# Takamitsu Matsui

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Japanese racing driver (born 1987)

Takamitsu Matsui Matsui in 2026 Nationality Japanese Born (1987-12-15) 15 December 1987 (age 38) Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan Super GT - GT300 career Debut season Super GT Current team Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Car number 25 Former teams Team Mach Starts 69 Wins 4 Podiums 9 Poles 12 Fastest laps 4 Best finish 1st in 2016 Previous series 2014–16 2007–08 2007 Asian Le Mans Series Formula Challenge Japan Formula Toyota Championship titles 2009, 2017, 2018, 2022 2016 Super Taikyū - ST-4 Super GT - GT300

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**Takamitsu Matsui** (松井孝允, *Matsui Takamitsu*; born 15 December 1987) is a Japanese racing driver affiliated with [Toyota Gazoo Racing](/source/Toyota_Gazoo_Racing) who currently competes in [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) for [Hoppy](/source/Hoppy_(drink)) [Team Tsuchiya](/source/Tsuchiya_Engineering). A longtime competitor in the series, he is best known for winning the [2016 championship](/source/2016_Super_GT_Series) in the GT300 class, driving alongside [Takeshi Tsuchiya](/source/Takeshi_Tsuchiya). He is also a four-time class champion in the [Super Taikyū](/source/Super_Taikyu_Series) [endurance racing](/source/Endurance_racing_(motorsport)) series, winning the title in 2009, [2017](/source/2017_Super_Taikyu_Series), [2018](/source/2018_Super_Taikyu_Series), and [2022](/source/2022_Super_Taikyu_Series), as well as a two-time class winner at the [Nürburgring 24 Hours](/source/N%C3%BCrburgring_24_Hours).[1]

## Career

### Early career

Matsui began his racing career in [kart racing](/source/Kart_racing) in 2001, and competed primarily in regional championships in [Okayama](/source/Okayama_Prefecture) until his move up to [single-seaters](/source/Open-wheel_car) in 2006. He made his debut in the Okayama [FJ1600](/source/Formula_Ford) series in 2006, taking four wins and the championship, and made cameos in the national FJ1600 series at [Motegi](/source/Twin_Ring_Motegi) and [Formula Toyota](/source/Formula_Toyota) at [Fuji Speedway](/source/Fuji_Speedway). After catching the attention of [Naohiro Fujita](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naohiro_Fujita&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E7%94%B0%E7%9B%B4%E5%BB%A3)], a retired racing driver and director of [Okayama International Circuit](/source/Okayama_International_Circuit), Matsui joined the [Toyota Young Driver Program (TDP)](/source/Toyota_in_motorsport#TGR-DC_Racing_School) the following year and moved to the [Formula Challenge Japan](/source/Formula_Challenge_Japan) series with Toyota support, but was released from the programme after the [2008 season](/source/2008_Formula_Challenge_Japan).[2]

In 2009, Matsui switched to endurance racing following his departure from Toyota, competing in the [Super Taikyū Series](/source/Super_Taikyu_Series) in a [Honda Civic Type R](/source/Honda_Civic_Type_R#FD2/FN2_(2007;_based_on_eighth_generation_Civic)) for [Tatsuya Tanigawa](/source/Tatsuya_Tanigawa)'s BOLD Motor Sports and winning the class title despite claiming only one victory. He returned to Formula Challenge Japan for 2010, this time with manufacturer support from [Nissan](/source/Nismo), and finished runner-up to the dominant [Yūichi Nakayama.](/source/Yuichi_Nakayama) Despite this, he left Nissan at the end of the year and would not drive full-time for the next two years, instead getting a job in the shipping industry. However, after being contacted by [Takeshi Tsuchiya](/source/Takeshi_Tsuchiya), who had previously worked with him during his time as a Toyota junior, Matsui returned to his full-time racing career in 2014, competing for Tsuchiya's teams in the [Asian Le Mans Series](/source/Asian_Le_Mans_Series) and the newly introduced [Japan Formula 4](/source/Japan_Formula_4).[2][3] With the exception of a one-round cameo in the [All-Japan Formula Three Championship](/source/Japanese_Formula_3_Championship) in [2016](/source/2016_Japanese_Formula_3_Championship), where he won both races in the somewhat poorly contested National class, Matsui has competed exclusively in [sports car racing](/source/Sports_car_racing) since 2014.

