26 Facts About Kazuto Kotaka

Kazuto Kotaka is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who currently competes in Super Formula for Kondo Racing and Super GT for apr.

Kazuto Kotaka won the Super Formula Lights championship in 2022.

Kazuto Kotaka is part of the TGR Driver Challenge Program.

Kazuto Kotaka regularly finished in the top 10, with a fourth-place finish at the Suzuka International Racing Course as his best result.

Kazuto Kotaka finished sixth in the championship with 50 points.

In 2016, Kazuto Kotaka remained active in Japanese Formula 4 with TOM'S.

Kazuto Kotaka won two races at Fuji Speedway and another at Sportsland SUGO.

Kazuto Kotaka later took another podium finish at Fuji, but achieved erratic results for the remainder of the season.

In 2017, Kazuto Kotaka did not race, but in 2018 he returned to Japanese Formula 4 at TOM's.

Kazuto Kotaka missed the first race weekend, but nevertheless he won two races at Fuji and was on the podium in seven other races.

Kazuto Kotaka scored a point with sixth in the final race and was classified thirteenth in the final standings.

In 2019, Kazuto Kotaka started the year in the New Zealand racing in the Toyota Racing Series with the team MTEC Motorsport.

Kazuto Kotaka took a podium finish in the season finale at the Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon, finishing the season in tenth place with 176 points.

Kazuto Kotaka then made his debut as a full-time driver in Japanese Formula 3 with the Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S team.

Kazuto Kotaka took five podiums: one at Suzuka, three at SUGO and one at the Twin Ring Motegi, but he had to miss two race weekends.

Kazuto Kotaka finished fifth in the final standings with 48 points.

In 2020, Kazuto Kotaka remained active in Japanese Formula 3, which had changed its name to Super Formula Lights, with the TOM'S team.

Kazuto Kotaka won one race in the final race weekend at Fuji and was on the podium in ten other races.

Kazuto Kotaka still raced in Super Formula Lights in 2021, albeit only for one round, where he managed to get 2 podiums.

Kazuto Kotaka then won the title with eight wins and eleven podiums, as he beats Kakunoshin Ohta and Iori Kimura.

Kazuto Kotaka appeared in Non Championship round in Fuji Speedway, where he raced with McLaren 720S GT3 with Hanashima Racing alongside Katsuaki Kubota.

Kazuto Kotaka competed full-time in the GT300 class of the Super GT with the team Advics muta Racing INGING, sharing a Toyota 86 MC GT300 with Ryohei Sakaguchi.

Kazuto Kotaka continues with the same team, and paired with debutant Jin Nakamura.

Kazuto Kotaka will be registered as the third driver for TGR TEAM WedsSport Bandoh in the second round at Fuji and will compete in the GT500 class.

In 2021 Kazuto Kotaka would continue to drive in the 2021 Super Formula Lights at TOM'S.

Kazuto Kotaka ended up competing in all but one round of the series, but didn't manage to score a single point.