Takuya Kurosawa

Takuya Kurosawa (Shinjitai: 黒澤琢弥, Kurosawa Takuya, born in Ibaraki, June 7, 1962) is a Japanese race car driver.

Kurosawa raced in All-Japan Formula Three from 1988 to 1989, Japanese Formula 3000 from 1990 to 1995 and the JGTC series from 1994 to 1999, also driving in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 10th.

Kurosawa then obtained sponsorship to drive in the American CART series for Dale Coyne Racing in 2000. He made eight starts with a best finish of 12th at the Detroit Grand Prix. He became the first Japanese driver to lead a Champ Car race when he led seven laps at the Long Beach Grand Prix.[1]

Kurosawa then returned to JGTC for the next three seasons, drove in the Super Taikyu series in 2004. He currently competes in the Super GT series, driving a Porsche Boxster for Arktech Motorsports.

Takuya is the son of Best Motoring presenter Motoharu Kurosawa, and elder brother of Haruki and Tsubasa Kurosawa, all of whom are racing drivers.

Racing record

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Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship/Formula Nippon results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1990 taka-Q Racing w/ Team Le Mans SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
9 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
18 		FUJ
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
19 		FUJ
4 		SUZ
Ret 		16th 3
1991 Nakajima Racing SUZ
Ret 		AUT
8 		FUJ
6 		MIN
7 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
15 		FUJ
11 		SUZ FUJ
C 		SUZ
17 		FUJ
Ret 		22nd 1
1992 Cabin Racing Team w/ Heroes SUZ
5 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		SUG
18 		FUJ
4 		FUJ
3 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
2 		SUZ
2 		6th 21
1993 Cabin Racing Team w/ Heroes SUZ
4 		SUZ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
15 		AUT
C 		SUG
5 		FUJ
C 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ SUZ 13th 5
1994 Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo SUZ
10 		FUJ
10 		MIN
3 		SUZ
4 		SUG
1 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
4 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
2 		4th 32 (33)
1995 Nakajima Racing SUZ
2 		FUJ
C 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
4 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
9 		TOK
Ret 		FUJ
7 		SUZ
2 		6th 15
1996 PIAA Nakajima Racing SUZ
Ret 		MIN
8 		FUJ
15 		TOK
7 		SUZ
2 		SUG
5 		FUJ
8 		MIN
5 		SUZ
8 		FUJ
Ret 		9th 10
1997 Team Impul SUZ
2 		MIN
2 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		MOT
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
2 		2nd 28
1998 Maziora Team Impul SUZ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
3 		MOT
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
C 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
5 		12th 6
1999 Team TMS SUZ
Ret 		MOT
Ret 		MIN
12 		FUJ
5 		SUZ
3 		SUG
3 		FUJ MIN MOT SUZ 9th 10

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC pts
1994 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Corona AUT
1
8 		AUT
2
DNS 		SUG
1
Ret 		SUG
2
DNS 		TOK
1
DNS 		TOK
2
Ret 		SUZ
1
9 		SUZ
2
Ret 		MIN
1
8 		MIN
2
Ret 		AID
1
Ret 		AID
2
Ret 		TSU
1
Ret 		TSU
2
6 		SEN
1
Ret 		SEN
2
10 		FUJ
1
9 		FUJ
2
9 		18th 18
1995 Nakajima Racing Honda Civic Ferio FUJ
1 		FUJ
2 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		TOK
1 		TOK
2 		SUZ
1
Ret 		SUZ
2
Ret 		MIN
1
5 		MIN
2
8 		AID
1
14 		AID
2
Ret 		SEN
1
23 		SEN
2
15 		FUJ
1
9 		FUJ
2
11 		18th 11
1996 Nakajima Racing Honda Accord FUJ
1
3 		FUJ
2
4 		SUG
1
10 		SUG
2
7 		SUZ
1
5 		SUZ
2
2 		MIN
1 		MIN
2 		SEN
1
Ret 		SEN
2
1 		TOK
1
2 		TOK
2
3 		FUJ
1
Ret 		FUJ
2
DNS 		4th 72
1997 Nakajima Racing Honda Accord FUJ
1
C 		FUJ
2
C 		AID
1
1 		AID
2
4 		SUG
1
5 		SUG
2
6 		SUZ
1
1 		SUZ
2
2 		MIN
1
Ret 		MIN
2
6 		SEN
1
7 		SEN
2
6 		TOK
1
1 		TOK
2
1 		FUJ
1
10 		FUJ
2
4 		2nd 102

JGTC/Super GT results

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(key) (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
1997 Mugen/Dome Honda NSX GT500 SUZ FUJ
Ret 		SEN
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
8 		SUG
5 		16th 11
1998 Team Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
11 		FUJ
C 		SEN
5 		FUJ
3 		MOT
2 		MIN
7 		SUG
4 		3rd 49
1999 Toyota Castrol Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
4 		FUJ
9 		SUG
1 		MIN
10 		FUJ
4 		TAI
4 		MOT
1 		2nd 73
2001 Toyota Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
11 		FUJ
10 		SUG
8 		FUJ
8 		MOT SUZ
5 		MIN
7 		15th 19
2002 Toyota Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
Ret 		FUJ
12 		SUG
5 		SEP
3 		FUJ
3 		MOT
7 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
16 		11th 38
2003 Toyota Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
Ret 		FUJ
8 		SUG
13 		FUJ
15 		FUJ
6 		MOT
10 		AUT
13 		SUZ
14 		18th 15
2005 Hitotsuyama Racing Ferrari 550 Maranello GT500 TAI
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SEP
Ret 		SUG
12 		MOT
Ret 		FUJ
15 		AUT
13 		SUZ
15 		NC 0
2006 Ebbro Team Nova Vemac RD350R GT300 SUZ
8 		TAI
21 		FUJ
15 		SEP
DNS 		SUG
10 		SUZ
Ret 		MOT
12 		AUT
15 		FUJ
10 		22nd 12
2007 Arktech Motorsports Porsche Boxster GT300 SUZ
6 		TAI
5 		FUJ
Ret 		SEP
Ret 		SUG
13 		SUZ
Ret 		MOT
5 		AUT
7 		FUJ
10 		15th 22
2008 Team Takeuchi Lexus IS350 GT300 SUZ TAI FUJ
Ret 		SEP
13 		SUG
17 		SUZ
18 		MOT
8 		AUT
12 		FUJ
13 		32nd 3

Complete CART results

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(key)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rank Points Ref
2000 Dale Coyne Racing MIA
24 		LBH
13 		RIO
19 		MOT
20 		NZR
DNS 		MIL
Wth 		DET
12 		POR
22 		CLE
25 		TOR
23 		MIS
DNS 		CHI MDO ROA VAN LS STL HOU SRF FON 29th 1 [2]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1998 Japan Nissan Motorsports
United Kingdom TWR 		Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Masami Kageyama 		Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 319 10th 9th

References

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  1. ^ Cipolloni, Mark (April 16, 2000). "Paul Tracy keeps his Kool, wins Long Beach GP for the 2nd time". AutoRacing1.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-07.
  2. ^ "Takuya Kurosawa – 2000 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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