The2016 F4 Japanese Championship season was the second season of theF4 Japanese Championship. It began on 9 April inOkayama and finished on 13 November onTwin Ring Motegi after fourteen races held across six rounds.^[1]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Yuichi Sasaki	2	Yuichi Sasaki	2–4, 6
Sutekina Racing Team	3	Yuki Urata	1–2
		Miku Ikejima	3–4, 6
		Yuki Tsunoda	5
Field Motorsport	4	Shunsuke Kohno	All
	25	Tomoki Takahashi	All
	55	Takashi Hata	1–2, 4–5
	75	Yuya Tezuka	4
Honda Formula Dream Project	7	Mizuki Ishizaka[2]	All
	8	Yuta Kamimura[2]	All
	9	Sena Sakaguchi[2]	All
	10	Takuya Otaki	All
Rn-sports	11	Toshiki Oyu	All
B-MAX Racing Team	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida	1–2, 4–6
		"Syuji"	3
	50	Shinji Sawada	All
KCMG	14	Yuki Nemoto	All
CMS Motorsports Project	15	Yuga Katsumata	2–6
Media Do Kageyama Racing	16	Takuro Shinohara	All
Buzz International	17	Hiroki Inui	1
		Junpei Kato	2–6
	18	Shigetomo Shimono	1–5
		Yuki Urata	6
VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr.	19	Rikiya Kanazawa	6
	63	Do Yun Hwang	All
RSS	21	"Dragon"	1–5
		Seiya Jin	6
N-SPEED	23	"Yugo"	All
Eagle Sport	29	Turbo Asahi	All
	30	Kuninori Nakane	All
miNami aoYama Project	32	Ayaka Imahashi	1–2
	33	Miki Koyama	1
		Miku Ikejima	2
TOM'S Spirit	36	Ritomo Miyata	All
	37	Kazuto Kotaka	All
Garage Chabatake	38	Satoshi Anbe	2, 4
	58	Takuma Abe	All
Team Right Way	47	Takahiro Ban	6
Silver Star Racing	51	Kotoka Goibuchi	2–3
		Lee Jung Woo	5
		Kohei Tokumasu	6
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	52	Hiroki Kokuzawa	1–4
		Miki Koyama	6
Le Beausset Motorsports	60	Kohta Kawaai	All
	61	Reiji Hiraki	All
	62	Yuya Hiraki	All
Skill Speed	66	Riku Hashimoto	All
leprix sport	70	Yuya Taira	All
Reon Kids Racing	73	Kotoka Goibuchi	6
Team Plus 10 ・ NRS	83	Ryosuke Takehira	All
Zap Speed Racing Team	86	Toshihiko Hachiro "Osaka Hachiro"	1–2, 4 5–6
Succeed Sports	88	Shintaro Kawabata	All
	89	Ryota Kiyohara	1–3

All rounds were held inJapan and were part of theSuper GT events. The Autopolis round, initially scheduled for May 22nd, has been cancelled in the aftermath of the2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.^[3] On July 1, it was finally decided that one of the cancelled races will be held at the fourth round at Fuji and the other at the season finale at Motegi, both rounds becoming triple-header rounds.^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Okayama International Circuit,Mimasaka	9 April	Shintaro Kawabata	Sena Sakaguchi	Shintaro Kawabata	Succeed Sports
	R2		10 April	Shintaro Kawabata	Mizuki Ishizaka	Shintaro Kawabata	Succeed Sports
2	R1	Fuji Speedway,Oyama	3 May	Ritomo Miyata	Shintaro Kawabata	Kazuto Kotaka	TOM'S Spirit
	R2		4 May	Shinji Sawada	Kazuto Kotaka	Kazuto Kotaka	TOM'S Spirit
3	R1	Sportsland SUGO,Murata	23 July	Kazuto Kotaka	Toshiki Oyu	Toshiki Oyu	Rn-sports
	R2		24 July	Kazuto Kotaka	Kazuto Kotaka	Kazuto Kotaka	TOM'S Spirit
4	R1	Fuji Speedway,Oyama	6 August	Ritomo Miyata	Takuro Shinohara	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S Spirit
	R2		7 August	Kazuto Kotaka	Tomoki Takahashi	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S Spirit
	R3			Takuro Shinohara	Ritomo Miyata	Yuya Hiraki	Le Beausset Motorsports
5	R1	Suzuka Circuit,Suzuka	27 August	Takuya Otaki	Sena Sakaguchi	Takuya Otaki	Honda Formula Dream Project
	R2		28 August	Toshiki Oyu	Toshiki Oyu	Toshiki Oyu	Rn-sports
6	R1	Twin Ring Motegi,Motegi	12 November	Toshiki Oyu	Takuro Shinohara	Kohta Kawaai	Le Beausset Motorsports
	R2			Toshiki Oyu	Ritomo Miyata	Sena Sakaguchi	Honda Formula Dream Project
	R3		13 November	Takuro Shinohara	Ritomo Miyata	Yuya Hiraki	Le Beausset Motorsports

