is a Japanese race car driver.
Kurosawa raced in All-Japan Formula Three from 1988 to 1989, Japanese Formula 3000 from 1990 to 1995 and the JGTC series from 1994 to 1999, also driving in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing tenth.
Kurosawa then obtained sponsorship to drive in the American CART series for Dale Coyne Racing in 2000. He made eight starts with a best finish of 12th at the Detroit Grand Prix. He became the first Japanese driver to lead a Champ Car race when he led seven laps at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
Kurosawa then returned to JGTC for the next three seasons, drove in the Super Taikyu series in 2004. He currently competes in the Super GT series, driving a Porsche Boxster for Arktech Motorsports.
Kurosawa is the son of Best Motoring presenter Motoharu Kurosawa, and elder brother of Haruki and Tsubasa Kurosawa, all of whom are racing drivers.
Racing record
Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship/Formula Nippon results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints1990taka-Q Racing w/ Team Le Mans SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ16th31991Nakajima Racing SUZ AUT FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJSUZ FUJ SUZ FUJ22nd11992Cabin Racing Team w/ Heroes SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ AUT SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ6th211993Cabin Racing Team w/ Heroes SUZ SUZ MIN SUZ AUT SUG FUJ FUJ SUZFUJSUZ13th51994Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ FUJ FUJ SUZ4th32 (33)1995Nakajima Racing SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ TOK FUJ SUZ6th151996PIAA Nakajima Racing SUZ MIN FUJ TOK SUZ SUG FUJ MIN SUZ FUJ9th101997Team Impul SUZ MIN FUJ SUZ SUG FUJ MIN MOT FUJ SUZ 2nd 281998Maziora Team Impul SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ SUG FUJ MIN FUJ SUZ12th61999Team TMS SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SUGFUJMINMOTSUZ9th10
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC pts 1994Toyota Team CerumoToyota Corona AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 TOK1TOK2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MIN1 MIN2 AID1 AID2 TSU1 TSU2 SEN1 SEN2 FUJ1 FUJ2 18th 18 1995 Nakajima Racing Honda Civic Ferio FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG1 SUG2TOK1TOK2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MIN1 MIN2 AID1 AID2 SEN1 SEN2 FUJ1 FUJ2 18th 11 1996 Nakajima Racing Honda AccordFUJ1FUJ2SUG1SUG2SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2SEN1SEN2TOK1TOK2FUJ1FUJ2 4th 72 1997 Nakajima Racing Honda AccordFUJ1FUJ2AID1AID2 SUG1 SUG2SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2SEN1SEN2TOK1TOK2 FUJ1 FUJ22nd 102
JGTC/Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 1997 Mugen/Dome Honda NSX GT500SUZFUJRetSENRetFUJRetMIN8SUG5 16th 11 1998 Team Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500SUZ11FUJCSEN5FUJ3MOT2MIN7SUG43rd49 1999 Toyota Castrol Team Tom'sToyota Supra GT500SUZ4FUJ9SUG1MIN10FUJ4TAI4MOT12nd73 2001Toyota Team Tom'sToyota Supra GT500TAI11FUJ10SUG8FUJ8MOTSUZ5MIN7 15th 19 2002Toyota Team Tom'sToyota Supra GT500TAIRetFUJ12SUG5SEP3FUJ3MOT7MINRetSUZ16 11th 38 2003Toyota Team Tom'sToyota Supra GT500TAIRetFUJ8SUG13FUJ15FUJ6MOT10AUT13SUZ14 18th 15 2005Hitotsuyama RacingFerrari 550 MaranelloGT500TAIRetFUJRetSEPRetSUG12MOTRetFUJ15AUT13SUZ15 NC 0 2006Ebbro Team NovaVemac RD350RGT300SUZ8TAI21FUJ15SEPDNSSUG10SUZRetMOT12AUT15FUJ10 22nd 12 2007Arktech MotorsportsPorsche BoxsterGT300SUZ6TAI5FUJRetSEPRetSUG13SUZRetMOT5AUT7FUJ10 15th 22 2008Team TakeuchiLexus IS350GT300SUZTAIFUJRetSEP13SUG17SUZ18MOT8AUT12FUJ13 32nd 3
Complete CART results (key) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rank Points Ref 2000 MIA24LBH13RIO19MOT20NZRDNSMILWthDET12POR22CLE25TOR23MISDNSCHIMDOROAVANLSSTLHOUSRFFON29th1
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1998 Nissan Motorsports TWR Satoshi Motoyama Masami Kageyama Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 319 10th 9th
References
External links
Super GT/JGTC Series bio (archived) CART statistics at ChampCarStats.com