Road to EXPO] 2025/4/26(Sat)-4/27(Sun), C1 East 2025 Chiba", a 1/10th car race of "Human vs AI C1 East 2025 Chiba" will be held at at Kashiwa Takashimaya Station Mall New Bldg. 10F

C1 Corporation (Head Office: Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture; President: Yuki Hayashi) will hold "C1 East 2025 Chiba," a 1/10 car race of "Human vs. AI" in the East Japan region, from April 26 (Sat.) to 27 (Sun.), 2025, at BeARIKA, 10F, Station Mall New Building, Takashimaya Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture. C1" means "human vs. AI" in Japanese.

C1" is an unmanned vehicle competition between humans remotely piloted by FPV (First Person View) and AI automatically piloted by humans. The top six teams from "C1 East 2025 Chiba" and the top six teams from "C1 West 2025 EXPO" on Saturday, June 21, 2025, will compete at "C1 Japan 2025 EXPO" on Sunday, June 22, 2025, to determine the best team in Japan.

C1 Inc. will be exhibiting at the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka/Kansai from 6/17(Tue.) to 6/23(Mon.), 2025. The race will be broadcast live to the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion.

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, participants will be able to compete in the C1 East 2025 Chiba FPV Time Trial using C1 Corporation's Cockpit-type FPV remote control device, C1 RDS. The top timer will be the pilot of the #6 C1 Racing AC in the C1 East competition on Sunday, April 27. The #100 and #10 junior high school pilots who are scheduled to compete in this competition have also started their activities as pilots of #6 C1 Racing and #7 C1 Racing in 2024, based on their excellent results in C1 FPV 2024.

Examples of how to operate C1 machines

Propo-FPV: Remote control with a propo while viewing images from an on-board camera through VR goggles.

Cockpit-FPV: Watching the onboard camera images through AR glasses or a monitor,

　　　　　　　 Cockpit-FPV: Remote control by sitting in the cockpit and using the steering wheel and pedals while viewing in-vehicle camera images through AR glasses or a monitor

AI ：Automatic driving

Image 1 Example of how the C1 machine is operated

Photo 1 Cockpit-FPV control equipment: C1 RDS (Cpckpit side)

Teams scheduled to participate in C1 East and their major past results

Propo-FPV Car

#1 YOKOMO (Ibaraki, Japan)

A team by YOKOMO, a hobby radio-controlled car manufacturer, has won the C1 championship twice.

Cockpit-FPV Car

#6 C1 Racing AC (Chiba, Japan)

Piloted by the highest ranked pilot of C1 East FPV TT (4/26), C1 2nd place 3 times.

#10 Sushimizu (Chiba, Japan)

Piloted by a junior high school student pilot. 2nd place in C1 2024 (machine: #7 C1 Racing).

#74 C1 Racing PR (Chiba, Japan)

Piloted by Chiho Oda. 3rd place in C1 2024.

#100 OKOME (Chiba, Japan)

Piloted by a junior high school student, C1 FPV 2024 Winner.

#804 SDK Racing (Tokyo, Japan)

Japan Drone League (JDL) Pro Class pilot with SDK Racing cockpit.

(*#7 will be piloted by the highest ranked pilot of C1 West FPV TT (6/18-20), so it will be absent from C1 East.

AI Car

#14 KAIT AI Racing (Kanagawa, Japan)

Winner of KAIT Racer GP 7th, 7th in C1 2024.

#27 SPEEDNAUTS (Fukushima)

C1 2024 4th.

#51 OPTECS-area51 (Yamagata, Japan)

A team from Optecs Industries, a manufacturer of automatic labor-saving equipment.

#81 Toyonishi Racers (Aichi, Japan)

A team of high school 3rd year students, they won the KAIT Racer GP 5th and C1 2024.

#82 Toyonishi AI Racing (Aichi, Japan)

A team of 2nd year high school students. This is their first time competing.

#86 Sunahara Tofu Shop (Aichi, Japan)

High school student team. First entry.

#714 DSR (Fukushima)

C1 2023 Rd.2 4th place.

FOR THE JOY OF MOMENTUM

At the event venue, visitors can experience a full-scale motion simulator from KC Kinetica, a racing simulator store located in Ameyoko, Ueno, by appointment only.

The real motion simulator is used by professional racers and gives the realistic feeling of driving on a real circuit.

The realistic behavior and realistic driving make you want to say, "One more lap! Enjoy the realistic behavior and immersive experience.

You can also get advice from a drift racer.

Please feel free to try it out!

Free session: 1,000 yen for 10 minutes (cash only).

Image 3 KC KINETICA Motion Simulator

We will expand the event in the future, including co-location with C1 Combat and overseas expansion.

We will also be offering YouTube live streaming of the tournament, which will be more powerful than the previous tournament.

Sponsor benefits are also available, so please support the tournament.

https://c1race.com/sponsor/

Event Outline

Event name: C1 East 2025 Chiba

Date ： 2025/4/26 (Sat.)-4/27 (Sun.)

Venue: Kashiwa Takashimaya Station Mall New Bldg. 10F BeARIKA (1-1 Suehiro-cho, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba)

Access: Directly connected to Kashiwa Station on JR Line and Tobu Urban Park Line (Noda Line)

Admission: Free

URL : https://c1race.com/c1-east-2025/

Link

C1 East 2025 Chiba (Apr. 27, 2025): https://c1race.com/c1-east-2025/

C1 West 2025 EXPO (2025/6/21): https://c1race.com/c1-east-2025/

C1 Japan 2025 EXPO (2025/6/22): https://c1race.com/c1-japan-2025/

C1 2024 Kashiwa (12/8/2024): https://c1race.com/c1-2024/

YouTube Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/BS02dzN2npI?si=SVvniHuv8Bphz_Ys

Cockpit-FPV VR goggles (during test run): https://x.com/c1race/status/1705229662279118910?s=20

Cockpit-FPV VR goggles video (for trial run): https://x.com/c1race/status/1718439291653869764?s=20

Website ： https://www.c1race.com/

X : https://twitter.com/c1race/

C1 Radio: https://apple.co/3yC54SM

Instagram ： https://www.instagram.com/c1race/

Facebook ： https://www.facebook.com/c1race/

KC KINETICA: https://www.kckinetica.com/

Image 2 Positioning of C1 PARK/C1 AC/C1