# Takashi Kogure

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Japanese racing driver (born 1980)

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Takashi Kogure Kogure in 2010. Nationality Japanese Born (1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 (age 45) Ōta, Gunma, Japan Super GT career Debut season 2003 Current team JLOC Categorisation FIA Platinum (until 2020) FIA Gold (2021–)[1] Car number 88 Former teams Nakajima Racing, Dome, ARTA, Team Kunimitsu, Drago Corse, Real Racing Starts 150 Wins 14 Best finish 1st in 2010, 2024 Super Formula career Debut season 2003 Former teams Nakajima Racing, ARTA, Drago Corse, B-Max Racing Starts 126 Wins 7 Poles 15 Fastest laps 9 Best finish 3rd in 2007 Previous series 2008 2003–17 2001–02 Formula One (testing) Super Formula All-Japan Formula Three Championship Championship titles 2002 All-Japan Formula Three Championship

**Takashi Kogure** (小暮卓史, *Kogure Takashi*; born 1 August 1980) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in [Super GT](/source/Super_GT), driving the No. 88 [Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2](/source/Lamborghini_Hurac%C3%A1n#Huracán_GT3_Evo_2_(2023–present)) for [JLOC](/source/JLOC) in the GT300 class. He is the reigning champion of Super GT's GT300 class alongside teammate Yuya Motojima. He previously competed in Super GT's flagship GT500 class, winning the championship in [2010](/source/2010_Super_GT_Series) alongside [Loïc Duval](/source/Lo%C3%AFc_Duval), making him one of only three drivers in Super GT history to win championship titles in both classes. He also competed in [Super Formula](/source/Super_Formula_Championship) (known as Formula Nippon until 2013) for fifteen seasons between 2003 and 2017.

## Career

### Formula Three

Kogure made his professional single-seater début in 2001, driving a [Dallara](/source/Dallara) F300 in the [All-Japan Formula Three Championship](/source/All-Japan_Formula_Three_Championship) for Now Motorsports. He finished in eleventh place in the championship standings. The following season, Kogure moved to [Mugen](/source/Mugen_Motorsports)×[Dome Project](/source/Dome_(constructor)) and claimed the championship by ten points from [Paolo Montin](/source/Paolo_Montin). Kogure won eleven of the season's twenty races, finishing on the podium on a further four occasions. In the non-championship international races, Kogure finished second at the [Korea Super Prix](/source/Korea_Super_Prix) behind [Olivier Pla](/source/Olivier_Pla), and third at the [Macau Grand Prix](/source/Macau_Grand_Prix) behind [Tristan Gommendy](/source/Tristan_Gommendy) and [Heikki Kovalainen](/source/Heikki_Kovalainen).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Super GT

Kogure driving the [Honda HSV-010 GT](/source/Honda_HSV-010_GT) during the [2011 Super GT season](/source/2011_Super_GT_season).

Kogure made his bow into the [All-Japan GT Championship](/source/Super_GT) with [Nakajima Racing](/source/Nakajima_Racing). He contested three races en route to 27th in the championship. After concentrating on [Formula Nippon](/source/Super_Formula_Championship) only in 2004, Kogure returned to the newly renamed [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) championship, with Dome Project in [2005](/source/2005_Super_GT_season); ending up in nineteenth place in the championship standings. Despite only taking one win in [2006](/source/2006_Super_GT_season), Kogure and team-mate [Ryō Michigami](/source/Ryo_Michigami) were title contenders, eventually losing out to the crews of [André Lotterer](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Lotterer) and [Juichi Wakisaka](/source/Juichi_Wakisaka) and also [Sébastien Philippe](/source/S%C3%A9bastien_Philippe) and Shinya Hosokawa. All three pairings were split by four points at the conclusion of the season.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Four pole positions in eight races helped Kogure and Michigami again finish in the top-five in the standings in [2007](/source/2007_Super_GT_season); finishing fourth ahead of [Michael Krumm](/source/Michael_Krumm) and [Tsugio Matsuda](/source/Tsugio_Matsuda) on a tie-break as both pairings finished level on 63 points. Sixth place championship placings followed in [2008](/source/2008_Super_GT_season) and [2009](/source/2009_Super_GT_season).

