# Shinichi Takagi

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Japanese racing driver

Shinichi Takagi Nationality Japanese Born (1970-05-06) 6 May 1970 (age 56) Yanai, Yamaguchi, Japan Super GT career Debut season 1998 Current team K-tunes racing Categorisation FIA Bronze (until 2020) FIA Silver (2021–)[1] Car number 96 Former teams INGING, Momo Corse Racing Team with Tsuchiya, Super Autobacs Racing with A'PEX, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, apr Starts 188 Wins 20 Podiums 57 Poles 18 Fastest laps 13 Best finish 1st in 2002, 2019 Championship titles 2002, 2019 Super GT

**Shinichi Takagi** (高木真一, *Takagi Shin'ichi*; born 6 May 1970) is a Japanese professional racing driver.[2][3] He won the GT300 class [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) championship in [2002](/source/2002_All_Japan_Grand_Touring_Car_Championship) and [2019](/source/2019_Super_GT_Series).

## Career

Takagi won the [2019](/source/2019_Super_GT_Series) GT300 championship driving a [Honda NSX GT3 Evo](/source/Honda_NSX_(second_generation)) for [ARTA](/source/Autobacs_Racing_Team_Aguri).

Takagi made his debut in the [All-Japan GT Championship](/source/All_Japan_Grand_Touring_Car_Championship) (JGTC) in [1998](/source/1998_All_Japan_Grand_Touring_Car_Championship), driving for [INGING](/source/INGING_Motorsport) in the GT500 class. For the [1999 season](/source/1999_All_Japan_Grand_Touring_Car_Championship), he switched to the GT300 class, finishing third in the championship that year. He won his maiden title in [2002](/source/2002_All_Japan_Grand_Touring_Car_Championship) with [Autobacs Racing Team Aguri](/source/Autobacs_Racing_Team_Aguri) (ARTA), driving an [apr Racing](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apr_Racing&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/apr_(%E8%87%AA%E5%8B%95%E8%BB%8A%E4%BA%8B%E6%A5%AD))]-prepared [Toyota MR-S](/source/Toyota_MR2) alongside [Morio Nitta](/source/Morio_Nitta).[4] In the following years, with the series renamed as [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) in 2005, Takagi won numerous races and finished runner-up in the standings in [2004](/source/2004_All_Japan_Grand_Touring_Car_Championship), [2008](/source/2008_Super_GT_Series), [2010](/source/2010_Super_GT_Series) and [2018](/source/2018_Super_GT_Series). In [2019](/source/2019_Super_GT_Series), he won his second GT300 championship seventeen years after his first, driving the [Honda NSX GT3 Evo](/source/Honda_NSX_(second_generation)) of ARTA, with Takagi and his co-driver [Nirei Fukuzumi](/source/Nirei_Fukuzumi) finishing over ten points clear of the second place finishers.[5][6]

