Shozo Tagahara is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Studie Glad Racing. Tagahara has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 9 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,344 ranks Tagahara 6543th 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.
| 2009-11-07 | Motegi GT300 | DNF | −82 |
| 2009-10-17 | Autopolis GT300 | P10 | +70 |
| 2009-09-12 | Fuji GT300 | DNF | −81 |
| 2009-08-22 | Suzuka GT300 | DNF | −74 |
| 2009-07-25 | Sugo GT300 | P17 | −32 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +70 | Autopolis 2009 | Super GT | P10 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | Studie Glad Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −251 | 3,344 |
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | Studie & Glad with Asada Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +2,244 | 3,594 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomonobu FujiiFIA Gold | 4,667 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Tetsuya TanakaFIA Bronze | 4,639 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇺🇦 Ryo Orime | 4,447 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,419 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Sakamoto Yuya | 4,394 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuhi SekiguchiFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,879 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇯🇵 Marco ApicellaFIA Silver | 5,695 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇷 Kohei HirateFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 5,175 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,533 | 🇺🇸 Lucas Downs | Star Mazda Championship | 3,345 |
| 6,534 | 🇬🇧 Nathan Maximin | Racing Prodigy | 3,345 |
| 6,535 | 🇨🇱 Nicolas Ambiado | Formula Regional Americas | 3,345 |
| 6,536 | 🇬🇧 Bart Harrison | Indy NXT | 3,344 |
| 6,537 | 🇬🇧 David Cook | SCCA Regionals | 3,344 |
| 6,538 | 🇧🇷 Emerson Fanucchi Fittipaldi Jr. | Formula Regional European | 3,344 |
| 6,539 | 🇺🇸 John Fergus | SCCA Regionals | 3,344 |
| 6,540 | 🇺🇸 Korbin Forrister | NASCAR Truck | 3,344 |
| 6,541 | 🇳🇱 Luc Breukers | 24H Series | 3,344 |
| 6,542 | 🇬🇹 Richard Campollo | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,344 |
| 6,543 | 🇯🇵 Shozo Tagahara | Super GT | 3,344 |
| 6,544 | 🏳️ Stephen Hamman | International GT | 3,344 |
| 6,545 | 🇺🇸 Anderson Bowen | ARCA Menards Series | 3,343 |
| 6,546 | 🇺🇸 Mark Stewart | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 3,343 |
| 6,547 | 🇩🇪 Nicholas Otto | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,343 |
| 6,548 | 🇺🇸 Sean Johnston | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,343 |
| 6,549 | 🏳️ Darryl Timmers | NASCAR Canada Series | 3,342 |
| 6,550 | 🇩🇪 Dirk Layer | PCA Club Racing | 3,342 |
| 6,551 | 🇺🇸 J.R. Robbs | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,342 |
| 6,552 | 🇺🇸 Janine Shoffner | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,342 |
| 6,553 | 🇪🇸 Santiago Concepción Serrano | Le Mans Cup | 3,342 |
Shozo Tagahara was a professional racing in Japan's Super GT championship, a multiclass endurance series in which drivers share cars across long races. He drove GT300-class machinery for Studie Glad Racing between 2008 and 2009, competing in a field that mixed amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals on the same grid. His career on record comprised two seasons and nine starts.[1]
Tagahara finished 22nd in the championship standings in 2009, his second and final season. Across his time in Super GT he was a regular opponent for established professionals including Nobuteru Taniguchi, a three-time GT300 champion, and Kazuki Hoshino, the 2010 GT300 champion, though he typically finished behind both. He secured single victories over Yuhi Sekiguchi, an established professional who would go on to win the GT500 championship in 2021, and Marco Apicella, an established professional with extensive international single-seater racing. Tagahara's team, Studie Glad Racing, took no race wins across the index and fielded drivers at entry-level professional standard.[2]