# Hiroki Yoshimoto

Hiroki Yoshimoto (吉本 大樹, Yoshimoto Hiroki) (born 2 September 1980 in Osaka) is a Japanese race car driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the BCN Competicion team, alongside the Venezuelan E. J. Viso. For 2006 he was initially teamed with the more experienced Timo Glock of Germany. In addition to his racing, he is also the vocalist for Japanese rock band doa under the name Daiki Yoshimoto (吉本 大樹, Yoshimoto Daiki, "Daiki" and "Hiroki" are written identically in Japanese). In 2023, Yoshimoto and doa's members have announced departure from the agency Giza Studio and from September and became freelancer under Floodlight company, the announcement was made on doa's official website.

## Racing career

Yoshimoto is the only driver in GP2 Series to have driven the bulk of his pre-GP2 career in Asia, the rest of the series mainly moving up the ranks in South America or Europe. Yoshimoto started out in 1999, competing in Japanese Formula Junior 1600. He moved for Japanese Formula Toyota in 2000, racing in Korean F1800 later in the year. A move to Japanese Formula Three for 2001 was his reward for hard work, although his stint with the Yellow Hat team resulted in only two races.
He got his first taste of a full Japanese F3 season in 2002, though, with the Now team. He achieved 1 win, 1 pole position and two other podium finishes, finishing 8th in the championship. He also finished respectively 5th in the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. He stayed with the team for 2003 finishing 10th in the championship before moving on in 2004 for the Japanese GT Series. He also drove two races of the World Series by Nissan of the same year, for the Gabord team.
On 3 and 4 November 2007, Yoshimoto took part in the Formula Asia V6 by Renault Championship at the Zhuhai International Circuit. He won round 11 ahead of James Winslow and Armaan Ebrahim but stalled on the grid for round 12 and eventually finished 5th.
He returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the Qi-Meritus Mahara team in the GP2 Asia Series. He continued in the series for the 2008–09 season with the BCN Competición team. However, BCN was purchased and renamed as Ocean Racing Technology after the first round of the season, and Yoshimoto was replaced by Yelmer Buurman.

## Racing record
### Complete GP2 Series results

(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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
| 2005 | BCN Competición | IMO FEA Ret | IMO SPR 9 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 17 | MON FEA DNS | NÜR FEA 11 | NÜR SPR Ret | MAG FEA 6 | MAG SPR 2 | SIL FEA 13 | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA 12 | HOC SPR Ret | HUN FEA 13 | HUN SPR 17 | IST FEA 8 | IST SPR 10 | MNZ FEA 10 | MNZ SPR 16 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 17 | BHR FEA 7 | BHR SPR 6 | 16th | 14 |
| 2006 | BCN Competición | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 12 | IMO FEA 8 | IMO SPR 3 | NÜR FEA 8 | NÜR SPR 4 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA Ret | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR 17† | MAG FEA 9 | MAG SPR Ret | HOC FEA 23† | HOC SPR Ret | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR Ret | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR 19 | MNZ FEA 8 | MNZ SPR 5 | | | 15th | 12 |

#### Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(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 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2008 | Qi-Meritus Mahara | DUB FEA 6 | DUB SPR 4 | SEN FEA Ret | SEN SPR 20 | SEP FEA Ret | SEP SPR 10 | BHR FEA 12 | BHR SPR 4 | DUB FEA 5 | DUB SPR 13 | | | 10th | 13 |
| 2008–09 | BCN Competición | SHI FEA Ret | SHI SPR 8 | DUB FEA | DUB SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | LSL FEA | LSL SPR | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | 24th | 0 |

### Complete Super GT results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
| 2004 | Team LeyJun | Vemac RD320R | GT300 | TAI 6 | SUG 6 | SEP 14 | TOK 22 | MOT 19 | AUT | SUZ | | | 12th | 16 |
| 2005 | Direxiv | Vemac RD320R | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | MOT | FUJ | AUT 10 | SUZ 14 | | 22nd | 1 |
| 2006 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft Shiden | GT300 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 5 | MOT | AUT | FUJ | 23rd | 11 |
| 2007 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft Shiden | GT300 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 1 | MOT | AUT | FUJ | 14th | 24 |
| 2008 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft Shiden | GT300 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ Ret | MOT | AUT | FUJ | 7th | 111 |
| 2009 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft Shiden | GT300 | OKA | SUZ 7 | FUJ 9 | SEP 1 | SUG 2 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 5 | AUT 16 | MOT 16 | 8th | 58 |
| 2010 | A speed | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GT300 | SUZ DSQ | OKA 15 | FUJ 3 | SEP 12 | SUG 11 | SUZ Ret | FUJ C | MOT 23 | | 14th | 11 |
| 2011 | A speed | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GT300 | OKA 1 | FUJ Ret | SEP Ret | SUG 8 | SUZ 12 | FUJ 9 | AUT 11 | MOT 4 | | 8th | 33 |
| 2012 | A speed | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT300 | OKA 11 | FUJ 3 | SEP 3 | SUG Ret | SUZ 1 | FUJ Ret | AUT 1 | MOT 5 | | 2nd | 73 |
| 2013 | JLOC | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | GT300 | OKA 3 | FUJ 7 | SEP Ret | SUG 5 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 20 | FUJ | AUT 10 | MOT 8 | 11th | 25 |
| 2014 | LM corsa | BMW Z4 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 22 | FUJ 21 | AUT 7 | SUG 10 | FUJ 5 | SUZ 1 | BUR 4 | MOT 15 | | 6th | 44 |
| 2015 | LM corsa | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 10 | FUJ Ret | CHA Ret | FUJ 15 | SUZ 19 | SUG 22 | AUT 10 | MOT 17 | | 27th | 2 |
| 2016 | LM corsa | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 25 | FUJ 21 | SUG Ret | FUJ 17 | SUZ 18 | CHA 21 | MOT 20 | MOT Ret | | NC | 0 |
| 2017 | LM corsa | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 22 | FUJ 8 | AUT 12 | FUJ 5 | SUZ 27 | SUG 4 | CHA 6 | MOT 18 | | 12th | 24 |
| 2018 | LM corsa | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 17 | FUJ 7 | SUZ 5 | CHA 3 | FUJ Ret | SUG 9 | AUT 12 | MOT 24 | | 15th | 23 |
| 2019 | LM corsa | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 7‡ | FUJ 9 | SUZ 10 | CHA 15 | FUJ 22 | AUT 1 | SUG 19 | MOT 9 | | 10th | 27 |
| 2020 | LM corsa | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | FUJ 13 | FUJ 16 | SUZ 17 | MOT 12 | FUJ 22 | SUZ 14 | MOT 12 | FUJ 9 | | 27th | 2 |
| 2021 | LM corsa | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA 8 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 12 | MOT 14 | SUG 5 | AUT 19 | MOT 11 | FUJ 1 | | 3rd | 49 |
| 2022 | LM corsa | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA 12 | FUJ 17 | SUZ 9 | FUJ 4 | SUZ 10 | SUG 15 | AUT 22 | MOT 11 | | 23rd | 11 |
| 2023 | LM corsa | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA 8 | FUJ 23† | SUZ 7 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 12 | SUG 21 | AUT 20 | MOT 15 | | 22nd | 8 |
| 2024 | LM corsa | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300 | OKA 12 | FUJ 20 | SUZ 10 | FUJ 14 | SUG 9 | AUT 10 | MOT 12 | SUZ 14 | | 18th | 4 |
| 2025 | LM corsa | Lexus LC 500 GT | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | | |
* Season still in progress.