The 2024 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 21 to 24 November 2024.^[2] It marked the ninth running of the Rally Japan, and was the final round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region, and was contested over twenty-one special stages covering a total competitive distance of 302.59 km (188.02 mi).^[1]

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.^[3] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.^[4] Jason Bailey and Shayne Peterson were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.

Evans and Martin successfully defended their titles, so as their team Toyota.^[5] Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe became the 2024 world champions,^[6] while Toyota snatched the manufacturer's title. Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov were the winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the WRC-2 titles.^[7] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category.

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Eight entered under Rally1 regulations, as were seventeen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and two Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.^[8]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Torstein Eriksen	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
13	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
16	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
17	Sébastien Ogier	Vincent Landais	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P

Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-2

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
20	Sami Pajari	Enni Mälkönen	Printsport	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
21	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov[a]	Nikolay Gryazin	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
22	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
23	Jan Solans	Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	Jan Solans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
24	Josh McErlean	James Fulton	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Team	P
25	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
26	Daniel Chwist	Kamil Heller	Daniel Chwist	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
27	George Vassilakis	Allan Harryman	George Vassilakis	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver	P
28	Eamonn Boland	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Eamonn Boland	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver	P
29	Yuki Yamamoto	Marko Salminen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
30	Chris Ingram	Alexander Kihurani	Chris Ingram	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
31	Hiroki Arai	Shunsuke Matsuo	Ahead Japan Racing Team	Škoda Fabia R5	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
32	Heikki Kovalainen	Sae Kitagawa	Heikki Kovalainen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
34	Norihiko Katsuta	Yusuke Kimura	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRJ	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
35	Fumio Nutahara	Shungo Azuma	Fumio Nutahara	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
36	Hikaru Kogure	Topi Matias Luhtinen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
37	Osamu Fukunaga	Misako Saida	Osamu Fukunaga	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
38	Satoshi Imai	Jason Farmer	Satoshi Imai	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P

Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
39	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
40	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Kylian Sarmezan	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Renault Clio Rally3	P

Other major entries

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
45	Armand Fumal	Jules Escartefigue	Armand Fumal	Alpine A110 Rally RGT	Masters Driver	P

All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).

Date	No.	Time span	Stage name	Distance
21 November	—	After 9:01	Kuragaike Park [Shakedown]	2.75 km
		After 18:52	Opening ceremony, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS1	After 19:05	Toyota Stadium SSS 1	2.15 km
22 November		6:19 – 6:34	Service A, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS2	After 7:44	Isegami's Tunnel 1	23.67 km
	SS3	After 8:44	Inabu / Shitara 1	19.38 km
	SS4	After 10:12	Shinshiro 1	17.41 km
		12:07 – 12:27	Regroup, Inabu Donguri-no-Yu	—
		12:27 – 12:42	Tyre fitting zone, Inabu Donguri Koubou	—
	SS5	After 13:32	Isegami's Tunnel 2	23.67 km
	SS6	After 14:32	Inabu / Shitara 2	19.38 km
	SS7	After 16:00	Shinshiro 2	17.41 km
		12:07 – 12:27	Regroup, Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium	—
	SS8	After 18:35	Okazaki SSS 1	2.54 km
	SS9	After 18:44	Okazaki SSS 2	2.54 km
		19:44 – 20:29	Flexi service B, Toyota Stadium	—
23 November		6:19 – 6:34	Service C, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS10	After 8:05	Mt. Kasagi 1	16.47 km
	SS11	After 9:03	Nenoue Kougen 1	2.54 km
	SS12	After 10:16	Ena 1	22.79 km
		11:21 – 12:04	Regroup, Nakatsugawa Park	—
		12:04 – 12:19	Tyre fitting zone, Nakatsugawa Park	—
	SS13	After 13:05	Mt. Kasagi 2	16.47 km
	SS14	After 14:08	Nenoue Kougen 2	2.54 km
	SS15	After 15:16	Ena 2	22.79 km
		17:26 – 18:07	Regroup, Toyota Stadium	—
		18:07 – 18:52	Flexi service D, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS16	After 19:05	Toyota Stadium SSS 2	2.15 km
24 November		6:26 – 6:41	Service E, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS17	After 7:39	Nukata 1	20.23 km
	SS18	After 8:35	Lake Mikawako 1	13.98 km
	SS19	After 9:38	Nukata 2	20.23 km
		11:03 – 11:49	Regroup, Toyota Stadium	—
		11:49 – 12:04	Flexi service F, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS20	After 12:17	Toyota Stadium SSS 3	2.15 km
		12:27 – 12:58	Regroup, Toyota Stadium B1 Parking	—
	SS21	After 14:15	Lake Mikawako 2 [Power Stage]	13.98 km
		After 15:30	Official finish, Toyota Stadium	—
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• Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Thierry Neuville	242			Martijn Wydaeghe	242		1	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	561
2		1	Elfyn Evans	210		1	Scott Martin	210		1	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	558
3		1	Ott Tänak	200		1	Martin Järveoja	200			M-Sport Ford WRT	267
4			Sébastien Ogier	191			Vincent Landais	191
5			Adrien Fourmaux	162			Alexandre Coria	162

• Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.

Pos.		Open Drivers' championships				Open Co-drivers' championships				Teams' championships				Challenger Drivers' championships				Challenger Co-drivers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points		Move	Driver	Points
1		2	Sami Pajari	126		1	Enni Mälkönen	126			DG Sport Compétition	252			Sami Pajari	136			Enni Mälkönen	136
2		1	Oliver Solberg	123		1	Elliott Edmondson	123			Toksport WRT	205			Nikolay Gryazin	130			Konstantin Aleksandrov	130
3		1	Nikolay Gryazin	116			Konstantin Aleksandrov	116			Toksport WRT 2	145			Kajetan Kajetanowicz	94			Maciej Szczepaniak	94
4		2	Yohan Rossel	111			Maciej Szczepaniak	69			Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	91			Lauri Joona	78			Janni Hussi	78
5			Kajetan Kajetanowicz	69			Janni Hussi	58							Jan Solans	71			Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	71

• Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points
1			Diego Dominguez Jr.	125			Rogelio Peñate	125
2			Mattéo Chatillon	73			Maxence Cornuau	73
3			Romet Jürgenson	61			Siim Oja	61
4		3	Ghjuvanni Rossi	61		3	Kylian Sarmezan	61
5		1	Jan Černý	55		1	Ondřej Krajča	55

• Official website (in English and Japanese)
• 2024 Rally Japan at eWRC-results.com
• 2024 Rally Japan at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)