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🇯🇵 Masaki Kano

Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, R'Qs Motor Sports.
Driver facts
Full name
Masaki Kano
Born
4 February 1976(b. 1976)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
R'Qs Motor Sports
Series
Super GT
Status
Active
Career wins
0
Career podiums
1
Career starts
98
Career DNFs
9
Racer Rating
3,347
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
3,347
Rank 6508 of 39,251 indexed, +34 this season
FIA Categorisation
Bronze
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Masaki Kano is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for R'Qs Motor Sports. Kano has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 98 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,347 ranks Kano 6508th of 39,251 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
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2026-05-03Fuji GT300Super GTP20+27
2026-05-03FujiSuper GTP32+25
2026-04-11Okayama GT300Super GTP25−15
2026-04-11OkayamaSuper GTP38−3
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+174Autopolis 2013Super GTP2
+140Sugo 2014Super GTP4
+128Fuji 2022Super GTP7
+114Buriram 2014Super GTP6
+109Suzuka 2013Super GTP8
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Autopolis9 starts+38
Sugo5 starts+15
Buriram4 starts+13
TI Aida6 starts+6
Struggles
Motegi7 starts-27
Suzuka12 starts-15
Okayama6 starts-5
Fuji25 starts-5
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Super GTR'Qs Motor Sports400000—+343,347
2025▸Super GTR'Qs Motor Sports600100P24−53,313
2024▸Super GTR'Qs Motor Sports400000P21−1543,318
2023▸Super GTR'Qs Motor Sports500000P26−2293,473
2022▸Super GTArnage Racing600000P23−443,701
2021▸Super GTArnage Racing700000P22−453,745
2020▸Super GTArnage Racing800000P27−703,742
2019▸Super GTArnage Racing800000P25−1803,796
2018▸Super GTArnage Racing800000P18+853,900
2016▸Super GTArnage Racing200000P20+833,954
2015▸Super GTArnage Racing800200P22−2723,939
2014▸Super GTArnage Racing800100P13+2804,167
2013▸Super GTArnage Racing801200P14+163,863
▸World Touring Car ChampionshipLiqui Moly Team Engstler200000P22+73
2012▸Super GTTeam JLOC300100P23−1013,774
▸World Touring Car ChampionshipLiqui Moly Team Engstler200000P26−112
2011▸World Touring Car ChampionshipDeTeam KK Motorsport200000P22+383,988
2010▸World Touring Car ChampionshipLiqui Moly Team Engstler200100P21−103,950
2009▸World Touring Car ChampionshipLiqui Moly Team Engstler200000P24−83,960
2008▸World Touring Car ChampionshipLiqui Moly Team Engstler300100P22+2,6183,968
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Kano finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold4,45291276430%
🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver5,25289147516%
🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold5,15285127314%
🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold4,35285256029%
🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver4,61884196523%
🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver4,63283176620%
🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold3,82083186522%
🇯🇵 Takashi KobayashiFIA Gold4,29581235828%
🇯🇵 Manabu OridoFIA Silver3,70981374446%
🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver4,41978186023%
🇪🇸 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,65771614%
🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion6,79993633%
🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 2× champion6,74131233%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 39,251 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
6,498🇺🇸 Jerry RearyNASCAR Xfinity3,349
6,499🇬🇧 Luke DavenportLe Mans Cup3,349
6,500🇬🇧 Mark BlundellBTCC3,349
6,501🇺🇸 Paul NemschoffLamborghini Super Trofeo NA3,349
6,502🇺🇸 Casey MoyerNASA3,348
6,503🇬🇧 Esmee HawkeyBritish GT Championship3,348
6,504🇧🇬 Vesko KozarovIMSA Pilot Challenge3,348
6,505🏳️ Yuhao FuGB33,348
6,506🇧🇪 Antoine PottyGT World Challenge Europe3,347
6,507🇺🇸 David HuttoNASCAR Xfinity3,347
6,508🇯🇵 Masaki KanoSuper GT3,347
6,509🏳️ Stephen HammanInternational GT3,347
6,510🇩🇪 Danilo del FaveroFerrari Challenge3,346
6,511🇬🇧 Dominic PAULRoad to Le Mans3,346
6,512🇺🇸 Max SchweidTGRNA GR Cup North America3,346
6,513🇺🇸 David GravelNASCAR Truck3,345
6,514🇺🇸 Korbin ForristerNASCAR Truck3,345
6,515🇺🇸 Lucas DownsStar Mazda Championship3,345
6,516🇧🇷 Emerson Fanucchi Fittipaldi Jr.Formula Regional European3,344
6,517🇺🇸 Jim GuthrieTrans-Am3,344
6,518🇬🇧 Luke GarlickBritish GT Championship3,344
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Masaki Kano is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for R'Qs Motor Sports. Kano has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 98 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,347 ranks Kano 6508th of 39,251 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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