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Find sources: "Masataka Yanagida" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Masataka Yanagida 柳田真孝 Yanagida in 2014 Nationality Japan Born (1979-06-04) 4 June 1979 (age 47) Tokyo, Japan Categorisation FIA Gold **Masataka Yanagida** (柳田真孝, *Yanagida Masataka*, born 4 June 1979, in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo)) is a Japanese racing driver. He notably won the Super GT title four times, from 2003 to 2012 in GT300 then GT500.[a] ## Career The son of successful racing driver [Haruhito Yanagida](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haruhito_Yanagida&action=edit&redlink=1), a runner-up in the [Japanese Touring Car Championship](/source/Japanese_Touring_Car_Championship), Masataka began his career in [karting](/source/Karting) in 1993. In 1997, he raced in [Formula Renault Campus](/source/Formula_Renault_Campus) in [France](/source/France), before stepping up to the main [French Formula Renault Championship](/source/French_Formula_Renault_Championship) in 1998. He moved on to [Formula Dream](/source/Formula_Dream) in 1999, taking five victories in the 2000 season.[1] Yanagida's Super GT career yielded four titles, all with Nissan (pictured in 2013). In 2001 he began racing in [Japanese F3](/source/Japanese_Formula_Three_Championship) and [Japanese GT](/source/Japanese_GT_Championship). He finished seventh in the F3 standings and fourth in the GT300 class in [Japanese GT](/source/Super_GT), where he raced with [Yuji Ide](/source/Yuji_Ide). He improved to finish third in GT300 in 2002, before winning the class in 2003. He returned to F3 in 2004, but could only finish 10th. He moved up to the GT500 class of [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) in 2005, finishing fifth in the standings, sharing with [Michael Krumm](/source/Michael_Krumm).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He made his [World Touring Car Championship](/source/World_Touring_Car_Championship) debut at the [2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan](/source/2010_FIA_WTCC_Race_of_Japan) at [Okayama](/source/Okayama_International_Circuit) for the [Wiechers-Sport](/source/Wiechers-Sport) team.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Racing record ### Career summary Season Series Team name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2001 All-Japan Formula Three Toda Racing 19 0 0 0 0 80 7th All-Japan GT - GT300 Hasemi Motorsport 7 0 0 0 3 53 4th 2002 All-Japan GT - GT300 Hasemi Motorsport 8 1 1 0 2 80 3rd 2003 All-Japan Formula Three Threebond Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2 17th All-Japan GT - GT300 Hasemi Motorsport 8 0 1 0 4 77 1st 2004 All-Japan Formula Three Threebond Racing 20 0 0 0 1 58 10th All-Japan GT - GT300 Team Daishin 7 0 0 0 1 33 6th Super Taikyu - Class3 RS Nakaharu 2 1 0 0 0 132 1st C-West Labs 1 0 0 0 1 116 2nd Suzuka 1000km Nismo 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2005 Super GT - GT500 Nismo 8 0 1 0 2 57 5th 2006 Formula Nippon Kondo Racing 9 0 1 0 0 1 14th Super GT - GT500 Kondo Racing 9 0 0 0 1 34 13th Tokachi 24 Hours C-West Labs 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd 2007 Formula Nippon Kondo Racing 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC Super GT - GT500 Hasemi Motorsport 9 0 1 0 0 30 12th Super Taikyu - ST1 Petronas Syntium Team 7 0 3 0 1 69 5th 2008 Super GT - GT500 Nismo 9 0 2 1 2 57 7th Super Taikyu - ST1 Petronas Syntium Team 7 2 2 2 3 127 2nd 2009 Super GT - GT300 MOLA 9 1 0 0 1 62 7th Super Taikyu - ST1 Petronas Syntium Team 8 5 5 2 1 128 1st MMER 12 Hours 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd 2010 Super GT - GT300 Hasemi Motorsport 7 1 1 0 3 64 1st Super Taikyu - ST1 Petronas Syntium Team 7 6 5 3 1 142 1st Dubai 24 Hour 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd World Touring Car Championship Wiechers-Sport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2011 Super GT - GT500 MOLA 8 1 3 3 4 90 1st Super Taikyu - ST1 Petronas Syntium Team 6 6 3 3 0 136 1st MMER 12 Hours 1 1 0 0 0 N/A 1st 2012 Super GT - GT500 MOLA 8 2 1 1 3 93 1st Super Taikyu - GT3 Petronas Syntium Team 2 0 2 0 1 94 2nd MMER 12 Hours 1 1 0 0 0 N/A 1st 2013 Super GT - GT500 Nismo 8 0 2 0 3 50 6th 2014 Super GT - GT500 MOLA 8 0 1 0 1 31 11th Spa 24 Hours Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 38th 2015 Super GT - GT500 MOLA 8 1 1 0 1 50 6th Super Taikyu - ST-X GTNET Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 35.5 8th 2015-16 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 Team AAI 4 0 0 0 2 37 3rd 2016 Super GT - GT500 Kondo Racing 8 2 0 1 0 43 7th Super Taikyu - ST-X Endless Sports 2 0 0 0 2 116.5 2nd Inter Proto Series B-Max Racing Team 4 0 0 0 1 ? ? 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 2 0 1 0 0 1 11th 2025 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team ZeroOne 2026 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team ZeroOne ### Complete Japanese Formula 3 results Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2001 Toda Racing Mugen-Honda SUZ1 Ret SUZ2 8 TSU1 13 TSU2 5 FUJ1 14 FUJ2 Ret MIN1 6 MIN2 4 MOT1 4 MOT2 6 SUZ 7 SUG1 8 SUG2 9 SEN1 7 SEN2 9 TAI1 7 TAI2 Ret MOT1 4 MOT2 5 7th 80 2003 Threebond Racing Threebond-Nissan SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ1 13 FUJ2 9 TAI1 TAI2 MOT1 MOT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG1 SUG2 TSU1 TSU2 SUG1 SUG2 MIN1 MIN2 MOT1 MOT2 17th 2 2004 Threebond Racing Threebond-Nissan SUZ1 12 SUZ2 8 TSU1 12 TSU2 12 TAI1 5 TAI2 11 MOT1 14 MOT2 9 SUZ1 9 SUZ2 3 SUG1 6 SUG2 5 MIN1 10 MIN2 Ret SEN1 7 SEN2 Ret MIN1 7 MIN2 7 MOT1 8 MOT2 10 10th 58 ### Complete Formula Nippon results Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2006 Kondo Racing Toyota FUJ 7 SUZ Ret MOT 9 SUZ 13 AUT 13 FUJ 12 SUG Ret MOT 6 SUZ 13 14th 1 2007 Kondo Racing Toyota FUJ 9 SUZ 18 MOT Ret OKA 15 SUZ 14 FUJ 12 SUG 12 MOT 16 SUZ Ret NC 0 ### Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2001 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Silvia GT300 TAI 6 FUJ 2 SUG 12 FUJ 2 MOT 9 SUZ 2 MIN 12 4th 53 2002 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Silvia GT300 TAI 4 FUJ Ret SUG 1 SEP 3 FUJ 3 MOT 4 MIN Ret SUZ Ret 3rd 70 2003 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 TAI 6 FUJ 2 SUG 17 FUJ 3 FUJ 21 MOT 3 AUT 4 SUZ 2 1st 77 2004 Team Daishin Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 TAI 19 SUG 14 SEP 6 TOK 3 MOT 4 AUT 19 SUZ 7 6th 33 2005 NISMO Nissan Z GT500 OKA 12 FUJ 2 SEP 6 SUG 7 MOT 4 FUJ 9 AUT 2 SUZ 8 5th 57 2006 Kondo Racing Nissan Z GT500 SUZ 10 OKA 10 FUJ 10 SEP 8 SUG 10 SUZ 5 MOT 6 AUT 14 FUJ 3 13th 34 2007 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Z GT500 SUZ 10 OKA 13 FUJ 4 SEP 7 SUG 4 SUZ 8 MOT 11 AUT 7 FUJ 15 12th 30 2008 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 SUZ 2 OKA 15 FUJ 12 SEP 2 SUG 13 SUZ 4 MOT 7 AUT 5 FUJ 11 7th 