is a Japanese auto racing driver who currently races in the Super GT racing series. He is best known for having competed in the World Touring Car Championship.
Kano won the GT World Challenge Asia GT4 class championship in 2023 racing for YZ Racing with BMW Team Studie.
Career Kano competed in karting between 1991 and 1994. Profile at fiawtcc.com He then attended the Winfield Racing School in France in 1995.
Kano finished ninth in the Japanese Super Taikyu Series in 2006, and later third in 2007.
Asian Touring Car Series From 2007 to 2008, Kano competed in the Asian Touring Car Series. He was runner-up to Fariqe Hairuman in the 2007 Asian Touring Car Championship, driving a BMW 320i for Engstler Motorsport, winning the Division 2 category. The following year, he finished third in the 2008 Asian Touring Car Championship.
World Touring Car Championship Kano made his World Touring Car Championship debut for Engstler at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan; he also raced at the subsequent Race of Macau. He returned to the WTCC for Engstler in the Asian rounds of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/10/kano-gets-suzuka-seat Touring-Cars.Net — Kano gets Suzuka Seat He joined Engstler Motorsport once again for the 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan. For the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan he replaced team boss Franz Engstler, who was unable to race due to illness.
Super GT Kano made his debut in the Super GT racing series in the GT300 class in 2012, racing for JLOC. From 2013 to 2022, Kano raced for Arnage Racing. He scored 19 points in 2013 with one podium finish. In 2023, Kano joined R'Qs Motor Sports.
GT World Challenge Asia In 2023, Kano participated in the GT World Challenge Asia championship series, driving a BMW M4 GT4 for the YZ Racing with Studie Team alongside Manabu Orido. Kano and the team scored six race wins in the 2023 championship in the GT4 class.
Kano and the YZ Racing with Studie team went on to win the 2023 GT4 class championship, as well as the Japan Cup title for the 2023 season.
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2008 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320i BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2009 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2010 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2011 DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC BRA1 BRA2 BEL1 BEL2 ITA1 ITA2 HUN1 HUN2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2012 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si ITA1 ITA2 ESP1 ESP2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 POR1 POR2 BRA1 BRA2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2013 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC ITA1 ITA2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0
Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2012 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ FUJ AUT MOT NC 0 2013 Arnage Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ FUJ FUJ AUT MOT 15th 19 2014 Arnage Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT300OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOT19th17 2015 Arnage Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300OKAFUJCHAFUJSUZSUGAUTMOTNC0 2018 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300OKAFUJSUZCHAFUJSUGAUTMOT24th1 2019 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300OKAFUJSUZCHAFUJAUTSUGMOTNC0 2020 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 FUJ (1) FUJ (2) SUZ (1) MOT (1) FUJ (3) SUZ (2) MOT (2) FUJ (4)NC0 2021 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3GT300OKA18FSW21SUZ22TRM19SUG24AUT14TRM21FSWDNS NC 0 2022 Arnage Racing Toyota 86 MC GT300GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 29th 4 2023 R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO 2020 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT NC 0 * Season still in progress.
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20120721023122/http://kano-masaki.com/