The Super Taikyu Organisation (STO) has published the entry list for the 2021 NAPAC Fuji Super TEC 24 Hour Race, the crown jewel of the Super Taikyu Series powered by Hankook which takes place on 22-23 May at historic Fuji Speedway.
The entry list features a total of 52 cars across the nine classes of competition – seven more than the 45 cars that competed in last year’s Fuji 24h. There are seven GT3 entries in the premier ST-X class, the largest count of GT3s in the brief period since this race was revived in 2018.
Along with regulars D’station Racing, MP Racing, GTNET Motor Sports, Floral Racing with ABSSA, and apr Racing (who have consolidated Porsche Center Okazaki’s drivers into their #31 Lexus) there are also two one-off entries: One from CarGuy Racing with their Honda NSX GT3, and Audi Team Hitotsuyama with a 2016-spec R8 LMS GT3.
There are also ten GT4 cars in the ST-Z class, which still promises to be one of if not the most competitive categories in the race – even with a number of teams opting to forego the 24 hour race this year. ST-TCR will finally have multiple entries with the return of Racer M&K Racing (formerly Dome Racing) and their Honda Civic.
The developmental ST-Q class sees the much-anticipated racing debut of the Toyota Corolla Sport “H2 Concept” which will be run by ROOKIE Racing alongside their GT4-based GR Supra. Featuring a hydrogen-powered version of Toyota’s 1.6L turbocharged three-cylinder engine, the Corolla H2 Concept will be piloted by a crew featuring the likes of Toyota Motor Corporation President, Akio “Morizo” Toyoda, joined by five factory Toyota racing drivers – including the addition of Kamui Kobayashi, one of Toyota Gazoo Racing’s WEC superstars. Every team can register as many as six drivers for the event.
Other cars making their debuts are BMW Team Studie’s BMW M2 CS Racing in the ST-1 class, and a Toyota GR Yaris from Granvalley Racing.
Entry list finalized as of 21 May.
(EX) = Denotes Expert graded driver, (P) = Denotes Platinum graded driver, each as certified by the Super Taikyu Organisation.
| No. | Class | Team | Drivers | Car | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | ST-X (GT3) | MP Racing | Joe Shindo Yusaku Shibata (EX) Masami Kageyama (EX) Tsugio Matsuda (P) Yuya Motojima (EX) Keiichi Inoue | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 |
| 2 | 31 | ST-X (GT3) | apr | Hideki Nagai Koki Saga (P) Kazuto Kotaka (EX) Hiroaki Nagai Yuichi Nakayama (P) Yuta Kamimura (EX) | Lexus RC F GT3 |
| 3 | 33 | ST-X (GT3) | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Yoshio Tsuzuki Ritomo Miyata (P) Motohiro Ogura Tetsusaburo Tanaka Hideo Honda Akihiro Tsuzuki (EX) | Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
| 4 | 81 | ST-X (GT3) | GTNET Motor Sports | Noboyuki Oyagi Takayuki Aoki (EX) Kiyoto Fujinami (P) Natsu Sakaguchi (EX) | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 |
| 5 | 290 | ST-X (GT3) | Floral Racing with ABSSA | Tadao Uematsu Keita Sawa (EX) Shintaro Kawabata (EX) Yuji Ide (P) Yuki Kawahara (EX) | McLaren 720S GT3 |
| 6 | 777 | ST-X (GT3) | D'station Racing | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii (P) Tsubasa Kondo (EX) | Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 |
| 7 | 999 | ST-X (GT3) | CarGuy Racing | Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino (P) Shinya Sean Michimi (EX) | Honda NSX GT3 |
