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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
87
Career DNFs
9
Racer Rating
3,728
Takamitsu Matsui
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,728
Rank 4775 of 38,983 indexed, -50 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
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 87 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,728 ranks Matsui 4775th 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 GTP17+21
2026-04-11Okayama GT300Super GTP27−71
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+175Sugo 2015Super GTP1
+148Buriram 2016Super GTP1
+133Sugo 2016Super GTP2
+131Fuji 2016Super GTP3
+127Fuji 2015Super GTP5
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
Fuji22 starts-22
Sportsland SUGO5 starts-8
Suzuka13 starts-3
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Super GTHoppy Team Tsuchiya200000—−503,728
2025▸Super GTHoppy Team Tsuchiya500000P24+213,778
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursTOYOTA GAZOO ROOKIE Racing100000—−34
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieTOYOTA GAZOO ROOKIE Racing100000P23−17
2024▸Super GTHoppy Team Tsuchiya800300P21−1533,809
2023▸Super GTTeam Mach800100P26−3983,961
2022▸Super GTHoppy Team Tsuchiya700200P27−3834,359
2021▸Super GTHoppy Team Tsuchiya800000P9+2084,742
2020▸Super GTHoppy Team Tsuchiya800000P19+2294,690
2019▸Super GTTsuchiya Engineering800100P17−2694,222
2018▸Super GTTsuchiya Engineering802100P7−2004,614
2017▸Super GTVivaC Team Tsuchiya812000P4+784,684
2016▸Super GTVivaC Team Tsuchiya713000P1+4944,971
2015▸Super GTVivaC Team Tsuchiya611100P8+3,0894,439
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieLexus Racing201000—−165
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Matsui finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver5,23683236028%
🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold5,12283236028%
🇯🇵 Naoya GamouFIA Gold5,04283216225%
🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver4,54083354842%
🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold4,47883354842%
🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold4,45183364743%
🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver4,56781295236%
🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver4,52281324940%
🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold3,86981324940%
🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshidaFIA Silver5,09380364445%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,65972529%
🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 2× champion6,639110100%
🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion6,57684450%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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4,773🇫🇷 Joffrey De NardaLe Mans Cup3,728
4,772🇺🇸 JP SouthernIMSA Pilot Challenge3,728
4,774🇺🇸 Ray HuffNASCAR Xfinity3,728
4,775🇯🇵 Takamitsu MatsuiSuper GT3,728
4,776🇩🇪 Arnd MeierNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,727
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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 87 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,728 ranks Matsui 4775th 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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