# Koudai Tsukakoshi

Koudai Tsukakoshi (塚越広大, Tsukakoshi Kōdai, born 20 November 1986) is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Racing Corporation who currently competes in Super GT for Astemo Real Racing.

## Career
### Formula Three

After competing in Formula Dream in 2004 and 2005, winning the championship in his second year, Tsukakoshi moved into the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for the final three rounds of the 2005 season, finishing fourteenth in the standings competing for M-TEC. He remained with the team for the 2006 season, finishing fifth in the standings, taking a victory at Suzuka. Another fifth place championship finish followed in 2007, as Tsukakoshi took two wins for Honda Team Real at Okayama and Suzuka. He also finished in second place at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix for Manor Motorsport; finishing behind Oliver Jarvis. Tsukakoshi moved to Manor Motorsport and the Formula Three Euroseries for the 2008 season. He finished seventh in the championship standings, with a best result of second place on four occasions.

### Super Formula

After a season in Europe, Tsukakoshi made his debut in Formula Nippon in 2009 with HFDP Racing which run by Real Racing. He raced with them before move to Dandelion Racing. He competed with the team, and he managed to close to win the title, just lose out to Kazuki Nakajima by three points. In 2013, he returns to Real Racing, and he raced with them for six seasons. Tsukakoshi initially not compete for 2019 season, bu he replaces Tristan Charpentier after the first round because he had qualified two seconds off the pace in the first round and crashed heavily in the race. Tsukakoshi then race for the rest of the season. Real Racing announced it has withdrawn from the 2020 season thus left Tsukakoshi without a seat. He then moves to new team Drago Corse to cover for Tatiana Calderon who unable to enter Japan due to visa issues. Calderon missed Autopolis, Sugo, and the fifth round at Motegi and Tsukakoshi was her replacement.
Tsukakoshi thn picked by the series to develop the new Dallara-built SF23 chassis as the test driver of Honda representative. Also he is part of new Threebond Racing formerly Drago Corse as an advisory.

### Super GT

Tsukakoshi made one race debut with Real Racing in 2008. After that he is the main driver for Real Racing from 2009 till now. He won many races in his Super GT career, and managed to get runners up in 2013.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2005 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Honda Team M-TEC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14th |
| 2006 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Honda Team M-TEC | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 153 | 5th |
| 2007 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Honda Team Real | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 182 | 5th |
| 2008 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Manor Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 7th |
| 2008 | Super GT - GT500 | Real Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2009 | Super GT - GT500 | Real Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 5th |
| 2009 | Formula Nippon | HFDP Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7th |
| 2010 | Super GT - GT500 | Real Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 3rd |
| 2010 | Formula Nippon | HFDP Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9th |
| 2011 | Super GT - GT500 | Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 4th |
| 2011 | Formula Nippon | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26.5 | 4th |
| 2012 | Super GT - GT500 | Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 12th |
| 2012 | Formula Nippon | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 2nd |
| 2013 | Super GT - GT500 | Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 2nd |
| 2013 | Super Formula | HP Real Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15th |
| 2014 | Super GT - GT500 | Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12th |
| 2014 | Super Formula | HP Real Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 11th |
| 2015 | Super GT - GT500 | Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 8th |
| 2015 | Super Formula | Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17th |
| 2016 | Super GT - GT500 | Keihin Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11th |
| 2016 | Super Formula | Real Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11th |
| 2017 | Super GT - GT500 | Keihin Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10th |
| 2017 | Super Formula | Real Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15th |
| 2018 | Super GT - GT500 | Keihin Real Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 7th |
| 2018 | Super Formula | Real Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13th |
| 2019 | Super GT - GT500 | Keihin Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 6th |
| 2019 | Super Formula | Real Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19th |
| 2020 | Super GT - GT500 | Keihin Real Racing | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 3rd |
| 2020 | Super Formula | Drago Corse with ThreeBond | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th |
| 2021 | Super GT - GT500 | Astemo Real Racing | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 6th |
| 2021 | Super Formula | Drago Corse with ThreeBond | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
| 2022 | Super GT - GT500 | Astemo Real Racing | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 4th |
| 2023 | Super GT - GT500 | Astemo Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 6th |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT500 | Astemo Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 10th |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT500 | Astemo Real Racing | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 2005 | Honda Team M-TEC | Mugen | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | MIN 1 | MIN 2 | FUJ 1 11 | FUJ 2 7 | MIN 1 7 | MIN 2 8 | MOT 1 12 | MOT 2 5 | 14th | 19 |
| 2006 | Honda Team M-TEC | Mugen | FUJ 1 2 | FUJ 2 5 | SUZ 1 12 | SUZ 2 9 | MOT 1 7 | MOT 2 3 | OKA 1 2 | OKA 2 4 | SUZ 1 1 | SUZ 2 2 | AUT 1 7 | AUT 2 4 | FUJ 1 13 | FUJ 2 11 | SUG 1 5 | SUG 2 5 | MOT 1 2 | MOT 2 11 | | | 5th | 153 |
| 2007 | Honda Team Real | Mugen | FUJ 1 7 | FUJ 2 5 | SUZ 1 5 | SUZ 2 6 | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 4 | OKA 1 3 | OKA 2 1 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 1 | AUT 1 5 | AUT 2 5 | AUT 3 Ret | FUJ 1 2 | FUJ 2 2 | SEN 1 6 | SEN 2 8 | SEN 3 4 | MOT 1 5 | MOT 2 8 | 5th | 182 |

