The first big event of 2026, the "Yokomo RO Championship," was held at the Tsukuba RC Park off-road course. Although it was a limited event exclusively for vehicles in the Rookie Off-road RO series, we were able to host a spectacular event thanks to the entries of 110 RO users.
The race featured six categories, using brushless motors from 17.5T to 30.5T to provide a variety of speeds. Among them, the class using the 21.5T motor was highly popular, creating excitement with its balanced sense of power and speed. Participants commented that it was just the right speed for easy battling, and as we have adopted it for our round races at Tsukuba, it looks set to become a highly sought-after motor.
Also, between races, we held an exhibition match by Team Yokomo drivers. It was a great opportunity for team members and users to interact, as we showcased the 4WD off-road performance of the MO3.0 using 21.5T motors, and held a "guess the finishing order" race with ROs matching the participants' regulations.
We were joined by guests Princess Ryoko, as well as Nana-chin & Hacchi, who enjoyed the racing along with everyone. Congratulations to those who were selected for the Concours d'Elegance!
Race Results
RO Marshall-less Class
A-Main
Pos.
No
Driver
Laps
Total Time
Best Lap
Avg. Lap
1
1
Bavarois RC
15
04:08.1
17.145
17.662
2
4
Kei Hama
14
04:10.8
18.12
19.153
3
8
Koichiro Hirao
14
04:18.0
18.462
19.608
4
2
Arata Takahashi
13
03:33.8
17.309
17.721
5
7
Nobuyuki Yoshida
13
04:06.5
18.836
20.319
6
3
Akihito Shinozaki
11
03:14.9
18.27
19.335
7
5
Kikka Sentoryoku 53 Man
7
01:52.6
17.993
18.421
8
6
Bull RC
1
00:02.3
0
0
B-Main
Pos.
No
Driver
Laps
Total Time
Best Lap
Avg. Lap
1
3
Shuichi Ebisawa
14
04:04.5
18.3
18.679
2
1
Takashi Mizuhashi
14
04:05.3
18.348
18.8
3
4
Kazuki Takasaki
14
04:09.7
18.331
19.064
4
2
Mitsuhiro Fujiki
14
04:10.6
18.161
19.171
5
8
Yuichi Iibashi
14
04:19.1
18.878
19.702
6
5
Longbow RC
12
03:30.7
18.709
18.95
7
6
Shinya Nakazato
5
01:20.7
19.083
19.526
8
7
Kenichi Suzuki
0
00:00.0
0
0
C-Main
Pos.
No
Driver
Laps
Total Time
Best Lap
Avg. Lap
1
2
Koji Suzuki
14
04:18.7
19.119
19.797
2
1
Kazuhiro Tanigawa
14
04:19.9
18.932
19.913
3
5
Masahiro Okubo
7
02:09.9
20.256
21.198
4
4
Daisuke Nakayama
3
00:44.4
20.468
21.012
3
3
Kazuya Sakuda
1
00:01.5
0
0
RO Junior/Ladies Class
A-Main
Pos.
No
Driver
Laps
Total Time
Best Lap
Avg. Lap
1
1
Arata Takahashi
13
04:07.2
18.575
20.516
2
3
Nana-chin
13
04:08.3
19.481
20.557
3
Princess Ryoko
13
04:12.5
19.628
20.924
RO48 Stock 21.5T Class
A-Main
Pos.
No
Driver
Laps
Total Time
Best Lap
Avg. Lap
1
2
Norifumi Okuma
17
04:15.1
15.345
15.873
2
3
Yosuke Hosaka
16
04:01.1
15.542
15.975
3
7
Ron Danish
16
04:03.8
15.726
16.111
4
5
Takeshi Kakeda
16
04:05.2
15.55
16.228
5
1
Yasunori Iwasa
16
04:05.9
15.326
16.337
6
4
Tsuyoshi Ito
16
04:14.3
15.516
16.848
7
8
Itsuro Shimada
15
04:01.6
15.824
17.074
8
6
Tsutomu Takahashi
10
02:32.8
15.687
16.783
B-Main
Pos.
