# Riona Tomishita

Riona Tomishita (富下 李央菜, Tomishita Riona, born 5 June 2006 in Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese racing driver set to compete for Cerumo・INGING in Kyojo Cup.

## Early career
### Karting

Tomishita began karting in 2017, racing in various classes of the Reon Kart GP series, finishing second in Junior Cadet. Returning to the championship for 2018, she won the Frame 60 championship and was runner-up in Junior Cadet to Yuki Sudo. In the following year, Tomishita made her debut in the All-Japan Karting Championship, racing in the FP-Jr division, she scored her first podium at the Mogami River round by finishing second.
In 2021, Tomishita was selected as one of two drivers supported by Yamaha's Formula Blue KT program. She also stepped up to the FP-3 class of the All-Japan Karting Championship, taking a podium on debut at the Motegi round.
In 2022, Tomishita competed in the FP-3 class of the All-Japan Karting Championship, where she fought for the lead of the championship, but eventually ended the season runner-up to Ryunosuke Kasuga in both the main and east region championships.

### Kyojo Cup
#### 2023

On May 5, 2023, it was announced that Tomishita would step up to Kyojo Cup with Kobe Toyopet's KTMS team. On her debut, Tomishita qualified on pole and ran in the top five in the first half of the race before retiring at the penultimate corner on lap eight.
Across the rest of the season Tomishita scored a best result of fifth, in the second round. She finished sixth in the standings in her rookie season.

#### 2024

Tomishita returned to KTMS and Kyojo Cup for 2024. In the second round, Tomishita scored her first points of the season by finishing seventh. In the second race of the only double header round of the season, Tomishita finished fourth, but was promoted to second after Miki Onaga and Rio Shimono were both given post-race penalties.
After missing the third round of the season, Tomishita finished fourth on her return, but was promoted to second after race winner Rio Shimono and second-place finisher Mami Sakaue were both disqualified from the race. In the exhibition round held alongside Super Taikyu, Tomishita scored her first Kyojo Cup win in race two.
In the final race of the season, Tomishita ran as high as second but dropped to fourth by the end. She finished fifth in the standings on 51 points.

#### 2025

On December 25, 2024, it was announced that Tomishita would join Toyota-supported Cerumo・INGING ahead of her third season in Kyojo Cup.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2017 | Reon Kids Kart GP – Beginner | | 4th |
| 2017 | Reon Kids Kart GP – Frame-60 | | 4th |
| 2017 | Reon Kids Kart GP – Jr-C | | 2nd |
| 2018 | Reon Kids Kart GP – Frame 60 | | 1st |
| 2018 | Reon Kids Kart GP – Jr-C | | 2nd |
| 2018 | Twin Ring Motegi Kart Race – Yamaha Cadet Open | | 14th |
| 2018 | Twin Ring Motegi Kart Race – SS Junior Open | | 14th |
| 2018 | Mobara Twin Circuit Kart Race – Yamaha SS | Reon Kids | 13th |
| 2018 | Motegi Kart Endurance Festival "K-TAI" | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki REON KIDS 3 | 3rd |
| 2019 | Twin Ring Motegi Kart Race – Yamaha SS | | 9th |
| 2019 | Mobara Twin Circuit Kart Race – Yamaha SS | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki Reon Kids Racing | 8th |
| 2019 | Suzuka Circuit Kart Race – Yamaha SS | | NC |
| 2019 | All-Japan Junior Karting Championship – FP-Jr | | 14th |
| 2019 | Junior Kart East Region Championship – FP-Jr | | 6th |
| 2019 | Motegi Kart Endurance Festival "K-TAI" | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki REON KIDS 3 | 7th |
| 2020 | Twin Ring Motegi KT Super Trophy – Yamaha SS | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki REON KIDS | 8th |
| 2020 | Twin Ring Motegi Kart Race – Yamaha SS | | 11th |
| 2020 | Suzuka Circuit Kart Race – Yamaha SS | | NC |
| 2020 | All-Japan Junior Karting Championship – FP-3 | | 7th |
| 2020 | Junior Kart East Region Championship – FP-3 | | 3rd |
| 2021 | KT Super Trophy Motegi – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 9th |
| 2021 | Sugo Kart Race – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 13th |
| 2021 | KT Summer Festival Sugo – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 13th |
| 2021 | 45th SL Kart Meeting National Championship – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 4th |
| 2021 | New Tokyo Circuit Winter Cup – FP-3 | | 10th |
| 2021 | All-Japan Karting Championship – FP-3 | | 13th |
| 2021 | All-Japan Karting East Region Championship – FP-3 | | 6th |
| 2021 | Motegi Kart Series – Yamaha SS | | 3rd |
| 2022 | APG Winter Cup – Yamaha SS | | 2nd |
| 2022 | All-Japan Karting Championship – FP-3 | Formula Blue TKC | 2nd |
| 2022 | All-Japan East Region Karting Championship – FP-3 | Formula Blue TKC | 2nd |
| 2022 | Motegi Kart Series – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 2nd |
| 2022 | All-Japan Karting Championship – EV | Team TKC | NC |
| 2022 | Motegi Kart Race – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 2nd |
| 2022 | SL Kart Meeting SUGO Kart Race Series – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 3rd |
| 2023 | All-Japan Karting Championship – EV | Yamaha Formula Blue | 3rd |
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## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2023 | Kyojo Cup | KTMS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6th |
| 2024 | Kyojo Cup | KTMS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 5th |
| 2024 | FCR-VITA | KTMS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th |
| 2025 | Kyojo Cup | Cerumo・INGING | | | | | | * | * |
| 2025 | Super Taikyū - ST-2 | KTMS | | | | | | ‡* | ‡* |
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‡ Team standings

### Complete Kyojo Cup 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2023 | KTMS | FUJ1 Ret | FUJ2 5 | FUJ3 7 | FUJ4 6 | | | | | | | 6th | 23 |
| 2024 | KTMS | FUJ1 9 | FUJ2 1 7 | FUJ2 2 2 | FUJ3 | FUJ4 2 | NC 1 2 | NC 2 1 | FUJ5 4 | | | 5th | 51 |
| 2025 | Cerumo・INGING | FUJ1 SPR | FUJ1 FEA | FUJ2 SPR | FUJ2 FEA | FUJ3 SPR | FUJ3 FEA | FUJ4 SPR | FUJ4 FEA | FUJ5 SPR | FUJ5 FRA | * | * |