Driver  | OKA | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | Points
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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points finish
Blue | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired (Ret)
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black | Disqualified (DSQ)
White | Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank  | Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

### Teams' standings

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Pos  | Team  | Pts.

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1  |  TOM'S Spirit | 225
2  |  Rn-sports  | 216
3  |  Honda Formula Dream Project | 144
4  |  RS Fine  | 133
5  |  B-Max Racing Team | 109
6  |  KCMG | 70
7  |  VSR Lamborghini S.C.Formula Jr | 59
8  |  Sutekina Racing Team  | 55
9  |  Succeed Sports  | 41
10  |  RSS  | 39
11  |  Media Do Kageyama Racing | 23
12  |  Eagle Sport  | 20
13  |  Le Beausset Motorsports  | 17
14  |  Skill Speed  | 17
15  |  miNami aoYama with SARD | 14
16  |  N-Speed  | 14
17  |  Field Motorsport  | 14
18  |  Leprix Sport  | 14
19  |  Garage Chabatake  | 13
20  |  Hanamashima Racing  | 13
21  |  Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 13
22  |  NRS  | 10
23  |  Buzz International  | 10
24  |  Zap Speed Racing Team  | 8
25  |  Sfida Racing Team  | 6
26  |  Clear Corporation  | 6
27  |  ARN Racing  | 6

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