2026 D1 Grand Prix series
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The 2026 D1 Grand Prix series (known for sponsorship reason as 2026 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series) is a planned professional drifting competition based in Japan which will be the twenty-sixth season of the D1 Grand Prix series. The competition is organized by Sunpros under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) Semi national competition format and recognize as Japan Drift Championship. The championship is planned to be contested over 10 rounds starting at Aichi Sky Expo on 24th of March and ended on 15th of November 2026 at Odaiba.
The season is celebrated as the twenty-fifth anniversary of D1 Grand Prix and D1 in general.
Hideyuki Fujino is the defending champion.[1]
Provisional schedule was released following the final round of 2025 season. Aichi Sky Expo in Nagoya will host the opening two rounds of the season. The venue is located near Centrair which have previously held D1GP round back in 2013. In turns, Okuibuki Motorpark will not held any round for the first time since 2019. The rest of the calendar will be held at same weekend as previous year.[2]
| Round | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Aichi Sky Expo, Aichi Prefecture |
9 May |
| 2 | 10 May | |
| 3 |  Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture |
27 June |
| 4 | 28 June | |
| 5 |  Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture |
26 September |
| 6 | 27 September | |
| 7 |  Autopolis, Oita Prefecture |
24 October |
| 8 | 25 October | |
| 9 |  Odaiba, Tokyo Bay |
14 November |
| 10 | 15 November |
Teams and drivers
| Teams | Tire | Car | Engine | No | Drivers | Round | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEIMI STYLE SHIBATA DRIFT | Shibatire | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 2 |  Seimi Tanaka |
TBC | [3] |
| URAS RACING | Dunlop | Nissan Skyline (R34) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 3 | Keiichi Nomura |
1-2 | [4] |
| CUSCO RACING | Yokohama | Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 5 | Yoshitatsu Kaneda |
1-2 | [5] |
| Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 32 | Kuoji Tada |
1-2 | ||||
| TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ | Shibatire | Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Custom 4-rotor | 7 | Yukio Matsui |
1-2 | [3] |
| VEHIQL RACING×VALINO | Valino | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 8 | Takuya Inaoka |
1-2 | [6] |
| TEAM BUZZBREAK DRIFT | Valino | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 9 | Tetsuya Kume |
1-2 | [7] |
| Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 10 | Hayato Miyoshi |
1-2 | ||||
| Team BuzzBreak | Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | 50 | Ryo Ishii |
1-2 | |||
| Team sky FJトラスポ | Valino | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 15 | Yuta Fujiwara |
1-2 | [8] |
| CarGuy Team G-Meister Valino A | Valino | BMW 3-Series (E92) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 16 | Koji Yamaguchi |
1-2 | [9] |
| Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 17 | Shigehisa Sasayama |
1-2 | ||||
| CarGuy Team G-Meister Valino B | Toyota Supra (A80) | 12 | Yoshichika Tamagawa R |
1-2 | |||
| Nissan Silvia (S15) | 67 | Daiki Nishiyama R |
1-2 | ||||
| SIMsupportSpark×GarageHANGOUT | Shibatire | Nissan Silvia (S14) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 22 | Kazutaka Yanagi R |
1-2 | [10] |
| Repair Create×GR Garage Seifuto×Result Japan | Shibatire | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 23 | Mitsuru Murakami |
1-2 | [11] |
| TEAM TNR LOVCA SE System | Antares | Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 30 | Tetsuro Nakada |
1-2 | [12] |
| Shibata Racing Team | Shibatire | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Nissan VR38 V6 | 31 | Koudai Sobagiri |
1-2 | [13] |
| 広島トヨタ team マッハ＆DRoo-P | Dunlop | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 33 | Junya Ishikawa |
1-2 | [14] |
| Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE85) | Toyota 2GR V6 | 55 | Kazuya Matsukawa |
1-2 | |||
| Racing Service Watanabe | Antares | Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86) | Nissan SR20 I4 | 43 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro |
1-2 | [12] |
| Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Mazda 20B 3-rotor | 51 | Teruyoshi Iwai |
1-2 | [11] | ||
| Team miyaseimitsu | Shibatire | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Custom 4-rotor | 38 | Hisashi Saito |
TBC | [11] |
| Gyeon Racing | Habilead | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 47 | Hisato Yonai |
1-2 | [15] |
| GP Sports | Drift Star | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 56 | Takahiro Mori |
1-2 | [16] |