Only the best thirteen results counts towards the championship. Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points 1 Ritomo Miyata 5 Ret Ret 2 DSQ 2 1 1 4 6 6 22 2 11 142 2 Sena Sakaguchi 2 Ret 3 4 Ret 9 3 2 3 24 2 Ret 1 15 138 3 Toshiki Oyu 8 4 Ret 14 1 4 6 4 24 4 1 13 3 10 126 4 Mizuki Ishizaka 4 3 5 25 2 18 4 5 5 5 7 26 8 4 119 5 Kazuto Kotaka 10 10 1 1 DSQ 1 2 25 16 7 Ret 24 4 16 113 6 Yuya Hiraki Ret 5 15 8 4 5 10 14 1 8 11 3 18 1 106 7 Shinji Sawada 6 16 2 3 15 14 5 28 Ret 3 3 5 13 3 106 8 Takuro Shinohara 12 9 4 15 10 12 7 3 2 15 12 Ret 6 2 80 9 Shintaro Kawabata 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 6 28 8 6 12 8 15 26 8 78 10 Shunsuke Kohno 7 Ret Ret 5 6 Ret 9 6 26 13 9 2 11 5 64 11 Kohta Kawaai Ret 6 8 7 5 10 14 13 27 25 14 1 9 Ret 56 12 Takuya Otaki Ret 15 33 19 8 13 8 11 Ret 1 30 8 5 6 55 13 Yuki Nemoto 9 7 6 6 Ret 3 Ret 7 19 10 10 20 7 13 53 14 Yuta Kamimura 3 2 9 10 7 Ret 12 9 28 14 21 Ret 10 18 45 15 Tomoki Takahashi 11 14 7 29 3 8 13 22 18 26 5 14 14 7 41 16 Yuki Tsunoda 2 4 30 17 Yuya Taira 16 18 16 28 19 11 24 24 Ret 9 13 4 Ret 27 14 18 Turbo Asahi 14 8 10 9 22 21 Ret 18 9 Ret 17 Ret 16 20 9 19 Yuki Urata 22 30 13 Ret 6 32 Ret 8 20 Reiji Hiraki 25 13 12 11 Ret 7 32 23 Ret 11 20 21 12 9 8 21 Takuma Abe 30 27 20 24 12 26 Ret 12 7 17 28 12 DSQ DSQ 6 22 Junpei Kato 17 16 14 22 19 15 Ret 19 15 7 20 17 6 23 Yuga Katsumata 22 Ret 17 20 15 Ret 8 22 22 32 DNS DNS 4 24 Ryota Kiyohara 13 12 11 13 9 15 2 25 Seiya Jin 9 24 19 2 26 Riku Hashimoto 19 20 19 Ret 18 16 18 21 10 18 16 23 Ret 26 1 27 Ryosuke Takehira 20 21 23 Ret 13 19 11 20 Ret 23 19 10 15 12 1 28 Yuya Tezuka 23 10 Ret 1 29 Rikiya Kanazawa 11 19 14 0 30 "Dragon" 18 24 18 17 11 29 21 19 Ret 21 23 0 31 Miku Ikejima 24 20 21 20 20 17 11 27 25 Ret 0 32 Miki Koyama Ret 11 28 21 24 0 33 Hiroki Kokuzawa 31 23 14 32 16 30 16 26 12 0 34 Do Yun Hwang 17 25 28 12 Ret Ret 17 27 21 29 24 18 Ret 21 0 35 Yuichi Sasaki 30 22 23 23 26 31 13 Ret 27 28 0 36 Kuninori Nakane 26 26 29 26 24 Ret 29 29 14 27 27 25 28 Ret 0 37 Shigetomo Shimono000 15 17 21 18 17 24 Ret 16 22 16 18 0 38 Motoyoshi Yoshida 27 28 27 27 27 32 15 30 29 29 29 31 0 39 Kohei Tokumasu 19 17 22 0 40 Kotoka Goibuchi 25 21 26 25 17 22 23 0 41 Satoshi Anbe 26 30 22 35 17 0 42 Hiroki Inui 23 19 0 43 Lee Jung Woo 20 26 0 44 Toshihiko Hachiro "Osaka Hachiro" 29 31 32 31 31 34 20 32 31 30 30 29 0 45 Takashi Hata 21 Ret Ret Ret 25 30 23 28 25 0 46 Ayaka Imahashi 24 22 Ret Ret 0 47 "Yugo" 28 29 31 23 27 28 30 33 25 31 Ret 31 31 30 0 48 "Syuji" 25 27 0 Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Pos	Team	Pts.
1	Honda Formula Dream Project	203
2	TOM'S Spirit	182
3	Rn-sports	125
4	Le Beausset Motorsports	99
5	B-Max Racing Team	91
6	Field Motorsport	79
7	Succeed Sports	76
8	Media Do Kageyama Racing	63
9	KCMG	53
10	Sutekina Racing Team	30
11	Leprix Sport	14
12	Eagle Sport	9
13	Buzz International	8
14	Garage Chabatake	6
15	CMS Motorsports Project	4
16	RSS	2
17	Skill Speed	1
18	Team Plus 10 NRS	1

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