is an American-born Japanese former racing driver who last competed in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian.

Career Born in Cincinnati to a Japanese father and American mother, Michimi lived in the US throughout his karting career, before moving to Japan to make his single-seater debut in 2012 in Formula Challenge Japan. In his first season in the series as a Toyota development driver, Michimi scored his only points of the season at Suzuka by finishing fourth and taking three points.

Returning to Formula Challenge Japan under Toyota's support for 2013, Michimi took his maiden series podium at Motegi by finishing second from pole. Michimi then scored two more podiums in the subsequent two rounds at Fuji, which helped him end the year seventh in points. At the end of the year, Michimi competed in the MRF Racing-centrally run 2013–14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. Racing in the first three rounds of the season, Michimi took his only podium of the season on his final series appearance, finishing second to Rupert Svendsen-Cook in race four at Bahrain.

After testing Auto GP machinery in late 2013 for Euronova Racing, Michimi joined the team for the fourth round of the 2014 season at Monza to make his series debut. Running as high as fourth on debut, Michimi retired due to a mechanical failure in race one, before finishing sixth in race two. After another one-off appearance at the Red Bull Ring in which he finished fourth in race two, Michimi returned to the team for the season-finale at Estoril, taking his maiden win in cars in race two.

Michimi remained with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing as he switched to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for 2015. Racing alongside Kei Cozzolino, the pair won in the Pro-Am class at Monza, before moving up to the Pro class and taking a best result of second at Spa. Remaining in Super Trofeo competition for 2016, Michimi joined Prestige Performance to race in its North American counterpart in the Pro class as a Lamborghini junior. Taking his maiden series win at Laguna Seca, before winning both races at Watkins Glen and VIR, and then taking winning Road America, helping him to secure the Super Trofeo North America title at season's end. After taking a one-year hiatus, Michimi returned to Super Trofeo North America for 2018, joining Precision Performance Motorsports in the Pro class alongside Brandon Gdovic. In his return to racing, Michimi took a lone win at Road America en route to a fourth-place points finish in class.

In 2019, Michimi joined X Works to race with them in Super Taikyu and part-time in the GT300 class of the Super GT Series, in which he scored a best result of sixth at Sugo. During 2019, Michimi missed the second-to-last round of the Super Taikyu series as he made a one-off comeback to Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America at VIR, in which he won race two. Towards the end of the year, Michimi competed in the Petit Le Mans for Precision Performance Motorsports in the GTD class, in which he qualified third in class and set the fastest lap in GTD.

The following year, Michimi joined Honda-affiliated Meyer Shank Racing to contest the endurance rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. In the four races he contested, Michimi won at Road Atlanta, finished third at Sebring and scored the GTD pole for the Petit Le Mans. After sitting most of 2021 on the sidelines, Michimi made a one-off appearance in the ST-X class of the Super Taikyu Series as he raced in the Fuji 24 Hours for CarGuy Racing.

Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2005WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Sportsman22ndWKA Manufacturer's Cup – Yamaha Junior30th 2006WKA Manufacturer's Cup – Yamaha Junior10th2007WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Heavy7th200 Miles of NewcastleL&T Racing62nd2008Manufacturer's Cup Series – Yamaha Jr SuperCan Heavy2ndManufacturer's Cup Series – Yamaha Jr SuperCan LiteMerlin Woltjer USA13thRotax Max Challenge USA – Junior MaxMerlin MRP USA25th200 Miles of NewcastleTeam KartLift35th 2009WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Lite5th 2010200 Miles of NewcastleRaceToADomain.com34th 2011WKA Manufacturer's Cup – Komet Lite2nd 2012200 Miles of NewcastleThree Samurais41stSources:

Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2012 Formula Challenge Japan FTRS Scholarship 12 0 0 0 0 3 10th 2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 0 24 12th 2013 Formula Challenge Japan FTRS Scholarship SMR 12 0 2 0 3 26 7th 2013–14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 8 0 0 0 1 62 6th 2014 Auto GP Series Euronova Racing 6 1 0 3 1 55 8th2015 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 4 1 0 1 1 0 NC Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro 10 0 0 0 2 81 5th2016 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Prestige Performance 12 6 6 8 12 1101st Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final – Pro 2 0 0 0 0 9 7th Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2 20th2018 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Precision Performance Motorsports 10 1 3 0 8 110 4th California 8 Hours – GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 1 2nd2019 Super GT – GT300 X Works 5 0 0 0 0 12 23rd Super Taikyu – ST-X 4 0 0 0 0 60‡ 6th‡ Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Precision Performance Motorsports 2 1 1 0 2 26 7th IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD 1 0 0 1 0 21 55th 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 4 1 1 0 2 107 26th 2021 Super Taikyu – ST-X CarGuy Racing 1 0 0 0 0 23‡ 7th‡Sources:

‡ Team standings

Complete Formula Challenge Japan 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 DC Pts 2012 FTRS ScholarshipFUJ11FUJ12MOT1MOT2FUJ21FUJ22FUJ23SUZ11SUZ12SUZ21SUZ22SUZ23 10th 3 2013 FTRS Scholarship SMRFUJ11FUJ12MOT1MOT2FUJ21FUJ22FUJ23FUJ31FUJ32SUZ1SUZ2SUZ3 7th 26

Complete Auto GP 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 Pos Points 2014 Euronova Racing MAR1 MAR2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 EST1EST2 8th 55

Complete Super GT Series results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2019 X Works Nismo GT-R GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZCHA FUJ AUT SUG MOT 23rd 12

Complete IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship results Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank PointsRef 2019 Precision Performance Motorsports GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LAG PET 55th 21 2020 Michael Shank Racingwith Curb-Agajanian GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MOH CLT PET LGA SEB 26th 107

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