The 1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 6th edition of the series. It began at Nishi Nippon on 18 March and finished after six events at Fuji Speedway on 11 November. The championship was won by Kazuyoshi Hoshino , driving for Team Impul .[ 1] [ 2]
Team
Car
No.
Drivers
Class
Rounds
Hasemi Motorsport
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R
1
Masahiro Hasemi
JTC-1
All
Anders Olofsson
All
Endless Project
Ford Sierra RS500
2
Keiichi Tsuchiya
JTC-1
All
Takao Wada
All
Art Nature
Ford Sierra RS500
3
Taku Akaike
JTC-1
All
Yojiro Terada
All
Cara Racing
BMW M3
4
Toru Kato
JTC-2
2
Fuminori Mizuno
2-6
Tetsuya Ota
3-5
Toru Sawada
4-6
Shuji Huzii
6
Team Koyama Garage
Isuzu Gemini JT190
5
Tomokazu Sakata
JTC-3
2-4
Isao Shibata
2
Akihiro Higashi
3
Michiko Okuyama
4
Isuzu Gemini JT191
Tomokazu Sakata
JTC-3
6
Isao Shibata
6
Akihiro Higashi
6
Toyota Team TOM's
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92
6
Kaoru Hoshino
JTC-3
All
Shunji Kasuya
1
Kaori Okamoto
2
Víctor Rosso
3, 5-6
Kaoru Ito
4
7
JTC-3
1-3, 5-6
Kaori Okamoto
1, 4, 6
Víctor Rosso
2
Michiko Okuyama
3
Masaki Tanaka
4
Masami Kageyama
5
Yasushi Takashi
5
Soshiki Katsura
6
Toyota MA70 Supra Turbo-A
36
Hitoshi Ogawa
JTC-1
1, 3
Masanori Sekiya
1-2, 4
Takuya Kurosawa
2-6
Migaku Wataru
2-6
Yoshiyasu Tachi
5-6
37
Takuya Kurosawa
JTC-1
1
Migaku Wataru
1
Shunji Kasuya
2-3, 5-6
Yoshiyasu Tachi
2-4, 6
Naoji Sugisaki
4-6
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92
38
Hitoshi Ogawa
JTC-3
5-6
Masanori Sekiya
5-6
39
Tomohiro Aiba
JTC-3
6
Michiko Okuyama
6
Satoshi Yamaguchi
6
FET Racing
Ford Sierra RS500
8
Kiyoshi Misaki
JTC-1
All
Kazuo Mogi
All
TOM's
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92
9
Masahiro Matsunaga
JTC-3
All
Junko Mihara
All
Michiko Okuyama
1
Kenji Moriya
2-3
Hideo Uehara
5-6
Team Take One
BMW M3
10
Charles Kwan
JTC-2
3-4
Kevin Wong
3-4
K. Che Hong
4
BMW M3 Sport Evolution
Eiichi Tajima
JTC-2
6
Kevin Wong
6
BMW M3
16
Winston Mak
JTC-2
3-4
K. Che Hong
3
Kiyohiko Ito
4
BMW M3 Sport Evolution
Charles Kwan
JTC-2
6
Winston Mak
6
Object T
Ford Sierra RS500
11
Hisashi Yokoshima
JTC-1
All
Masahiko Kageyama
1-4
Hideshi Matsuda
5-6
22
JTC-1
1-4
Kazuo Shimizu
1-4
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R
JTC-1
5-6
Masahiko Kageyama
5-6
Team Impul
Nissan BNR32 Skyline GT-R
12
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
JTC-1
All
Toshio Suzuki
All
Suntec Racing
Ford Sierra RS500
13
Jeff Krosnoff
JTC-1
All
Mauro Martini
All
Mooncraft
Honda Civic EF9
14
Shigeru Muramatsu
JTC-3
1
Akihiko Nakaya
1
Hisatoyo Goto
2-6
Naoki Hattori
2-6
Nakajima Planning
Honda Civic EF9
15
JTC-3
1
Koji Sato
All
Akihiko Nakaya
2-6
Asano Racing Service
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92
18
Takeo Asano
JTC-3
All
Makoto Hagiwara
All
Racing Project Bandoh
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92