In debut season of [Honda HSV-010 GT](/source/Honda_HSV-010_GT) in [2010 Super GT season](/source/2010_Super_GT_season), Kogure got title of Drivers' Championship with [Loïc Duval](/source/Lo%C3%AFc_Duval), and contributed to get Team's Championship by [Weider Honda Racing](/source/Dome_(constructor)).[2]

### Formula Nippon

As well as his JGTC campaign, Kogure took part in the [Formula Nippon](/source/Formula_Nippon) series with Nakajima. He finished tenth in the championship, taking a best result of second at the closing race of the season at [Suzuka](/source/Suzuka_Circuit). He took his first series victory during the [2004 season](/source/2004_Formula_Nippon_season), finishing out front at the season-opening round, again at Suzuka. He made a further visit to the podium at [Sugo](/source/Sportsland_SUGO) en route to seventh in the standings. He improved to fifth place in [2005](/source/2005_Formula_Nippon_season), despite not winning any races.

Kogure moved to [Aguri Suzuki](/source/Aguri_Suzuki)'s ARTA team for the [2006 campaign](/source/2006_Formula_Nippon_season), and again failed to win any races during the season. He only amassed three points towards the championship, but also amassed five pole positions. Despite this, he returned to Nakajima Racing in [2007](/source/2007_Formula_Nippon_season), taking three victories on the way to his highest championship placing in Formula Nippon; third position behind [Team Impul](/source/Impul) team-mates Matsuda and [Benoît Tréluyer](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_Tr%C3%A9luyer). He finished fifth again in [2008](/source/2008_Formula_Nippon_season), and fourth in [2009](/source/2009_Formula_Nippon_season) as well as [2010.](/source/2010_Formula_Nippon_season)

### Formula One

As a member of [Honda](/source/Honda)'s Formula Dream Project, Kogure had the opportunity to test a [Honda RA107](/source/Honda_RA107) [Formula One](/source/Formula_One) car at [Circuit Ricardo Tormo](/source/Circuit_Ricardo_Tormo) in January 2008.[3]

## Racing record

### Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1999 FJ1600 Tsukuba Series ZAP SPEED ? 2000 Formula Toyota ZAP SPEED 5th 2001 All-Japan Formula Three Championship NOW Motor Sport 17 0 0 0 0 44 11th 2002 All-Japan Formula Three Championship Mugen × Dome Project 20 11 10 8 15 290 1st Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd 2003 Formula Nippon PIAA Nakajima Racing 10 0 0 0 1 11 10th All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 3 0 0 ? 0 17 27th 2004 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 1 0 1 2 17 7th 2005 Super GT - GT500 Dome Project 8 0 0 0 1 37 19th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 0 1 1 3 15 5th 2006 Super GT - GT500 Dome Project 9 1 1 1 2 76 3rd Formula Nippon Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 9 0 5 0 0 3 12th 2007 Super GT - GT500 Dome Racing Team 8 1 4 2 2 63 4th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 3 4 2 4 41 3rd 2008 Super GT - GT500 Dome Racing Team 9 1 2 1 3 60 6th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 11 0 0 1 3 41 5th Formula One Honda Test driver 2009 Super GT - GT500 Team Yoshiki and Dome Project 9 0 0 0 2 50 6th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 8 2 3 2 3 37 4th 2010 Super GT - GT500 Weider Honda Racing 7 1 3 3 5 67 1st Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 8 1 2 1 4 38 4th 2011 Super GT - GT500 Weider Honda Racing 8 2 1 0 2 57 3rd Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 7 0 0 0 1 16.5 7th 2012 Super GT - GT500 Weider Honda Racing 8 1 1 0 1 40 6th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 0 4 10th 2013 Super GT - GT500 Team Kunimitsu 8 1 0 0 2 37 10th Super Formula Nakajima Racing 7 0 0 2 2 15 8th 2014 Super GT - GT500 Team Kunimitsu 8 0 0 0 0 23 14th Super Formula Nakajima Racing 9 0 0 0 0 0 17th 2015 Super GT - GT500 Drago Modulo Honda Racing 8 0 0 0 0 26 12th Super Formula Drago Corse 8 0 0 0 0 2.5 15th 2016 Super GT - GT500 Keihin REAL Racing 8 0 0 1 1 27 11th Super Formula Drago Corse 9 0 0 0 0 8 13th 2017 Super GT - GT500 REAL Racing 8 0 0 0 2 37 10th Super Formula B-MAX Racing Team 7 0 0 0 0 0 18th 2018 Super GT - GT500 REAL Racing 8 1 1 1 2 45 7th 2019 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 0 0 0 2 36.5 7th 2020 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 0 0 0 1 20 13th 2021 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 0 0 0 1 34 8th 2022 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 0 0 0 0 25 13th TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Recaro Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2023 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 1 0 0 1 40 7th TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Recaro Racing Team 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2024 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 4 2 0 4 96 1st TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Recaro Racing Team 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2025 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 0 0 0 1 50.5 13th 2026 Super GT - GT300 JLOC

* Season still in progress.

### Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship 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 Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2001 Now Motor Sports Toyota–TOM'S SUZ 1 6 SUZ 2 Ret TSU 1 Ret TSU 2 Ret FUJ 1 9 FUJ 2 Ret MIN 1 5 MIN 2 5 MOT 1 7 MOT 2 Ret SUZ Ret SUG 1 6 SUG 2 13 SEN 1 9 SEN 2 5 TAI 1 15 TAI 2 Ret MOT 1 12 MOT 2 11 11th 44 2002 Mugen × Dome Project Mugen–Honda TSU 1 4 TSU 2 7 SUZ 1 1 SUZ 2 1 FUJ 1 Ret FUJ 2 Ret MIN 1 2 MIN 2 1 MOT 1 1 MOT 2 1 SUZ 1 1 SUZ 2 2 SUG 1 1 SUG 2 1 SEN 1 1 SEN 2 1 TAI 1 Ret TAI 2 2 MOT 1 1 MOT 2 2 1st 294

### Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(Races in **bold** indicate pole position)

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 2003 PIAA Nakajima Racing Mugen SUZ 12 FUJ 6 MIN Ret MOT DNS SUZ 6 SUG Ret FUJ Ret MIN 14 MOT 4 SUZ 2 10th 11 2004 PIAA Nakajima Racing Mugen SUZ 1 SUG 9 MOT 9 SUZ 7 SUG 2 MIN Ret SEP 6 MOT 9 SUZ 8 7th 17 2005 PIAA Nakajima Racing Mugen MOT Ret SUZ 3 SUG 3 FUJ 8 SUZ 2 MIN Ret FUJ 11 MOT 9 SUZ 6 5th 15 2006 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda FUJ 10 SUZ 17 MOT Ret SUZ 9 AUT 19 FUJ Ret SUG DSQ MOT Ret SUZ 4 12th 3 2007 PIAA Nakajima Racing Honda FUJ 8 SUZ 3 MOT 1 OKA 5 SUZ 17 FUJ Ret SUG 1 MOT 1 SUZ DSQ 3rd 41 2008 PIAA Nakajima Racing Honda FUJ 6 SUZ 5 MOT Ret OKA 9 SUZ 3 SUZ 7 MOT 5 MOT Ret FUJ 3 FUJ 6 SUG 2 5th 41 2009 Nakajima Racing Honda FUJ 8 SUZ Ret MOT 1 FUJ 7 SUZ 2 MOT 6 AUT 1 SUG 10 4th 37 2010 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ 1 MOT 6 FUJ 5 MOT 2 SUG 5 AUT Ret SUZ 2 SUZ 3 4th 38 2011 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ 2 AUT Ret FUJ 7 MOT Ret SUZ C SUG 7 MOT 5 MOT 4 7th 16.5 2012 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ 15 MOT Ret AUT 10 FUJ 10 MOT 13 SUG Ret SUZ 6 SUZ 4 10th 4 2013 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ 3 AUT Ret FUJ 14 MOT 5 SUG 8 SUZ 15 SUZ 2 8th 15 2014 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ Ret FUJ Ret FUJ DNS FUJ Ret MOT 11 AUT Ret SUG 10 SUZ Ret SUZ 16 17th 0 2015 Drago Corse Honda SUZ Ret OKA Ret FUJ 16 MOT 14 AUT 13 SUG 11 SUZ 6 SUZ 7 15th 2.5 2016 Drago Corse Honda SUZ 4 OKA 15 FUJ 12 MOT 11 OKA 11 OKA 14 SUG 7 SUZ 7 SUZ 9 13th 8 2017 B-Max Racing Team Honda SUZ 15 OKA 18 OKA 15 FUJ 13 MOT 17 AUT 12 SUG 14 SUZ C SUZ C 18th 0