| 8 | 3 | ST-Z (GT4) | Endless Sports | Yudai Uchida Hideki Yamauchi (P) Togo Suganami (EX) Ryo Ogawa (EX) | Mercedes-AMG GT4 |
| 9 | 20 | ST-Z (GT4) | SS/YZ Racing with Studie | Tomohide Yamaguchi Seiji Ara (P) Yuya Sakamoto (EX) João Paulo de Oliveira (P) 🇧🇷 | BMW M4 GT4 |
| 10 | 22 | ST-Z (GT4) | Porsche Team EBI Waimarama | "Kizuna" Katsumasa Chiyo (P) Naoya Yamano (EX) Riki Okusa (EX) Tetsuya Yamano (EX) Giuliano Alesi (EX) 🇫🇷 | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| 11 | 30 | ST-Z (GT4) | B-Max Engineering | Nobuhiro Imada Yuhi Sekiguchi (P) Ryuji "Dragon" Kumita Mitsunori Takaboshi (P) Teppei Natori (EX) | Mercedes-AMG GT4 |
| 12 | 47 | ST-Z (GT4) | D'station Racing | Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido (EX) Takuro Shinohara (EX) Kenji Hama Yuhki Nakayama (P) | Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT4 |
| 13 | 108 | ST-Z (GT4) | Future GPX Cyber Formula Racing with RFC | Jun Fujii Takeshi Matsumoto (EX) Takuya Kurosawa (EX) Toshio Suzuki (EX) Seiya Jin (EX) | Toyota GR Supra GT4 |
| 14 | 500 | ST-Z (GT4) | Team 5Zigen | Ryuichiro Otsuka Toshihiro Kaneishi (P) Jake Parsons (EX) 🇦🇺 Yu Kanamaru (EX) Kakunoshin Ohta (EX) | Mercedes-AMG GT4 |
| 15 | 505 | ST-Z (GT4) | Audi Team AS Sport | Genki Nishimura Shaun Thong (EX) 🇭🇰 Yoshinari Fujiwara Shozo Tagahara (EX) | Audi R8 LMS GT4 |
| 16 | 885 | ST-Z (GT4) | Hayashi Telempu Shade Racing | Hiro Hayashi Katsuyuki Hiranaka (P) Ai Miura (EX) ♀ Shinnosuke Yamada (EX) | Toyota GR Supra GT4 |
| 17 | 75 | ST-TCR | Team Noah | Toshiro Tsukada Yoshikazu Sobu (EX) Shigetomo Shimono (EX) Kuniyuki Haga Masataka Kubo (EX) Yuji Kiyotaki | Honda Civic TCR |
| 18 | 97 | ST-TCR | Racer M&K Racing | Mitsuhiro Endo Shinji Nakano (P) Syun Koide (EX) Ryunosuke Sawa (EX) Kenta Harada (EX) | Honda Civic TCR |
| 19 | 28 | ST-Q | ROOKIE Racing | Naoya Gamou Daisuke Toyoda Kenta Yamashita Yasuhiro Ogura Kazuya Oshima (b.1987) Shunsuke Kohno | Toyota GR Supra |
| 20 | 32 | ST-Q | ROOKIE Racing | Takuto Iguchi Masahiro Sasaki Akio "Morizo" Toyoda Takamitsu Matsui Hiroaki Ishiura Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota Corolla Sport H2 Concept |
| 21 | 2 | ST-1 | K's Frontier KTM Cars | Taiyou Iida Hiroki Katoh Takashi Kobayashi Hiroki Yoshimoto Kazuho Takahashi | KTM X-Bow GTX |
| 22 | 8 | ST-1 | BMW Team Studie | Takayuki Kinoshita Takashi Oi Jukuchou Sunako Kouki Yamada Takashi Kochiya | BMW M2 CS Racing |
| 23 | 38 | ST-1 | Tracy Sports | Yuui Tsutsumi Ryohei Sakaguchi Makoto Hotta Sena Sakaguchi | Toyota GR Supra |
| 24 | 6 | ST-2 | Shinryo Racing Team | Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi Wataru Yamaki Takahiro Matsuzawa | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X |
| 25 | 7 | ST-2 | Shinryo Racing Team | Yoshiki Fujii Masato Narisawa Keisuke Anzai Shingo Imai Akiyoshi Shibuya Hirofumi Okumura | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X |
| 26 | 24 | ST-2 | Granvalley Racing | Yasuhiro Otani Kokuto Kawamura Kenichi Hayashi Motoaki Yamazaki | Toyota GR Yaris |
| 27 | 56 | ST-2 | Claris Racing | Hideki Katoh Kizuku Hirota Tomoki Iida Chihiro Inagaki Ryo Yamada | Toyota GR Yaris |
| 28 | 59 | ST-2 | TOWA INTEC Racing | Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Hideto Yasuoka Shunsuke Sato Mizuki Ishizaka | Subaru WRX STI |
