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🇯🇵 Takamitsu Matsui
Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, Hoppy Team Tsuchiya. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Takamitsu Matsui
Born
1 January 1987(b. 1987)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya
Series
Super GT
Status
Active
Championships
12016
Career wins
3
Career podiums
9
Career starts
89
Career DNFs
9
Racer Rating
4,253
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,253Rank 2587 of 40,349 indexed, +476 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Takamitsu Matsui is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for Hoppy Team Tsuchiya. Matsui is a one-time champion (2016), with 3 wins and 9 podiums from 89 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,253 ranks Matsui 2587th of 40,349 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)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2026-05-03 | Fuji GT300 | P17 | −16 |
| 2026-05-03 | Fuji | P29 | −15 |
| 2026-04-11 | Okayama GT300 | P27 | −71 |
| 2026-04-11 | Okayama | P41 | −97 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +175 | Sugo 2015 | Super GT | P1 |
| +148 | Buriram 2016 | Super GT | P1 |
| +133 | Sugo 2016 | Super GT | P2 |
| +131 | Fuji 2016 | Super GT | P3 |
| +127 | Fuji 2015 | Super GT | P5 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Motegi6 starts+28
TI Aida5 starts+24
Autopolis7 starts+22
Buriram5 starts+19
Struggles
Nürburgring Nordschleife4 starts-32
Fuji23 starts-20
Sportsland SUGO5 starts-8
Suzuka13 starts-3
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ↑675−199 | 4,253 |
| 2025 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | +20 | 3,777 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | TOYOTA GAZOO ROOKIE Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −33 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | TOYOTA GAZOO ROOKIE Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −17 | ||
| 2024 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −154 | 3,807 |
| 2023 | ▸Super GT | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −398 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −383 | 4,359 |
| 2021 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +208 | 4,742 |
| 2020 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +229 | 4,690 |
| 2019 | ▸Super GT | Tsuchiya Engineering | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −269 | 4,222 |
| 2018 | ▸Super GT | Tsuchiya Engineering | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −200 | 4,614 |
| 2017 | ▸Super GT | VivaC Team Tsuchiya | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +78 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | ▸Super GT | VivaC Team Tsuchiya | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +494 | 4,971 |
| 2015 | ▸Super GT | VivaC Team Tsuchiya | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +3,089 | 4,439 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Lexus Racing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −165 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Matsui finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 85 | 23 | 62 | 27% |
| 🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold | 5,151 | 85 | 23 | 62 | 27% |
| 🇯🇵 Naoya GamouFIA Gold | 4,995 | 85 | 21 | 64 | 25% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold | 4,452 | 85 | 36 | 49 | 42% |
| 🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,419 | 85 | 36 | 49 | 42% |
| 🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold | 4,352 | 85 | 36 | 49 | 42% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 83 | 29 | 54 | 35% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 83 | 32 | 51 | 39% |
| 🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold | 3,820 | 83 | 34 | 49 | 41% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshidaFIA Silver | 5,094 | 82 | 36 | 46 | 44% |
| 🇪🇸 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 7,220 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 6,799 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% |
| 🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 1× champion | 6,741 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,349 drivers indexed
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 2,580 | 🇸🇬 Danial Nielsen Frost | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,255 |
| 2,581 | 🇫🇷 Jonathan Hirschi | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,255 |
| 2,582 | 🇨🇳 Martin Cao | TCR World Tour | 4,255 |
| 2,583 | 🇩🇪 Stefan Wackerbauer | Formula Renault Eurocup | 4,255 |
| 2,584 | 🇮🇹 Nicola Lacorte | Formula 3 | 4,254 |
| 2,585 | 🇺🇸 Ted Musgrave | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,254 |
| 2,586 | 🇺🇸 Chase Dowling | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 4,253 |
| 2,587 | 🇯🇵 Takamitsu Matsui | Super GT | 4,253 |
| 2,588 | 🇯🇵 Yutaka Yamagishi | WEC | 4,253 |
| 2,589 | 🇫🇷 Dominique Dupuy | FIA GT Championship | 4,252 |
| 2,590 | 🇹🇷 Jason Tahinci | GP2 Series | 4,252 |
| 2,591 | 🇸🇪 Joel GRANFORS | Le Mans Cup | 4,252 |
| 2,592 | 🇩🇪 Claudio Torre | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,251 |
| 2,593 | 🇯🇵 Fairuz Fauzy | Super GT | 4,251 |
| 2,594 | 🇮🇹 Roberto del Castello | International Formula 3000 | 4,250 |
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