### Super GT

Matsui racing at [Suzuka](/source/Suzuka_International_Racing_Course) during his championship-winning [2016 season](/source/2016_Super_GT_Series)

Matsui made his debut in the top-flight [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) series' GT300 category in [2015](/source/2015_Super_GT_Series), driving a [Dome](/source/Dome_(constructor))-developed [Toyota 86 MC](/source/Toyota_86#Motorsport) alongside Takeshi Tsuchiya for Tsuchiya's [VivaC Team Tsuchiya](/source/Tsuchiya_Engineering), which returned to the series for the first time since 2008.[4] Matsui would rejoin Toyota in 2015 alongside his Super GT commitments after being recommended by [Naoya Gamou](/source/Naoya_Gamou), returning to Super Taikyū for the [TOM'S](/source/TOM'S)-run [Toyota Gazoo Racing](/source/Toyota_Gazoo_Racing) team and making his international debut with TGR at the [2015 Nürburgring 24 Hours](/source/2015_24_Hours_of_N%C3%BCrburgring).[2][5]

After claiming one race victory at [Sugo](/source/Sportsland_Sugo) during his 2015 campaign, Matsui remained with the team for [2016](/source/2016_Super_GT_Series) to contest what would be his most successful season in the category, taking a dominant victory at Chang (now [Buriram](/source/Buriram_International_Circuit)) and charging from the midfield at Motegi to emerge as series champion alongside his teammate Tsuchiya, who retired from full-time driving duties at the end of the year to focus on team management.

Matsui during the [2020 Super GT season](/source/2020_Super_GT_Series)

Despite his performances, Matsui did not move up to GT500, and instead remained with Tsuchiya's team in the GT300 class for [2017](/source/2017_Super_GT_Series), partnered by [Super Formula](/source/Super_Formula_Championship) driver [Kenta Yamashita](/source/Kenta_Yamashita). Alongside Yamashita and fellow Toyota-supported formula racers [Sho Tsuboi](/source/Sho_Tsuboi) and [Kimiya Sato](/source/Kimiya_Sato), Matsui would spend 2017, [2018](/source/2018_Super_GT_Series), and [2019](/source/2019_Super_GT_Series) in inconsistent form, demonstrating exceptional qualifying pace and taking pole positions but more frequently finishing towards the end of the field. Results would dip further after the team's switch to the [Porsche 911 GT3 R](/source/Porsche_911_GT3#991_GT3_R_(2016–2019)) for the [2020](/source/2020_Super_GT_Series) season, and remained unremarkable until Matsui's departure at the end of the [2022 season](/source/2022_Super_GT_Series).

Matsui joined Team Mach alongside professional [sim racer](/source/Sim_racing) Yusuke Tomibayashi for the [2023 season](/source/2023_Super_GT_Series), driving the familiar Toyota 86 MC.[6] However, the team would ultimately fail to score a single point over the course of the year.

## Racing record

### Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2006 Formula Toyota Wako's Scholarship 1 0 0 0 0 1 NC 2007 Formula Challenge Japan FTRS Scholarship 18 0 0 0 2 50 12th Formula Toyota TOM'S Spirit 7 0 0 1 0 21 9th 2008 Formula Challenge Japan TDP Scholarship 16 3 3 4 5 129 4th 2009 Super Taikyū - ST-4 BOLD Motor Sports 7 1 3 5 6 100‡ 1st‡ 2010 Formula Challenge Japan NDDP FCJ 12 1 0 0 8 56 2nd 2012 Super Taikyū - ST-1 Team Samurai 1 1 1 1 1 50‡ 3rd‡ 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Racing X-Road Service 3 1 1 2 2 47 8th 2014 Asian Le Mans Series - GT AAI-RStrada 4 0 0 0 1 48 6th Japan Formula 4 - East Samurai Supporters 6 1 1 1 5 81 2nd Japan Formula 4 - West 3 0 0 1 2 33 6th 2015 Super GT - GT300 VivaC Team Tsuchiya 6 1 1 0 1 35 10th Super Taikyū - ST-4 Gazoo Racing TOM'S Spirit 6 0 0 2 3 55.5‡ 6th‡ 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T Team Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th 2015-16 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 Team AAI 1 0 0 0 0 0 6th 2016 Super GT - GT300 VivaC Team Tsuchiya 8 2 3 0 4 78 1st Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Team Samurai 2 2 2 2 2 24 6th Super Taikyū - ST-4 TOM'S Spirit 6 1 4 1 3 96‡ 2nd‡ 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2017 Super GT - GT300 VivaC Team Tsuchiya 8 1 3 1 2 48 5th Super Taikyū - ST-4 TOM'S Spirit 6 5 4 3 6 135‡ 1st‡ 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 0 1 1 N/A 2nd 2018 Super GT - GT300 Tsuchiya Engineering 8 0 2 1 2 39 7th Super Taikyū - ST-4 TOM'S Spirit 6 4 5 2 5 159‡ 1st‡ 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-Pro Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st 2019 Super GT - GT300 Tsuchiya Engineering 8 0 3 2 0 17 19th Super Taikyū - ST-4 TOM'S Spirit 6 2 5 2 4 123.5‡ 2nd‡ 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-Pro Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st 2020 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 8 0 0 0 0 10 20th Super Taikyū - ST-4 Endless Sports 4 0 0 0 0 74‡ 4th‡ 2021 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 8 0 0 0 0 21 14th Super Taikyū - ST-2 ROOKIE Racing 2 0 2 2 0 23‡ 8th‡ Super Taikyū - ST-Q 3 0 0 0 3 N/A NC 2022 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 8 0 0 0 0 1 34th Super Taikyū - ST-4 TOM'S Spirit 6 5 5 3 6 177.5‡ 1st‡ Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP-Pro Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP4 1 2023 Super GT - GT300 Team Mach 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC Super Taikyū - ST-4 TOM'S Spirit 6 1 0 5 5 100.5‡ 3rd‡ Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP8 Team HAL 1 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Netz Toyama Racing 5 1 0 0 1 20 12th 2024 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC Super Taikyu - ST-Q GR Team Spirit TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Netz Toyama Racing 6 1 0 0 1 51 6th 2025 Super Taikyu - ST-Q GR Team Spirit Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP8T TOYOTA GAZOO ROOKIE Racing 2026 Super Taikyu - ST-Q GR Team ORC Field Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

