Yokomo posts a 2026 Drift International Cup page, and not much else yet

Confirmed by the source: Yokomo has published a page under its events section titled 2026ヨコモ ドリフト インターナショナルカップ, on teamyokomo.com.

Not confirmed by our material, and therefore not reported here as fact:

• when it runs, or over how many days
• where it runs, and on what surface
• whether qualifying is solo runs and battles are tandem
• whether there is a spec tire, and whose
• how drivers enter, and whether entry is open to drivers from outside Japan despite the word in the title
• any class, chassis or body regulations

The Japanese word in the title translates as "international cup", but what that covers in practice — invited drivers, open entry, a qualifying route through other events — is not stated in what we have.

An event page is a build brief before it is a calendar entry, and the clauses that matter to anyone painting a shell for it are narrow ones. Whether a spec tire is mandated decides a whole configuration — ride height, spring, gyro gain — long before anyone masks a window. Whether body regulations name permitted makers or widths decides whether a 1/10 shell in the usual 190–200 mm range on a roughly 257 mm wheelbase car is simply assumed, or policed.

None of that is in our material. If the full page adds body or tire rules when the details land, those are the lines that change what a builder lays down inside the polycarbonate, how far the arches get cut, and which wheel offset puts the tire where the arch wants it. Until then, there is nothing here to build to.

Yokomo was founded in 1973 by Tomoaki Yokobori, is based in Adachi, Tokyo, and runs its headquarters and track at Tsukuba. Its 2003–2004 Drift Package is widely credited with starting RC drift as a hobby, and its RWD line ran through the YD-2 family before being succeeded by the current Rookie Drift (RD), Super Drift (SD) and Master Drift (MD) tiers.

Yokomo also runs the Yokomo Drift Meeting series and Tsukuba RC Park. Whether the 2026 Drift International Cup connects to either — as a final, a qualifying route, or a standalone event at the park — is not stated in our material, so we are not stating it.

The announcement is on Yokomo's own events blog: 2026ヨコモ ドリフト インターナショナルカップ on teamyokomo.com. The page is in Japanese. We will cover the format, dates and any body or tire regulations when Yokomo publishes them.