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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kohta Kawaai

Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, JLOC. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Kohta Kawaai
Born
1 January 1994(b. 1994)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
JLOC
Series
Super GT
Status
Active
Championships
12023
Career wins
5
Career podiums
10
Career starts
45
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
4,463
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
4,463
Rank 2052 of 38,983 indexed, +35 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Kohta Kawaai is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for JLOC. Kawaai is a one-time champion (2023), with 5 wins and 10 podiums from 45 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,463 ranks Kawaai 2052th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
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Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-05-03Fuji GT300Super GTP12+35
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+164Fuji 2020Super GTP1
+147FAV HOTEL AUTOPOLIS GT 300km RACE 2022Super GTP1
+144Fuji GT 300km 2020Super GTP1
+128Motegi 2020Super GTP4
+124Fuji 2020Super GTP4
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Fuji10 starts+11
Suzuka5 starts+6
Struggles
Motegi5 starts-11
Autopolis4 starts-4
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026โ–ธSuper GTJLOC100000โ€”+354,463
2025โ–ธNรผrburgring Langstrecken-SerieCar #268200100P25โˆ’3734,428
โ–ธNรผrburgring 24 HoursCar #268100100โ€”โˆ’230
2023โ–ธSuper GTSAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave824100P1+4065,030
2022โ–ธSuper Formula LightsRn-Sports900000P9โˆ’4014,624
โ–ธSuper GTSAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave812000P3+370
2021โ–ธSuper GTSAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave802000P8+1854,655
2020โ–ธSuper GTSAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave822100P2+3,2134,563
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Kawaai finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Joรฃo Paulo de OliveiraFIA Platinum5,25633112233%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver5,23633211264%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold5,12233211264%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Takashi KogureFIA Gold5,12133201361%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Naoya GamouFIA Gold5,04233181555%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Takuto IguchiFIA Silver4,54033171652%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Morio NittaFIA Silver4,52233211264%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hironobu YasudaFIA Gold4,51633191458%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold4,47833171652%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold4,45133231070%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kakunoshin OhtaFIA Gold6,1061661038%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Ren SatoHigher-rated5,98884450%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Toshiki OyuFIA Gold5,68384450%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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2,045๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bill BrackFormula 14,466
2,046๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Cale GaleNASCAR Truck4,466
2,047๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Tony GazeFormula 14,466
2,048๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Tyler MaxsonPorsche Carrera Cup NA4,465
2,049๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Finn WiebelhausDTM4,464
2,050๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Luca RangoniWorld Touring Car Championship4,464
2,051๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Jon LancasterGT Winter Series4,463
2,052๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kohta KawaaiSuper GT4,463
2,053๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Galid OsmanTCR World Tour4,461
2,054๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Max van Splunteren24H Series4,461
2,055๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Sean GuthrieIndy NXT4,461
2,056๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kouki SagaSuper GT4,460
2,057๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Ross ZwolsmanFormula 3 Euro Series4,460
2,058๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Zach BatesSupercars Championship4,460
2,059๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ John FaranoIMSA WeatherTech4,459
2,060๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Georgios-Periklis KolovosAsian Le Mans Series4,458
2,061๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Mรกximo CortรฉsFormula V8 3.54,458
2,062๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Oscar TunjoIMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge4,458
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Kohta Kawaai is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for JLOC. Kawaai is a one-time champion (2023), with 5 wins and 10 podiums from 45 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,463 ranks Kawaai 2052th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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