# Shinichi Takagi

Shinichi Takagi (高木真一, Takagi Shin'ichi, born 6 May 1970) is a Japanese professional racing driver. He won the GT300 class Super GT championship in 2002 and 2019.

## Career

Takagi made his debut in the All-Japan GT Championship (JGTC) in 1998, driving for INGING in the GT500 class. For the 1999 season, he switched to the GT300 class, finishing third in the championship that year. He won his maiden title in 2002 with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA), driving an apr Racing [ja]-prepared Toyota MR-S alongside Morio Nitta. In the following years, with the series renamed as Super GT in 2005, Takagi won numerous races and finished runner-up in the standings in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2018. In 2019, he won his second GT300 championship seventeen years after his first, driving the Honda NSX GT3 Evo of ARTA, with Takagi and his co-driver Nirei Fukuzumi finishing over ten points clear of the second place finishers.

## Complete JGTC/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 | 9 | DC | Pts |
| 1998 | Inging | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ Ret | FUJ C | SEN Ret | FUJ 13 | MOT Ret | MIN 6 | SUG DNQ | | | 18th | 6 |
| 1999 | MOMOCORSE Racing Team with Tsuchiya | Toyota MR2 | GT300 | SUZ | FUJ 1 | SUG 2 | MIN 2 | FUJ 5 | TAI Ret | MOT 3 | | | 3rd | 70 |
| 2000 | Super AUTOBACS Racing with A’PEX | Toyota MR-S | GT300 | MOT | FUJ | SUG | FUJ 6 | TAI Ret | MIN 14 | SUZ 1 | | | 12th | 26 |
| 2001 | ARTA with A’PEX | Toyota MR-S | GT300 | TAI 1 | FUJ 3 | SUG Ret | FUJ 5 | MOT Ret | SUZ Ret | MIN Ret | | | 7th | 40 |
| 2002 | ARTA with A’PEX | Toyota MR-S | GT300 | TAI 1 | FUJ Ret | SUG 17 | SEP 2 | FUJ 4 | MOT 5 | MIN 5 | SUZ 4 | | 1st | 75 |
| 2003 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | TAI 19 | FUJ 3 | SUG 4 | FUJ 10 | FUJ 6 | MOT 2 | AUT 5 | SUZ NC | | 7th | 55 |
| 2004 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | TAI 2 | SUG 5 | SEP 21 | TOK 1 | MOT 1 | AUT 2 | SUZ 2 | | | 2nd | 92 |
| 2005 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | OKA 10 | FUJ 2 | SEP 1 | SUG 18 | MOT 3 | FUJ Ret | AUT 2 | SUZ 8 | | 3rd | 74 |
| 2006 | apr | Toyota MR-S | GT300 | SUZ Ret | OKA 9 | FUJ 2 | SEP Ret | SUG 5 | SUZ 3 | MOT 10 | AUT Ret | FUJ 1 | 5th | 60 |
| 2007 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | SUZ 18 | OKA 17 | FUJ 1 | SEP Ret | SUG Ret | SUZ 2 | MOT 3 | AUT 5 | FUJ 7 | 4th | 66 |
| 2008 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | SUZ 5 | OKA 1 | FUJ 7 | SEP 12 | SUG 1 | SUZ Ret | MOT 9 | AUT 2 | FUJ 9 | 2nd | 77 |
| 2009 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | OKA 2 | SUZ 5 | FUJ 1 | SEP 10 | SUG 9 | SUZ 2 | FUJ 7 | AUT 4 | MOT 14 | 5th | 71 |
| 2010 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | SUZ Ret | OKA 6 | FUJ 2 | SEP 2 | SUG 6 | SUZ 2 | FUJ C | MOT 12 | | 2nd | 55 |
| 2011 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | OKA 20 | FUJ 6 | SEP 5 | SUG 3 | SUZ 20 | FUJ 12 | AUT 13 | MOT 7 | | 12th | 26 |
| 2012 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL ARTA Garaiya | GT300 | OKA 8 | FUJ 4 | SEP 9 | SUG 9 | SUZ 4 | FUJ 5 | AUT 17 | MOT 21 | | 9th | 33 |
| 2013 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda CR-Z GT | GT300 | OKA 12 | FUJ 19 | SEP 1 | SUG 1 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 16 | FUJ Ret | AUT 16 | MOT 15 | 7th | 40 |
| 2014 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda CR-Z GT | GT300 | OKA 6 | FUJ 18 | AUT 1 | SUG 16 | FUJ 22 | SUZ 16 | CHA 13 | MOT 12 | | 11th | 25 |
| 2015 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda CR-Z GT | GT300 | OKA 2 | FUJ 17 | CHA 10 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 12 | SUG 12 | AUT 6 | MOT 4 | | 6th | 49 |
| 2016 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | BMW M6 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 11 | FUJ 2 | SUG Ret | FUJ 1 | SUZ 14 | CHA 3 | MOT Ret | MOT DNS | | 5th | 48 |
| 2017 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | BMW M6 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 5 | FUJ 17 | AUT 3 | SUG Ret | FUJ 1 | SUZ Ret | CHA 4 | MOT 2 | | 4th | 61 |
| 2018 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | BMW M6 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 6 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 20 | CHA 11 | FUJ 1 | SUG 10 | AUT 4 | MOT 9 | | 2nd | 62 |
| 2019 | ARTA | Honda NSX GT3 | GT300 | OKA 2‡ | FUJ 2 | SUZ 6 | CHA 9 | FUJ 6 | AUT 6 | SUG 1 | MOT 4 | | 1st | 69.5 |
| 2020 | ARTA | Honda NSX GT3 | GT300 | FUJ 7 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 26 | MOT 7 | FUJ 2 | FUJ 7 | MOT | FUJ | | 7th | 38 |
| 2021 | ARTA | Honda NSX GT3 | GT300 | OKA 26 | FUJ 3 | MOT 23 | SUZ 7 | SUG 2 | AUT 20 | MOT 2 | FUJ 24 | | 4th | 45 |
| 2022 | K-tunes Racing | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 27 | FUJ 6 | SUZ 7 | FUJ 5 | SUZ 25 | SUG 9 | AUT 8 | MOT 6 | | 16th | 22.5 |
| 2023 | K-tunes Racing | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 14 | FUJ 9 | SUZ 22 | FUJ 23 | SUZ 8 | SUG 8 | AUT Ret | MOT 5 | | 18th | 15 |
* Season still in progress.