## Complete JGTC/Super GT Results

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([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 1998 Inging Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ Ret FUJ C SEN Ret FUJ 13 MOT Ret MIN 6 SUG DNQ 18th 6 1999 MOMOCORSE Racing Team with Tsuchiya Toyota MR2 GT300 SUZ FUJ 1 SUG 2 MIN 2 FUJ 5 TAI Ret MOT 3 3rd 70 2000 Super AUTOBACS Racing with A’PEX Toyota MR-S GT300 MOT FUJ SUG FUJ 6 TAI Ret MIN 14 SUZ 1 12th 26 2001 ARTA with A’PEX Toyota MR-S GT300 TAI 1 FUJ 3 SUG Ret FUJ 5 MOT Ret SUZ Ret MIN Ret 7th 40 2002 ARTA with A’PEX Toyota MR-S GT300 TAI 1 FUJ Ret SUG 17 SEP 2 FUJ 4 MOT 5 MIN 5 SUZ 4 1st 75 2003 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 TAI 19 FUJ 3 SUG 4 FUJ 10 FUJ 6 MOT 2 AUT 5 SUZ NC 7th 55 2004 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 TAI 2 SUG 5 SEP 21 TOK 1 MOT 1 AUT 2 SUZ 2 2nd 92 2005 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 OKA 10 FUJ 2 SEP 1 SUG 18 MOT 3 FUJ Ret AUT 2 SUZ 8 3rd 74 2006 apr Toyota MR-S GT300 SUZ Ret OKA 9 FUJ 2 SEP Ret SUG 5 SUZ 3 MOT 10 AUT Ret FUJ 1 5th 60 2007 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 SUZ 18 OKA 17 FUJ 1 SEP Ret SUG Ret SUZ 2 MOT 3 AUT 5 FUJ 7 4th 66 2008 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 SUZ 5 OKA 1 FUJ 7 SEP 12 SUG 1 SUZ Ret MOT 9 AUT 2 FUJ 9 2nd 77 2009 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 OKA 2 SUZ 5 FUJ 1 SEP 10 SUG 9 SUZ 2 FUJ 7 AUT 4 MOT 14 5th 71 2010 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 SUZ Ret OKA 6 FUJ 2 SEP 2 SUG 6 SUZ 2 FUJ C MOT 12 2nd 55 2011 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 OKA 20 FUJ 6 SEP 5 SUG 3 SUZ 20 FUJ 12 AUT 13 MOT 7 12th 26 2012 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA Garaiya GT300 OKA 8 FUJ 4 SEP 9 SUG 9 SUZ 4 FUJ 5 AUT 17 MOT 21 9th 33 2013 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GT GT300 OKA 12 FUJ 19 SEP 1 SUG 1 SUZ Ret FUJ 16 FUJ Ret AUT 16 MOT 15 7th 40 2014 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GT GT300 OKA 6 FUJ 18 AUT 1 SUG 16 FUJ 22 SUZ 16 CHA 13 MOT 12 11th 25 2015 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GT GT300 OKA 2 FUJ 17 CHA 10 FUJ 1 SUZ 12 SUG 12 AUT 6 MOT 4 6th 49 2016 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA 11 FUJ 2 SUG Ret FUJ 1 SUZ 14 CHA 3 MOT Ret MOT DNS 5th 48 2017 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA 5 FUJ 17 AUT 3 SUG Ret FUJ 1 SUZ Ret CHA 4 MOT 2 4th 61 2018 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA 6 FUJ 1 SUZ 20 CHA 11 FUJ 1 SUG 10 AUT 4 MOT 9 2nd 62 2019 ARTA Honda NSX GT3 GT300 OKA 2‡ FUJ 2 SUZ 6 CHA 9 FUJ 6 AUT 6 SUG 1 MOT 4 1st 69.5 2020 ARTA Honda NSX GT3 GT300 FUJ 7 FUJ 3 SUZ 26 MOT 7 FUJ 2 FUJ 7 MOT FUJ 7th 38 2021 ARTA Honda NSX GT3 GT300 OKA 26 FUJ 3 MOT 23 SUZ 7 SUG 2 AUT 20 MOT 2 FUJ 24 4th 45 2022 K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA 27 FUJ 6 SUZ 7 FUJ 5 SUZ 25 SUG 9 AUT 8 MOT 6 16th 22.5 2023 K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA 14 FUJ 9 SUZ 22 FUJ 23 SUZ 8 SUG 8 AUT Ret MOT 5 18th 15

* Season still in progress.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Goodwin, Graham (22 October 2020). ["2021 FIA Driver Rankings Published"](https://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/10/22/2021-fia-driver-rankings-published.html). *Dailysportscar*. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Shinichi Takagi | Racing career profile | Driver Database"](https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/shinichi-takagi/). *www.driverdb.com*. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Magazine, Speedsport. ["Shinichi Takagi: Racedriver biography - career and success"](https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/shinichi-takagi_-_755.html). *www.speedsport-magazine.com*. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["JGTC 2002 Round8"](https://supergt.net/archive/classic/supergt.net/jgtc/race/2002e/02r8e/028race.htm). *supergt.net*. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Lexus Team LeMans Wako's Kazuya Oshima & Kenta Yamashita Take GT500 Title"](https://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/11/03/lexus-team-lemans-wakos-kazuya-oshima-and-kenta-yamashita-take-gt500-title.html). *www.dailysportscar.com*. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["2019 Super GT World Awards: GT300 Driver of the Year"](https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/2019-super-gt-world-awards-gt300-driver-of-the-year/). *Super GT World*. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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