Takashi Kogure

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
Racing licence	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, driving the No. 88 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 for 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 alongside Loïc 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 (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 F300 in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for Now Motorsports. He finished in eleventh place in the championship standings. The following season, Kogure moved to Mugen×Dome Project and claimed the championship by ten points from 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 behind Olivier Pla, and third at the Macau Grand Prix behind Tristan Gommendy and Heikki Kovalainen.^{[ citation needed ]}

Super GT

Kogure driving the Honda HSV-010 GT during the 2011 Super GT season.

Kogure made his bow into the All-Japan GT Championship with Nakajima Racing. He contested three races en route to 27th in the championship. After concentrating on Formula Nippon only in 2004, Kogure returned to the newly renamed Super GT championship, with Dome Project in 2005; ending up in nineteenth place in the championship standings. Despite only taking one win in 2006, Kogure and team-mate Ryō Michigami were title contenders, eventually losing out to the crews of André Lotterer and Juichi Wakisaka and also Sébastien Philippe and Shinya Hosokawa. All three pairings were split by four points at the conclusion of the season.^{[ citation needed ]}

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

In debut season of Honda HSV-010 GT in 2010 Super GT season, Kogure got title of Drivers' Championship with Loïc Duval, and contributed to get Team's Championship by Weider Honda Racing. ^[2]

Formula Nippon

As well as his JGTC campaign, Kogure took part in the 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. He took his first series victory during the 2004 season, finishing out front at the season-opening round, again at Suzuka. He made a further visit to the podium at Sugo en route to seventh in the standings. He improved to fifth place in 2005, despite not winning any races.

Kogure moved to Aguri Suzuki's ARTA team for the 2006 campaign, 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, taking three victories on the way to his highest championship placing in Formula Nippon; third position behind Team Impul team-mates Matsuda and Benoît Tréluyer. He finished fifth again in 2008, and fourth in 2009 as well as 2010.

Formula One

As a member of Honda's Formula Dream Project, Kogure had the opportunity to test a Honda RA107 Formula One car at 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

* Season still in progress.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (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. Goodwin, Graham (22 October 2020). "2021 FIA Driver Rankings Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
2. "Super GT 2010 総集編" [Super GT 2010 Summary]. Honda (in Japanese). 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
3. "Honda to test RA108, Kogure this week". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 21 January 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

External links

• Official website
• Takashi Kogure career summary at DriverDB.com

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