### Complete Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2003 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 TAI 5 FUJ 6 SUG 8 FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUZ 17th 17 2005 Dome Honda NSX GT500 OKA 7 FUJ 13 SEP 7 SUG Ret MOT 2 FUJ 11 AUT 5 SUZ 6 10th 37 2006 Dome Honda NSX GT500 SUZ 4 OKA 1 FUJ Ret SEP 6 SUG Ret SUZ Ret MOT 5 AUT 2 FUJ 7 3rd 76 2007 Dome Racing Team Honda NSX GT500 SUZ 13 OKA 7 FUJ 11 SEP Ret SUG 2 SUZ 12 MOT 1 AUT 5 FUJ 10 4th 63 2008 Dome Racing Team Honda NSX GT500 SUZ 7 OKA 12 FUJ 3 SEP 3 SUG 1 SUZ 12 MOT 8 AUT 7 FUJ 14 6th 60 2009 Dome Project Honda NSX GT500 OKA 2 SUZ 5 FUJ 13 SEP 12 SUG 3 SUZ 4 FUJ 8 AUT 5 MOT 10 6th 50 2010 Honda Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 SUZ Ret OKA 1 FUJ 7 SEP 3 SUG 2 SUZ 9 FUJ C MOT 2 1st 67 2011 Honda Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 OKA 7 FUJ 13 SEP 1 SUG Ret SUZ 1 FUJ 4 AUT 11 MOT 6 3rd 57 2012 Honda Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 OKA 7 FUJ 9 SEP 1 SUG 7 SUZ 8 FUJ Ret AUT 9 MOT 7 6th 40 2013 Team Kunimitsu Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 OKA 1 FUJ 7 SEP 3 SUG 12 SUZ 10 FUJ Ret AUT 12 MOT 12 10th 37 2014 Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA 9 FUJ Ret AUT 6 SUG 11 FUJ 7 SUZ 6 BUR 8 MOT 8 14th 23 2015 Drago Modulo Honda Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA 6 FUJ 8 CHA 10 FUJ 6 SUZ 12 SUG 7 AUT 7 MOT 7 12th 26 2016 Keihin REAL Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA 11 FUJ 12 SUG 6 FUJ 2 SUZ 10 CHA 6 MOT Ret MOT 11 11th 27 2017 REAL Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA 11 FUJ 8 AUT 2 SUG Ret FUJ Ret SUZ 15 CHA 3 MOT 4 10th 37 2018 REAL Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA 1 FUJ 11 SUZ 11 CHA 7 FUJ 3 SUG 9 AUT 6 MOT 15 7th 45 2019 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT300 OKA 10 FSW 3 SUZ 19 CHA 5 FSW 5 7th 36.5 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO AUT 3 SUG 20 MOT 11 2020 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GT300 FUJ 1 25 FUJ 2 15 SUZ 1 27 MOT 1 2 FUJ 3 6 SUZ 2 13 MOT 2 Ret FUJ 4 Ret 13th 20 2021 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GT300 OKA 9 FUJ 6 MOT 24 SUZ 2 SUG 7 AUT 12 MOT 4 FUJ 23 8th 34 2022 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GT300 OKA 17 FUJ 5 SUZ 5 FUJ 9 SUZ 17 SUG 13 AUT 4 MOT 5 13th 25 2023 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GT300 OKA 24 FSW 6 SUZ 21 7th 40 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 FSW 8 SUZ 4 SUG 14 AUT 7 MOT 1 2024 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 GT300 OKA 8 FUJ 1 SUZ 20 FUJ 5 SUG 10 AUT 1 MOT 1 SUZ 1 1st 96 2025 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 GT300 OKA 9 FUJ Ret SEP 4 FS1 (Ret) FS2 11 SUZ 7 SUG 15 AUT 3 MOT 14 13th 50.5

* 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)** ["Super GT 2010 総集編"](https://www.honda.co.jp/SuperGT/race2010/) [Super GT 2010 Summary]. *[Honda](/source/Honda)* (in Japanese). 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Honda to test RA108, Kogure this week"](http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/1/7281.html). *formula1.com*. [Formula One Administration](/source/Formula_One_Group). 21 January 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

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Sporting positions Preceded by Benoît Tréluyer All-Japan Formula Three Champion 2002 Succeeded by James Courtney Preceded by Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer Super GT (GT500) Champion 2010 with: Loïc Duval Succeeded by Ronnie Quintarelli Masataka Yanagida Preceded by Hiroki Yoshida Kohta Kawaai Super GT (GT300) Champion 2024 with: Yuya Motojima Succeeded by Incumbent

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