is a Japanese professional racing driver who currently competes in Super GT for Team Mach. He is a two-time champion in the series, having won the GT300 class title with Kondō Racing in 2020 and 2022.

Career Following success in karting, headlined by the 2010 CIK-FIA Asia Pacific KF2 Championship, Fujinami entered the Formula Challenge Japan in 2012 as a member of the Nissan Driver Development Programme (NDDP). He scored two points in his first season on the way to 13th in the championship. Returning for 2013, he scored five pole positions and three podiums over the 12 races, ending with 29 points and sixth in the championship.

Fujinami transitioned to sports car racing in 2014, racing in the ST-3 class of the Super Taikyu Series with Techno First Racing Team. He scored his first class win at Autopolis aboard the No. 34 Nissan Fairlady Z34. In 2015, Fujinami moved up to the ST-X (GT3) class with Team Mach, and won at Okayama in the No. 5 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. The entry was acquired by GTNET Motor Sports in 2016 where Fujinami continued to race in the ST-X class.

Fujinami helped lead GTNET Motor Sports to consecutive ST-X championships in 2018 and 2019, with overall victories in the Fuji Super TEC 24 Hours in each of these seasons. Fujinami added a third Fuji 24 Hours win in 2021.

For 2018, Fujinami returned to single-seaters with B-Max Racing in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, but over seven races scored no points finishes. He fared better in the 2019 F3 Asian Championship, with 14 points in three races for the team.

Super GT (2017-2022, 2024) Fujinami made his Super GT debut in 2017 with Team Mach, driving the No. 5 Toyota 86 MC (MC86). That season, he earned three points in seven races, and finished 22nd in the standings with a best finish of eighth at Autopolis. He did not receive a full season contract for 2018, but returned to Team Mach as a third driver at the Fuji GT 500 Mile Race.

Fujinami earned another part-time contract in 2019, this time driving for JLOC in their #87 Lamborghini Huracan GT3. At the Fuji GT 500 Mile Race, Fujinami, Andre Couto, and Tsubasa Takahashi took the GT300 class win, ending a five-year winless drought for JLOC.

In 2020, Fujinami signed a full-time contract and won the Super GT GT300 class championship alongside Joao Paulo de Oliveira in their #56 Nissan GT-R. Fujinami and Oliveira won two races at Twin Ring Motegi and Fuji Speedway, securing a further podium and finishing with 71 points. In 2021, Fujinami and Oliveira fell short of a repeat championship, despite winning at Okayama and two further podiums at Sugo and Motegi. They finished second in the standings to the Subaru R&D Sport team of Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi.

Fujinami continued racing with Oliveira and Kondo Racing in 2022. For the second straight season, the pair won the opening round at Okayama and led the championship at the half way point of the season. In the final round at Motegi, Fujinami and Oliveira won their second title in three years, despite Oliveira losing a wheel late in the race. They won the championship after championship rival Riki Okusa's teammate Ryuichiro Tomita conceded fifth place on the last lap.

After missing the 2023 season entirely, Fujinami returned to Super GT in 2024 with Team Mach alongside new co-driver Yusuke Shiotsu.

2022-23 off-season controversy After two championships in three seasons, Fujinami tested a Nissan Z GT500 at Fuji Speedway in December 2022. Fujinami then joined Kondo Racing for a private manufacturers test in their GT500 car on 24 January at Suzuka Circuit, with the expectation that he would be named as a GT500 driver for the upcoming season. But when Nissan announced its 2023 driver line-ups, Fujinami was omitted from the list of drivers.

It later emerged that Fujinami, who also owns a privateer team, KF Motorsport that competes in the FCR-Vita Series, had physically attacked a member of his team. On 17 February, the same day that Nissan confirmed Teppei Natori as his replacement at the Kondo Racing GT300 team, Fujinami apologised for the incident through his social media accounts. Fujinami signed a GT500 reserve driver contract with Nissan for the 2023 season, and was retained at GTNET Motor Sports in the Super Taikyu Series. He left Nissan after the 2023 season, ending a 12-year affiliation with the manufacturer.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2012 Formula Challenge Japan NDDP 12 0 0 0 0 2 13th 2013 Formula Challenge Japan NDDP FCJ 12 0 5 1 3 2 13th 2017 Super Taikyū - ST-X GTNET Motor Sports 6 1 0 0 2 68.5‡ 5th‡ Super GT - GT300 Team Mach 6 0 0 0 0 3 22nd 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship B-Max Racing 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC Super GT - GT300 Team Mach 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2019 F3 Asian Championship B-Max Racing 3 0 0 0 0 14 16th Super GT - GT300 JLOC 2 1 0 0 1 25 13th 2020 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing 3 0 0 0 0 2 13th Super GT - GT300 Kondō Racing 8 2 0 0 3 71 1st 2021 Super GT - GT300 Kondō Racing 8 1 0 0 3 55 2nd Super Taikyu - ST-X GTNET Motor Sports6103282‡4th‡ 2022 Super GT - GT300 Kondō Racing81002521st GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 Yogibo Racing82203884th Super Taikyū - ST-X GTNET Motor Sports7105397.5‡4th‡ 2023 Super Taikyū - ST-X GTNET Motor Sports6002295‡5th‡ Super GT - GT500 Nismo Reserve Driver 2024 Super GT - GT300 Team Mach 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC Super Taikyū - ST-X GTNET MotorSports 6 1 2 3 2 107.5‡ 5th‡ Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Bingo Racing100011717th GT World Challenge Asia Porsche Centre Okazaki200?00NC SRO Japan Cup - GT3 Seven x Seven With KFM211?10NC† 2025 SRO Japan Cup - GT3 Seven x Seven Racing200002413th Super GT - GT300410024914th Super Taikyū - ST-X542N/A5129‡ 1st‡ Middle East Trophy - 992992 Endurance CupTeam Parker Racing2025–26Asian Le Mans Series - GTProton Competition 2026 Super GT - GT300 Seven x Seven RacingSuper Taikyu - ST-XBankcy x RacingGTNET MotorSports ‡ Teams' standings.

Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPts 2017 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300OKA17FSW19AUT8SUG12FSW28SUZ22CHATRM1522nd32018 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300OKAFSWSUZCHAFSW19SUGAUTTRMNC0 2019 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT300OKAFSW11SUZCHAFSW1AUTSUGTRM13th25 2020 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 GT300FSW4FSW5SUZ9TRM20FSW1SUZ16TRM1FSW21st74 2021 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ MOT SUG AUT MOT FUJ 2nd 55 2022 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 1st 52 2024 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUG AUT MOT SUZNC0 2025 Seven x Seven Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 14th 49 2026 Seven x Seven Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship 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 21 Pos Points 2018B-Max Racing Team Volkswagen SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG11 SUG12 FUJ11 FUJ12 OKA11 OKA12 OKA13 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA21 OKA22 OKA23 SUG21 SUG22 SUG23 SUG24 FUJ21 FUJ22 14th 0

Complete F3 Asian Championship 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 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2019 B-Max Racing Team SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 SIC11 SIC12 SIC13 SIC21 SIC22 SIC23 16th 14

Complete Super Formula Lights 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 15 16 17 Points Rank2020B-Max Racing TeamMOT1MOT2MOT3OKA1OKA2SUG1SUG2SUG3AUT1AUT2AUT3SUZ1SUZ2SUZ3FSW1FSW2FSW313th2

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