The Super Taikyu Organisation has published the entry list for the upcoming Suzuka S-Tai 5 Hour Race, which will be held on 19 September at historic Suzuka Circuit. This will be the series’ first visit to Suzuka since 2019, after the 2020 event was cancelled twice due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
While the event is still set to take place this weekend, the effect of the latest wave of COVID-19 outbreaks has led multiple teams to decide against taking part in this weekend’s race.
From the ST-X (FIA GT3) class, MP Racing and their #9 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 will not take part. From the lower categories, Asano Racing Service will not enter their ST-4 class #18 WedsSport Toyota 86 that won at the Fuji Super TEC 24 Hours, and was 11.5 points out of the class championship lead after four rounds. Murakami Motors will not enter either of their ST-5 class Mazda Roadsters, including the orange #88 Roadster that is currently third in the standings.
Of the 47 teams that are taking part, the innovative ROOKIE Racing #32 Toyota Corolla Sport “H2 Concept” will race at Suzuka for the first time, after successfully completing its first two races so far.
Five cars will compete for top honours in the ST-X class, and eleven GT4 cars are entered in ST-Z. Audi Team AS Sport plan to return after skipping the last round in Autopolis, while Shinichi Takagi makes his first start in the series since his season-ending accident in the 2020 race at Okayama. Takagi will drive the #23 Mercedes-AMG GT4 for TK Racing Invitation (TKRI).
Entry list current as of 17 September 2021.
| No. | Class | Team | Drivers | Car | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | ST-X (GT3) | Porsche Center Okazaki | Hiroaki Nagai Yuta Kamimura Yuichi Nakayama | Porsche 911 GT3-R |
| 2 | 31 | ST-X (GT3) | apr | Hideki Nagai Koki Saga Kazuto Kotaka | Lexus RC F GT3 |
| 3 | 81 | ST-X (GT3) | GTNET Motor Sports | Noboyuki Oyagi Takayuki Aoki Kiyoto Fujinami Ryuichiro Oyagi | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 |
| 4 | 290 | ST-X (GT3) | Floral Racing with ABSSA | Tadao Uematsu Keita Sawa Shintaro Kawabata Yuji Ide | McLaren 720S GT3 |
| 5 | 777 | ST-X (GT3) | D'station Racing | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Tsubasa Kondo | Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 |
| 6 | 3 | ST-Z (GT4) | Endless Sports | Yudai Uchida Hideki Yamauchi Togo Suganami Ryo Ogawa | Mercedes-AMG GT4 |
| 7 | 20 | ST-Z (GT4) | SS/YZ Racing with Studie | Tomohide Yamaguchi Seiji Ara Yuya Sakamoto | BMW M4 GT4 |
| 8 | 22 | ST-Z (GT4) | Porsche Team EBI Waimarama | "Kizuna" Katsumasa Chiyo Naoya Yamano Riki Okusa | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| 9 | 23 | ST-Z (GT4) | TKRI | Daisuke Matsunaga Yuya Motojima Shinichi Takagi | Mercedes-AMG GT4 |
| 10 | 47 | ST-Z (GT4) | D'station Racing | Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Takuro Shinohara Kenji Hama | Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT4 |
| 11 | 108 | ST-Z (GT4) | Future GPX Cyber Formula Racing with RFC | Toshio Suzuki Takeshi Matsumoto Seiya Jin | Toyota GR Supra GT4 |
| 12 | 111 | ST-Z (GT4) | Hiroshima Toyopet Racing | Toshiyuki Matsuda Yuga Furutani Yasutaka Hinoi Ryo Hirakawa | Toyota GR Supra GT4 |
| 13 | 311 | ST-Z (GT4) | C.S.I Racing | Hirokazu Suzuki Rintaro Kubo Yusuke Shiotsu Kimiya Sato | Toyota GR Supra GT4 |
| 14 | 500 | ST-Z (GT4) | Team 5Zigen | Ryuichiro Otsuka Toshihiro Kaneishi Kakunoshin Ohta | Mercedes-AMG GT4 |
| 15 | 505 | ST-Z (GT4) | Audi Team AS Sport | Genki Nishimura Shaun Thong 🇭🇰 Takeshi Okamoto Shozo Tagahara | Audi R8 LMS GT4 |
