Masataka Yanagida (柳田真孝, Yanagida Masataka, born 4 June 1979, in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver. He notably won the Super GT title four times, from 2003 to 2012 in GT300 then GT500.

Career The son of successful racing driver Haruhito Yanagida, a runner-up in the Japanese Touring Car Championship, Masataka began his career in karting in 1993. In 1997, he raced in Formula Renault Campus in France, before stepping up to the main French Formula Renault Championship in 1998. He moved on to Formula Dream in 1999, taking five victories in the 2000 season.

In 2001, Yanagida began racing in Japanese F3 and Japanese GT. He finished seventh in the F3 standings and fourth in the GT300 class in Japanese GT, where he raced with Yuji Ide. He improved to finish third in GT300 in 2002, before winning the class in 2003. He returned to F3 in 2004, but could only finish 10th. He moved up to the GT500 class of Super GT in 2005, finishing fifth in the standings, sharing with Michael Krumm.

Yanigada made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama for the Wiechers-Sport team.

Racing record Career summary

Season Series Team name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2001All-Japan Formula ThreeToda Racing 19 0 0 0 0 80 7thAll-Japan GT - GT300Hasemi Motorsport 7 0 0 0 3 53 4th 2002All-Japan GT - GT300Hasemi Motorsport 8 1 1 0 2 803rd2003All-Japan Formula ThreeThreebond Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2 17thAll-Japan GT - GT300Hasemi Motorsport 8 0 1 0 4 771st2004All-Japan Formula ThreeThreebond Racing 20 0 0 0 1 58 10thAll-Japan GT - GT300Team Daishin 7 0 0 0 1 33 6thSuper Taikyu - Class3RS Nakaharu 2 1 0 0 0 1321stC-West Labs 1 0 0 0 1 1162ndSuzuka 1000kmNismo 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2005Super GT - GT500Nismo 8 0 1 0 2 57 5th2006Formula NipponKondo Racing 9 0 1 0 0 1 14thSuper GT - GT500Kondo Racing 9 0 0 0 1 34 13thTokachi 24 HoursC-West Labs 1 0 0 0 1 N/A3rd2007Formula NipponKondo Racing 9 0 0 0 0 0 NCSuper GT - GT500Hasemi Motorsport 9 0 1 0 0 30 12thSuper Taikyu - ST1Petronas Syntium Team 7 0 3 0 1 69 5th2008Super GT - GT500Nismo 9 0 2 1 2 57 7thSuper Taikyu - ST1Petronas Syntium Team 7 2 2 2 3 1272nd2009Super GT - GT300MOLA 9 1 0 0 1 62 7thSuper Taikyu - ST1Petronas Syntium Team 8 5 5 2 1 1281stMMER 12 Hours 1 0 0 0 1 N/A2nd2010Super GT - GT300Hasemi Motorsport 7 1 1 0 3 641stSuper Taikyu - ST1Petronas Syntium Team 7 6 5 3 1 1421stDubai 24 Hour 1 0 0 0 1 N/A2ndWorld Touring Car ChampionshipWiechers-Sport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2011Super GT - GT500MOLA 8 1 3 3 4 901stSuper Taikyu - ST1Petronas Syntium Team 6 6 3 3 0 1361stMMER 12 Hours 1 1 0 0 0 N/A1st2012Super GT - GT500MOLA 8 2 1 1 3 931stSuper Taikyu - GT3Petronas Syntium Team 2 0 2 0 1 942ndMMER 12 Hours 1 1 0 0 0 N/A1st 2013Super GT - GT500Nismo 8 0 2 0 3 50 6th2014Super GT - GT500MOLA 8 0 1 0 1 31 11thSpa 24 HoursNissan GT Academy Team RJN 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 38th2015Super GT - GT500MOLA 8 1 1 0 1 50 6thSuper Taikyu - ST-XGTNET Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 35.5 8th 2015-16Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3Team AAI 4 0 0 0 2 373rd2016Super GT - GT500Kondo Racing 8 2 0 1 0 43 7thSuper Taikyu - ST-XEndless Sports 2 0 0 0 2 116.52ndInter Proto SeriesB-Max Racing Team 4 0 0 0 1 ? ?2019-20Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2Eurasia Motorsport20100111th2025Super Taikyu - ST-ZTeam ZeroOne2026Super Taikyu - ST-ZTeam ZeroOne

