# Yusuke Shiotsu

Yusuke Shiotsu (塩津 佑介, Shiotsu Yousuke, born 7 August 1998) is a Japanese racing driver.

## Career
### Early Career

Shiotsu made his racing debut in 2018 with ATEAM Buzz Racing to compete in F4 Japanese Championship. He then stayed again with ATEAM Buzz Racing for 2019 season as he finished 15th in the standings
Shiotsu then compete in Formula Regional Japanese Championship for 2021 where he started to race as a privateer where he got 2 podiums. Shiotsu then swith to Sutekina Racing for round 3 onwards.

### Super GT GT300

Shiotsu signed as GAINER number 10 team's third driver alongside Riki Okusa and Ryuichiro Tomita. He would then made his racing debut in Autopolis round as he replace Ryuichiro Tomita who prioritise on GT World Challenge Europe campaign. Shiotsu stays with GAINER again for the third driver role alongside Tomita, and Keishi Ishikawa, but Shiotsu did not made any race appearances.
For 2024, Shiotsu would make his full season debut in the series as he moves to Team Mach alongside former GT300 champion Kiyoto Fujinami.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2018 | F4 Japanese Championship | ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15th |
| 2020 | Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Birth Racing Project 【BRP】 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64‡ | 5th‡ |
| 2021 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | Privateer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 4th |
| 2021 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | Sutekina Racing Team | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 4th |
| 2021 | TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Sunday Series | Dome Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 11th |
| 2021 | TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Saturday Series | Dome Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13th |
| 2021 | Super Taikyu - ST-Z | C.S.I Racing | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 73.5‡ | 5th‡ |
| 2022 | Super GT - GT300 | GAINER | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28th |
| 2023 | Super GT - GT300 | GAINER | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Team 5ZIGEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36‡ | 7th‡ |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT300 | Team Mach | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 2018 | ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | OKA 1 14 | OKA 2 16 | FUJ1 1 Ret | FUJ1 2 Ret | SUZ 1 13 | SUZ 2 15 | FUJ2 1 18 | FUJ2 2 18 | SUG 1 14 | SUG 2 21 | AUT 1 17 | AUT 2 19 | MOT 1 Ret | MOT 2 12 | 25th | 0 |
| 2019 | ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | OKA 1 8 | OKA 2 9 | FUJ1 1 Ret | FUJ1 2 DNS | SUZ 1 11 | SUZ 2 10 | FUJ2 1 11 | FUJ2 2 12 | AUT 1 16 | AUT 2 17 | SUG 1 9 | SUG 2 13 | MOT 1 11 | MOT 2 14 | 15th | 9 |

### Complete Formula Regional 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 | Rank | Points |
| 2021 | Privateer | OKA 1 3 | OKA 2 5 | OKA 3 3 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | MOT 3 | | | | | | | | 4th | 110 |
| 2021 | Sutekina Racing Team | | | | | | | FUJ 1 4 | FUJ 2 3 | FUJ 3 4 | SUG 1 13 | SUG 2 8 | SUZ 1 4 | SUZ 2 3 | 4th | 110 |

### Complete 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 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | GAINER | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA 6 | FUJ 1 | SUZ | FUJ 22 | SUZ 2 | SUG | AUT 7 | MOT | 28th | 5 |
| 2023 | GAINER | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA Ret | FUJ1 17 | SUZ1 5 | FUJ2 1 | SUZ2 15 | SUG | AUT 9 | MOT | NC | 0 |
| 2024 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC | GT300 | OKA 22 | FUJ 18 | SUZ 25 | FUJ 15 | SUG 17 | AUT Ret | MOT 22† | SUZ 12 | NC | 0 |
| 2025 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | |