1973～2023 Records

Starts best 20

415 rounds held as championship races from 1973 to 2023.

Naoki Yamamoto tied 11th to 10th.
Yuuji tied 14th to 12th after 100 races.
Kazuya Ooshima moves up to 20th.

Position	Driver	Starts	First Race	rd	Latest Race	rd
1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	166	1974	4	1996	10
2	Kunimitsu Takahashi	142	1975	1	1994	10
3	Keiji Matsumoto	129	1976	2	1992	11
4	Takashi Kogure	126	2003	1	2017	6
5	Satoshi Motoyama	125	1996	1	2008	8
6	Andre Lotterer	123	2003	1	2017	6
7	Naoki Hattori	116	1991	1	2005	9
7	Tsugio Matsuda	116	1998	5	2013	7-2
9	Masahiro Hasemi	108	1974	2	1991	11
10	Naoki Yamamoto	107	2010	1	2023	7
11	Katsutomo Kaneishi	103	1990	1	2002	10
12	Yuuji Kunimoto	101	2011	1	2023	9
13	Toshio Suzuki	100	1980	5	1997	10
13	Yuuji Tachikawa	100	1997	9	2009	8
15	Masahiko Kageyama	92	1990	1	2001	10
16	Takao Wada	90	1977	8	1993	6
16	Takuya Kurosawa	90	1990	1	1999	6
18	Koudai Tsukakoshi	86	2009	1	2021	5
19	Hiroaki Ishiura	87	2008	1	2020	7
20	Kazuya Ooshima	85	2009	1	2023	9

Wins best 20

415 rounds held as championship races from 1973 to 2023.

Tomoki Nojiri moves from tied 14th to tied 7th with 3 wins.
Naoki Yamamoto tied 11th to tied 12th.
Yuuhi Sekiguchi keeps tied 16th.

Position	Driver	Wins	First Win	rd	Latest Win	rd
1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	39	1975	3	1996	1
2	Satoshi Motoyama	27	1998	2	2007	9
3	Andre Lotterer	24	2004	3	2017	2-1
4	Satoru Nakajima	21	1978	3	1986	4
5	Toranosuke Takagi	14	1995	5	2000	9
6	Loic Duval	12	2006	2	2014	1
7	Keiji Matsumoto	11	1979	2	1990	4
7	Benoit Treluyer	11	2003	7	2009	1
7	Tomoki Nojiri	11	2014	6	2022	10
10	Ross Cheever	10	1989	2	1994	7
10	Joao Paulo de Oliveira	10	2008	7-1	2016	3
12	Masahiro Hasemi	9	1974	2	1989	8
12	Kazuki Nakajima	9	2011	2	2017	1
12	Naoki Yamamoto	9	2013	7-1	2022	7
15	Naoki Hattori	8	1992	11	2001	4
16	Noritake Takahara	7	1973	2	1976	2
16	Geoff Lees	7	1983	3	1988	5
16	Ralph Firman	7	1999	10	2002	9
16	Tsugio Matsuda	7	2000	3	2008	8
16	Takashi Kogure	7	2004	1	2010	1
16	Yuuhi Sekiguchi	7	2016	4	2022	8

Pole positions best 20

419 rounds held as championship races from 1973 to 2023.

Tomoki Nojiri records 4 pole positions and tied 6th to 4th.
Naoki Yamamoto tied 6th to tied 7th.

Position	Driver	PP	First PP	rd	Latest PP	rd
1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	42	1975	2	1996	10
2	Satoru Nakajima	23	1978	3	1986	7
3	Satoshi Motoyama	20	1998	3	2008	8
4	Tomoki Nojiri	17	2016	5-2	2023	8
5	Toranosuke Takagi	16	1995	5	2000	9
6	Takashi Kogure	15	2005	3	2010	4
7	Ross Cheever	13	1988	5	1994	7
7	Tsugio Matsuda	13	2001	10	2012	7-1
7	Naoki Yamamoto	13	2011	1	2022	7
10	Geoff Lees	11	1983	6	1988	6
10	Andre Lotterer	11	2003	6	2017	7-1
12	Keiji Matsumoto	9	1979	2	1990	3
12	Juichi Wakisaka	9	1998	2	2004	8
12	Joao Paulo de Oliveira	9	2008	7	2014	4
15	Benoit Treluyer	8	2004	6	2009	2
15	Loic Duval	8	2009	4	2013	6
15	Hiroaki Ishiura	8	2015	2	2018	5
18	Masahiro Hasemi	7	1974	4	1989	5
18	Eddie Irvine	7	1992	3	1993	10
18	Richard Lyons	7	2004	2	2005	7