19
Masakazu Hamana
JTC-3
3-6
Hiroyuki Kawai
3-6
Tadashi Nishigaichi
3
Napolex Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS500
20
Paolo Barilla
JTC-1
6
Robb Gravett
6
Stefan Johansson
6
JRDA/Moritani
Honda Civic EF3
21
Nao Maekawa
JTC-3
1
Masami Miyoshi
1
90
JTC-3
2-6
Masahiko Hanayama
2
Nao Maekawa
3, 6
Keiichi Kobayashi
3
Kyoshitsu Yuki
3, 6
Norio Ajiro
4
Toshihiro Yoshida
5-6
Team Advan
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92
25
Morio Nitta
JTC-3
All
Keiichi Suzuki
All
28
Shinichi Aoki
JTC-3
1
Akira Shibata
All
Akihiro Oshima
2-6
Team Taisan
BMW M3
26
Will Hoy
JTC-2 1
1-4
Kenji Takahashi
1-4
BMW M3 Sport Evolution
Will Hoy
JTC-2
5-6
Kenji Takahashi
5-6
Trust Racing
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92
27
Masakazu Hamana
JTC-3
2
Mitsutake Koma
2-6
Tatsuhiko Seki
3-6
Kazuhisa Shimura
4-5
Ryusaku Hitomi
6
B-ing Kegani Racing
BMW M3
29
Yasuo Kusakabe
JTC-2 1
1-3
Shinya Yamauchi
1-3
BMW M3 Sport Evolution
Yasuo Kusakabe
JTC-2
4-6
Shinya Yamauchi
4-6
Racing Forum
Honda Civic EF3
33
Yasuo Muramatsu
JTC-3
1-5
Tomohiko Tsutsumi
1-5
Honda Civic EF9
Yasuo Muramatsu
JTC-3
6
Seiichi Sodeyama
6
Tomohiko Tsutsumi
6
Auto Tech Racing
BMW M3
35
Takamasa Nakagawa
JTC-2 1
1-4, 6
Roland Ratzenberger
1-4, 6
BMW M3 Sport Evolution
Takamasa Nakagawa
JTC-2
5
Roland Ratzenberger
5
BMW M3
72
Norio Makiguchi
JTC-2
4-6
Hiroyuki Noji
4-6
Sanshu Tanaka
6
City Life 43
Ford Sierra RS500
43
Naoki Nagasaka
JTC-1
All
Mamoru Takashi
1-5
Chris Hodgetts
5-6
Toyota Team Thailand
Toyota Corolla Levin AE92
45
Hidenori Okuzumi
JTC-3
6
Sutthipong Samitchart
6
Suphot Kasikam
6
59
Tomohiro Aiba
JTC-3
6
Prasert Aphiphunya
6
Kriangkrai Limnantarak
6
FMR
BMW M3
56
Hirokazu Kashihara
JTC-2
2-4
Susumu Shinozuka
2-4
Fumio Mutoh
5-6
Motoshi Sekine
5-6
Team Yamato
Honda Civic EF3
67
Tsugio Oba
JTC-3
3, 5-6
Yoshiaki Sato
3, 5-6
Yasuo Kezuka
6
Hitotsuyama Racing [ja ]
BMW M3
70
Hideo Fukuyama
JTC-2
2-6
Mikio Hitotsuyama [ja ]
2, 5-6
Akira Yasunaga
2-4
Yasushi Hitotsuyama [ja ]
3-4
Yoshimi Watanabe
3
72
Norio Makiguchi
JTC-2
2-3
Hiroyuki Noji
2-3
Allan Moffat Enterprises
Ford Sierra RS500
91
Gregg Hansford
JTC-1
6
Allan Moffat
6
Klaus Niedzwiedz
6
Team CMS Sweden
Ford Sierra RS500
99
Christer Simonsen
JTC-1
6
Kurt Simonsen
6
Mugen Honda
Honda Civic EF9
100
Osamu Nakako
JTC-3
All
Hideki Okada
All
Icon
Class
JTC-1
over 2500cc
JTC-2
1601-2500cc
JTC-3
Up to 1600cc
1 Due to insufficient JTC-2 entries at Round 1, the class was combined with JTC-1.
Championship Standings
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Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the overall top 10 as well as top 10 finishers in each class, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship. In cases where teammates tied on points, the driver who completed the greater distance during the season was given the higher classification.