Takuya Otaki

Takuya Otaki
大滝 拓也
Otaki in 2020
Born	Takuya Otaki (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 29) Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Previous series
2020-2021, 2023-2024 2019 2016-2018, 2021-2022	Super GT GT300 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan F4 Japanese Championship

Takuya Otaki (大滝 拓也, Ōtaki Takuya; born 11 October 1995) is a Japanese racing driver currently racing for B-Max Racing Team in Super Formula Lights.

Career

After graduating from the Suzuka Racing School in late 2015,^[1] Otaki made his single-seater debut in 2016, racing in the F4 Japanese Championship for Honda Formula Dream Project.^[2] Otaki stayed with them for three seasons, winning at Suzuka in 2016,^[3] and at Sugo in 2017 as he had a best points finish of fifth in the latter,^[4] before ending his three-year tenure in the series winless and eighth in points.^[5]

Otaki then competed in Porsche Carrera Cup Japan in 2019,^[6] before making his Super GT debut with Tomei Sports the following year after passing his rookie test ahead of his debut at Suzuka.^[7][8] With them, Otaki made two starts that year, taking a surprise podium in the latter at Motegi by finishing third.^[9] During 2020, Otaki also made a one-off appearance for Team 5Zigen in the ST-Z class of Super Taikyu at Autopolis.^[10]

The following year, Otaki returned to Japanese F4, racing on a part-time basis with Media Do Kageyama Racing, taking three points finished with a best result of eighth at Motegi.^[11] Also in 2021, Otaki made one-off appearances in Super GT and Super Taikyu for Tomei Sports and Tracy Sports with Delta, respectively.^[12]

In 2022, Otaki remained with Media Do Kageyama Racing in F4 Japanese Championship, taking a best result of seventh twice at Suzuka and Autopolis.^[13][14] Alongside his commitments in Japanese F4, Otaki was retained by Tracy Sports with Delta for their ST-3 program in Super Taikyu.^[15] Taking part in the first four races, Otaki won at Sportsland Sugo and finished second in the other three, helping the team secure the ST-3 title at season's end.^[16]

Otaki returned to GT300 competition in 2023, returning to Tomei Sports as their third driver.^[17] Despite being their 'C' driver, Otaki competed in all but two races, taking a best result of 14th four times but wasn't classified in the official standings as he didn't score points.^[18][19]

The following year, Otaki returned to Tomei Sports for his second full-time season in GT300.^[20] Racing in all but one rounds, Otaki scored a best result of 12th at Sportsland SUGO.^[21] During 2024, Otaki also won the Fuji 24 Hours in the ST-3 class.^[22]

Starting off 2025 with a class win at the Fuji 24 Hours in ST-3,^[23] Otaki returned to Runup Sports to race in the Suzuka 1000 km and also joined B-Max Racing Team to compete in Super Formula Lights.^[24]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2011	Kart Soleil Mogamigawa – MAX		1st
	SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX		2nd
	Rotax Max Japan Festival – Senior	FIRST Racing KD	30th
2012	Toyota SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX	FIRST Racing KD	1st
	Rotax Max Japan Festival – Senior		19th
2013	SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX		2nd
2016	SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX	FIRST Racing MTS
2023	SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX	FIRST Racing MTS
Sources:[25][26][27][28]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	F4 Japanese Championship	Honda Formula Dream Project	14	1	1	0	1	55	12th
2017	F4 Japanese Championship	Honda Formula Dream Project	14	1	0	0	3	94	5th
2018	F4 Japanese Championship	Honda Formula Dream Project	13	0	0	0	1	57	8th
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Japan	Sky Racing	10	0	0	0	3	127	4th
	Super Taikyu – ST-3	Tracy Sports	1	0	0	0	0	91‡	5th‡
2020	Super GT – GT300	Tomei Sports	2	0	0	0	1	11	19th
	Super Taikyu – ST-Z	Team 5Zigen	1	0	0	0	0	84‡	3rd‡
2021	F4 Japanese Championship	Media Do Kageyama Racing	9	0	0	0	0	7	13th
	Super GT – GT300	Tomei Sports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Taikyu – ST-3	Tracy Sports with Delta	1	0	0	0	1	74‡	6th‡
2022	F4 Japanese Championship	Media Do Kageyama Racing	14	0	0	0	0	18	13th
	Super Taikyu – ST-3	Tracy Sports with Delta	4	1	0	0	4	136.5‡	1st‡
2023	Super GT – GT300	Tomei Sports	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2024	Super GT – GT300	Tomei Sports	7	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Taikyu – ST-3	Tracy Sports with Delta	1	1	0	0	1	142.5‡	1st‡
2025	Super Taikyu – ST-3	Tracy Sports with Delta	1	1	0	0	1	109.5‡*	1st‡*
	Super Formula Lights	B-Max Racing Team						*	*
	Suzuka 1000 km – Pro-Am	RunUp Sports						—	*
Sources:[29][30]

‡ Team standings

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	DC	Pts
2016	Honda Formula Dream Project	OKA 1 Ret	OKA 2 15	FUJ1 1 33	FUJ1 2 19	SUG 1 8	SUG 2 13	FUJ2 1 8	FUJ2 2 11	FUJ2 3 Ret	SUZ 1 1	SUZ 2 30	MOT 1 8	MOT 2 5	MOT 3 6	12th	55
2017	Honda Formula Dream Project	OKA 1 7	OKA 2 3	FUJ1 1 14	FUJ1 2 13	AUT 1 Ret	AUT 2 12	SUG 1 2	SUG 2 1	FUJ2 1 6	FUJ2 2 9	SUZ 1 7	SUZ 2 8	MOT 1 7	MOT 2 8	5th	94
2018	Honda Formula Dream Project	OKA 1 19	OKA 2 DNS	FUJ1 1 20	FUJ1 2 20	SUZ 1 16	SUZ 2 3	FUJ2 1 8	FUJ2 2 11	SUG 1 6	SUG 2 14	AUT 1 5	AUT 2 4	MOT 1 6	MOT 2 Ret	8th	57
2021	Media Do Kageyama Racing	FUJ1 1	FUJ1 2	SUZ 1 14	SUZ 2 10	MOT1 1	MOT1 2	MOT1 3	SUG 1 11	SUG 2 30†	SUG 3 9	MOT2 1 8	MOT2 2 13	FUJ2 1 Ret	FUJ2 2 21	13th	7
2022	Media Do Kageyama Racing	FUJ1 1 12	FUJ1 2 36	SUZ1 1 7	SUZ1 2 10	FUJ2 1 8	FUJ2 2 14	SUZ2 1 10	SUZ2 2 12	SUG 1 Ret	SUG 2 13	AUT 1 7	AUT 2 30	MOT 1 Ret	MOT 2 17	13th	18

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
2020	Tomei Sports	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	SUZ 17	MOT 3	FUJ	19th	11
2021	Tomei Sports	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	OKA	FSW	MOT	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT 13	FSW	NC	0
2023	Tomei Sports	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	OKA	FSW 19	SUZ 14	FSW 14	SUZ 14	SUG 15	AUT 14	MOT	NC	0
2024	Tomei Sports	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	OKA 20	FUJ1 21	SUZ1 23	FUJ2 17	SUG 12	AUT 21	MOT	SUZ2 18	NC	0

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
2025	B-Max Racing Team	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	SUZ 3	AUT 1	AUT 2	AUT 3	OKA 1	OKA 2	OKA 3	SUG 1	SUG 2	SUG 3	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	FUJ 3	MOT 1	MOT 2	MOT 3	*	*

^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Takuya Otaki career summary at DriverDB.com