Fastest laps best 20

367 rounds held and published as championship rounds from 1973 to 2023.
(Round 6 in 1984 was recorded by 2 drivers with the same time, so the total is 368 rounds)

Yuuhi Sekiguchi sets 1 fastest lap and 9th to tied 8th.
Kamui Kobayashi keeps tied 12th.
Tomoki Nojiri keeps tied 12th.
Ryou Hirakawa sets 1 fastest lap and moves up to tied 17th.

Position	Driver	FL	First FL	rd	Latest FL	rd
1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	28	1976	3	1995	9
2	Satoshi Motoyama	20	1998	2	2008	4
3	Joao Paulo de Oliveira	15	2010	2	2015	5
4	Satoru Nakajima	11	1978	5	1985	8
5	Juichi Wakisaka	10	1998	5	2004	6
5	Takashi Kogure	10	2004	2	2013	6
5	Andre Lotterer	10	2004	8	2016	7-1
8	Loic Duval	9	2006	5	2014	7-2
8	Yuuhi Sekiguchi	9	2016	1	2023	9
10	Takao Wada	7	1988	6	1990	4
10	Marco Apicella	7	1992	8	1994	9
12	Naoki Hattori	6	1993	3	2004	4
12	Hideki Noda	6	1998	4	2005	3
12	Tsugio Matsuda	6	2000	2	2008	3
12	Kamui Kobayashi	6	2016	2	2020	1
12	Tomoki Nojiri	6	2015	1	2022	3
17	Ross Cheever	5	1989	3	1992	7
17	Masahiko Kageyama	5	1993	2	1997	10
17	Toranosuke Takagi	5	1995	8	2000	5
17	Michael Krumm	5	1994	8	2001	10
17	Richard Lyons	5	2003	1	2004	7
17	Benoit Treluyer	5	2005	9	2007	1
17	Kazuki Nakajima	5	2011	7-1	2016	5-1
17	Hiroaki Ishiura	5	2008	5-1	2017	6
17	Ryou Hirakawa	5	2013	7-1	2023	7

Podiums best 20

415 rounds held as championship races from 1973 to 2023.

Tomoki Nojiri gets podium 5 times and tied 16th to tied 11th.
Naoki Yamamoto tied 16th to tied 17th.

Position	Driver	Podiums	First Podium	rd	Latest Podium	rd
1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	91	1974	4	1996	9
2	Andre Lotterer	56	2003	1	2017	3
3	Satoshi Motoyama	50	1996	6	2008	5-2
4	Satoru Nakajima	45	1977	6	1986	7
5	Loic Duval	31	2006	2	2014	7-2
5	Kazuki Nakajima	31	2011	1	2020	5
7	Keiji Matsumoto	29	1977	3	1991	3
8	Tsugio Matsuda	28	2000	2	2013	1
9	Benoit Treluyer	26	2003	2	2009	6
10	Masahiro Hasemi	25	1974	2	1989	8
11	Joao Paulo de Oliveira	24	2007	9	2016	3
11	Tomoki Nojiri	24	2014	6	2023	8
13	Takashi Kogure	23	2003	10	2013	7-2
13	Juichi Wakisaka	23	1998	2	2004	7
15	Ross Cheever	20	1989	2	1994	7
15	Hiroaki Ishiura	20	2009	3	2020	2
17	Mauro Martini	19	1989	5	1995	9
17	Naoki Hattori	19	1992	4	2005	1
17	Naoki Yamamoto	19	2013	2	2022	7
20	Ralph Firman	18	1997	5	2002	10

Most points scored best 20

415 rounds held as championship races from 1973 to 2023.
Reference records due to different scoring system.
All points counted.