| 29 | 225 | ST-2 | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | Seita Nonaka Hibiki Taira Miki Onaga ♀ Kengo Ichijo | Toyota GR Yaris |
| 30 | 743 | ST-2 | Team Honda Challenge | Junichi Kidachi Hiroaki Ishigaki Hideki Kakinuma Kengo Yamamoto Shinichi Katsura Tomoko Fujishima ♀ | Honda Civic Type R |
| 31 | 15 | ST-3 | Okabe Jidosha Motorsports | Masaaki Nagashima Kazuomi Komatsu Masaya Kono Masayuki Ueda Isamu Tabata Yuga Katsumata | Nissan Fairlady Z34 |
| 32 | 39 | ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | Yusuke Tomibayashi Kazuya Oshima (b.1997) Hirotaka Ishii Yoshiyuki Tsuruga Ryuta Ukai Akira Suto | Lexus RC 350 |
| 33 | 41 | ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | Yuma Shoji Yoshihiro Ito Takuya Otaki Yukihiro Yamaji Hirohito Ito Takashi Ito | Lexus RC 350 |
| 34 | 52 | ST-3 | Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | Naoki Hattori Hiroki Yoshida Kohta Kawaai Taku Bamba | Toyota Crown RS |
| 35 | 62 | ST-3 | HELM Motorsports | Yuya Hiraki Reiji Hiraki Tomoki Takahashi Ryosuke Matsuzawa | Lexus RC 350 |
| 36 | 244 | ST-3 | Max Racing | Toru Tanaka Tetsuya Tanaka Atsushi Miyake Kimiya Sato | Nissan Fairlady Z34 |
| 37 | 18 | ST-4 | Asano Racing Service | Takeo Asano Daiki Fujiwara Toshikazu Shiba Kota Matsui Ryo Fukatsu Yuya Nakajima | Toyota 86 |
| 38 | 310 | ST-4 | C.S.I Racing | Sho Tsuboi Shinya Hosokawa Fuma Horio Rintaro Kubo Hirokazu Suzuki | Toyota 86 |
| 39 | 884 | ST-4 | Hayashi Telempu Shade Racing | Yuji Kunimoto Keishi Ishikawa Eijiro Shimizu Morio Nitta | Toyota 86 |
| 40 | 4 | ST-5 | Team Bride | Yuya Ohta Hiroshi Ito Takuya Shiga Souichi Kurosu Kazuaki Yasui Takao Seto | Honda Fit RS |
| 41 | 17 | ST-5 | Team NOPRO | Tobio Ohtani Masataka Inoue Toshihiko Nogami Yoshihiro Kato Junichi Agematsu Hideyoshi Nishizawa | Mazda Demio Diesel |
| 42 | 37 | ST-5 | Team NOPRO | Kaoru Ijiri Kazunori Yoshioka Yutaka Seki Tatsuya Nogami Hiroaki Yamamoto | Mazda Demio Diesel |
| 43 | 50 | ST-5 | Love Drive Racing | Koji Yamanishi Hiroyuki Matsumura Yoshihito Shinoda Takashi Hata | Mazda Roadster |
| 44 | 66 | ST-5 | Over Drive | Takayuki Takechi Tatsuya Ota Takahisa Ohno Kyosuke Inomata Shuichiro Hokazono "Hirobon" | Mazda Roadster |
| 45 | 67 | ST-5 | Team Yamato | Ryohei Yasui Shinya Uchiyama Hideaki Ito Ryo Mukumoto | Honda Fit RS |
| 46 | 72 | ST-5 | Nihon Automobile College | Makoto Kanai Anna Inotsume ♀ Tatsuya Okahara Yasuhiro Matsuo Toshihiro Kubota Hachiro Osaka | Mazda Roadster |
| 47 | 78 | ST-5 | Love Drive Racing | Junko Fujii ♀ Akie "Jco" Iinuma ♀ Takahiro Kimura Tetsuya Shuto | Mazda Roadster |
| 48 | 88 | ST-5 | Murakami Motors | Hiroyuki Murakami Keiji Amemiya Yasunori Nakajima Tatsuya Tanigawa Naoki Yamaya | Mazda Roadster |
| 49 | 103 | ST-5 | HM Racers | Kota Sasaki Soichiro Yoshida Tomomitsu Seno Yugo Osaki Ryunosuke Yoshida | Mazda Mazda2 |
| 50 | 222 | ST-5 | Honda Cars Tokai | Toshiki Takeuchi Masanori Tanaka Hajime Saimen Daisuke Yamawaki Masaki Nishihata | Honda Fit RS |
| 51 | 456 | ST-5 | Avantech Racing Team/Over Drive | Riku Hashimoto Kousei Kanto Tatsuya Osaki Koji Obata Takafumi Katsuki Ryosuke Kagami | Mazda Roadster |
| Withdrawn | 111 | ST-Z (GT4) | Hiroshima Toyopet Racing | Toshiyuki Matsuda Yuga Furutani Yasutaka Hinoi Ryo Hirakawa Kosuke Matsuura | Toyota GR Supra GT4 |