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🇯🇵 Takashi Kobayashi

Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, Team UpGarage.
Driver facts
Full name
Takashi Kobayashi
Born
8 November 1987(b. 1987)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Team UpGarage
Series
Super GT
Status
Active
Career wins
11
Career podiums
18
Career starts
120
Career DNFs
15
Racer Rating
4,436
Takashi Kobayashi
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,436
Rank 2128 of 38,983 indexed, -194 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Takashi Kobayashi is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for Team UpGarage. Kobayashi has recorded 11 wins and 18 podiums from 120 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,436 ranks Kobayashi 2128th 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 GTP28−152
2026-04-11Okayama GT300Super GTP18−42
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+187Fuji 2017Super GTP1
+168Sepang 2025Super GTP1
+154Suzuka 2010Super GTP1
+152Autopolis 2014Super GTP1
+151Suzuka 2023Super GTP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
TI Aida8 starts+39
Sepang4 starts+39
Okayama6 starts+26
Twin Ring Motegi5 starts+16
Struggles
Motegi11 starts-23
Buriram6 starts-21
Sportsland SUGO5 starts-6
Suzuka18 starts-6
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Super GTTeam UpGarage200000—−1944,436
2025▸Super GTTeam UpGarage711000P10+2304,630
2024▸Super GTTeam UpGarage801000P14+564,400
2023▸Super GTTeam UpGarage822300P7−1224,344
2022▸Super GTTeam UpGarage802100P7+2844,466
2021▸Super GTTeam UpGarage700200P20−1054,182
2020▸Super GTTeam UpGarage801100P16−3414,451
2019▸Super GTTeam UpGarage800000P19+184,496
2018▸Super GTTeam UpGarage811100P11−3024,490
2017▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri711120P10+1864,932
2016▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri713200P3−84,736
2015▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri812000P6+4694,859
2014▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri811000P10−724,405
2013▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri922200P8−3064,337
2012▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri800200P14−2444,643
2011▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri800000P15−4674,886
2010▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri111010P12+4,0045,354
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Kobayashi finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold5,122104347033%
🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver4,54098415742%
🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold4,47897415642%
🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold4,45197445345%
🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver5,23696316532%
🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver4,52296455147%
🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold3,86995405542%
🇯🇵 Manabu OridoFIA Silver3,70888513758%
🇯🇵 Takayuki AokiFIA Silver3,77585572867%
🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshidaFIA Silver5,09384364843%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,65974357%
🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 2× champion6,63931233%
🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion6,57693633%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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2,120🇧🇷 Victor GuerinGP2 Series4,441
2,121🇺🇸 Dale Arnold JarrettNASCAR Xfinity4,439
2,122🇯🇵 Yusuke ShiotsuSuper GT4,439
2,123🇲🇽 Santiago RamosFormula 34,437
2,124🇦🇹 Clemens SchmidWEC4,436
2,125🇺🇸 Maxwell RootIMSA WeatherTech4,436
2,126🇷🇺 Nikolay MartsenkoFormula V8 3.54,436
2,127🇯🇵 Shinsuke ShibaharaSuper GT4,436
2,128🇯🇵 Takashi KobayashiSuper GT4,436
2,129🇺🇸 Scott MayerIMSA WeatherTech4,435
2,130🇯🇵 André CoutoLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia4,434
2,131🇺🇸 Mike MagillFormula 14,434
2,132🇯🇵 Shunsuke KounoSuper GT4,434
2,133🇺🇸 Johnny McDowellFormula 14,433
2,134🇨🇦 Misha GoikhbergIMSA WeatherTech4,433
2,135🇬🇧 Alex MartinBritish GT Championship4,430
2,136🇺🇸 Buckshot JonesNASCAR Xfinity4,430
2,137🇺🇸 Gregory HUFFAKER IIEuropean Le Mans Series4,430
2,138🇺🇸 Brandon DavisIMSA WeatherTech4,429
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Takashi Kobayashi is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for Team UpGarage. Kobayashi has recorded 11 wins and 18 podiums from 120 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,436 ranks Kobayashi 2128th 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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