### 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 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2008 | Real Racing | Honda NSX | GT500 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ Ret | MOT | AUT | FUJ | 25th | 1 |
| 2009 | Real Racing | Honda NSX | GT500 | OKA 5 | SUZ 6 | FUJ 12 | SEP 2 | SUG 6 | SUZ 10 | FUJ 4 | AUT Ret | MOT 3 | 5th | 51 |
| 2010 | Real Racing | Honda HSV-010 GT | GT500 | SUZ 7 | OKA 7 | FUJ 5 | SEP 12 | SUG 1 | SUZ 4 | FUJ C | MOT 3 | | 3rd | 53 |
| 2011 | Real Racing | Honda HSV-010 GT | GT500 | OKA 3 | FUJ 8 | SEP 3 | SUG 6 | SUZ 12 | FUJ 3 | AUT 6 | MOT 7 | | 4th | 50 |
| 2012 | Real Racing | Honda HSV-010 GT | GT500 | OKA 3 | FUJ 6 | SEP 7 | SUG 9 | SUZ 10 | FUJ 5 | AUT 14 | MOT Ret | | 12th | 30 |
| 2013 | Real Racing | Honda HSV-010 GT | GT500 | OKA 2 | FUJ Ret | SEP 5 | SUG Ret | SUZ 7 | FUJ 2 | AUT 3 | MOT 2 | | 2nd | 67 |
| 2014 | Real Racing | Honda NSX Concept-GT | GT500 | OKA 6 | FUJ Ret | AUT Ret | SUG 3 | FUJ 4 | SUZ Ret | BUR 12 | MOT 15 | | 12th | 24 |
| 2015 | Real Racing | Honda NSX Concept-GT | GT500 | OKA 12 | FUJ 4 | CHA 3 | FUJ 8 | SUZ Ret | SUG 8 | AUT 3 | MOT 8 | | 8th | 39 |
| 2016 | Keihin Real Racing | Honda NSX Concept-GT | GT500 | OKA 11 | FUJ 12 | SUG 6 | FUJ 2 | SUZ 10 | CHA 6 | MOT Ret | MOT 11 | | 11th | 27 |
| 2017 | Keihin Real Racing | Honda NSX Concept-GT | GT500 | OKA 11 | FUJ 8 | AUT 2 | SUG Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 15 | CHA 3 | MOT 4 | | 10th | 37 |
| 2018 | Keihin Real Racing | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 1 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 11 | CHA 7 | FUJ 3 | SUG 9 | AUT 6 | MOT 15 | | 7th | 45 |
| 2019 | Keihin Real Racing | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 14 | FUJ 5 | SUZ Ret | CHA 13 | FUJ 8 | AUT 2 | SUG 5 | MOT 5 | | 6th | 39 |
| 2020 | Keihin Real Racing | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | FUJ Ret | FUJ 1 | SUZ 8 | MOT 1 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 10 | MOT 5 | FUJ 4 | | 3rd | 59 |
| 2021 | Astemo Real Racing | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 5 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 14 | MOT 7 | SUG 3 | AUT 8 | MOT 4 | FUJ Ret | | 6th | 52 |
| 2022 | Astemo Real Racing | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 9 | FUJ 9 | SUZ 2 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 2 | SUG 12 | AUT 1 | MOT 5 | | 4th | 60 |
| 2023 | Astemo Real Racing | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 7 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 9 | FUJ 7 | SUZ 4 | SUG DSQ | AUT 6 | MOT 3 | | 6th | 45 |
| 2024 | Astemo Real Racing | Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 | GT500 | OKA Ret | FUJ 3$^1$ | SUZ 6 | FUJ 8 | SUZ 7 | SUG Ret | AUT 14† | MOT 2$^2$ | | 10th | 43 |
| 2025 | Astemo Real Racing | Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | | |

### Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Honda | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2009 | HFDP Racing | Honda | FUJ 6 | SUZ 5 | MOT 4 | FUJ 6 | SUZ 9 | MOT 10 | AUT Ret | SUG 4 | | 7th | 20 |
| 2010 | HFDP Racing | Honda | SUZ 8 | MOT 2 | FUJ 11 | MOT 10 | SUG Ret | AUT Ret | SUZ 10 | SUZ 12 | | 9th | 9 |
| 2011 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Honda | SUZ 7 | AUT 3 | FUJ 5 | MOT 4 | SUZ C | SUG 4 | MOT 3 | MOT 8 | | 4th | 26.5 |
| 2012 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Honda | SUZ 2 | MOT 5 | AUT 1 | FUJ 9 | MOT 3 | SUG 2 | SUZ 3 | SUZ 3 | | 2nd | 43 |
| 2013 | HP Real Racing | Honda | SUZ 9 | AUT 6 | FUJ 9 | MOT 9 | SUG Ret | SUZ Ret | SUZ Ret | | | 15th | 3 |
| 2014 | HP Real Racing | Honda | SUZ 14 | FUJ DNS | FUJ 9 | FUJ Ret | MOT 6 | AUT 4 | SUG Ret | SUZ 8 | SUZ 13 | 11th | 8.5 |
| 2015 | Real Racing | Honda | SUZ DNS | OKA 14 | FUJ 13 | MOT Ret | AUT 17 | SUG 9 | SUZ 9 | SUZ 11 | | 17th | 0 |
| 2016 | Real Racing | Honda | SUZ 5 | OKA 2 | FUJ 8 | MOT 12 | OKA 5 | OKA 11 | SUG 11 | SUZ 11 | SUZ 12 | 11th | 11 |
| 2017 | Real Racing | Honda | SUZ 6 | OKA 11 | OKA 16 | FUJ 9 | MOT 9 | AUT 9 | SUG 16 | SUZ C | SUZ C | 15th | 3 |
| 2018 | Real Racing | Honda | SUZ 6 | AUT C | SUG 12 | FUJ 13 | MOT 10 | OKA 12 | SUZ 6 | | | 13th | 6 |
| 2019 | Real Racing | Honda | SUZ | AUT 15 | SUG 9 | FUJ 18 | MOT 18 | OKA 14 | SUZ 7 | | | 19th | 2 |
| 2020 | Drago Corse with ThreeBond | Honda | MOT | OKA 12 | SUG Ret | AUT | SUZ | SUZ | FUJ | | | 24th | 0 |
| 2021 | Drago Corse with ThreeBond | Honda | FUJ | SUZ | AUT 13 | SUG 16 | MOT Ret | MOT | SUZ | | | 22nd | 0 |