63 concurrents seront au départ de la première épreuve spéciale ce jeudi soir au Japon.
À domicile, le Japonais Norihiko Katsuta, père de Takamoto, aura l’honneur d’ouvreur la route devant trois autres pilotes japonais. Dernier pilote Rally1 à s’élancer, Kalle Rovanperä devrait s’élancer à 19h51 (soit 11h01 en France) pour un duel face à Thierry Neuville.
Ordre de départ Jour 1 (ES1)
| Ordre | N° | Pilote | Copilote | Equipe | Voiture | Class | Heure de départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | Norihiko KATSUTA | Yusuke KIMURA | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRJ | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JRCar1 | 18:52 |
| 2 | 34 | Toshi ARAI | Yuichi MATSUMOTO | SUBARU TEAM ARAI | SUBARU WRX S4 | JRCar1 | 18:52 |
| 3 | 30 | Satoshi IMAI | Jason FARMER | SATOSHI IMAI | CITROEN C3 | RC2 | 18:57 |
| 4 | 35 | Hiroki ARAI | Hiroki TACHIKUI | AHEAD JAPAN RACING TEAM | PEUGEOT 208 Rally4 | RC4 | 18:57 |
| 5 | 23 | Heikki KOVALAINEN | Sae KITAGAWA | HEIKKI KOVALAINEN | SKODA Fabia | RC2 | 19:02 |
| 6 | 24 | Grégoire MUNSTER | Louis LOUKA | M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM | FORD Fiesta Mk II | RC2 | 19:02 |
| 7 | 26 | Osamu FUKUNAGA | Misako SAIDA | OSAMU FUKUNAGA | SKODA Fabia Evo | RC2 | 19:07 |
| 8 | 31 | Jason BAILEY | Shayne PETERSON | JASON BAILEY | FORD Fiesta Rally3 | RC3 | 19:07 |
| 9 | 21 | Nikolay GRYAZIN | Konstantin ALEKSANDROV | TOKSPORT WRT 3 | SKODA Fabia RS | RC2 | 19:12 |
| 10 | 22 | Kajetan KAJETANOWICZ | Maciej SZCZEPANIAK | KAJETAN KAJETANOWICZ | SKODA Fabia RS | RC2 | 19:12 |
| 11 | 16 | Adrien FOURMAUX | Alexandre CORIA | M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM | FORD Puma Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:17 |
| 12 | 20 | Andreas MIKKELSEN | Torstein ERIKSEN | TOKSPORT WRT 3 | SKODA Fabia RS | RC2 | 19:17 |
| 13 | 33 | Elfyn EVANS | Scott MARTIN | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT | TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:22 |
| 14 | 6 | Daniel SORDO | Cándido CARRERA | HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM | HYUNDAI i20 N Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:22 |
| 15 | 17 | Sébastien OGIER | Vincent LANDAIS | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT | TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:27 |
| 16 | 4 | Esapekka LAPPI | Janne FERM | HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM | HYUNDAI i20 N Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:27 |
| 17 | 18 | Takamoto KATSUTA | Aaron JOHNSTON | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT | TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:32 |
| 18 | 8 | Ott TÄNAK | Martin JÄRVEOJA | M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM | FORD Puma Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:32 |
| 19 | 69 | Kalle ROVANPERÄ | Jonne HALTTUNEN | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT | TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:37 |
| 20 | 11 | Thierry NEUVILLE | Martijn WYDAEGHE | HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM | HYUNDAI i20 N Rally1 HYBRID | RC1 | 19:37 |
| 21 | 25 | Daniel CHWIST | Kamil HELLER | DANIEL CHWIST | SKODA Fabia Evo | RC2 | 19:42 |
| 22 | 28 | Eamonn BOLAND | MJ | EAMONN BOLAND | CITROEN C3 | RC2 | 19:42 |
| 23 | 29 | Miguel DÍAZ ABOITIZ | Rodrigo SANJUAN | MIGUEL DÍAZ ABOITIZ | SKODA Fabia RS | RC2 | 19:47 |
| 24 | 36 | Tomoyuki SHINKAI | Yuichi ANDO | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRJ | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JRCar1 | 19:47 |
| 25 | 37 | Yasuyuki SASAKI | Kazuki MATSUSHITA | TEAM BRIDE | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JRCar1 | 19:52 |
| 26 | 38 | Makoto HOTTA | Haruo KAWANISHI | MAKOTO HOTTA | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JRCar1 | 19:52 |
| 27 | 39 | Kohsuke MURATA | Madoka UMEMOTO | WELLPINE MOTORSPORT | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JRCar1 | 19:57 |
| 28 | 40 | Yuta YAMAMOTO | Kazuko TACHIKUI | K-ONE RACING TEAM | TOYOTA 86 | JRCar2 | 19:57 |
| 29 | 41 | Mitsuhiro KUNISAWA | Masahiko KIHARA | KUNISAWA.NET | RENAULT Clio RS Line | RC5 | 20:02 |
| 30 | 44 | Tohru NAKAYAMA | Toshiro MATSUURA | LSCR RALLY TEAM | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JRCar1 | 20:02 |
| 31 | 45 | Koji TAKATA | Takashi SEKIMOTO | THREE FIVE MOTORSPORT | TOYOTA GR Yaris | JRCar1 | 20:07 |
| 32 | 46 | Yasunori HAGIWARA | Koichi HARADA | TEAM HASRALLY | SUBARU WRX Sti 2015 | JRCar1 | 20:07 |
| 33 | 47 | Satoshi IRIE | Satoshi KAGEYAMA | WELLPINE MOTORSPORT | TOYOTA Vitz | JRCar3 | 20:12 |
| 34 | 48 | Hiroyasu SHIMIZU | Takahiro YASUI | MUSCLE RALLY | TOYOTA Yaris | JRCar3 | 20:12 |
| 35 | 49 | Taisuke AIHARA | Tsukasa HAGINO | D-SPORT HALFWAY RACING RALLY TEAM | DAIHATSU Copen | JRCar3 | 20:17 |
