Koji Yamanishi is a racing driver from Thailand who last raced in Super GT for Arto-Panther Team Thailand. Yamanishi has recorded 0 wins and 8 podiums from 59 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,246 ranks Yamanishi 2608th of 40,308 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2018-08-04 | Fuji GT300 | P16 | −5 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +172 | Motegi 2012 | Super GT | P2 |
| +158 | Fuji 2009 | Super GT | P3 |
| +156 | Suzuka 2017 | Super GT | P2 |
| +145 | Motegi 2008 | Super GT | P3 |
| +138 | Fuji 2013 | Super GT | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ▸Super GT | Arto-Panther Team Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −4 | 4,246 |
| 2017 | ▸Super GT | JLOC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +156 | 4,250 |
| 2015 | ▸Super GT | JLOC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −130 | 4,094 |
| 2014 | ▸Super GT | Team JLOC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −92 | 4,067 |
| 2013 | ▸Super GT | Team JLOC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +226 | 4,316 |
| 2012 | ▸Super GT | Team JLOC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −292 | 4,090 |
| 2010 | ▸Super GT | Team JLOC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +396 | 4,382 |
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | Team JLOC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +72 | 3,986 |
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | Team JLOC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −314 | 3,915 |
| 1996 | ▸Formula 3 Macau | Nakajima Honda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +2,879 | 4,229 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 56 | 14 | 42 | 25% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 56 | 15 | 41 | 27% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 55 | 24 | 31 | 44% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 55 | 18 | 37 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Manabu OridoFIA Silver | 3,708 | 55 | 22 | 33 | 40% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 54 | 24 | 30 | 44% |
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold | 5,373 | 52 | 20 | 32 | 38% |
| 🇯🇵 Masayuki UedaFIA Bronze | 2,914 | 51 | 28 | 23 | 55% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomonobu FujiiFIA Gold | 4,667 | 50 | 17 | 33 | 34% |
| 🇭🇰 Kouta Sasaki | 3,738 | 49 | 22 | 27 | 45% |
| 🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 6,799 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,403 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomoki NojiriHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,367 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,598 | 🇮🇹 Roberto del Castello | International Formula 3000 | 4,250 |
| 2,599 | 🇩🇪 Georg Weiss | 24H Series | 4,249 |
| 2,600 | 🇫🇷 Guy Martinolle | FIA GT Championship | 4,249 |
| 2,601 | 🏳️ Guga Lima | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,248 |
| 2,602 | 🇫🇷 Jordan Tresson | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,248 |
| 2,603 | 🇩🇪 Mario Von Bohlen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,248 |
| 2,604 | 🇺🇸 Jeremy Clements | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,247 |
| 2,605 | 🇷🇺 Maksimilian Popov | Formula Regional European | 4,247 |
| 2,606 | 🇨🇦 Daniel Di Leo | Star Mazda Championship | 4,246 |
| 2,607 | 🇺🇸 Jay Sauter | SCCA Majors | 4,246 |
| 2,608 | 🇹🇭 Koji Yamanishi | Super GT | 4,246 |
| 2,609 | 🇬🇧 Rob Bell | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,246 |
| 2,610 | 🏳️ Ruohan Huang | GT World Challenge Asia | 4,246 |
| 2,611 | 🇺🇸 Adrian Carrio | Star Mazda Championship | 4,245 |
| 2,612 | 🏳️ Andres Perez | ARCA Menards Series | 4,245 |
| 2,613 | 🇷🇺 Anton Ladygin | WEC | 4,245 |
| 2,614 | 🇺🇸 Jonathan Bennett | Ferrari Challenge | 4,245 |
| 2,615 | 🇫🇷 Patrick Bornhauser | WEC | 4,245 |
| 2,616 | 🇺🇸 Matt Bell | McLaren Trophy America | 4,244 |
| 2,617 | 🇫🇷 Richard Dallest | International Formula 3000 | 4,244 |
| 2,618 | 🇬🇧 Rob Austin | BTCC | 4,244 |
Koji Yamanishi was a professional racing driver competing in Japanese GT racing. He spent the bulk of his career in Super GT from 2008 to 2018, driving GT300-class machinery for Team JLOC in the series' endurance format, where two drivers share each car across a race distance. His sole indexed appearance in single-seater racing came in Formula 3 Macau in 1996 with Nakajima Honda.[1]
Across 11 seasons of indexed racing and 59 starts, Yamanishi took eight podiums, all in Super GT. He finished 19th in the GT300 championship standings in his final season in 2018. He regularly encountered two established professionals who consistently outpaced him: three-time Super GT GT300 champion Nobuteru Taniguchi and 2010 GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino. On rare occasions Yamanishi finished ahead of considerably stronger drivers; he beat elite professional Sho Tsuboi, who went on to win two Super GT GT500 titles and two Super Formula championships, once across their meetings, and defeated 2024 Super GT GT500 champion Kenta Yamashita on one outing.[2]