AUTOBACS JEGT GRAND PRIX 2024 Series will start in November! A record number of 42 teams will participate!

Event

Autobacs Seven, Inc. announces the opening of the official e-motorsports tournament " AUTOBACS JEGT GRAND PRIX 2024 Series " on November 9, 2024 (Saturday). This year's series is an e-motorsports league with a record number of 42 teams participating, and will consist of three divisions: the Top League, Challenge League, and Corporate Competition. The first and second rounds will be held online at the Kinki University esports Arena, and the final round will be held offline at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2025.




The AUTOBACS JEGT GRAND PRIX 2024 Series begins!

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The AUTOBACS JEGT GRAND PRIX 2024 Series will start on Saturday, November 9, 2024, and will consist of three rounds. The first and second rounds will be held online at the Kinki University esports arena, and the final round will be held offline at Tokyo Auto Salon 2025 on Sunday, January 12, 2025. The title used will be " Gran Turismo 7 " for PlayStation5 and PlayStation4, and the total prize money will be 5 million yen, the highest in Japan.


Participating Teams


A record number of 42 teams will participate in the AUTOBACS JEGT GRAND PRIX 2024 Series. The tournament will consist of three divisions: Top League, Challenge League, and Corporate Competition. 10 teams consisting of Japan's top e-motorsports players will compete in the Top League. In the Challenge League, 10 teams aiming for promotion to the Top League will compete, and 22 corporate teams, mainly from automobile-related companies, will compete in the Corporate Tournament. The detailed teams are as follows. *Number order in each division


Top League


No. Team name Name of management corporation Manager's name Last year's ranking
Ranked 1 Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Corporation Takuya Yoshimura 1st place
02 EVANGELION e-RACING×Waynes Toyota Kanagawa Waynes Toyota Kanagawa Co. Yusuke Tomibayashi 3rd place
8 ARTA Autobacs Seven Co. Ren Sato 6th place
12 KOSHIDO RACING Ⅻ Koshido Corporation Motoharu Sato 5th place
35th NISSAN × TRUST RACING Showa Trust Co. Kyogo Ogita 7th place
52 KANTO Motor School SCARZ XENOZ Corporation Naoya Endo Company 1st place
54 MAZDA SPIRIT RACING with TC CORSE TCR Corporation Sota Asaga 2nd place
105 SPK e-SPORT Racing with TC CORSE TCR Corporation Yuta Nakajima 4th place
127 eM Fukuoka Ent! Ward LEGENDS RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Co. Rin Seta 8th place
523 Nissan Satio Saga Co. Saga Newspaper Service Co. Kohei Tokunaga 2nd place in company competition

Challenge League



No. Team name Management company name Manager's name Last Year's Ranking
KOSHIDO RACING 11 KOSHIDO RACING 11 KOSHIDO RACING 11 Motoharu Sato Top 9th
19 i EU KOH Racing Hokuei Shoji Co. Tsutomu Murakami Company 8th place
71 DRPP -Kouhiro Inoue Yukihiro Inoue First entry
88 GracesBlaze -Ryo Tokimasa Ryo Tokimasa First entry
103 WEINS CLUB TEAM Waynes Toyota Kanagawa Co. Osamu Hashimoto 3rd place in company competition
193 Hiroshima TEAM iXA Yarkiman Tokies Co. Mamoru Itagaki First entry
195 VERSUS e-motorsports team B-work Inc. Shinichi Bogaki First entry
465Garage 465Garage -SUOMIAAKI SUOMIAAKI First entry
504 WEINS MOTORSPORTS TEAM TaG Waynes Toyota Kanagawa Co. Kazuki Takahashi First entry
777 ZIMA RACERS NEXUS Corporation Akinori Sudo Top 10



Company Competition


No. Team Name Name of management company Manager's name Last Year's Ranking
7 e-Sports Stadium Koriyama Nakahiro Corporation Hiroki Nakakawanishi 6th place
18 IBARAKI TOYOPET e-NE Ibaraki Toyopet Co. Ichiro Ishikawa
23 Nissan Satio Saga Saga Newspaper Service Co. Kohei Tokunaga
25 MIE TOYOPET CLUB TEAM BTF SPIRIT Mie Toyopet Co. Nobuyuki Ichikawa 14th place
027 GUNMA LEAGUE Itoi Holdings Corporation Yuji Yamamoto
33 NTT ComEng eSports NTT Com Engineering Corporation Masato Sato 5th place
41 WEINS_GR × AIRBUSTER Waynes Toyota Kanagawa Corporation Yoshifumi Hikosaka 12th place
45 Laseek Central Engineering Co. Hidetaka Aoki
55th AUTOBACS CLUB TEAM Autobacs Seven Co. Tetsu Ueno 15th place
56 Mazda E&T e-MS:B Mazda E&T Corporation Shigeto Shimozato
84 TOMEI POWERED TOMEI POWERED Co. Tomei Powered Co. Takao Satoi 17th
87 HKS e-MotorSport HKS Corporation Yuta Hosoda 4th place
90 WEB OPTION RACING dee's club co. Yuki Takemoto 13th place
104 TOYO TIRE e-motorsports division TOYO TIRE Corporation Takuma Miyazono 9th place
124 TECHNO eRACING Techno Tool Co. Shinya HAYABA
135 Yamaha esports Boosters Yamaha Corporation Hitoshi Nakamitsu 7th place
196 Hokuei Racing Hokuei Shoji Co. Tsutomu Murakami
200 Ninon e-Motorsports Niigata Ninon Limited Liability Company Nino Takahashi
557 team G-7AUTOSERVICE G-7 Auto Service Co. Takao Onishi 11th place
571 TEAM EMC✕sti Subaru Technica International Co. Masahiro Uwabo 10th place
787 Mazda E&T e-MS:A Mazda E&T Corporation Shigeto Shimozato
797 Mazda E&T e-MS:C Mazda E&T Corporation Shigeto Shimozato



For detailed schedule of each division and information on participating teams, please visit the official JEGT website.


Performance Outline
Name of Competition AUTOBACS JEGT GRAND PRIX 2024 Series Supported by GRAN TURISMO
Host Division Top League】 10 teams consisting of the top e-motorsports players in Japan (3 rounds) 【Challenge League (newly established)】 10 teams aiming for promotion to the Top League (2 rounds) *Two teams from the bottom two of the Top League and two teams from the top two of the Challenge League may switch places 【Corporate Competition】 22 corporate teams from automobile-related 22 corporate teams, mainly from automobile-related companies (2 rounds)
Schedule Round 1: November 9, 2024 (Saturday) 11:00-17:00 (tentative) Round 2: November 23, 2024 (Saturday) 11:00-17:00 (tentative) Final Round: January 12, 2025 (Sunday) *Time to be determined
Venue and format Round 1 and 2 will be held online at the Kinki University esports Arena, and the final round will be held offline at the Tokyo Auto Salon (Makuhari Messe).
Titles to be used Gran Turismo 7" for PlayStation5 and PlayStation4
Total Prize Money 5 million yen (the highest amount in Japan for e-motorsports, according to NGM) *Prize money will only be awarded in the top league.
Sponsor Autobacs Seven Co.
Supported by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
Planning and Management NGM Corporation




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