Yoshiaki Katayama is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for Velorex. Katayama has recorded 1 win and 5 podiums from 44 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,462 ranks Katayama 2051th 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.
| 2026-05-03 | Fuji GT300 | P23 | โ99 |
| 2026-05-03 | Fuji | P35 | โ74 |
| 2026-04-11 | Okayama GT300 | P9 | +53 |
| 2026-04-11 | Okayama | P22 | +18 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +132 | Fuji 2025 | Super GT | P1 |
| +131 | Sportsland SUGO 2023 | Super GT | P3 |
| +127 | Fuji 2023 | Super GT | P3 |
| +124 | Twin Ring Motegi 2023 | Super GT | P3 |
| +118 | Okayama 2022 | Super GT | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | โธSuper GT | Velorex | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | โ102 | 4,462 |
| 2025 | โธSuper GT | Velorex | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P11 | โ206 | 4,564 |
| 2024 | โธSuper GT | Team LeMans | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +258 | 4,770 |
| 2023 | โธSuper GT | Team LeMans | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +224 | 4,512 |
| 2022 | โธSuper GT | Team LeMans | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +162 | 4,289 |
| 2021 | โธSuper GT | Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | โ322 | 4,127 |
| 2018 | โธFormula 3 Macau | Carlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | +3,099 | 4,449 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ฏ๐ต Yuui TsutsumiFIA Silver | 5,220 | 43 | 11 | 32 | 26% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Yuya MotojimaFIA Silver | 5,085 | 43 | 13 | 30 | 30% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Takashi KogureFIA Gold | 5,006 | 43 | 13 | 30 | 30% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Naoya GamouFIA Gold | 4,995 | 43 | 12 | 31 | 28% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 49% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 43 | 20 | 23 | 47% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Kosuke MatsuuraFIA Gold | 4,512 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 49% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Shunsuke KounoFIA Silver | 4,472 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 53% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold | 4,452 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 53% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,419 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 51% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Kakunoshin OhtaFIA Gold | 6,216 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Ren SatoHigher-rated | 6,110 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% |
| ๐ช๐ช Juri VipsFIA Gold, 1ร champion | 5,845 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,041 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Jeroen Mul | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 4,467 |
| 2,042 | ๐ง๐ช Peter Wyss | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,467 |
| 2,043 | ๐ฏ๐ต Reiji Hiraki | Super GT | 4,467 |
| 2,044 | ๐จ๐ฆ Bill Brack | Formula 1 | 4,466 |
| 2,045 | ๐บ๐ธ Cale Gale | NASCAR Truck | 4,466 |
| 2,046 | ๐บ๐ธ Ken Schrader | NASCAR Canada Series | 4,466 |
| 2,047 | ๐ฆ๐บ Tony Gaze | Formula 1 | 4,466 |
| 2,048 | ๐ฎ๐น Luca Rangoni | World Touring Car Championship | 4,464 |
| 2,049 | ๐บ๐ธ Sam Craven | GT4 America | 4,464 |
| 2,050 | ๐บ๐ธ Brendan Iribe | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,462 |
| 2,051 | ๐ฏ๐ต Yoshiaki Katayama | Super GT | 4,462 |
| 2,052 | ๐ง๐ท Galid Osman | TCR World Tour | 4,461 |
| 2,053 | ๐ฌ๐ง Jon Lancaster | GT Winter Series | 4,461 |
| 2,054 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Max van Splunteren | 24H Series | 4,461 |
| 2,055 | ๐บ๐ธ Sean Guthrie | Indy NXT | 4,461 |
| 2,056 | ๐ฏ๐ต Kouki Saga | Super GT | 4,460 |
| 2,057 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Ross Zwolsman | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,460 |
| 2,058 | ๐ฆ๐บ Zach Bates | Supercars Championship | 4,460 |
| 2,059 | ๐ช๐ธ Mรกximo Cortรฉs | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,458 |
| 2,060 | ๐ญ๐ฐ Shinya Michimi | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,458 |
| 2,061 | ๐ฌ๐ท Georgios-Periklis Kolovos | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,457 |
Yoshiaki Katayama is a professional driver racing in Super GT's GT300 class for Team LeMans, piloting an FIA GT3 or Japanese GT300 special in the multiclass endurance championship. He has been active in indexed racing since 2018, when he started with a single Formula 3 Macau outing for Carlin, before moving to Super GT in 2021. Across his career he has taken one win and five podium finishes from 44 starts.[1]
His Super GT record spans six seasons from 2021 through 2026. The 2026 season is in progress after four rounds, with his campaign so far following the pattern of his earlier years in the series: occasional podium finishes against a large field mixing amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals. His sole victory came during this period. Outside Super GT, his only other indexed appearance was the 2018 Macau Formula 3 round for Carlin.[2]
Katayama regularly races against established professionals including Yuui Tsutsumi, a Silver-graded driver with extensive experience in Super GT and Super Formula Lights, and Yuya Motojima, who won the 2024 Super GT GT300 championship; he typically finishes behind both. He has beaten stronger drivers occasionally, including the Gold-graded Kakunoshin Ohta, who has raced Formula 3, Super GT and Super Formula Lights, and Ren Sato, whose career spans Super Formula, Super GT and Super Formula Lights; these results came from a larger body of races against both drivers where he more often finished behind them.