is a Japanese racing driver. He has competed in such series as Super GT and the

All-Japan Formula Three Championship was a national motor racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses small single seater Formula Three chassis. As a result of Formula 3 naming regulations by the FIA, on 13 August 2019, series pro ...

Racing career

Denso SARD SC430 2011 Super GT Fuji 250km

Takuto Iguchi began his motorsports career in 2000 with

kart racing Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...

in his hometown of

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...

. Iguchi raced karts in various Japanese series, winning the FA class of the All Japan Kart Championship in 2005. in 2006 and 2007 Iguchi raced in the Formula Toyota and

Formula Challenge Japan Formula Challenge Japan was an open wheel racing series based in Japan. The first season was in 2006 and carried on from the defunct Formula Dream series. It is promoted as a young driver development project jointly by Honda, Toyota and Nissan a ...

series. Iguchi moved to All Japan Formula Three in 2008, racing for

TOM'S is a factory supported racing team and tuner of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The name stands for Tachi Oiwa Motor Sport. Their head office is located in Tokyo, Japan. They are currently heavily involved with Super GT, Super Formula and Super Form ...

. He finished sixth place in the 2009

Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix ( pt, Grande Prémio de Macau; ) is a motorsport road race for automobiles and motorcycles held annually in Macau. It is the only street circuit racing event in which both cars and motorcycles participate, and one of onl ...

, The highest place finish of any Japanese driver that year. Iguchi raced one season of

Formula Nippon The Japanese Super Formula Championship is a formula racing series. It is considered as being the top level of single-seater racing in Japan and regional motorsports in Asia. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and ...

in 2010 for Deliziefollie/Cerumo-Inging finishing thirteenth in the drivers' championship. Takuto Iguchi began racing in Super GT in 2008. He currently drives for R&D Sport in a

Subaru BRZ The Toyota 86 and the Subaru BRZ are 2+2 sports cars jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru, manufactured at Subaru's Gunma assembly plant. The 2+2 fastback coupé has a naturally-aspirated boxer engine, front-engined, rear-wheel-drive confi ...

Nurburgring 24 hours

Iguchi first took competed in the 24 Hours Nurburgring in 2012 taking the SP3 class victory with

Gazoo Racing Toyota Gazoo Racing (or Toyota GR/TGR) is a motorsport/performance brand of the Japanese automaker Toyota. Many divisions in various racing disciplines use the branding, including Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota's World Rally Championship ...

in a

Toyota 86 The Toyota 86 and the Subaru BRZ are 2+2 sports cars jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru, manufactured at Subaru's Gunma assembly plant. The 2+2 fastback coupé has a naturally-aspirated boxer engine, front-engined, rear-wheel-drive confi ...

. Takuto Iguchi raced in the 2014 and 2015 24 Hours Nurburgring also for Gazoo, racing a Lexus LFA CodeX in both races and won the SP-PRO class victory both years.

Racing record

Complete Super GT results

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

Official website

Career statistics from Driver Database
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