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🇯🇵 Yoshiaki Katayama

Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, Velorex.
Driver facts
Full name
Yoshiaki Katayama
Born
13 November 1993(b. 1993)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Velorex
Series
Super GT
Status
Active
Career wins
1
Career podiums
5
Career starts
42
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
4,515
Yoshiaki Katayama
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,515
Rank 1933 of 38,983 indexed, -51 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Yoshiaki Katayama is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for Velorex. Katayama has recorded 1 win and 5 podiums from 42 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,515 ranks Katayama 1933th 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
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2026-05-03Fuji GT300Super GTP23−105
2026-04-11Okayama GT300Super GTP9+53
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+132Fuji 2025Super GTP1
+131Sportsland SUGO 2023Super GTP3
+127Fuji 2023Super GTP3
+124Twin Ring Motegi 2023Super GTP3
+118Okayama 2022Super GTP5
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Fuji10 starts+13
Autopolis4 starts+7
Struggles
Okayama6 starts-9
Suzuka7 starts-5
Sportsland SUGO5 starts-3
Twin Ring Motegi5 starts-2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Super GTVelorex200000—−524,515
2025▸Super GTVelorex711200P11−2054,566
2024▸Super GTTeam LeMans801100P10+2594,771
2023▸Super GTTeam LeMans803100P8+2234,512
2022▸Super GTTeam LeMans800000P16+1624,289
2021▸Super GTTeam LeMans with Motoyama Racing800000P22−3224,127
2018▸Formula 3 MacauCarlin100000—+3,0994,449
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Katayama finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Yuui TsutsumiFIA Silver5,16043113226%
🇯🇵 Yuya MotojimaFIA Silver5,15643133030%
🇯🇵 Takashi KogureFIA Gold5,12143133030%
🇯🇵 Naoya GamouFIA Gold5,04243123128%
🇮🇹 Takuro ShinoharaFIA Silver4,59943182542%
🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver4,56743212249%
🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver4,54043222151%
🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver4,52243202347%
🇯🇵 Kosuke MatsuuraFIA Gold4,50443212249%
🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold4,47843222151%
🇯🇵 Kakunoshin OhtaFIA Gold6,106102820%
🇯🇵 Ren SatoHigher-rated5,988103730%
🇪🇪 Juri VipsFIA Gold, 1× champion5,847110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
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1,931🇦🇺 Jayden OjedaSupercars Championship4,516
1,932🇺🇸 Mark MartinPCA Club Racing4,516
1,933🇯🇵 Yoshiaki KatayamaSuper GT4,515
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Yoshiaki Katayama is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for Velorex. Katayama has recorded 1 win and 5 podiums from 42 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,515 ranks Katayama 1933th 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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Miki Koyama earns first single-seater wins at Okayama in FRJC[3]
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26 Jun 2022
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