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Formula Beat

Category	Single seaters
Country	Japan
Inaugural season	1993
Tyre suppliers	Yokohama (2008–2011) Dunlop (2012–present)
Drivers' champion	Hammer Izawa
Official website	Formula 4

Formula Beat, known as JAF Japan Formula 4 (JAF 地方選手権 F4, JAF Chihou Senshuken) until its rebranding in 2023, is a formula racing class in Japan.^[1] The class was founded in 1993 by the Japan Automobile Federation as a class above FJ1600 and below the former All-Japan Formula Three Championship and the current Formula Regional Japanese Championship and Super Formula Lights.

Car

Formula Beat is an open chassis class, open for all chassis manufacturers. Since 2012 the engines have been limited to a maximum capacity of 2,000cc. Currently the cars are allowed to be fitted with a Honda K20A, Toyota 3ZR or Nissan SR20 engine. In the early 2010s, most cars were primarily built by Japanese constructor West Racing Cars, but the championship has since seen entries from older Dallara-built Formula 3 cars and Tatuus chassis.

Champions

1993-1996

Season	Suzuka Champion	TI Champion	Tsukuba (1993-96)/Mine Champion	Super F4 Champion
1993	Ryō Michigami	Ryō Michigami	Not held	Not held
1994	Hiroshi Sasaki	Yutaka Okano
1995	Shōta Mizuno	Tatsuya Mizutani	Yasuhisa Fujiwara
1996	Tsuyoshi Takahashi	Ryōhei Sakaguchi	Takaya Tsubobayashi
1997	Yūsuke Matsuura	Akihiro Asai	Seiji Yoshimura
1998	Kōta Sasaki	Naoki Yokobayashi	Kōta Sasaki	Naoki Yokobayashi
1999	Not held		Hideki Nishimura	Takeshi Ohtani
2000			Shun Nakamura	Takahiro Ogawa

1997-present

Season	Kantō Champion	Kansai Champion	All-Japan Final Winner
1997	Akihiro Asai	N/A	Not held
1998	Takeyuki Kishi	N/A
1999	Touya Higuchi	Keita Sawa
2000	Issei Nishio	Hideaki Nakao
2001	Naohiro Kawano	Kenji Kanehisa
2002	Tetsuya Fujisawa	Katsumasa Katayose
2003	Kei Idaka	Kenji Ōtaki
Season	East Champion	West Champion	All-Japan Final Winner
2004	Masanobu Katō	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Not held
2005	Satoru Okada	Masaki Tanaka
2006	Muneyuki Kurihara	Taku Ikeda	Muneyuki Kurihara
2007	Kei Idaka	Yoshinari Tomimoto	Masanobu Katō [ja]
2008	Yūsuke Tsuchiya	Shōta Hanaoka	Shōta Hanaoka
2009	Tsubasa Kondō	Shōta Hanaoka	Shōta Hanaoka
2010	Makoto Kanai	Naoki Nishimoto	Hiroki Yoshida
2011	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Ryō Hirakawa	Naoki Nishimoto
2012	Ryōsuke Takehira	Kosuke Hattori	Masayoshi Nakayama
2013	Kenta Yamashita	Shintarō Kawabata	Keishi Ishikawa
2014	Yuichi Mikasa	Yūya Hiraki	Takahiro Ban
2015	Tadasuke Makino	Tadasuke Makino	Tadasuke Makino
2016	Toshiki Ōyu	Toshiki Ōyu	Toshiki Ōyu
2017	Yūki Tsunoda	Keisuke Ohara	Yūki Tsunoda
2018	Makoto Kanai	Norio Kubo	Kakunoshin Ohta
Champion			All-Japan Final Winner
2019	Kōhei Tokumasu		Kakunoshin Ohta
2020	Isao Nakajima		Tatsuya Ōta
2021	Seiya Motojima		Satoshi Katō
2022	Itsuki Satō		Not held
2023	Kōta Sasaki
2024	Hammer Izawa

References

External links

• Formula Beat Japanese
• Japan Scholarship System Formula 4