is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Motor Company who currently competes in Super GT for Team HRC ARTA Mugen and in Super Formula for docomo Team Dandelion Racing and the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Acura Meyer Shank Racing in the GTP class.
Career Early career Ohta made his single-seater racing debut in 2018, racing at a single round of the F4 Japanese Championship with . The following season, he made his full-time debut in the 2019 championship with backing from the Honda Formula Dream Project, claiming 2 wins but finishing 6th in the standings. That year, Ohta also made a guest appearance in the French F4 championship alongside Honda stablemate Ren Satō, where he finished in the top ten in the three races he competed in and secured one podium. He would also make an appearance in Japan Formula 4 at the end of the year, winning the "All-Japan Deciding Race" over the likes of Satō, Atsushi Miyake, and Riki Ōkusa.
In 2020, Ohta returned to the F4 Japanese Championship, albeit having lost his manufacturer backing. He regained support from Honda and rejoined the Honda Formula Dream project for 2021 to contest his third season in the championship, eventually finishing fifth in the standings.
Ohta stepped up to Super Formula Lights for the 2022 season, driving for Toda Racing. Belying his past record, he impressed immediately, claiming four wins and twelve podiums to finish second in the championship, behind only the returning Kazuto Kotaka.
Super GT GT300 Ohta began his Super GT career in GT300 with Team UpGarage, paired with veteran driver Takashi Kobayashi. Ohta claimed his maiden podium on debut at the first round in Okayama, and would go on to finish on the podium once more to end the season eighth in the standings.
GT500 For the 2023 season, Ohta was promoted to the GT500 class, driving for Modulo Nakajima Racing alongside series veteran Takuya Izawa. After a promising season, Ohta moved to Real Racing as he replaced Nobuharu Matsushita, and raced along with Koudai Tsukakoshi.
Super Formula 2023
Following his performance in Super Formula Lights, Ohta was promoted to a top-level drive in the Super Formula Championship for 2023, racing for docomo Dandelion Racing alongside Tadasuke Makino and in place of Hiroki Ōtsu. Ohta struggled during the first half of the season but proved to be a revalation following the summer break, qualifying in the top ten for the first time at the fifth round at Sportsland SUGO and proceeding to qualify in the top four in each of the season's four remaining rounds. He claimed his first podium in the championship in a shortened penultimate round at Suzuka, and followed it up by fending off the challenge of heavily favored championship contender Liam Lawson and eventual series champion Ritomo Miyata to claim his first race victory in the season finale.
2024 Ohta returned to Dandelion in 2024. He began the year by finishing fourth at Suzuka, where he qualified second before dropping multiple places owing to a poor start. Ohta finished fifth at Autopolis preceded a non-score at SUGO, as he went off at the final corner during a restart in wet conditions. He failed to start the next race at Fuji before experiencing a strong run at Motegi, qualifying second and progressing to the lead thanks to an undercut strategy. However, he was chased down by teammate Makino in the closing stages and lost the victory on the penultimate lap, as a throttle issue caused him to spin out of the race. Ohta had another strong qualifying session in Fuji, as he started from second, but dropped to ninth by the flag due to degrading tyres in the final laps. He finished the second race of the weekend in fourth. At the final event in Suzuka, Ohta qualified on pole for race 1 before cruising to a dominant victory. Starting from second the following day, he took the lead at turn one and later defended against Sho Tsuboi right after the pit stop phase to clinch his second successive victory. He ended the year fourth in the standings.
2025 Ohta continued to stay with Dandelion Racing for 2025 season.
Endurance racing Ohta was given a chance to test the Acura ARX-06 in the IMSA Sanctioned Test at Daytona International Speedway in November 2024.
