44 concurrents sont attendus pour la véritable première journée de course au Japon avec Thierry Neuville en ouvreur.
Huit épreuves spéciales seront au programme avec 126 km chronométrés.
Ordre de départ Jour 2 (à partir ES2)
| Ordre | N° | Pilote | Copilote | Concurrent | Voiture | Classe |
| 1 | 11 | Thierry NEUVILLE | Martijn WYDAEGHE | HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM | HYUNDAI i20 N Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 |
| 2 | 8 | Ott TÄNAK | Martin JÄRVEOJA | HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM | HYUNDAI i20 N Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 |
| 3 | 33 | Elfyn EVANS | Scott MARTIN | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT | TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 |
| 4 | 17 | Sébastien OGIER | Vincent LANDAIS | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT | TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 |
| 5 | 16 | Adrien FOURMAUX | Alexandre CORIA | M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM | FORD Puma Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 |
| 6 | 18 | Takamoto KATSUTA | Aaron JOHNSTON | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT | TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 |
| 7 | 13 | Grégoire MUNSTER | Louis LOUKA | M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM | FORD Puma Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 |
| 8 | 9 | Andreas MIKKELSEN | Torstein ERIKSEN | HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM | HYUNDAI i20 N Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 |
| 9 | 20 | Sami PAJARI | Enni MÄLKÖNEN | PRINTSPORT | TOYOTA GR Yaris | RC2 |
| 10 | 21 | Nikolay GRYAZIN | Konstantin ALEKSANDROV | NIKOLAY GRYAZIN | CITROEN C3 | RC2 |
| 11 | 22 | Kajetan KAJETANOWICZ | Maciej SZCZEPANIAK | KAJETAN KAJETANOWICZ | SKODA Fabia RS | RC2 |
| 12 | 23 | Jan SOLANS | Rodrigo SANJUAN | JAN SOLANS | TOYOTA GR Yaris | RC2 |
| 13 | 24 | Joshua MCERLEAN | James FULTON | TOKSPORT WRT 2 | SKODA Fabia RS | RC2 |
| 14 | 25 | Gus GREENSMITH | Jonas ANDERSSON | TOKSPORT WRT 2 | SKODA Fabia RS | RC2 |
| 15 | 29 | Yuki YAMAMOTO | Marko SALMINEN | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT NG | TOYOTA GR Yaris | RC2 |
| 16 | 30 | Christopher INGRAM | Alexander KIHURANI | CHRISTOPHER INGRAM | TOYOTA GR Yaris | RC2 |
| 17 | 31 | Hiroki ARAI | Shunsuke MATSUO | AHEAD JAPAN RACING TEAM | SKODA Fabia | RC2 |
| 18 | 32 | Heikki KOVALAINEN | Sae KITAGAWA | HEIKKI KOVALAINEN | TOYOTA GR Yaris | RC2 |
| 19 | 34 | Norihiko KATSUTA | Yusuke KIMURA | LUCK WITH ROOKIE RACING RALLY TEAM | TOYOTA GR Yaris | RC2 |
| 20 | 35 | Fumio NUTAHARA | Shungo AZUMA | FUMIO NUTAHARA | TOYOTA GR Yaris | RC2 |
| 21 | 36 | Hikaru KOGURE | Topi LUHTINEN | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT NG | TOYOTA GR Yaris | RC2 |
| 22 | 37 | Osamu FUKUNAGA | Misako SAIDA | OSAMU FUKUNAGA | SKODA Fabia Evo | RC2 |
| 23 | 26 | Daniel CHWIST | Kamil HELLER | DANIEL CHWIST | SKODA Fabia RS | RC2 |
| 24 | 28 | Eamonn BOLAND | MJ | EAMONN BOLAND | FORD Fiesta Mk II | RC2 |
| 25 | 27 | Georgios VASILAKIS | Allan HARRYMAN | GEORGIOS VASILAKIS | FORD Fiesta Mk II | RC2 |
| 26 | 38 | Satoshi IMAI | Jason FARMER | SATOSHI IMAI | CITROEN C3 | RC2 |
| 27 | 39 | Diego DOMINGUEZ | Rogelio PEÑATE | DIEGO DOMINGUEZ | FORD Fiesta Rally3 | RC3 |
| 28 | 40 | Ghjuvanni ROSSI | Kylian SARMEZAN | GHJUVANNI ROSSI | RENAULT Clio Rally3 | RC3 |
| 29 | 41 | Toshi ARAI | Sota INOUE | SUBARU TEAM ARAI | SUBARU WRX S4 | JR1 |
| 30 | 43 | Didier AURIOL | Denis GIRAUDET | FIT EASY RACING | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JR1 |
| 31 | 44 | Tomoyuki SHINKAI | Yuichi ANDO | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRJ | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JR1 |
| 32 | 45 | Armand FUMAL | Jules ESCARTEFIGUE | ARMAND FUMAL | ALPINE A110 | RGT |
| 33 | 46 | Kohsuke MURATA | Madoka UMEMOTO | WELLPINE MOTORSPORT | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JR1 |
| 34 | 47 | Makoto HOTTA | Haruo KAWANISHI | RALLY TEAM MACAREL | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JR1 |
| 35 | 48 | Yuta YAMAMOTO | Kazuko TACHIKUI | K-ONE RACING TEAM | TOYOTA 86 | JR2 |
| 36 | 49 | Mako HIRAKAWA | Kazuki ISHIDA | MAKO | TOYOTA Yaris | JR3 |
| 37 | 50 | Yasuyuki SASAKI | Sonomi UCHIDA | TEAM BRIDE | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JR1 |
| 38 | 51 | Mitsuhiro KUNISAWA | Masahiko KIHARA | KUNISAWA.NET | RENAULT Clio RS Line | RC5 |
| 39 | 52 | Tohru NAKAYAMA | Toshiro MATSUURA | LSCR RALLY TEAM | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JR1 |
| 40 | 53 | Satoshi IRIE | Satoshi KAGEYAMA | WELLPINE MOTORSPORT | TOYOTA Vitz | JR3 |
| 41 | 54 | Yasunori HAGIWARA | Masami NAKATA | TEAM HASRALLY | SUBARU WRX STI 2015 | JR1 |
| 42 | 55 | Taisuke AIHARA | Tsukasa HAGINO | D-SPORT HALFWAY RACING RALLY TEAM | DAIHATSU Copen | JR3 |
| 43 | 56 | Koji TAKATA | Hiroki YAMAGUCHI | THREE FIVE MOTORSPORT | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JR1 |
| 44 | 57 | Keiji SEITA | Yukinori HIRAI | KEIJI SEITA | HONDA Civic Type R | JR2 |