| D1TAIWAN DTMRS | Valino | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 57 |  Hsu Lei R |
1-2 | [12] |
| Team Toyo Tires Drift-1 | Toyo Tires | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 66 | Hideyuki Fujino |
1-2 | [17] |
| 88 | Masato Kawabata |
1-2 | |||||
| Team Toyo Tires Drift-2 | Toyota GR Corolla (GZEA14) | 77 | Hokuto Matsuyama |
1-2 | |||
| Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 80 | Yuki Tano |
1-2 | ||||
| Team Toyo Tires Drift-3 | Toyota GT86 (ZN6) | Nissan VR38 V6 | 14 | Shiina Tamaki |
1-2 | ||
| Mind Control Racing SHIBATIRE | Shibatire | Nissan Silvia (S14) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 70 | Masashi Yokoi |
1-2 | [18] |
| Drift Star Racing | Drift Star | Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 75 | Yumeto Hatanaka |
1-2 | [19] |
| Nissan Silvia (S13) | 76 | Ryu Nakamura |
1-2 | ||||
| Team Vertex | Shibatire | Lexus RC (XC10) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 78 | Takahiro Ueno |
1-2 | [3] |
| Nissan Silvia (S15) | 89 |  Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) |
1-2 | ||||
| Team D-Max Racing | Valino | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 79 | Kojiro Mekuwa |
1-2 | [20] |
| Drift Star | 81 | Kenshiro Wada |
1-2 | ||||
| Team Valino Works | Valino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 86 | Sayaka Shimoda |
1-2 | [21] |
| 99 | Naoki Nakamura |
1-2 | |||||
| FAT FIVE RACING | Yokohama | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 87 | Daigo Saito |
1-2 | [12] |
| WEINS Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！Racing | Valino | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Toyota 2JZ I6 | 90 | Tsuyoshi Tezuka |
1-2 | [22] |
R Eligible for Rookie of the year award
Changes
- Masashi Yokoi leave D-Max Racing Team at the end of the 2025 season after 13 years. He planned to compete with his own Mind Control Racing team and driving a Nissan Silvia S14 he entered World Time Attack Challenge Drift class with.[23][18]
- D-Max announced Kojiro Mekuwa transferred from G-Meister to replace Masashi Yokoi who left the team and changed tire supplier from Toyo Tires to Valino.[20]
- Shibata Racing Team downscale to one car with Koudai Sobagiri and not renewed Tetsuya Hibino's contract.[13][24]
- D1 Lights runner-up, Kazutaka Yanagi announced he will stepping up to D1GP driving the same team and car as in D1 Lights.[10]
- Super GT's Team Mach joined Droo-P as the team title sponsor alongside Hiroshima Toyota and entered as Hiroshima Toyota team Mach & Droo-P.[14]
- Sayaka Shimoda returns to the series after 2 year away. She joined Naoki Nakamura on Valino's works team and driving a Toyota GR86.[21]
- Ryu Nakamura joined Drift Star works team replacing Masakazu Doi.[19]
- 2023 D1 Lights champion, Hisato Yonai returns to the series after a year off. He is sponsored by car care product Gyeon and will drive the same Nissan 180SX he previously use in 2024 and wiill be the only Habilead tire user.[15]
- Cusco moved Yoshitatsu Kaneda and his Toyota GR Yaris from their Formula Drift Japan line-up to replace Atsuki Hoshi and his GR Corolla respectively. Kaneda will make his first D1GP appearance since 2018 with his GR Yaris being the first example to compete in the series.[5]
- Team G-Meister partner with CARGUY and entered two teams under A and B designation. G-Meister owner Koji Yamaguchi joined by Shigehisa Sasayama drive BMW E92 and Toyota GR86 respectively and both after a year away from the series on the A team.Yoshichika Tamagawa and Daiki Nishiyama both graduate from D1 Lights is on the B team. Tamagawa will drive his A80 Supra he previously use in Formula Drift Japan while Nishiyama upgraded the same S15 he use in D1 Lights.[9]
- Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) joined Takahiro Ueno in Team Vertex replacing his compatriot and senior Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond).
- Toyo Tires announced conclusion to Team Toyo Tires Drift works team structure after 2026 season.[17]
- Maopo Yamanaka was initially entered driving for WEINS Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！Racing. However due to misconduct, his D1GP license is suspended. Tsuyoshi Tezuka is brought in to replace him returning to the team as a driver for the first time since final two round of 2022 season. Tezuka will be making his first full time appearance for the first time since 2017.[22]
- Daigo Saito return to using Yokohama for the first time since 2022.
- Tetsura Nakada change his tires supplier to Antares.
- Taiwanese driver, Hsu Lei set to make his debut driving a Toyota GR Supra. He will be the first Taiwanese driver to enter D1GP since TaI Xiao-Hsang in 2022.
Mid season changes
- Seimi Tanaka is unable to participate in the opening two round due to his car involved in a road accident when it's being transported.[25]