is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series GT300 class for äpr. She is best known for her time racing in the W Series from 2019 to 2021, and for becoming the first woman to win an FIA-sanctioned, all-gender single-seater championship when she won the 2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship. She is part of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Driver Challenge program.

Biography Early career Having started racing in karts, Koyama attended the Formula Toyota Racing School before moving to Japanese F4 in 2015. She was the first champion of the all-women's Kyojo Cup series in 2017, and repeated as champion in 2018.

W Series

In 2019, Koyama was announced as one of the 18 permanent drivers for the inaugural season of the W Series. At the first W Series round at Hockenheim, Koyama qualified 17th and finished seventh after setting the fastest lap of the race. During the remainder of the season, Koyama earned three more points finishes en route to seventh in the championship, and was named as a returning competitor for the 2020 W Series. While the 2020 season was abandoned due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Koyama returned to the series when it resumed in 2021. She also made a one-off entry into the Super Formula Lights championship at Fuji Speedway.

Formula Regional Japanese Championship After two seasons in the W Series, Koyama was named as a Toyota Gazoo Racing Driver Challenge (TGR-DC) academy driver for the 2022 season. She raced full-time in the Formula Regional Japanese Championship for Super License, with backing from Toyota. Koyama won seven races and clinched the series title at the September meeting at Fuji.

Super GT On 7 February 2023, Koyama was announced as the third driver for Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage in the 2023 Super GT Series. Koyama became the first woman to race in the championship since Cyndie Allemann in 2012. She successfully passed her rookie orientation test at Fuji Speedway on 21 April, and competed for the first time in the fourth round at Fuji where she finished 19th in class.

Koyama moved to Arnage Racing-affiliated R'Qs Motor Sports in 2024, and made three appearances in their Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.

For 2025, Koyama would join apr, driving the Lexus LC500h GT300 alongside series rookie Oliver Rasmussen and third driver Yuki Nemoto.

Other Series In 2024, Koyama drove the apr Lexus RC F GT3 in the Super Taikyu Series. In the fifth round of the championship at Suzuka, Koyama became the second female driver to take an overall victory in a Super Taikyu race, and the first since Kumi Sato in 1993.

That same year, Koyama made her Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia debut for Iron Lynx Theodore Racing. Koyama and co-driver Hon Chio Leong scored five second-place finishes en route to second in the Pro class standings behind Dan Wells.

At the end of 2024, Koyama entered the Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Cup North America finale at Indianapolis, driving for Hattori Motorsports. She took part in Formula E's all-female pre-season test with Lola Yamaha ABT, and the Super Formula post-season winter test at Suzuka with KCMG.

Racing record Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2015 F4 Japanese Championship miNami aoYama with SARD 4 0 0 0 0 0 50th2016 F4 Japanese Championship miNami aoYama Project30000032nd Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 3 0 0 0 0 2017 F4 Japanese Championship leprix sport 13 0 0 0 0 0 34th Super Taikyu Series – ST-4 T's Concept100000NC Kyojo Cup J-Gear2212240 1st2018 F4 Japanese Championship Field Motorsports 14 0 0 0 0 10 15th Kyojo Cup Wildcat Competition4344375 1st 2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 0 0 1 0 30 7th F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 10 0 0 0 0 7 17th F3 Asian Winter Series B-Max Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC F3 Asian Championship 3 0 0 0 0 18 15th BlackArts Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship BlackArts Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 3 16th 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Zap Speed 2 0 0 0 0 16 20th 2021 W Series Sirin Racing 8 0 0 0 0 14 14th Super Formula Lights B-Max Engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 13th 2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Super License 17 7 5 8 17 349 1st 2023 Super GT – GT300 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC Macau Formula 4 Race Super License 2 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF TGR GR86/BRZ Cup Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports600000NC 2024 Super GT – GT300 R'Qs Motor Sports 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC Super Taikyu – ST-X apr 6 1 1 0 5 116 4th‡ Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro SJM Iron Lynx Theodore Racing10010101272ndToyota Gazoo Racing GR Cup North AmericaHattori Motorsports200000NC2025 Super GT – GT300 apr 8 0 0 0 0 4 28th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP8T Toyota Gazoo Racing20000NC†NC†Toyo Tires with Ring Racing50000NLS-Light – SP8TToyo Tires with Ring Racing100002026 Super GT – GT300 apr 5 0 0 0 2 40 9th*Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP10Toyo Tires with Ring Racing10000NC*†NC*† * Season still in progress.† As Koyama was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.

Complete F4 Japanese Championship 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 Rank Points2015 miNami aoYama with SARDOKA1OKA2FSW1FSW 2FSW1FSW2SUZ1SUZ2SUG1SUG2AUT1AUT2MOT1MOT250th0 2016 miNami aoYama Project OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 SUG1 SUG2 FUJ21 FUJ22 FUJ23SUZ1SUZ2 32nd 0 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 2017 leprix sport OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 FUJ21 FUJ22 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 34th 0 2018 Field Motorsports OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ21 FUJ22 SUG1 SUG2 AUT1 AUT2 MOT1 MOT2 15th 10 2019 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ21 FUJ22 AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 MOT1 MOT2 17th 7

Complete F3 Asian Championship 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 DC Points 2019 B-Max Racing Team SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 15th 18 BlackArts Racing Team SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 SIC11 SIC12 SIC13 SIC21 SIC22 SIC23 2019–20 BlackArts Racing Team SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 16th 6

Complete W Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2019 Hitech GP HOC ZOL MIS NOR ASS BRH 7th 30 2021 Sirin Racing RBR RBR SIL HUN SPA ZAN COA COA 14th 14

Complete Formula Regional Japanese 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 16 17 Pos Points 2020 Zap Speed FUJ11 FUJ12 FUJ13 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 FUJ21 FUJ22 MOT1 MOT2 OKA1 OKA2 AUT1 AUT2 20th 16 2022 Super LicenseFUJ11FUJ12FUJ13 OKA1OKA2OKA3MOT1MOT2MOT3SUG1SUG2SUG3FUJ21FUJ22FUJ23SUZ1SUZ2 1st 349

Complete Super Formula Lights 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 Pos Points 2021 B-Max Engineering FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 MOT11 MOT12 MOT13 MOT21 MOT22 MOT23 13th 0

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 Points 2023 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT NC 0 2024 R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUG AUT MOT SUZ NC 0 2025 apr Lexus LC 500h GT GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 28th 4 2026 apr Lexus LC 500h GT GT300 OKA FUJ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 9th* 40* ‡ Did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points. (Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result. † Driver did not finish, but was classified as she completed over 90% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia 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 Pos Points 2023 Super License ZHU1 ZHU2 ZHU3 MAC1 MAC2 SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 NC† 0

† As Koyama was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points

See also List of female racing drivers

References

External links

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