is a Japanese race car driver.

Career

Hiranaka began karting in 1995 when he was 14, and in 2002 moved to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, as a member of the TOM'S team. In 2002, he came fifth in the standings. Between 2003 and 2004, Hiranaka raced for Prema Powerteam in the Formula 3 Euro Series, came third at the Macau Grand Prix and tested for Toyota's Formula One team. He then returned to Japan and took part in the Super GT & Formula Nippon local series. He was GT300 runner-up three times for GAINER.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2002 Japanese Formula 3 Championship TOM'S 20 0 0 1 7 142 5th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 25th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 20 0 0 1 0 4 22nd British Formula 3 International Series 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC† Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 29th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 29th 2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship TOM's 2 0 0 0 1 14 14th Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 20 0 0 0 1 9 15th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 23rd Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 22nd 2005 Formula Nippon Takagi/Cerumo 9 0 0 1 0 2 13th Super GT - GT300 Toyota Team Cerumo 8 0 0 0 0 7 15th 2006 Formula Nippon NTT DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 8 0 0 0 0 N/A NC Super GT - GT500 Team SARD 9 0 0 0 0 13 23rd 2007 Formula Nippon SG Team 5ZIGEN 9 0 0 0 0 N/A NC Super GT - GT500 Team SARD 9 0 0 1 1 21 15th 2008 Formula Nippon SG Team 5zigen 7 0 0 0 0 N/A NC Super GT - GT500 Nakajima Racing 9 0 0 0 1 43 10th 2009 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 9 1 0 0 3 51 3rd 2010 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 7 0 0 0 0 34 7th Formula Nippon KCMG 7 0 0 0 0 4 12th 2011 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 2 5 83 2nd 2012 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 1 0 1 47 7th 2013 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 2 0 0 3 80 2nd FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 GAINER International 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2014 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 0 5 80 2nd 2015 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 0 4 52 5th 2016 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 0 0 32 9th 2017 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 0 2 45 6th 2018 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 2 1 0 48 5th Super Taikyu - ST-4 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing40002102.5‡ 2nd‡ 2019 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 2 2 0 0 48 3rd 2020 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 1 2 43 6th2021Super GT - GT300GAINER80211387th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing6002042‡8th‡2022Super GT - GT300SHADE Racing80000627th GT World Challenge Asia - GT4 TGR Team Koshido Racing41124766th Super Taikyu - ST-Z SHADE Racing62124115.5‡2nd‡2023 Super GT - GT300 SHADE Racing 8 0 0 0 1 16 16th Super Taikyū - ST-Z 7 2 1 1 6 141.5 2nd‡2024 Super GT - GT300 SHADE Racing 8 0 1 0 0 2 19th Super Taikyū - ST-Z 6 1 0 0 0 82.5‡ 2nd‡2025 Super GT - GT300 SHADE Racing600000NC Super Taikyu - ST-Z6020293.5‡ 3rd‡ 2026 Super GT - GT300 SHADE RacingSuper Taikyu - ST-Z * Season still in progress. † – As Hiranaka was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

‡ Team standings.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 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 2002 TOM'S Toyota TSU1 TSU2 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ1 FUJ2 MIN1 MIN2 MOT1 MOT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG1 SUG2 SEN1 SEN2 TAI1 TAI2 MOT1 MOT2 5th 142 2004 SUZ1 SUZ2 TSU1 TSU2 OKA1 OKA2 MOT1 MOT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG1 SUG2 MIN1 MIN2 SEN1 SEN2 MIN1 MIN2 MOT1 MOT2 14th 14

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2003 Prema Powerteam Dallara F303/007 Spiess-Opel HOC1 HOC2 ADR1 ADR2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 LMS1 LMS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 A1R1 A1R2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 22nd 4 2004 Dallara F304/009 HOC1 HOC2 EST1 EST2 ADR1 ADR1 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR1 15th 9Dallara F303/025 MAG1 MAG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRN1 BRN2 HOC1 HOC2

Complete Formula Nippon results (key) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 2005 Team Cerumo Mugen MOT SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ 13th 2 2006 DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing Honda FUJ SUZ MOT SUZ 22nd 0 EMS Racing AUT FUJ SUG MOT SUZ 2007 SG Team 5ZIGEN Honda FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ FUJ SUG MOT SUZ 20th 0 2008 SG Team 5ZIGEN Honda FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG 21st 0 2010 KCMG Toyota SUZ MOT FUJ MOT SUG AUT SUZ1 SUZ2 12th 4

Complete 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 2005 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Celica GT300 OKA11 FUJ14 SEP12 SUG8 MOT14 FUJRet AUT8 SUZ18 15th 7 2006 Toyota Team SARD Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ11 OKA13 FUJ11 SEP13 SUGRet SUZ11 MOT9 AUT10 FUJ10 23rd 13 2007 Toyota Team SARD Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZRet OKA12 FUJ8 SEP13 SUG6 SUZ11 MOT10 AUT3 FUJ13 15th 21 2008 Epson Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 SUZ10 OKA5 FUJ7 SEPRet SUGRet SUZ11 MOT5 AUT2 FUJ4 10th 43 2009 GAINER Ferrari F430 GT300 OKA4 SUZ4 FUJRet SEP8 SUG3 SUZ5 FUJ2 AUT1 MOT4 3rd 79 2010 GAINER Ferrari F430 GT2 GT300 SUZRet OKA7 FUJ6 SEP4 SUG5 SUZ8 FUJC MOT4 7th 34 2011 GAINER Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GT300 OKA2 FUJ2 SEP2 SUG7 SUZ4 FUJ22 AUT2 MOT3 2nd 83 2012 GAINER Audi R8 LMS ultra GT300 OKA1 FUJ5 SEP7 SUG6 SUZ5 FUJ7 AUT16 MOT13 7th 47 2013 GAINER Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300 OKA1 FUJ6 SEP3 SUG13 SUZ6 FUJ7 AUT4 MOT1 2nd 80 2014 GAINER Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300 OKA3 FUJ2 AUT3 SUGRet FUJ2 SUZ10 CHA8 MOT1 2nd 78 2015 GAINER Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300 OKA12 FUJ3 CHA4 FUJ3 SUZ11 SUG3 AUTRet MOT3 5th 52 2016 GAINER Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA4 FUJRet SUG4 FUJ7 SUZRet CHA9 MOT4 MOT10 9th 32 2017 GAINER Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA18 FUJ2 AUT22 SUG1 FUJ17 SUZ9 CHA8 MOT7 6th 45 2018 GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA5 FUJ3 SUZ16 CHA1 FUJ22 SUG19 AUT6 MOT5 5th 48 2019 GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA21 FUJ1 SUZ9 CHA8 FUJ9 AUT15 SUG22 MOT1 3rd 48 2020 GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 FUJ2 FUJ21 SUZ1 MOT6 FUJ10 SUZ15 MOT9 FUJ18 6th 43 2021 GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA4 FUJ16 SUZ26 MOT2 SUG10 AUT5 MOT8 FUJ8 7th 38 2022 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 GT300 OKA14 FUJ20 SUZDNS FUJRet SUZ7 SUG23 AUT9 MOT21 27th 6 2023 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 GT300 OKARet FUJ12 SUZ10 FUJ15 SUZ18 SUG2 AUT13 MOT14 16th 16 2024 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 GT300 OKA13 FUJ19 SUZ15 FUJ19 SUGRet AUT9 MOT16 SUZ19 19th 2 2025 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT NC 0 2026 SHADE Racing Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT

External links Katsuyuki Hiranaka Official Website