# Takashi Kogure

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.

### Super GT

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.
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.

### 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.

## 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 |
| 2002 | Korea Super Prix | Mugen × Dome Project | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd |
| 2002 | Macau Grand Prix | Mugen × Dome Project | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2003 | Formula Nippon | PIAA Nakajima Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10th |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2005 | Formula Nippon | Nakajima Racing | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5th |
| 2006 | Super GT - GT500 | Dome Project | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 3rd |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2008 | Formula Nippon | Nakajima Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 5th |
| 2008 | Formula One | Honda | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver |
| 2009 | Super GT - GT500 | Team Yoshiki and Dome Project | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 6th |
| 2009 | 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 |
| 2010 | 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 |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2012 | Formula Nippon | Nakajima Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10th |
| 2013 | Super GT - GT500 | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10th |
| 2013 | Super Formula | Nakajima Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8th |
| 2014 | Super GT - GT500 | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14th |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2016 | Super Formula | Drago Corse | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13th |
| 2017 | Super GT - GT500 | REAL Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10th |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2022 | 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 |
| 2023 | 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 |
| 2024 | TGR GR86/BRZ Cup | Recaro Racing Team | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT300 | JLOC | | | | | | | |
* 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 |
| 2019 | JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT300 | | | | | | AUT 3 | SUG 20 | MOT 11 | | 7th | 36.5 |
| 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 |
| 2023 | JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 | GT300 | | | | FSW 8 | SUZ 4 | SUG 14 | AUT 7 | MOT 1 | | 7th | 40 |
| 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 | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | | |
* Season still in progress.