# Takuya Kurosawa

Takuya Kurosawa (Shinjitai: 黒澤琢弥, Kurosawa Takuya, born in Ibaraki, June 7, 1962) is a Japanese race car driver.
Kurosawa raced in All-Japan Formula Three from 1988 to 1989, Japanese Formula 3000 from 1990 to 1995 and the JGTC series from 1994 to 1999, also driving in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 10th.
Kurosawa then obtained sponsorship to drive in the American CART series for Dale Coyne Racing in 2000. He made eight starts with a best finish of 12th at the Detroit Grand Prix. He became the first Japanese driver to lead a Champ Car race when he led seven laps at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
Kurosawa then returned to JGTC for the next three seasons, drove in the Super Taikyu series in 2004. He currently competes in the Super GT series, driving a Porsche Boxster for Arktech Motorsports.
Takuya is the son of Best Motoring presenter Motoharu Kurosawa, and elder brother of Haruki and Tsubasa Kurosawa, all of whom are racing drivers.

## Racing record
### Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship/Formula Nippon 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 | DC | Points |
| 1990 | taka-Q Racing w/ Team Le Mans | SUZ Ret | FUJ 9 | MIN Ret | SUZ Ret | SUG 18 | FUJ Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 19 | FUJ 4 | SUZ Ret | | 16th | 3 |
| 1991 | Nakajima Racing | SUZ Ret | AUT 8 | FUJ 6 | MIN 7 | SUZ Ret | SUG 15 | FUJ 11 | SUZ | FUJ C | SUZ 17 | FUJ Ret | 22nd | 1 |
| 1992 | Cabin Racing Team w/ Heroes | SUZ 5 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | SUZ Ret | AUT Ret | SUG 18 | FUJ 4 | FUJ 3 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 2 | SUZ 2 | 6th | 21 |
| 1993 | Cabin Racing Team w/ Heroes | SUZ 4 | SUZ Ret | MIN Ret | SUZ 15 | AUT C | SUG 5 | FUJ C | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | FUJ | SUZ | 13th | 5 |
| 1994 | Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | SUZ 10 | FUJ 10 | MIN 3 | SUZ 4 | SUG 1 | FUJ 6 | SUZ 4 | FUJ 2 | FUJ 6 | SUZ 2 | | 4th | 32 (33) |
| 1995 | Nakajima Racing | SUZ 2 | FUJ C | MIN Ret | SUZ 4 | SUG Ret | FUJ 9 | TOK Ret | FUJ 7 | SUZ 2 | | | 6th | 15 |
| 1996 | PIAA Nakajima Racing | SUZ Ret | MIN 8 | FUJ 15 | TOK 7 | SUZ 2 | SUG 5 | FUJ 8 | MIN 5 | SUZ 8 | FUJ Ret | | 9th | 10 |
| 1997 | Team Impul | SUZ 2 | MIN 2 | FUJ 1 | SUZ Ret | SUG Ret | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 2 | | 2nd | 28 |
| 1998 | Maziora Team Impul | SUZ Ret | MIN Ret | FUJ 3 | MOT Ret | SUZ Ret | SUG Ret | FUJ C | MIN Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 5 | | 12th | 6 |
| 1999 | Team TMS | SUZ Ret | MOT Ret | MIN 12 | FUJ 5 | SUZ 3 | SUG 3 | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | | 9th | 10 |

### Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results

| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | pts |
| 1994 | Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota Corona | AUT 1 8 | AUT 2 DNS | SUG 1 Ret | SUG 2 DNS | TOK 1 DNS | TOK 2 Ret | SUZ 1 9 | SUZ 2 Ret | MIN 1 8 | MIN 2 Ret | AID 1 Ret | AID 2 Ret | TSU 1 Ret | TSU 2 6 | SEN 1 Ret | SEN 2 10 | FUJ 1 9 | FUJ 2 9 | 18th | 18 |
| 1995 | Nakajima Racing | Honda Civic Ferio | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | TOK 1 | TOK 2 | SUZ 1 Ret | SUZ 2 Ret | MIN 1 5 | MIN 2 8 | AID 1 14 | AID 2 Ret | SEN 1 23 | SEN 2 15 | FUJ 1 9 | FUJ 2 11 | | | 18th | 11 |
| 1996 | Nakajima Racing | Honda Accord | FUJ 1 3 | FUJ 2 4 | SUG 1 10 | SUG 2 7 | SUZ 1 5 | SUZ 2 2 | MIN 1 | MIN 2 | SEN 1 Ret | SEN 2 1 | TOK 1 2 | TOK 2 3 | FUJ 1 Ret | FUJ 2 DNS | | | | | 4th | 72 |
| 1997 | Nakajima Racing | Honda Accord | FUJ 1 C | FUJ 2 C | AID 1 1 | AID 2 4 | SUG 1 5 | SUG 2 6 | SUZ 1 1 | SUZ 2 2 | MIN 1 Ret | MIN 2 6 | SEN 1 7 | SEN 2 6 | TOK 1 1 | TOK 2 1 | FUJ 1 10 | FUJ 2 4 | | | 2nd | 102 |

### 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 |
| 1997 | Mugen/Dome | Honda NSX | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ Ret | SEN Ret | FUJ Ret | MIN 8 | SUG 5 | | | | 16th | 11 |
| 1998 | Team Impul | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ 11 | FUJ C | SEN 5 | FUJ 3 | MOT 2 | MIN 7 | SUG 4 | | | 3rd | 49 |
| 1999 | Toyota Castrol Team Tom's | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ 4 | FUJ 9 | SUG 1 | MIN 10 | FUJ 4 | TAI 4 | MOT 1 | | | 2nd | 73 |
| 2001 | Toyota Team Tom's | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 11 | FUJ 10 | SUG 8 | FUJ 8 | MOT | SUZ 5 | MIN 7 | | | 15th | 19 |
| 2002 | Toyota Team Tom's | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI Ret | FUJ 12 | SUG 5 | SEP 3 | FUJ 3 | MOT 7 | MIN Ret | SUZ 16 | | 11th | 38 |
| 2003 | Toyota Team Tom's | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI Ret | FUJ 8 | SUG 13 | FUJ 15 | FUJ 6 | MOT 10 | AUT 13 | SUZ 14 | | 18th | 15 |
| 2005 | Hitotsuyama Racing | Ferrari 550 Maranello | GT500 | TAI Ret | FUJ Ret | SEP Ret | SUG 12 | MOT Ret | FUJ 15 | AUT 13 | SUZ 15 | | NC | 0 |
| 2006 | Ebbro Team Nova | Vemac RD350R | GT300 | SUZ 8 | TAI 21 | FUJ 15 | SEP DNS | SUG 10 | SUZ Ret | MOT 12 | AUT 15 | FUJ 10 | 22nd | 12 |
| 2007 | Arktech Motorsports | Porsche Boxster | GT300 | SUZ 6 | TAI 5 | FUJ Ret | SEP Ret | SUG 13 | SUZ Ret | MOT 5 | AUT 7 | FUJ 10 | 15th | 22 |
| 2008 | Team Takeuchi | Lexus IS350 | GT300 | SUZ | TAI | FUJ Ret | SEP 13 | SUG 17 | SUZ 18 | MOT 8 | AUT 12 | FUJ 13 | 32nd | 3 |

### Complete CART results

(key)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2000 | Dale Coyne Racing | MIA 24 | LBH 13 | RIO 19 | MOT 20 | NZR DNS | MIL Wth | DET 12 | POR 22 | CLE 25 | TOR 23 | MIS DNS | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LS | STL | HOU | SRF | FON | 29th | 1 | |

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 1998 | Nissan Motorsports TWR | Satoshi Motoyama Masami Kageyama | Nissan R390 GT1 | GT1 | 319 | 10th | 9th |