No
Driver
Laps
Total Time
Best Lap
Avg. Lap
1
2
Hisashi Sugimoto
15
04:01.2
16.086
17.155
2
6
Michikazu Sugawara
15
04:01.5
16.025
17.106
3
5
Jun Kadokura
15
04:03.5
16.044
17.262
4
3
Akihiro Takahashi
15
04:03.7
16.09
17.301
5
8
Shigetaka Wakaume
15
04:07.0
16.442
17.452
6
7
Kazuro Sugimoto
15
04:10.1
16.123
17.708
7
4
Masaru Ujiie
14
04:08.0
16.562
18.953
8
1
Hiroshi Fukushima
14
04:09.2
16.059
19.108
C-Main
Pos.
No
Driver
Laps
Total Time
Best Lap
Avg. Lap
1
2
Satoshi Ishii
15
04:05.2
16.596
17.427
2
1
Koji Suzuki
15
04:11.5
16.478
17.892
3
4
Tora-Inu RC
15
04:14.2
17.008
18.019
4
3
Kenichi Suzuki
15
04:15.8
16.686
18.169
5
6
Akihito Shinozaki
14
04:03.7
17.126
18.57
6
7
Keisuke Nirasawa
14
04:04.8
17.184
18.632
7
8
Yuichi Iihashi
14
04:09.8
17.562
19.015
8
9
Yuichi Hojo
14
04:17.8
17.59
19.546
9
10
Y Tomoyoshi
14
04:19.2
17.991
19.695
10
5
Eiji Karakasaki
13
04:02.2
17.072
20.021
RO Class
A-Main
Rank
No
Name
Laps
Total T
B Lap
Avg Lap
1
2
Ron Danish
16
04:03.4
15.682
16.156
2
1
Norifumi Okuma
16
04:05.7
15.335
16.327
3
4
Mitsuhiro Fujiki
16
04:05.9
15.472
16.276
4
3
Kenichi Niimi
16
04:08.7
15.488
16.492
5
5
Hisashi Sugimoto
16
04:10.8
15.881
16.598
6
8
Tsuyoshi Araki
15
04:10.9
15.656
17.747
7
7
Rio Okuma
15
04:15.8
15.49
18.121
8
6
Masaru Ujiie
3
00:36.3
17.131
17.162
B-Main
Rank
No
Name
Laps
Total T
B Lap
Avg Lap
1
5
Jun Kadokura
15
04:02.4
16.391
17.174
2
3
Leader F
15
04:03.1
16.131
17.251
3
1
Akihiro Takahashi
15
04:11.7
15.91
17.865
4
7
Kazuo Sugimoto
15
04:16.4
16.185
18.156
5
8
Hatch
14
04:01.6
16.254
18.36
6
2
Yujiro Mishima
14
04:06.2
16.276
18.843
7
6
Takashi Fukui
14
04:11.4
16.593
19.071
8
4
Shingo Maeda
13
04:01.7
16.489
20
C-Main
Rank
No
Name
Laps
Total T
B Lap
Avg Lap
1
2
Yasunori Takayoshi
15
04:07.8
16.748
17.615
2
4
Tora-Inu RC
14
04:05.7
17.129
18.757
3
5
Princess Ryoko
14
04:12.1
17.396
19.224
4
Tomohiro Asano
14
04:13.0
17.595
19.27
5
6
Nakamura Hitoaki
14
04:16.3
17.794
19.564
6
1
Gussan .