57 2009 MOLA Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 OKA 7 SUZ 3 FUJ 6 SEP 4 SUG 6 SUZ 1 FUJ 9 AUT 8 MOT 7 7th 62 2010 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 SUZ 5 OKA 3 FUJ 5 SEP 5 SUG 2 SUZ Ret FUJ C MOT 1 1st 64 2011 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA 6 FUJ 10 SEP 2 SUG 1 SUZ 2 FUJ 7 AUT 2 MOT 2 1st 90 2012 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA 7 FUJ 8 SEP 14 SUG 3 SUZ 1 FUJ 2 AUT 1 MOT 2 1st 93 2013 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA 3 FUJ Ret SEP 9 SUG 3 SUZ 2 FUJ 9 AUT 8 MOT 8 6th 50 2014 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA 10 FUJ Ret AUT 2 SUG 7 FUJ 6 SUZ 13 BUR Ret MOT 5 11th 31 2015 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA 8 FUJ 10 CHA 1 FUJ 14 SUZ 6 SUG 2 AUT 6 MOT Ret 6th 50 2016 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA 13 FUJ 9 SUG 1 FUJ Ret SUZ 12 CHA 13 MOT 1 MOT 10 7th 43 2017 Audi Team Hitotsuyama [ja] Audi R8 LMS GT300 OKA 14 FUJ 14 AUT 13 SUG 20 FUJ 10 SUZ Ret CHA 23 MOT 8 20th 5 2018 Runup Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ 12 SUG AUT MOT NC 0 2020 Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja] Lotus Evora MC GT300 GT300 FUJ (1) 12 FUJ (2) 1 SUZ (1) 3 MOT (1) 13 FUJ (3) 27 SUZ (2) 11 MOT (2) 24 FUJ (4) 23 10th 31 2021 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA 18 FSW 21 SUZ 22 TRM 19 SUG 24 AUT 14 TRM 21 FSW DNS NC 0 2022 BUSOU Drago Corse Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA 12 FUJ 2 SUZ 6 FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 20th 12.5 2023 BMW M Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ 13 SUZ 1 FUJ 2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 10th 35 * Season still in progress ### Complete Asian Le Mans Series Year Team Machine Engine Class 1 2 3 4 DC Pts 2015-16 Team-AAI ADESS-03 Nissan LMP3 FUJ Ret SEP 2 BUR 2 SEP Ret 3rd 37 2019-20 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 Gibson LMP2 SHA Ret BEN SEP Ret BUR 11th 1 ## Notes and references ### Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Specific years: [2003](/source/2003_JGTC_season), [2010](/source/2010_Super_GT_season), [2011](/source/2011_Super_GT_season), [2012](/source/2012_Super_GT_season) ### References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Meet the drivers - STES08: 2008 Driver Profile: Masataka Yanagida - Cool, Calm and Collected"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110716195859/http://www.teampetronas.com/a_standard.asp?cid=66772578&aid=165807661). Archived from [the original](http://www.teampetronas.com/a_standard.asp?cid=66772578&aid=165807661) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2023. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Masataka Yanagida](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Masataka_Yanagida). - [Official website](http://www.masataka-yanagida.com/) (in Japanese) - [Masataka Yanagida](https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/masataka-yanagida) career summary at DriverDB.com Sporting positions Preceded by Takashi Kogure Loïc Duval Super GT (GT500) Champion 2011–2012 with: Ronnie Quintarelli Succeeded by Kohei Hirate Yuji Tachikawa --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Masataka Yanagida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masataka_Yanagida) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masataka_Yanagida?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.