is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super GT, driving the No. 88 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 for JLOC in the GT300 class. He is the reigning champion of Super GT's GT300 class alongside teammate Yuya Motojima. He previously competed in Super GT's flagship GT500 class, winning the championship in 2010 alongside Loïc Duval, making him one of only three drivers in Super GT history to win championship titles in both classes. He also competed in Super Formula (known as Formula Nippon until 2013) for fifteen seasons between 2003 and 2017.
Career
Formula Three Kogure made his professional single-seater début in 2001, driving a Dallara F300 in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for Now Motorsports. He finished in eleventh place in the championship standings. The following season, Kogure moved to Mugen×Dome Project and claimed the championship by ten points from Paolo Montin. Kogure won eleven of the season's twenty races, finishing on the podium on a further four occasions. In the non-championship international races, Kogure finished second at the Korea Super Prix behind Olivier Pla, and third at the Macau Grand Prix behind Tristan Gommendy and Heikki Kovalainen.
Super GT
Kogure made his bow into the All-Japan GT Championship with Nakajima Racing. He contested three races en route to 27th in the championship. After concentrating on Formula Nippon only in 2004, Kogure returned to the newly renamed Super GT championship, with Dome Project in 2005; ending up in nineteenth place in the championship standings. Despite only taking one win in 2006, Kogure and team-mate Ryō Michigami were title contenders, eventually losing out to the crews of André Lotterer and Juichi Wakisaka and also Sébastien Philippe and Shinya Hosokawa. All three pairings were split by four points at the conclusion of the season.
Four pole positions in eight races helped Kogure and Michigami again finish in the top-five in the standings in 2007; finishing fourth ahead of Michael Krumm and Tsugio Matsuda on a tie-break as both pairings finished level on 63 points. Sixth place championship placings followed in 2008 and 2009.
In debut season of Honda HSV-010 GT in 2010 Super GT season, Kogure got title of Drivers' Championship with Loïc Duval, and contributed to get Team's Championship by Weider Honda Racing.
Formula Nippon As well as his JGTC campaign, Kogure took part in the Formula Nippon series with Nakajima. He finished tenth in the championship, taking a best result of second at the closing race of the season at Suzuka. He took his first series victory during the 2004 season, finishing out front at the season-opening round, again at Suzuka. He made a further visit to the podium at Sugo en route to seventh in the standings. He improved to fifth place in 2005, despite not winning any races.
Kogure moved to Aguri Suzuki's ARTA team for the 2006 campaign, and again failed to win any races during the season. He only amassed three points towards the championship, but also amassed five pole positions. Despite this, he returned to Nakajima Racing in 2007, taking three victories on the way to his highest championship placing in Formula Nippon; third position behind Team Impul team-mates Matsuda and Benoît Tréluyer. He finished fifth again in 2008, and fourth in 2009 as well as 2010.
Formula One As a member of Honda's Formula Dream Project, Kogure had the opportunity to test a Honda RA107 Formula One car at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in January 2008.
Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position1999 FJ1600 Tsukuba Series ZAP SPEED?2000 Formula Toyota ZAP SPEED5th 2001 All-Japan Formula Three Championship NOW Motor Sport 17 0 0 0 0 44 11th 2002 All-Japan Formula Three Championship Mugen × Dome Project 20 11 10 8 15 290 1st Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd 2003 Formula Nippon PIAA Nakajima Racing 10 0 0 0 1 11 10th All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 3 0 0 ? 0 17 27th 2004 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 1 0 1 2 17 7th2005 Super GT - GT500 Dome Project 8 0 0 0 1 37 19th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 0 1 1 3 15 5th2006 Super GT - GT500 Dome Project 9 1 1 1 2 76 3rd Formula Nippon Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 9 0 5 0 0 3 12th2007 Super GT - GT500 Dome Racing Team 8 1 4 2 2 63 4th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 3 4 2 4 41 3rd2008 Super GT - GT500 Dome Racing Team 9 1 2 1 3 60 6th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 11 0 0 1 3 41 5th Formula One Honda Test driver2009 Super GT - GT500 Team Yoshiki and Dome Project 9 0 0 0 2 50 6th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 8 2 3 2 3 37 4th2010 Super GT - GT500 Weider Honda Racing 7 1 3 3 5 67 1st Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 8 1 2 1 4 38 4th2011 Super GT - GT500 Weider Honda Racing 8 2 1 0 2 57 3rd Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 7 0 0 0 1 16.5 7th2012 Super GT - GT500 Weider Honda Racing 8 1 1 0 1 40 6th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 0 4 10th2013 Super GT - GT500 Team Kunimitsu810023710th Super Formula Nakajima Racing70022158th2014 Super GT - GT500 Team Kunimitsu800002314th Super Formula Nakajima Racing90000017th2015 Super GT - GT500 Drago Modulo Honda Racing800002612th Super Formula Drago Corse800002.515th2016 Super GT - GT500 Keihin REAL Racing800112711th Super Formula Drago Corse90000813th2017 Super GT - GT500 REAL Racing800023710th Super Formula B-MAX Racing Team70000018th2018 Super GT - GT500 REAL Racing81112457th2019 Super GT - GT300 JLOC8000236.57th2020 Super GT - GT300 JLOC800012013th2021 Super GT - GT300 JLOC80001348th2022 Super GT - GT300 JLOC800002513th TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Recaro Racing Team300000NC2023 Super GT - GT300 JLOC81001407th TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Recaro Racing Team700000NC2024 Super GT - GT300 JLOC8420496 1st TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Recaro Racing Team700000NC2025Super GT - GT300JLOC8000150.513th2026Super GT - GT300JLOC * Season still in progress.
Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2001 Now Motor Sports Toyota–TOM'S SUZ1 SUZ2 TSU1 TSU2 FUJ1FUJ2MIN1MIN2 MOT1 MOT2 SUZ SUG1 SUG2SEN1SEN2TAI1TAI2MOT1MOT2 11th 44 2002 Mugen × Dome Project Mugen–Honda TSU1 TSU2 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ1 FUJ2 MIN1 MIN2MOT1 MOT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG1 SUG2 SEN1 SEN2 TAI1 TAI2 MOT1 MOT2 1st 294
Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results (Races in bold indicate pole position) YearTeamEngine1234567891011DCPoints2003PIAA Nakajima Racing MugenSUZFUJMINMOTSUZSUGFUJMINMOTSUZ10th112004PIAA Nakajima Racing MugenSUZSUGMOTSUZSUGMINSEPMOTSUZ7th172005PIAA Nakajima Racing MugenMOTSUZSUGFUJSUZMINFUJMOTSUZ5th152006Autobacs Racing Team Aguri HondaFUJSUZMOTSUZAUTFUJSUGMOTSUZ12th32007PIAA Nakajima Racing HondaFUJSUZMOTOKASUZFUJSUGMOTSUZ3rd412008PIAA Nakajima Racing HondaFUJSUZMOTOKASUZSUZMOTMOTFUJFUJSUG5th412009Nakajima Racing HondaFUJSUZMOTFUJSUZMOTAUTSUG4th372010Nakajima Racing HondaSUZMOTFUJMOTSUGAUTSUZSUZ4th382011Nakajima Racing HondaSUZAUTFUJMOTSUZSUGMOTMOT7th16.52012Nakajima Racing HondaSUZMOTAUTFUJMOTSUGSUZSUZ10th42013Nakajima Racing HondaSUZAUTFUJMOTSUGSUZSUZ8th152014Nakajima Racing HondaSUZFUJFUJFUJMOTAUTSUGSUZSUZ17th02015Drago Corse HondaSUZOKAFUJMOTAUTSUGSUZSUZ15th2.52016Drago Corse HondaSUZOKAFUJMOTOKAOKASUGSUZSUZ13th82017B-Max Racing Team HondaSUZOKAOKAFUJMOTAUTSUGSUZSUZ18th0
Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2003Nakajima RacingHonda NSXGT500TAIFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTSUZ17th17 2005DomeHonda NSXGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGMOTFUJAUTSUZ10th37 2006DomeHonda NSXGT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ 3rd 76 2007Dome Racing TeamHonda NSXGT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ4th63 2008Dome Racing TeamHonda NSXGT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ6th60 2009Dome ProjectHonda NSXGT500OKASUZFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT6th50 2010Honda RacingHonda HSV-010 GTGT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJMOT 1st 67 2011Honda RacingHonda HSV-010 GTGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT 3rd 57 2012Honda RacingHonda HSV-010 GTGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT6th40 2013Team KunimitsuHonda HSV-010 GTGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT10th37 2014Team KunimitsuHonda NSX-GTGT500OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOT14th23 2015Drago Modulo Honda RacingHonda NSX-GTGT500 OKA FUJ CHA FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 12th 26 2016Keihin REAL RacingHonda NSX-GTGT500 OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT MOT 11th 27 2017REAL RacingHonda NSX-GTGT500 OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT 10th 37 2018REAL RacingHonda NSX-GTGT500 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ SUG AUT MOT 7th 452019 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT300 OKAFSWSUZCHAFSW7th36.5 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOAUTSUGMOT 2020JLOCLamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOGT300 FUJ 1 FUJ 2 SUZ 1 MOT 1 FUJ 3 SUZ 2 MOT 2 FUJ 4 13th 20 2021JLOCLamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOGT300OKA9FUJ6MOT24SUZ2SUG7AUT12MOT4FUJ238th342022JLOCLamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOGT300OKA17FUJ5SUZFUJ9SUZSUGAUT4MOT13th252023 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GT300OKAFSWSUZ7th40 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2FSWSUZSUGAUTMOT2024JLOCLamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2GT300OKAFUJSUZFUJSUGAUTMOTSUZ 1st 96 2025 JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 13th 50.5 * Season still in progress.
References
External links
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