On 11 December 2024, it was announced that Ohta would be driving three races during the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship in the 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06, alongside Renger van Der Zande and Nick Yelloly, for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, Six Hours of the Glen at Watkins Glen and the Battle of the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Alex Palou for the Rolex 24 exclusively.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2013IAME International Final — X30 JuniorSuper Winforce RT NC2014CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy — AcademyOta Masatoshi 2ndIAME International Final — X30 Junior34th 2015Asia Pacific Championship — KFToyota Yamaha RT17thSources:
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2018JAF Formula 4 - West SeriesMARUSAN MYST54544802ndJAF Formula 4 - East Series30001455th F4 Japanese Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 47thJAF F4 – All-Japan Final11111N/A1st 2019 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 2 3 2 4 125 6th French F4 Championship FFSA Academy300010NC†JAF Formula 4 ChampionshipTakamiya Syouji MARUSAN MYST22212407thJAF F4 - All-Japan Final11111N/A1st 2020 F4 Japanese Championship Vegaplus 9 0 0 1 2 68 7thJAF Formula 4 ChampionshipMYST110112010th 2021 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 0 0 1 6 150 5th Formula Regional Japanese Championship Rn-sports200012714th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team 5Zigen4000280.5‡3rd‡2022 Super Formula Lights Toda Racing1846712108 2nd Super GT - GT300 Team UpGarage80002348th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team 5Zigen62334131.5‡1st‡2023 Super Formula docomo Team Dandelion Racing9100235.57th Super GT - GT500 Modulo Nakajima Racing800011914th 2024 Super Formula docomo Team Dandelion Racing 8 2 1 1 2 75 4th Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing801024310th Super Taikyu - ST-X Craft-Bamboo Racing52200110‡ 2nd‡2025 Super Formula docomo Team Dandelion Racing123006118 3rd IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian3010083320th IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Era Motorsport2000050139thIntercontinental GT ChallengeMercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing10000231stSuper Taikyu - ST-XCraft-Bamboo Racing4000038.5‡6th‡ 2026 Super Formula docomo Team Dandelion Racing Super GT - GT500 Team HRC ARTA Mugen IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian2010164325thSuper Taikyu - ST-XCraft-Bamboo Racing24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2Proton Competition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th † As he was a guest driver, Ohta was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings.
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results YearTeam1234567891011121314DCPoints 2018 MYST OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ21 FUJ22 SUG1 SUG2 AUT1 AUT2 MOT1 MOT2 47th 0 2019 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ21 FUJ22 AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 MOT1 MOT2 6th 125 2020 VegaplusFUJ11FUJ12FUJ13SUZ1SUZ2SUZ3MOT1MOT2MOT3FUJ21FUJ22FUJ23 7th 68 2021 Honda Formula Dream ProjectFUJ11FUJ12SUZ1SUZ2MOT11MOT12MOT13SUG1SUG2SUG3MOT21MOT22FUJ21FUJ22 5th 150
Complete Formula Regional 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 Rank Points2021 Rn-sports OKA1OKA2OKA3MOT1MOT2MOT3FUJ1FUJ2FUJ3SUG1SUG2SUZ1SUZ214th27
Complete Super Formula Lights 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 Pos Points 2022 Toda Racing FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 2nd 113
Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts 2022 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 8th 34 2023 Modulo Nakajima Racing Honda NSX-Type S GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 14th 192024Astemo Real RacingHonda Civic Type R-GT GT500GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 10th 43 2026 Team HRC ARTA Mugen Honda Prelude-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT
Complete Super Formula 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 9101112 DC Points 2023 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda FUJ FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT SUZ SUZ 7th 35.5 2024 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT FUJ FUJ SUZ SUZ 4th 752025 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda SUZ SUZ MOT MOT AUT FUJ FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ SUZ SUZ 3rd 118 2026 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda MOT MOT AUT SUZ SUZ FUJ FUJ SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ SUZ ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.
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 8 9 Rank Points 2025 Acura Meyer Shank Racingwith Curb-Agajanian GTP Acura ARX-06 Honda AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6 DAY LBH LGA DET WGL IMS PET 16th* 833*Era MotorsportLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB ELK36th*501* 2026 Acura Meyer Shank Racingw/ Curb-Agajanian GTP Acura ARX-06 Honda AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 25th 643 * Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2026 Proton Competition Harry King Jonas Ried Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 356 25th 8th
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