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results 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 Toda Racing Mugen-HondaSUZ1SUZ2TSU1TSU2FUJ1FUJ2MIN1MIN2MOT1MOT2SUZSUG1SUG2SEN1SEN2TAI1TAI2MOT1MOT2 7th 80 2003 Threebond Racing Threebond-NissanSUZ1SUZ2FUJ1FUJ2TAI1TAI2MOT1MOT2SUZ1SUZ2SUG1SUG2TSU1TSU2SUG1SUG2MIN1MIN2MOT1MOT2 17th 2 2004 Threebond Racing Threebond-NissanSUZ1SUZ2TSU1TSU2TAI1TAI2MOT1MOT2SUZ1SUZ2SUG1SUG2MIN1MIN2SEN1SEN2MIN1MIN2MOT1MOT2 10th 58

Complete Formula Nippon results Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2006 Kondo Racing ToyotaFUJSUZMOTSUZAUTFUJSUGMOTSUZ 14th 1 2007 Kondo Racing ToyotaFUJSUZMOTOKASUZFUJSUGMOTSUZ NC 0

Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2001Hasemi MotorsportNissan SilviaGT300TAI6FUJ2SUG12FUJ2MOT9SUZ2MIN124th53 2002Hasemi MotorsportNissan SilviaGT300TAI4FUJRetSUG1SEP3FUJ3MOT4MINRetSUZRet3rd70 2003Hasemi MotorsportNissan Fairlady ZGT300TAI6FUJ2SUG17FUJ3FUJ21MOT3AUT4SUZ21st77 2004Team DaishinNissan Fairlady ZGT300TAI19SUG14SEP6TOK3MOT4AUT19SUZ76th33 2005NISMONissan ZGT500OKA12FUJ2SEP6SUG7MOT4FUJ9AUT2SUZ85th57 2006Kondo RacingNissan ZGT500SUZ10OKA10FUJ10SEP8SUG10SUZ5MOT6AUT14FUJ313th34 2007Hasemi MotorsportNissan ZGT500SUZ10OKA13FUJ4SEP7SUG4SUZ8MOT11AUT7FUJ1512th30 2008NISMONissan GT-RGT500SUZ2OKA15FUJ12SEP2SUG13SUZ4MOT7AUT5FUJ117th57 2009MOLANissan Fairlady ZGT300OKA7SUZ3FUJ6SEP4SUG6SUZ1FUJ9AUT8MOT77th62 2010Hasemi MotorsportNissan Fairlady ZGT300SUZ5OKA3FUJ5SEP5SUG2SUZRetFUJCMOT11st64 2011MOLANissan GT-RGT500OKA6FUJ10SEP2SUG1SUZ2FUJ7AUT2MOT21st90 2012MOLANissan GT-RGT500OKA7FUJ8SEP14SUG3SUZ1FUJ2AUT1MOT21st93 2013NISMONissan GT-RGT500OKA3FUJRetSEP9SUG3SUZ2FUJ9AUT8MOT86th50 2014MOLANissan GT-RGT500OKA10FUJRetAUT2SUG7FUJ6SUZ13BURRetMOT511th31 2015MOLANissan GT-RGT500OKA8FUJ10CHA1FUJ14SUZ6SUG2 AUT6 MOTRet6th50 2016Kondo RacingNissan GT-RGT500 OKA13 FUJ9 SUG1 FUJRet SUZ12 CHA13 MOT1 MOT10 7th 43 2017 Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS GT300 OKA14 FUJ14 AUT13 SUG20 FUJ10 SUZRet CHA23 MOT8 20th 5 2018 Runup Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ SUG AUT MOT NC 0 2020Lotus Evora MC GT300GT300 FUJ (1) FUJ (2) SUZ (1) MOT (1) FUJ (3) SUZ (2) MOT (2) FUJ (4)10th31 2021 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3GT300OKA18FSW21SUZ22TRM19SUG24AUT14TRM21FSWDNS NC 0 2022 BUSOU Drago Corse Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 20th 12.5 2023 BMW M Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 10th 35 * Season still in progress

Complete Asian Le Mans Series Year Team Machine Engine Class 1 2 3 4 DC Pts 2015-16 Team-AAI ADESS-03 Nissan LMP3FUJSEPBURSEP3rd37 2019-20 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 Gibson LMP2SHABENSEPBUR 11th 1

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