Tomoki Nojiri 9th to 6th.
Naoki Yamamoto keeps 11th.
Ryou Hirakawa 17th to 12th.

Position	Driver	Points	First Point	rd	Latest Point	rd
1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1247.0	1974	4	1996	9
2	Satoru Nakajima	815.0	1977	1	1986	10
3	Keiji Matsumoto	652.0	1976	4	1991	3
4	Masahiro Hasemi	580.0	1974	2	1991	8
5	Andre Lotterer	527.0	2003	1	2017	7-1
6	Tomoki Nojiri	487.0	2014	6	2023	9
7	Satoshi Motoyama	447.0	1996	3	2008	8
8	Kunimitsu Takahashi	434.0	1976	3	1994	8
9	Kenji Takahashi	431.0	1975	2	1986	8
10	Geoff Lees	380.0	1981	5	1991	5
11	Naoki Yamamoto	325.0	2010	1	2023	6
12	Ryou Hirakawa	318.5	2013	1	2023	9
13	Tsugio Matsuda	310.0	1998	5	2013	7-1
14	Loic Duval	305.0	2006	2	2014	7-2
15	Kazuki Nakajima	303.5	2011	1	2021	6
16	Noritake Takahara	294.0	1973	2	1979	6
17	Hiroaki Ishiura	272.0	2008	1	2020	6
18	Naohiro Fujita	255.0	1975	1	1983	8
19	Takashi Kogure	249.0	2003	2	2016	7-1
20	Benoit Treluyer	243.0	2002	3	2009	7

Completed kms best 20

415 rounds held as championship races from 1973 to 2023.

Naoki Yamamoto 9th to 8th.
Yuuji Kunimoto 14th to 10th.
Kazuya Ooshima 19th to 17th.
Tomoki Nojiri moves up to 20th.

Position	Driver	Completed kms
1	Andre Lotterer	25,072.9
2	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	24,446.2
3	Takashi Kogure	23,920.5
4	Tsugio Matsuda	23,709.6
5	Satoshi Motoyama	23,251.6
6	Naoki Hattori	22,703.2
7	Kunimitsu Takahashi	22,260.0
8	Naoki Yamamoto	19,898.0
9	Yuuji Tachikawa	19,015.9
10	Yuuji Kunimoto	18,257.2
11	Keiji Matsumoto	18,214.0
12	Hiroaki Ishiura	17,565.5
13	Koudai Tsukakoshi	16,970.2
14	Masahiro Hasemi	16,798.8
15	Toshio Suzuki	15,993.9
16	Katsutomo Kaneishi	15,970.9
17	Kazuya Ooshima	15,839.3
18	Takuya Izawa	15,312.3
19	Kazuki Nakajima	14,995.7
20	Tomoki Nojiri	14,633.1

Completed laps best 20

415 rounds held as championship races from 1973 to 2023.

Naoki Yamamoto 9th to 8th.
Yuuji Kunimoto 11th to 10th.
Kazuya Ooshima 20th to 15th.

Position	Driver	Completed laps
1	Andre Lotterer	5,339
2	Satoshi Motoyama	5,244
3	Tsugio Matsuda	5,171
4	Naoki Hattori	5,077
5	Takashi Kogure	5,024
6	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	4,906
7	Kunimitsu Takahashi	4,540
8	Naoki Yamamoto	4,416
9	Yuuji Tachikawa	4,196
10	Yuuji Kunimoto	4,040
11	Hiroaki Ishiura	3,778
12	Katsutomo Kaneishi	3,720
13	Koudai Tsukakoshi	3,666
14	Keiji Matsumoto	3,643
15	Kazuya Ooshima	3,486
16	Toshio Suzuki	3,411
17	Masahiro Hasemi	3,385
18	Takuya Izawa	3,243
19	Kazuki Nakajima	3,222
20	Ryou Michigami	3,194

Circuits

Position	Circuit	Races
1	Suzuka	170
2	Fuji	93
3	Motegi	45
4	Sugo	38
5	Mine	23
6	Autopolis	16
7	Nishinihon	12
8	Okayama	11
9	Suzuka East Special	3
10	Tokachi	2
11	Suzuka East	1
11	Sepang	1