* Season still in progress.

### Complete Super GT results

([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 Pos. Points 2015 VivaC Team Tsuchiya Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA 6 FUJ Ret CHA 7 FUJ 5 SUZ 23 SUG 1 AUT MOT 10th 35 2016 VivaC Team Tsuchiya Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA 6 FUJ 3 SUG 2 FUJ 13 SUZ 22 CHA 1 MOT 7 MOT 1 1st 78 2017 VivaC Team Tsuchiya Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA 4 FUJ 15 AUT 1 SUG 3 FUJ 29 SUZ 18 CHA 15 MOT 5 5th 48 2018 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA 3 FUJ Ret SUZ 2 CHA 19 FUJ 5 SUG 24 AUT 24 MOT 8 7th 39 2019 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA Ret FUJ 18 SUZ 5 CHA 4 FUJ 26 AUT 16 SUG 27 MOT 18 19th 17 2020 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 FUJ 19 FUJ 20 SUZ 14 MOT 8 FUJ 11 SUZ 9 MOT 6 FUJ 14 20th 10 2021 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 OKA 7 FUJ 13 MOT 6 SUZ 23 SUG 19 AUT 10 MOT 5 FUJ 6 14th 21 2022 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA 22 FUJ1 11 SUZ1 Ret FUJ2 WD SUZ2 15 SUG 10 AUT 16 MOT Ret 34th 1 2023 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300 GT300 OKA 15 FUJ1 22 SUZ1 19 FUJ2 18 SUZ2 21 SUG 22 AUT 18 MOT 18 NC 0 2024 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA 14 FUJ 23 SUZ 18 FUJ Ret SUG Ret AUT 11 MOT Ret SUZ 15 NC 0 2025 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA 15 FUJ 22 SEP FS1 (25) FS2 23 SUZ 20 SUG 20 AUT 15 MOT DNS 31st 2 2026 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["松井 孝允 | 2022年 | ドライバー情報 | モータースポーツ活動 | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing"](https://toyotagazooracing.com/jp/motorsports/driver/2022/takamitsu-matsui/). *Toyota Gazoo Racing* (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_2-2) ["松井 孝允「胸を張って自分はプロだと言えた日」"](https://toyotagazooracing.com/jp/motorsports/driver/special/2019/the-cross-roads-takamitsu-matsui/) [The day I could proudly say "I am a pro driver"]. *Toyota Gazoo Racing* (in Japanese). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["VivaC team TSUCHIYA スーパーGT第4戦SUGO レースレポート"](https://www.as-web.jp/supergt/37691/3). *auto sport web* (in Japanese). 15 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["つちやエンジニアリングのドライバーは土屋＆松井に"](https://www.as-web.jp/past/%e3%81%a4%e3%81%a1%e3%82%84%e3%82%a8%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b8%e3%83%8b%e3%82%a2%e3%83%aa%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b0%e3%81%ae%e3%83%89%e3%83%a9%e3%82%a4%e3%83%90%e3%83%bc%e3%81%af%e5%9c%9f%e5%b1%8b%ef%bc%86%e6%9d%be?all) [Tsuchiya Engineering's drivers will be Tsuchiya and Matsui]. *auto sport web* (in Japanese). 26 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Toyota Presents Its Motorsport Programme For 2015 And Announces Return To The World Rally Championship In 2017"](https://media.toyota.co.uk/toyota-presents-motorsport-programme-2015-announces-return-world-rally-championship-2017/). *Toyota UK*. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["TEAM MACH、2023年のスーパーGT参戦体制を発表。冨林勇佑と松井孝允のコンビで車両は別個体に"](https://www.as-web.jp/supergt/893870?all) [TEAM MACH announces team structure for 2023 season, defined by combination of Yusuke Tomibayashi and Takamitsu Matsui]. *auto sport web* (in Japanese). 25 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.takamitsu-matsui.net/)

- [Takamitsu Matsui](https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/takamitsu-matsui) career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions Preceded by André Couto Super GT GT300 Champion 2016 With: Takeshi Tsuchiya Succeeded by Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka

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