| 2022 Rally Japan | |
| Native Name: | FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022 |
| Round: | 13 |
| Season No: | 13 |
| Championship: | 2022 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2022 Rally Catalunya (World Rally Championship) |
| Rallybase: | Toyota, Aichi, Chūbu region |
| Start: | Toyota, Aichi, Chūbu region |
| Finish: | Ena, Gifu, Chūbu region |
| Startdate: | 10 |
| Enddate: | 13 November 2022 |
| Stages: | 19 |
| Stagekm: | 283.27 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 681.98 |
| Overallkm: | 965.25 |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
| Driver1: |  Thierry Neuville |
| Codriver1: | Martijn Wydaeghe |
| Team1: |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Time1: | 2:43:52.3 |
| Driver2: |  Grégoire Munster |
| Codriver2: | Louis Louka |
| Time2: | 2:51:43.1 |
| Driver3: | No classified finishers. |
| Powerstage Driver: |  Craig Breen |
| Powerstage Codriver: | James Fulton |
| Powerstage Team: |  M-Sport Ford WRT |
| Powerstage Time: | 5:20.5 |
| Crewsreg: | 38 |
| Teamsstart: | 36 |
| Teamsfinish: | 32 |
The 2022 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 10 and 13 November 2022.[2] It marked the seventh running of the Rally Japan. The event was the final round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region and was contested over nineteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 283.272NaN2.[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia are the defending rally winners.[3] However, Ingrassia would not defend his title as he retired from the sport at the end of 2021 season.[4] Citroën Total World Rally Team, the team they drove for in, when the Rally Japan held a World Rally Championship event last time, are the defending manufacturers' winners, but they would not be defending their titles after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport.[5]
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won their second rally of the season. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[6] Grégoire Munster and Louis Louka won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen clinched the WRC-2 titles.[7]
The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven were entered under Rally1 regulations, as are seventeen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2.[8] [9]
| 20 |  Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciej Szczepaniak | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Driver, Co-driver | |
| 21 |  Emil Lindholm | Reeta Hämäläinen |  Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
| 22 | Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
| 23 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
| 24 | Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Junior Driver, Junior Co-driver | |
| 25 |  Bruno Bulacia |  Gabriel Morales | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
| 26 |  Sean Johnston | Alexander Kihurani |  Saintéloc Junior Team | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
| 27 | Fabrizio Zaldivar |  Marcelo Der Ohannesian | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Junior Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
| 28 | Mauro Miele | Luca Beltrame | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Masters Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
| 29 | Heikki Kovalainen |  Sae Kitagawa | Heikki Kovalainen | Škoda Fabia R5 | Driver, Co-driver | |
| 30 | Osamu Fukunaga | Misako Saida | Osamu Fukunaga | Škoda Fabia R5 | Masters Driver, Co-driver | |
| 31 | Toshi Arai | Naoya Tanaka | Toshi Arai | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Masters Driver, Co-driver | |
| 32 |  Luke Anear | Stuart Loudon | Luke Anear | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
| 34 | Jean-Michel Raoux | Laurent Magat | Jean-Michel Raoux | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Masters Driver, Masters Co-driver | |
| 35 | Eamonn Boland | Michael Joseph Morrissey | Eamonn Boland | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Masters Driver, Masters Co-driver | |
| 36 | Frédéric Rosati | Patrick Chiappe | Frédéric Rosati | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Masters Driver, Co-driver | |
| 37 | Satoshi Imai | Shizuka Takehara | Satoshi Imai | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).
