Yuji Tachikawa

Japanese racing driver

Yuji Tachikawa
Tachikawa in 2015
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1975-07-05) 5 July 1975 (age 48) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Super GT career
Years active	1996–2023
Teams	Team LeMans, Bros Factory, Team Cerumo
Car number	38
Starts	125
Wins	19
Poles	24
Fastest laps	6
Previous series
1995–1997 1998 1997-2009	All-Japan F3 JTCC Formula Nippon
Championship titles
2001 2005, 2013	JGTC - GT500 Super GT - GT500

Yuji Tachikawa (立川祐路, Tachikawa Yūji, born 5 July 1975), is a retired Japanese racing driver who competed in Super GT between 1996 and 2023, and in Formula Nippon between 1997 and 2009. He is a three-time Super GT champion in the GT500 class, having won the championship in its previous guise as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship in 2001, and after its rebranding in 2005 and 2013. A longtime Toyota factory driver, he competed for the Cerumo team for the majority of his racing career.

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3 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	9	10	DC	Pts
1995	Morisawa Racing	Toyota	SUZ	FUJ C	TSU Ret	MIN 10	SUZ 7	TAI 6	SUG 8	FUJ 11	SUZ	SEN 7	8th	1
1996	Morisawa Racing	Toyota	SUZ Ret	TSU Ret	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	SEN	SUZ	FUJ		NC	0
1997	Toda Racing	Mugen	SUZ 2	TSU 4	MIN Ret	FUJ 3	SUZ 2	SUG 1	SEN Ret	MOT 2	FUJ C	SUZ 2	2nd	40

Complete JGTC/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	Pts
1996	Bros Factory	BMW M3	GT500	SUZ	FUJ Ret								25th	2
1996	Bros Factory	Nissan 300ZX	GT500			SEN Ret	FUJ	SUG Ret	MIN 9				25th	2
1997	Team LeMans	Nissan 300ZX	GT500	SUZ 10	FUJ DNS	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG				29th	1
1999	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 7	FUJ 2	SUG Ret	MIN 8	FUJ 6	TAI 8	MOT 12			14th	31
2000	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	MOT 4	FUJ 3	SUG 12	FUJ Ret	TAI 1	MIN 6	SUZ 11			4th	58
2001	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI Ret	FUJ 2	SUG 3	FUJ 4	MOT 2	SUZ 6	MIN 16			1st	58
2002	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 4	FUJ 1	SUG 16	SEP 9	FUJ 1	MOT 13	MIN 9	SUZ 6		3rd	65
2003	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI Ret	FUJ Ret	SUG 10	FUJ 4	FUJ 3	MOT 9	AUT 3	SUZ 13		9th	46
2004	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 5	SUG 1	SEP 7	TOK 14	MOT 10	AUT 11	SUZ 4			5th	45
2005	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	OKA 14	FUJ 1	SEP 11	SUG 11	MOT 12	FUJ 1	AUT 7	SUZ 1		1st	67
2006	Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 5	OKA 5	FUJ Ret	SEP 12	SUG 1	SUZ 7	MOT 3	AUT 5	FUJ Ret	5th	71
2007	Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 1	OKA 11	FUJ 6	SEP 4	SUG 11	SUZ 7	MOT 14	AUT Ret	FUJ 4	7th	53
2008	Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 4	OKA 7	FUJ 1	SEP Ret	SUG 3	SUZ 9	MOT 9	AUT 4	FUJ 2	2nd	72
2009	Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 6	SUZ 1	FUJ 9	SEP 10	SUG 10	SUZ 3	FUJ 10	AUT 11	MOT 12	10th	41
2010	Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 9	OKA 2	FUJ 4	SEP 6	SUG 9	SUZ 6	FUJ C	MOT Ret		9th	37
2011	Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 8	FUJ 5	SEP 5	SUG 11	SUZ 14	FUJ 1	AUT 3	MOT 10		6th	47
2012	Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 1	FUJ 8	SEP 2	SUG 5	SUZ 8	FUJ 8	AUT 7	MOT 1		2nd	74
2013	Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 4	FUJ 2	SEP 14	SUG 11	SUZ 11	FUJ 1	AUT 2	MOT 3		1st	69
2014	Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 14	FUJ 2	AUT 12	SUG 1	FUJ 14	SUZ 8	BUR 11	MOT 7		8th	43
2015	Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 3	FUJ Ret	CHA Ret	FUJ 2	SUZ 2	SUG 10	AUT 4	MOT 5		4th	59
2016	Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ 14	SUG 3	FUJ 7	SUZ 1	CHA 15	MOT 6	MOT 9		6th	52
2017	Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus LC500	GT500	OKA 4	FUJ 1	AUT 10	SUG 13	FUJ 3	SUZ 10	CHA 4	MOT 3		4th	62
2018	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Lexus LC500	GT500	OKA 8	FUJ 3	SUZ 8	CHA 4	FUJ 8	SUG 8	AUT 4	MOT 2		4th	59
2019	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Lexus LC500	GT500	OKA 8	FUJ 1	SUZ 6	CHA 7	FUJ Ret	AUT 4	SUG 11	MOT 4		4th	46.5
2020	TGR Team ZENT [ja] Cerumo	Toyota GR Supra GT500	GT500	FUJ 4	FUJ 7	SUZ ret	MOT 2	FUJ 9	SUZ 5	MOT 10	FUJ 8		10th	40
2021	TGR Team ZENT [ja] Cerumo	Toyota GR Supra GT500	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ Ret	MOT 8	SUZ 8	SUG Ret	AUT 2	MOT 9	FUJ 5		12th	34
2022	TGR Team ZENT [ja] Cerumo	Toyota GR Supra GT500	GT500	OKA 4	FUJ 12	SUZ Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG 4	AUT Ret	MOT 10		14th	16.5
2023	TGR Team ZENT [ja] Cerumo	Toyota GR Supra GT500	GT500	OKA 5	FUJ 13	SUZ 10	FUJ 6	SUZ 5	SUG Ret	AUT 4	MOT 11		13th	26

