Honda N-Box is the best-selling kei car in Japan for 11 consecutive years!
Honda continues to dominate the light vehicle (kei car) market in Japan.
For the 11th consecutive year since 2015, the Honda N-Box has been crowned the best-selling compact car, with a total of 201,354 units sold throughout 2025.
In December alone, Honda achieved sales of 15,570 units of the N-Box, surpassing the Suzuki Spacia in second place (11,397 units) and the Daihatsu Tanto in third place (9,287 units).
Here are the rankings of the top 10 best-selling kei cars for 2025:
- Honda N-Box: 201,354 units
- Suzuki Spacia: 165,589 units
- Daihatsu Tanto: 124,619 units
- Daihatsu Move: 122,349 units
- Suzuki Hustler: 87,972 units
- Suzuki Wagon R: 72,520 units
- Nissan Roox: 71,498 units
- Mitsubishi Delica Mini/ek: 58,916 units
- Suzuki Alto: 57,553 units
- Daihatsu Mira: 55,777 units
Meanwhile, Toyota claimed 8 positions in the list of the 10 best-selling passenger cars in Japan.
The top spot is held by the Toyota Yaris with total sales of 166,533 units, followed by the Toyota Corolla (138,829 units) and the Toyota Sienta (106,558 units).
Not only that, Toyota also dominates the MPV segment with models like the Alphard, Noah, and Voxy.
Honda ranks sixth with the Freed model (90,437 units), while Nissan ranks tenth with the Note model (78,123 units).
Here are the rankings of the top 10 best-selling passenger cars for 2025:
- Toyota Yaris: 166,533 units
- Toyota Corolla: 138,829 units
- Toyota Sienta: 106,558 units
- Toyota Raize: 100,851 units
- Toyota Roomy: 95,221 units
- Honda Freed: 90,437 units
- Toyota Alphard: 86,959 units
- Toyota Noah: 80,065 units
- Toyota Voxy: 78,760 units
- Nissan Note: 78,123 units