14
04:17.4
16.483
19.735
7
3
Eiji Karakasaki
13
04:03.2
16.593
20.148
8
7
Sakae Koizumi
13
04:19.2
17.471
21.419
RO Beginner Class
A-Main
Rank
No
Name
Laps
Total T
B Lap
Avg Lap
1
1
Takashi Hama
14
04:01.0
18.191
18.465
2
5
Shigetaka Wakaume
14
04:04.0
18.29
18.618
3
4
Bull RC
14
04:05.6
17.927
18.764
4
8
Kazuki Takasaki
14
04:09.6
18.232
18.99
5
3
Kikka Combat Power 530,000
14
04:17.5
17.853
19.69
6
2
Babaroa RC
14
04:19.4
17.784
19.856
7
6
Shingo Noguchi
13
04:02.0
18.069
19.97
8
7
Takashi Mizuhashi
13
04:03.0
18.395
20.031
B-Main
Rank
No
Name
Laps
Total T
B Lap
Avg Lap
1
1
Longbow RC
14
04:08.9
18.697
19.07
2
3
Tomikazu Tachibana
14
04:09.5
18.463
19.065
3
5
Shinya Nakazato
13
04:00.4
19.315
19.865
4
2
Keisuke Nirasawa
13
04:02.9
18.677
20.138
5
8
Yukihiro Sato
13
04:07.7
19.418
20.403
6
6
Kazuhiro Tanigawa
13
04:11.9
18.784
20.804
7
7
Hitoaki Nakamura
13
04:14.2
19.324
20.969
8
4
Nobuyuki Yoshida
13
04:22.3
18.624
21.711
C-Main
Pos.
No
Name
Laps
Total T
Best Lap
Avg Lap
1
2
Sakae Koizumi
13
04:09.6
19.532
20.693
2
3
Nanachin
13
04:10.6
19.642
20.757
3
5
Y Tomoyoshi
13
04:16.8
20.274
21.216
4
1
Koichi Suzuki
13
04:18.6
19.679
21.468
5
7
Harumasa Utsumi
12
04:03.9
20.896
21.865
6
6
Masahiro Okubo
11
04:15.1
20.608
25.268
7
4
Daisuke Nakayama
11
04:15.9
19.751
25.394
RO Master Class
A-Main
Pos.
No
Name
Laps
Total T
Best Lap
Avg Lap
1
3
Ren
16
04:02.1
15.266
16.053
2
2
Koji Sugimoto
16
04:03.0
15.2
16.054
3
1
Toru Hanzawa
16
04:04.3
14.963
16.236
4
6
Kenichi Niimi
16
04:10.8
15.677
16.596
5
5
Tsuyoshi Ito
16
04:11.1
15.238
16.623
6
8
Yasuo Shibuya
16
04:11.6
15.593
16.602
7
9
Koichiro Hirao
15
04:09.1
15.559
17.614
8
4
Tatsuya Sakaguchi
15
04:14.9
15.936
18.098
9
7
Modeo RC
14
04:12.3
15.736
17.726
MO Exhibition Match
Pos.
No
Name
Laps
Total T
Best Lap
Avg Lap
1
4
Rikuto Sawashiro
17
04:01.5
14.481
14.992
2
6
Gen Nakajima
17
04:01.7
13.973
14.991
3
2
Ken~ Shimizu
17
04:04.6
14.599
15.223
4
3
Daisuke Fujihira
17
04:06.0
14.669
15.3
5
5
Takuto Watanabe
17
04:06.4
14.484
15.281
6
1
Tsuyoshi Ito
17
04:13.6
14.931
15.795
RO Exhibition Match
Pos.
No
Name
Laps
Total T
Best Lap
Avg Lap
1
7
Gen Nakajima
17
04:08.2
14.681
15.384
2
6
Rikuto Sawashiro
17
04:13.5
14.829
15.717
3
1
Daisuke Fujihira
16
04:04.0
15.339
16.206
4
5
Ken~ Shimizu
16
04:04.7
15.178
16.184
5
4
Takuto Watanabe
16
04:05.8
15.236
16.264
6
2
Tsuyoshi Ito
16
04:14.9
15.577
16.908
7
3
Kazuki Yamashita
9
03:35.9
15.181
26.783
While the RO chassis has many users nationwide, it has become so popular that some circuits even hold one-make races. We plan to continue holding these events so that everyone can enjoy racing even more, so we look forward to your participation!