| 16 | 885 | ST-Z (GT4) | Hayashi Telempu Shade Racing | Hiro Hayashi Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ai Miura ♀ | Toyota GR Supra GT4 |
| 17 | 75 | ST-TCR | Team Noah | Kuniyuki Haga Yoshikazu Sobu Shigetomo Shimono Shingo Wada | Honda Civic TCR |
| 18 | 97 | ST-TCR | Racer M&K Racing | Mitsuhiro Endo Shinji Nakano Syun Koide | Honda Civic TCR |
| 19 | 28 | ST-Q | ROOKIE Racing | Naoya Gamou Daisuke Toyoda Kenta Yamashita Yasuhiro Ogura | Toyota GR Supra |
| 20 | 32 | ST-Q | ROOKIE Racing | Takuto Iguchi Masahiro Sasaki Akio "Morizo" Toyoda Takamitsu Matsui | Toyota Corolla Sport H2 Concept |
| 21 | 2 | ST-1 | KTM Cars Japan | Taiyou Iida Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Hiroki Yoshimoto | KTM X-Bow GTX |
| 22 | 38 | ST-1 | Tracy Sports | Yuui Tsutsumi Ryohei Sakaguchi Makoto Hotta | Toyota GR Supra |
| 23 | 71 | ST-1 | Akiland Racing | Masayoshi Oyama Tatsuya Tanigawa Ken Yamamoto Makio Saito | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup |
| 24 | 6 | ST-2 | Shinryo Racing Team | Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X |
| 25 | 7 | ST-2 | Shinryo Racing Team | Yoshiki Fujii Masato Narisawa Keisuke Anzai Shingo Imai | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X |
| 26 | 56 | ST-2 | Claris Racing | Hideki Katoh Kizuku Hirota Tomoki Iida Ryo Yamada | Toyota GR Yaris |
| 27 | 59 | ST-2 | TOWA INTEC Racing | Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Mizuki Ishizaka | Subaru WRX STI |
| 28 | 225 | ST-2 | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | Seita Nonaka Hibiki Taira Miki Onaga ♀ Kengo Ichijo | Toyota GR Yaris |
| 29 | 15 | ST-3 | Okabe Jidosha Motorsports | Masaaki Nagashima Kazuomi Komatsu Masaya Kohno | Nissan Fairlady Z34 |
| 30 | 39 | ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | Yusuke Tomibayashi Kazuya Oshima (b.1997) Hirotaka Ishii | Lexus RC 350 |
| 31 | 41 | ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | Yuma Shoji Yoshihiro Ito Ryuta Ukai | Lexus RC 350 |
| 32 | 52 | ST-3 | Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | Naoki Hattori Hiroki Yoshida Kohta Kawaai | Toyota Crown RS |
| 33 | 62 | ST-3 | HELM Motorsports | Yuya Hiraki Tomoki Takahashi Reiji Hiraki | Lexus RC 350 |
| 34 | 244 | ST-3 | Max Racing | Toru Tanaka Tetsuya Tanaka Atsushi Miyake | Nissan Fairlady Z34 |
| 35 | 310 | ST-4 | C.S.I Racing | Sho Tsuboi Shinya Hosokawa Fuma Horio | Toyota 86 |
| 36 | 884 | ST-4 | Hayashi Telempu Shade Racing | Yuji Kunimoto Keishi Ishikawa Eijiro Shimizu | Toyota 86 |
| 37 | 4 | ST-5 | Team Bride | Yuya Ohta Hiroshi Ito Kazuaki Yasui Takuji Okada | Honda Fit RS |
| 38 | 17 | ST-5 | Team NOPRO | Tobio Ohtani Masataka Inoue Toshihiko Nogami Yoshihiro Kato | Mazda Demio XD |
| 39 | 37 | ST-5 | Team NOPRO | Kaoru Ijiri Kazunori Yoshioka Yutaka Seki Tatsuya Nogami | Mazda Demio XD |
| 40 | 50 | ST-5 | Love Drive Racing | Koji Yamanishi Yoshihito Shinoda Hiroyuki Matsumura | Mazda Roadster |
| 41 | 66 | ST-5 | Over Drive | Takayuki Takechi Tatsuya Ota Takahisa Ohno Kyosuke Inomata | Mazda Roadster |
| 42 | 72 | ST-5 | Nihon Automobile College | Makoto Kanai Tetsuya Yamano Anna Inotsume ♀ | Mazda Roadster |
| 43 | 78 | ST-5 | Love Drive Racing | Junko Fujii ♀ Akie "Jco" Iinuma ♀ Hiroki Takenouchi | Mazda Roadster |
| 44 | 103 | ST-5 | HM Racers | Kota Sasaki Soichiro Yoshida Tomomitsu Seno | Mazda Mazda2 |
| 45 | 222 | ST-5 | Honda Cars Tokai | Toshiki Takeuchi Masanori Tanaka Hajime Saimen Daisuke Yamawaki | Honda Fit RS |
| 46 | 456 | ST-5 | Avantech Racing Team/Over Drive | Riku Hashimoto Kousei Kanto Tatsuya Osaki Koji Obara | Mazda Roadster |
| W/D | 743 | ST-2 | Honda R&D Challenge | Withdrawn | Honda Civic Type R |