# Kazuya Oshima

Kazuya Oshima (大嶋和也, Ōshima Kazuya, born April 30, 1987) is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series and the Super Formula Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing and ROOKIE Racing.
Oshima is one of only three drivers that have won championships in both classes of Super GT, having won the GT300 Drivers' Championship in 2007, and the GT500 Drivers' Championship in 2019. He also won the 2009 Suzuka Summer Endurance race. Outside of Japan, is a five-time class winner at the Nürburgring 24 Hours (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) as a member of Gazoo Racing/Toyota Gazoo Racing.

## Career
### Junior career

Oshima made his formula series debut in 2005 at Formula Toyota where he won the title. Then he jumped to Japanese Formula 3 Championship with TOM'S. He competed for 2 season, in 2006 he clinched runners up just lose out to the champion Adrian Sutil, while he managed to get 7th in Macau GP. Then he won the 2007 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship, also finished third in the 2007 Macau Grand Prix Formula 3 race. Then for 2008 Oshima also competed in the 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series with Manor Motorsports as a member of the Toyota Young Driver Program (TDP).

### Super GT
#### GT300

Oshima made his GT300 debut with APR, with Minoru Tanaka in 2006. Then he won the title in 2007 with APR alongside Hiroaki Ishiura. For 2008, he made a one-off appearance with APR.

#### GT500

Oshima returns to Japan in 2009, and he stepped into GT500 with Team Kraft alongside his former GT300 Champion teammate Ishiura. He racef there for 2 seasons where he won 2 races in each year. After that he moves to Team LeMans to pair with Daisuke Ito for two years, where both pairs only get one win in 2012. Then he paired with Yuji Kunimoto for over three years. From 2016 & 2017, his new teammate Andrea Caldarelli with him clinched runners up, and third place in 16 and 17. Then Oshima paired with Felix Rosenqvist for one season. In 2019 Oshina alongside Kenta Yamashita won the title against the KeePer TOM'S of Ryo Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy.
After won the title, Team LeMans left the series. And Oshima moves to the new entrant Rookie Racing with new teammate Sho Tsuboi. Then he is the mainstay of Rookie Racing, where he paired again with Kenta Yamashita for 2022 & 2023 where they won one race each season. Oshima then paired with former Honda driver Nirei Fukuzumi for 2024.

### Super Formula

Oshima made his Formula Nippon debut in 2009 after return from unsuccessful season in Europe, where he moves to Petronas TOM'S for two seasons. In 2010 he won a race. Then in 2011 he moves to Team LeMans for two seasons. After that he did not compete in the series for four seasons, except one-off appearance in 2015 as he replaces Kazuki Nakajima for one race. Oshima comes back to the rebranded Super Formula, as he returned to his former Team LeMans to race for 3 seasons. After Team LeMans stop their operation in Super GT & Super Formula, Oshima moves to Rookie Racing. Then Oshima stays with the team for five seasons.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2005 | Asian Formula Renault Challenge | Asia Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
| 2005 | Formula Toyota Series | TDP Scholarship | 11 | 3 | 2 | ? | 9 | 155 | 1st |
| 2006 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | TOM'S | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 185 | 2nd |
| 2006 | Macau Grand Prix | TOM'S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th |
| 2006 | Super GT Series - GT300 | apr | 9 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 28 | 15th |
| 2007 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | TOM'S | 20 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 262 | 1st |
| 2007 | Macau Grand Prix | TOM'S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2007 | Super GT - GT300 | apr | 9 | 2 | 1 | ? | 5 | 89 | 1st |
| 2008 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Manor Motorsport | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19th |
| 2008 | Masters of Formula 3 | Manor Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 20th |
| 2008 | Macau Grand Prix | Manor Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 16th |
| 2008 | Super GT - GT300 | apr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 22nd |
| 2009 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team Kraft | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 9th |
| 2009 | Formula Nippon | Petronas Team TOM'S | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9th |
| 2010 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team Kraft | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 6th |
| 2010 | Formula Nippon | Petronas Team TOM'S | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6th |
| 2011 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11th |
| 2011 | Formula Nippon | Team LeMans | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5th |
| 2011 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8 | Gazoo Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th |
| 2012 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 10th |
| 2012 | Formula Nippon | Team LeMans | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.5 | 7th |
| 2013 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 5th |
| 2014 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 7th |
| 2014 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8 | Gazoo Racing | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2015 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9th |
| 2015 | Super Formula | Petronas Team TOM'S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th |
| 2015 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-Pro | Team Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2016 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans Wako's | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 2nd |
| 2016 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-Pro | Toyota Gazoo Racing with Tom's | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2016 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2017 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans Wako's | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 3rd |
| 2017 | Super Formula | Sunoco Team LeMans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12th |
| 2018 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans Wako's | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 10th |
| 2018 | Super Formula | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12th |
| 2019 | Super GT - GT500 | Lexus Team LeMans Wako's | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 1st |
| 2019 | Super Formula | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14th |
| 2020 | Super GT - GT500 | TGR Team Wako's ROOKIE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 7th |
| 2020 | Super Formula | ROOKIE Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19th |
| 2021 | Super GT - GT500 | TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 5th |
| 2021 | Super Formula | NTT Communications ROOKIE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 19th |
| 2021 | Super Taikyu - ST-Q | ROOKIE Racing | | | | | | N/A‡ | NC‡ |
| 2022 | Super GT - GT500 | TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 5th |
| 2022 | Super Formula | docomo Business ROOKIE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21st |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu - ST-Q | ORC ROOKIE Racing | | | | | | N/A‡ | NC‡ |
| 2023 | Super GT - GT500 | TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 7th |
| 2023 | Super Formula | docomo business ROOKIE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14th |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu - ST-Q | ORC ROOKIE Racing | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | N/A‡ | NC‡ |
| 2024 | Super Formula | docomo business ROOKIE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT500 | TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 11th |
| 2024 | Super Taikyu - ST-Q | ORC ROOKIE Racing | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A‡ | NC‡ |
| 2025 | Super Formula | docomo business ROOKIE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14th* |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT500 | TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Super Taikyu - ST-Q | Toyota Gazoo Rookie Racing | | | | | | N/A‡ | NC‡ |
$^*$ Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings

### Complete Japanese Formula 3 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 |
| 2006 | TDP Team TOM'S | Toyota | FUJ 1 3 | FUJ 2 1 | SUZ 1 2 | SUZ 2 6 | MOT 1 5 | MOT 2 6 | OKA 1 8 | OKA 2 Ret | SUZ 1 Ret | SUZ 2 4 | AUT 1 1 | AUT 2 2 | FUJ 1 1 | FUJ 2 2 | SUG 1 2 | SUG 2 4 | MOT 1 Ret | MOT 2 DSQ | | | 2nd | 185 |
| 2007 | TDP Team TOM'S | Toyota | FUJ 1 3 | FUJ 2 1 | SUZ 1 1 | SUZ 2 4 | MOT 1 6 | MOT 2 9 | OKA 1 7 | OKA 2 2 | SUZ 1 2 | SUZ 2 3 | AUT 1 3 | AUT 2 2 | AUT 3 1 | FUJ 1 1 | FUJ 2 1 | SEN 1 Ret | SEN 2 3 | SEN 3 Ret | MOT 1 2 | MOT 2 1 | 1st | 262 |

### Complete Super GT results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
| 2006 | apr | Toyota MR-S | GT300 | SUZ Ret | OKA 15 | FUJ 9 | SEP 7 | SUG 7 | SUZ 14 | MOT 9 | AUT 5 | FUJ 4 | 15th | 28 |
| 2007 | apr | Toyota MR-S | GT300 | SUZ 3 | OKA 1 | FUJ 3 | SEP 1 | SUG 15 | SUZ 14 | MOT 21 | AUT 9 | FUJ 2 | 1st | 89 |
| 2008 | apr | Toyota MR-S | GT300 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 2 | MOT | AUT | FUJ | 22nd | 17 |
| 2009 | Lexus Team Kraft | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | OKA 9 | SUZ 7 | FUJ 5 | SEP 9 | SUG 12 | SUZ 1 | FUJ 7 | AUT 7 | MOT 9 | 9th | 44 |
| 2010 | Lexus Team Kraft | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 6 | OKA 9 | FUJ 1 | SEP 7 | SUG Ret | SUZ 5 | FUJ C | MOT 4 | | 6th | 45 |
| 2011 | Team LeMans | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | OKA 11 | FUJ 2 | SEP 8 | SUG 5 | SUZ 8 | FUJ 10 | AUT 13 | MOT 15 | | 11th | 26 |
| 2012 | Team LeMans | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | OKA 13 | FUJ 10 | SEP 3 | SUG 1 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 10 | AUT 12 | MOT 12 | | 10th | 33 |
| 2013 | Team LeMans | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | OKA 7 | FUJ 3 | SEP 7 | SUG 6 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 4 | AUT 11 | MOT 1 | | 5th | 52 |
| 2014 | Team LeMans | Lexus RC F | GT500 | OKA 2 | FUJ 3 | AUT 9 | SUG 5 | FUJ 13 | SUZ 5 | BUR 9 | MOT 11 | | 7th | 44 |
| 2015 | Team LeMans | Lexus RC F | GT500 | OKA 9 | FUJ 9 | BUR 2 | FUJ 13 | SUZ Ret | SUG 4 | AUT 8 | MOT 9 | | 9th | 32 |
| 2016 | Team LeMans | Lexus RC F | GT500 | OKA 4 | FUJ 5 | SUG 4 | FUJ 9 | SUZ 4 | BUR 3 | MOT 4 | MOT 2 | | 2nd | 69 |
| 2017 | Lexus Team LeMans Wako's | Lexus LC 500 | GT500 | OKA 2 | FUJ 2 | AUT 13 | SUG 3 | FUJ 9 | SUZ 7 | BUR 2 | MOT 13 | | 3rd | 63 |
| 2018 | Lexus Team LeMans Wako's | Lexus LC 500 | GT500 | OKA 4 | FUJ 5 | SUZ 12 | BUR 2 | FUJ 7 | AUT 11 | SUG 9 | MOT 6 | | 10th | 41 |
| 2019 | Lexus Team LeMans Wako's | Lexus LC 500 GT500 | GT500 | OKA 13 | FUJ 8 | SUZ 3 | BUR 1 | FUJ 1 | AUT 6 | SUG 6 | MOT 2 | | 1st | 85 |
| 2020 | TGR Team Wako's ROOKIE | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | FUJ 3 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 9 | MOT 4 | FUJ 2 | SUZ 12 | MOT 12 | FUJ Ret | | 7th | 47 |
| 2021 | TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | OKA 1 | FUJ 2 | MOT 13 | SUZ 12 | SUG 12† | AUT 11 | MOT 6 | FUJ 3 | | 5th | 52 |
| 2022 | TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | OKA 1 | FUJ 7‡ | SUZ 8 | FUJ 7 | SUZ 14 | SUG 11 | AUT 4 | MOT 3 | | 5th | 49 |
| 2023 | TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | OKA 4 | FUJ 4 | SUZ 6 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 3 | SUG 6 | AUT 8 | MOT 6 | | 7th | 45 |
| 2024 | TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | OKA NC | FUJ 8 | SUZ 2 | FUJ 4 | SUG 9 | AUT 9 | MOT 13† | SUZ 6 | | 11th | 38 |
| 2025 | TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | | |

### Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Pts |
| 2009 | Petronas Team TOM'S | Toyota | FUJ 7 | SUZ 10 | MOT Ret | FUJ 2 | SUZ 10 | MOT 11 | AUT 9 | SUG 6 | | | | | 9th | 13 |
| 2010 | Petronas Team TOM'S | Toyota | SUZ 12 | MOT 8 | FUJ 4 | MOT 5 | SUG 1 | AUT DNS | SUZ 5 | SUZ 7 | | | | | 6th | 24 |
| 2011 | Team LeMans | Toyota | SUZ 5 | AUT 2 | FUJ 12 | MOT 8 | SUZ C | SUG 6 | MOT Ret | MOT 5 | | | | | 5th | 19 |
| 2012 | Team LeMans | Toyota | SUZ 4 | MOT 8 | AUT 6 | FUJ 3 | MOT Ret | SUG 4 | SUZ 8 | SUZ 7 | | | | | 7th | 21.5 |
| 2015 | Petronas Team TOM'S | Toyota | SUZ | OKA 15 | FUJ | MOT | AUT | SUG | SUZ | SUZ | | | | | 20th | 0 |
| 2017 | SUNOCO Team LeMans | Toyota | SUZ Ret | OKA 15 | OKA 12 | FUJ 12 | MOT 10 | AUT 3 | SUG 15 | SUZ C | SUZ C | | | | 12th | 6 |
| 2018 | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | Toyota | SUZ 15 | AUT C | SUG 15 | FUJ 7 | MOT 5 | OKA 16 | SUZ 14 | | | | | | 12th | 6 |
| 2019 | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | Toyota | SUZ 12 | AUT 3 | SUG 17 | FUJ 13 | MOT 11 | OKA 8 | SUZ 17 | | | | | | 14th | 7 |
| 2020 | ROOKIE Racing | Toyota | MOT 10 | OKA 16 | SUG 9 | AUT 17 | SUZ 12 | SUZ 9 | FUJ 14 | | | | | | 19th | 5 |
| 2021 | NTT Communications ROOKIE | Toyota | FUJ 10 | SUZ1 15 | AUT 8 | SUG 18 | MOT1 Ret | MOT2 11 | SUZ2 17 | | | | | | 19th | 2.5 |
| 2022 | docomo business ROOKIE | Toyota | FUJ 15 | FUJ 18 | SUZ 19 | AUT 15 | SUG 14 | FUJ 13 | MOT 17 | MOT 18 | SUZ 19 | SUZ 15 | | | 21st | 0 |
| 2023 | docomo business ROOKIE | Toyota | FUJ 9 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 13 | AUT 12 | SUG 4 | FUJ 12 | MOT 8 | SUZ 19 | SUZ 14 | | | | 14th | 13 |
| 2024 | docomo business ROOKIE | Toyota | SUZ 13 | AUT 11 | SUG Ret | FUJ 16 | MOT 14 | FUJ 15 | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | SUZ 15 | | | | 19th | 0 |
| 2025 | docomo business ROOKIE | Toyota | SUZ 13 | SUZ 10 | MOT | MOT | AUT | FUJ | FUJ | SUG | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | SUZ | 14th* | 1 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.