is a Japanese racing driver.
Career Kanamaru's single seater career began in 2012 after graduating from karting. He took a surprise win in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC in 2012 at the final race of the season at Spa-Francorchamps. He made his Formula Renault 3.5 debut in 2015 for Pons Racing replacing Meindert van Buuren.
Kanamaru returned to Japan in 2018 and competed in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with the B-MAX Racing Team. Since then, he has focused his activities on Japan.
In 2020, Kanamaru signed a reserve driver contract with Honda and accompanied them in the Super Formula and Super GT GT500 classes. He participated in the GT500 class test for KEIHIN Real Racing as a substitute for Bertrand Baguette, who was unable to enter the country due to COVID-19 restrictions during the SUPER GT test before the season started.
Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC KTR 20 1 0 0 1 97 17th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 0 0 39th 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC KTR 8 0 0 0 0 47 26th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 0 0 31st 2014 Euroformula Open Championship Emilio de Villota Motorsport 16 0 0 2 4 128 4th Spanish Formula Three Championship 6 0 0 1 1 47 5th Macau Grand Prix Carlin 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2015 Euroformula Open Championship Emilio de Villota Motorsport 16 1 2 1 7 206 3rd Spanish Formula Three Championship 6 0 0 1 3 88 3rd Macau Grand Prix Carlin 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 6 0 0 0 0 9 18th 2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series Teo Martín Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 85 8th 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 RP Motorsport 18 0 0 1 1 115 7th 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship B-MAX Racing Team 19 0 0 0 3 40 5th 2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Saturday Series Team GOH Models 5 2 1 0 3 75 3rd TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Sunday Series 5 2 1 0 2 77 2nd F3 Asian Championship Super License 9 0 0 0 0 50 9th 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship BlackArts Racing Team 15 1 0 0 2 104 6th2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Sutekina Racing Team 5 0 0 0 4 75 7thSuper FormulaHonda RacingReserve DriverSuper GT - GT5002021 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team 5Zigen2000180.5‡3rd‡2022 Super Taikyu - ST-TCR Team Noah11101139‡1st‡ 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3 FastMD Racing100000NC Super Taikyu - ST-X Team 5Zigen2112136‡7th‡ Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team Noah1000037.5‡9th‡ Formula Regional Japanese Championship Sutekina Racing Team31013559th2024 GT World Challenge Asia Team 5Zigen1210?24412th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team Noah6000153‡10th2025 GT World Challenge Asia Team 5Zigen1210016711th Super GT - GT300 Kondo Racing 2 0 0 0 0 15 25th 2026Super GT - GT300Tomei Sports 4 0 0 0 0 9 29th*Super Taikyu - ST-XD'station Racing ‡ Team standings
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2012 KTRALC1ALC2SPA1SPA2NÜR1NÜR2MSC1MSC2HUN1HUN2LEC1LEC2CAT1CAT2 39th 0 2013ALC1ALC2SPA1SPA2MSC1MSC2RBR1RBR2HUN1HUN2LEC1LEC2CAT1CAT2 31st 0
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2012 KTRHOC1HOC2HOC3NÜR1NÜR2OSC1OSC2OSC3ASS1ASS2RBR1RBR2MST1MST2MST3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3SPA1SPA2 17th 97 2013 KTRHOC1HOC2HOC3NÜR1NÜR2SIL1SIL2SPA1SPA2ASS1ASS2MST1MST2MST3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3 26th 47
Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points 2015 Pons Racing ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR112 NÜR213 BUG16 BUG2Ret JER110 JER211 18th 9 2016 Teo Martín Motorsport ALC1Ret ALC24 HUN19 HUN210 SPA14 SPA27 LEC17 LEC211 SIL17 SIL29 RBR17 RBR2Ret MNZ16 MNZ25 JER16 JER210 CAT18 CAT210 8th 85 2017 RP Motorsport SIL110 SIL2Ret SPA15 SPA28 MNZ1Ret MNZ23 JER17 JER210 ALC17 ALC24 NÜR15 NÜR27 MEX17 MEX27 COA17 COA27 BHR14 BHR26 7th 115
Complete F3 Asian Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points 2019 Super License SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 SIC11 SIC12 SIC13 SIC21 SIC22 SIC23 9th 50 2019–20 BlackArts Racing Team SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3SEP21SEP22SEP23CHA1CHA2CHA3 6th 104
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2023 FastMD Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY† SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS PET NC† 0† † Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.
Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2025 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 25th 15 2026 Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 29th* 9* * Season still in progress.
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