# Hiroki Yoshida

Hiroki Yoshida (吉田広樹, Yoshida Hiroki, born December 21, 1983) is a Japanese racing driver. He currently competes in Super GT in the GT300 category and the Super Taikyu Series in the ST-Z category, both for Saitama Green Brave.
Yoshida won the 2023 Super GT Championship in the GT300 class and the 2023 Super Taikyu Championship in the ST-Z class.

## Career
### Early career

Yoshida began his with racing career in 2004 competing in the J1600 Series, where he won the championship the following year. He then move to Formula Challenge Japan in 2006. In 2007, Yoshida began competing in the Super Taikyu Series and the following year, he took part with the Petronas Syntium Team where his team won the ST-1 championship. In 2010, he competed in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, where he was signed to Hanashima Racing.

### Super GT

In 2011, Yoshida began racing in the Super GT racing series in the GT300 class, driving for ThunderAsia Racing. He later moved to Team A Speed in 2012.
In 2014, Yoshida returned to Super GT, competing for Tomei Sports where he would race for them the following season. For the 2016 season, he signed with Gulf Racing with Pacific. In 2017, he signed with Gainer, remaining with the team the following season. In 2019, Yoshida transferred from Gainer to Green Brave, partnering with Shigekazu Wakisaka. The following season his team switched to a Toyota GR Supra GT300 and Kohta Kawaai would become his new teammate. Yoshida and Kawaai won two races and they finished second in the standings behind Kondo Racing of Kiyoto Fujinami and João Paulo de Oliveira. In 2022, they managed to clinch a win at Autopolis as well as another podium, and Yoshida himself finished 5th in the standings.
In 2023, Saitama Toyopet Green Brave retained both Yoshida and Kawaai and both of them claimed 2 wins and 3 podiums en route to their GT300 championship, which they clinched in the season finale.

## Racing record
### Complete Super GT results

(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 | Pos | Points |
| 2011 | ThunderAsia Racing | Mosler MT900M | GT300 | OKA 15 | FUJ 16 | SEP 15 | SUG Ret | SUZ 18 | FUJ 20 | AUT 19 | MOT 18 | NC | 0 |
| 2012 | A speed | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP Ret | SUG | SUZ 1 | FUJ | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | GT300 | OKA 16 | FUJ 16 | AUT | SUG 18 | FUJ 24 | SUZ 20 | BUR | MOT 18 | NC | 0 |
| 2015 | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | GT300 | OKA 24 | FUJ 15 | BUR | FUJ 21 | SUZ Ret | SUG Ret | AUT 14 | MOT 23 | NC | 0 |
| 2016 | Gulf Racing with Pacific | Porsche 911 GT3R | GT300 | OKA DNQ | FUJ Ret | SUG 13 | FUJ 21 | SUZ 13 | BUR 17 | MOT 22 | MOT 8 | 23rd | 3 |
| 2017 | GAINER | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | GT300 | OKA 6 | FUJ 24 | AUT 15 | SUG 21 | FUJ 16 | SUZ 5 | BUR 18 | MOT 19 | 18th | 13 |
| 2018 | GAINER | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | GT300 | OKA 13 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 10 | BUR Ret | FUJ 8 | SUG 2 | AUT 9 | MOT 15 | 16th | 22 |
| 2019 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | Toyota Mark X MC | GT300 | OKA 3 | FUJ 13 | SUZ 27 | BUR 23 | FUJ 2 | AUT 24 | SUG 8 | MOT 13 | 9th | 27.5 |
| 2020 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | FUJ 1 | FUJ 6 | SUZ 12 | MOT 25 | FUJ 4 | SUZ Ret | MOT 4 | FUJ 1 | 2nd | 62 |
| 2021 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA 3 | FUJ 27 | SUZ 18 | MOT 3 | SUG 21 | AUT 4 | MOT 9 | FUJ 9 | 9th | 34 |
| 2022 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA 26 | FUJ | SUZ 4 | FUJ 14 | SUZ 4 | SUG 18 | AUT 1 | MOT 3 | 5th | 47 |
| 2023 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA 5 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 9 | SUZ Ret | SUG 1 | AUT 1 | MOT 7 | 1st | 74 |
| 2024 | Saitama Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA 4 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 5 | FUJ 23 | SUG DNS | AUT 18 | MOT 7 | SUZ 11 | 9th | 29 |
| 2025 | Saitama Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | |
$^*$ Season still in progress.