# Rin Arakawa

Rin Arakawa (荒川 麟, Arakawa Rin, born 10 October 1999) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT and Super Formula Lights. He was runner up in the 2021 F4 Japanese Championship

## Career
### Formula 4

Arakawa made his debut in 2019 F4 Japanese Championship in the last round. He made his full season debut with Zap Speed, where he managed to get 2 podiums. Arakawa switched to TGR-DC Racing School for the 2021 season. He was runners-up in the standings with 2 wins, and 8 podiums, losing out to Seita Nonaka by 4 points.
For 2022, Arakawa stayed again with the same team and series. Arakawa managed only to get third place in the standings without a single win to his name. He lost out to Honda Junior drivers, champion Syun Koide & runners up Yusuke Mitsui. Arakawa spent another year in the series, as he returns to Zap Speed for his fourth season in F4.

### Super Formula Lights

Arakawa stepped up to Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing Team as he only raced for selected rounds. He raced for the first round with "Team Dragon" where he managed to clinch a podium. He then moved to the B-Max team for the second and third rounds. He scored three more podiums.

### Super GT

Arakawa joined Tomei Sport for the Super GT - GT300 2024 season as their third driver.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | Akiland Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | Zap Speed | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 8th |
| 2021 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 126 | 2nd |
| 2022 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 173 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu - ST-2 | KTMS Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 173‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2023 | F4 Japanese Championship | Zap Speed | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 6th |
| 2023 | F4 Japanese Championship | Dr.Dry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 6th |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 95‡ | 4th‡ |
| 2024 | Super Formula Lights | Team Dragon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 6th |
| 2024 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing Team | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 6th |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | Tomei Sports | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Saitama Green Brave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82.5‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2024 | Super Taikyu - ST-X | Team Handwork Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0‡ | NC‡ |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT300 | Tomei Sports | | | | | | | |

### Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | Akiland Racing | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | FUJ2 1 | FUJ2 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | MOT 1 14 | MOT 2 15 | 28th | 0 |
| 2020 | Zap Speed | FUJ1 1 Ret | FUJ1 2 2 | FUJ1 3 17 | SUZ 1 2 | SUZ 2 5 | SUZ 3 Ret | MOT 1 DNS | MOT 2 5 | MOT 3 17 | FUJ2 1 Ret | FUJ2 2 10 | FUJ2 3 9 | | | 8th | 54 |
| 2021 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 6 | FUJ1 2 2 | SUZ 1 5 | SUZ 2 1 | MOT1 1 4 | MOT1 2 3 | MOT1 3 3 | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 5 | SUG 3 4 | MOT2 1 2 | MOT2 2 1 | FUJ2 1 3 | FUJ2 2 2 | 2nd | 213 |
| 2022 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 4 | FUJ1 2 21 | SUZ1 1 3 | SUZ1 2 15 | FUJ2 1 2 | FUJ2 2 4 | SUZ2 1 3 | SUZ2 2 3 | SUG 1 8 | SUG 2 3 | AUT 1 2 | AUT 2 2 | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 2 | 3rd | 175 |
| 2023 | Zap Speed | FUJ1 1 34 | FUJ1 2 4 | SUZ 1 5 | SUZ 2 5 | FUJ2 1 7 | FUJ2 2 8 | SUZ2 1 8 | SUZ2 2 20 | | | | | | | 6th | 75 |
| 2023 | Dr. Dry | | | | | | | | | SUG 1 8 | SUG 2 7 | AUT 1 11 | AUT 2 8 | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 12 | 6th | 75 |

### Complete Super GT results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
| 2024 | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ1 21 | SUZ1 23 | FUJ2 17 | SUG | AUT | MOT 18 | SUZ2 18 | NC | 0 |
| 2025 | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | |

### Complete Super Formula Lights 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2024 | Team Dragon | AUT 1 3 | AUT 2 6 | AUT 3 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 6 | MOT 3 4 | 6th | 44 |
| 2024 | B-Max Racing Team | | | | SUG 1 3 | SUG 2 4 | SUG 3 4 | FUJ 1 2 | FUJ 2 5 | FUJ 3 2 | OKA 1 Ret | OKA 2 7 | OKA 3 8 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | SUZ 3 | | | | | | 6th | 44 |