is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super GT for Kondo Racing. A former member of the Honda Formula Dream Project, Kimura previously competed in Super Formula in 2024, and was champion of the 2023 Super Formula Lights and 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan series.
Career Early career Kimura started professional racing in 2016, competed in Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup. Then in 2017, Kimura raced in Asian Formula Renault Series Class B with PS Racing, however for one round only. He raced again in 2019 to compete in F4 Japanese Championship, where he finished ninth overall. In 2020, Kimura was supposed to race again in Japanese F4 with new team Honda Formula Dream Project, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team withdrew from that year of competition. After one year not racing, Kimura returned to compete in 2021 F4 Japanese Championship with HFDP. In that season, he managed to clinch third place, losing out to the champion Seita Nonaka & runner-up Rin Arakawa.
Super Formula Lights In 2022, Kimura was promoted to Super Formula Lights race with B-Max Racing Kimura managed to get three wins that season, and six podiums. With that, he managed to reach third in the season behind Kakunoshin Ohta. Kimura raced with the same team for 2023. He won the title over Hibiki Taira after taking his sixth win of the season at the final round at Motegi.
Super GT Kimura also competed in the GT300 class of Super GT for ARTA alongside Hideki Mutoh. Both of them managed to win the last race of the season at Motegi, and that win was the last for the team as ARTA focused on GT500 for 2023. Kimura initially did not race in Super GT in 2023, but became a third driver for ARTA at the second Fuji round, making his GT500 debut after an injured Toshiki Oyu was still recovering from a broken collarbone. Kimura also raced in GT500 with Team Kunimitsu after Naoki Yamamoto suffered a massive crash at Sportsland SUGO, and was unable to compete in the final 2 races of the season. Kimura finished 17th in the standings, with three points, all achieved with Team Kunimitsu.
Super Formula In 2024, Kimura stepped up to Super Formula with B-Max Racing Team's single car.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position2016 Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup - CN PS Racing 4 3 2 3 3 N/A NC2017 Asian Formula Renault Series - Class B PS Racing 2 0 0 0 1 31 10th2019 F4 Japanese Championship Silver Star Racing 14 0 0 0 1 69 9th2021 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 4 3 1 7 191 3rd2022 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing Team18326985 3rd Super GT - GT300 ARTA811012612th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team 5Zigen11101131.5‡1st‡ 2023 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing Team1864812113 1st Super GT - GT500 ARTA10000317th Team Kunimitsu20000 2024 Super Formula San-Ei Gen with B-Max 9 0 0 1 0 3 16th 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Sky Racing1132010220 1st Super GT - GT300 Team Mach81002678th Super Taikyu - ST-XGTNET MotorSports1000026‡7th‡ 2026 Super GT - GT300 Kondo Racing Porsche Carrera Cup JapanSky Racing1111081672ndSuper Taikyu - ST-XGTNET MotorSports ‡ Team standings
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2019 Silver Star Racing OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ21 FUJ22 AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 MOT1 MOT2 9th 69 2021 Honda Formula Dream ProjectFUJ11FUJ12SUZ1SUZ2MOT11MOT12MOT13SUG1SUG2SUG3MOT21MOT22FUJ21FUJ22 3rd 191
Complete Super Formula Lights 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 16 17 18 Pos Points 2022 B-Max Racing Team FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 3rd 86 2023 B-Max Racing Team AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 1st 113
Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2022 ARTA Honda NSX GT3 Evo2 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 12th 26 2023 ARTA Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG 17th 3 Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT AUT MOT 2025 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 8th 67 2026 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT
Complete Super Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeamEngine123456789DCPoints2024San-Ei Gen with B-MaxHonda SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT FUJ FUJ SUZ SUZ 16th 3
References
External links
http://www.iori-kimura.com | Personal Website