Complete Formula Nippon 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	DC	Points
1997	Team LeMans	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	FUJ 9	SUZ Ret		NC	0
1998	Team TMS	SUZ	MIN	FUJ 9	MOT 5	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ	MIN Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ 9		13th	2
1999	Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	SUZ 5	MOT 4	MIN Ret	FUJ 7	SUZ 7	SUG Ret	FUJ Ret	MIN Ret	MOT 6	SUZ 8		13th	6
2000	Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	SUZ 8	MOT Ret	MIN Ret	FUJ 4	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	MOT Ret	FUJ 4	MIN 4	SUZ 12		9th	9
2001	Olympic Kondo Racing Team	SUZ 13	MOT 2	MIN 11	FUJ Ret	SUZ 4	SUG 4	FUJ 2	MIN 3	MOT 5	SUZ 2		3rd	30
2002	Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	MOT	SUG Ret	FUJ 11	MIN Ret	MOT 9	SUZ Ret		NC	0
2003	Olympic Kondo Racing Team	SUZ 10	FUJ 12	MIN 10	MOT Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ Ret	MIN Ret	MOT 8	SUZ Ret		NC	0
2004	Olympic Kondo Racing Team	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	MOT Ret	SUZ 6	SUG 5	MIN 9	SEP Ret	MOT 7	SUZ 9			14th	3
2006	Team Cerumo	FUJ 12	SUZ Ret	MOT 10	SUZ 4	AUT 4	FUJ 5	SUG 7	MOT 5	SUZ Ret			8th	10
2007	Team Reckless Cerumo	FUJ 16	SUZ 8	MOT 12	OKA 6	SUZ 12	FUJ 5	SUG 6	MOT 9	SUZ 13			12th	11
2008	Cerumo/INGING Motorsport	FUJ 2	SUZ 17	MOT 7	OKA 4	SUZ1 17	SUZ2 12	MOT1 4	MOT2 4	FUJ1 9	FUJ2 9	SUG 15	7th	31
2009	Cerumo/INGING Motorsport	FUJ 5	SUZ 11	MOT Ret	FUJ 9	SUZ 6	MOT 7	AUT Ret	SUG 12				12th	9

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Dome Racing Team	Tatsuya Kataoka Daisuke Itō	Dome S102-Judd	LMP1	272	33rd	13th

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Jiro Nakatani	Formula Toyota West Champion 1994	Succeeded by Shinya Kurushima
Preceded by Ryo Michigami	All-Japan Grand Touring Car Champion (GT500) 2001 with: Hironori Takeuchi	Succeeded by Juichi Wakisaka Akira Iida
Preceded by Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons	Super GT (GT500) Champion 2005 with: Toranosuke Takagi	Succeeded by Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer
Preceded by Ronnie Quintarelli Masataka Yanagida	Super GT (GT500) Champion 2013 with: Kohei Hirate	Succeeded by Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli