🇯🇵 Takashi Kogure

Takashi Kogure is a professional sportscar racing driver with a Racer Rating of 4,697, placing him among established professionals who compete regularly at the sharp end of strong national and international fields. His FIA Gold categorisation denotes him as a full professional in GT and endurance racing. Kogure has built a career almost entirely in Super GT, where he has contested 134 races across 19 seasons since 2008, winning seven times and finishing on the podium 19 times. His defining achievement came in 2010 when he won the championship in the GT500 class; later in his career he returned to competitive form in the GT300 class, where he recently claimed a championship title, making him one of only three drivers in Super GT history to win championships in both classes. He also made a brief appearance in Super Formula in 2017, running five races without success, and contested the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix early in his career, where he finished in the top two twice across three attempts.[1]

Kogure's record against the consistent rivals who populate his races tells a clear story of a capable mid-field professional. Against peers of similar standing, he holds strong head-to-head records; he finished ahead of Tatsuya Kataoka in 93 of 129 shared races and leads Shinichi Takagi by a margin of 100 to 26 across 126 encounters. These are patterns of genuine superiority within his peer group. However, his record against the elite drivers who have also competed in Super GT is markedly different. Against Platinum-graded rivals such as Naoki Yamamoto and Sho Tsuboi, both multiple Super GT champions, Kogure finishes ahead of them in only 30 and 13 races respectively out of more than 120 shared starts. This asymmetry defines his level; he is a dependable professional who beats other professionals at a similar level comfortably but lacks the consistent edge over elite competitors that would place him in their tier. His average finish position of P14.2 across all 142 career starts reflects a career spent in the competitive middle of strong fields rather than at their front.[2]

Kogure remains active in Super GT in 2026, piloting the No. 88 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 for JLOC in the GT300 class. His team has recently added reinforcement through partnership, signalling continued competitive intent. His dual championship status and sustained presence over two decades mark him as a respected professional fixture in Japanese sportscar racing, the sort of reliable, seasoned competitor on whom programmes are built.