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Kakunoshin Ohta

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Kakunoshin Ohta
Ohta at Suzuka Circuit in November 2024
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 25)
Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2022
Current teamReal Racing
Car number17
Former teams
Starts16
Wins0
Podiums3
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th in 2023
Super Formula career
Debut season2023
Current teamDocomo Team Dandelion Racing
Car number6
Starts18
Wins3
Podiums4
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish4th in 2024
Previous series
2022
2022
2021-22
2019
2018-21		Super GT - GT300
Super Formula Lights
Super Taikyū
French F4 Championship
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2022Super Taikyū - ST-Z

Kakunoshin "Kaku" Ohta (太田格之進, Ōta Kakunoshin, born 22 June 1999) is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Motor Company who currently competes in Super GT for Astemo Real Racing and in Super Formula for docomo Team Dandelion Racing.

Career

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Early career

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Ohta made his single-seater racing debut in 2018, racing at a single round of the F4 Japanese Championship with MYST [ja]. The following season, he made his full-time debut in the 2019 championship with backing from the Honda Formula Dream Project,[1] 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.[citation needed]

In 2020, Ohta returned to the F4 Japanese Championship, albeit having lost his manufacturer backing.[1] 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.[1]

Ohta stepped up to Super Formula Lights for the 2022 season, driving for Toda Racing.[2] 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

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Ohta began his Super GT career in GT300 with Team UpGarage, paired with veteran driver Takashi Kobayashi.[2] 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. For the 2023 season, Ohta was promoted to the GT500 class, driving for Modulo Nakajima Racing alongside series veteran Takuya Izawa.[3] After promising season, Ohta moves to Real Racing as he replaces Nobuharu Matsushita, and race along with Koudai Tsukakoshi.[4]

Super Formula

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Ohta at Mobility Resort Motegi in 2024

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.[3] 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.[5] He continues to compete with Dandelion Racing for 2024.[4]

Endurance racing

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Ohta was given a chance to test the Acura ARX-06 in the IMSA Sanctioned Test at Daytona International Speedway in November 2024.[6]

On December 11, 2024 it was announced that he would be driving 3 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. [7][8]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 F4 Japanese Championship MYST 2 0 0 0 0 0 47th
2019 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 2 3 2 4 125 6th
French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 3 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
2020 F4 Japanese Championship Vegaplus 9 0 0 1 2 68 7th
2021 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 0 0 1 6 150 5th
Formula Regional Japanese Championship Rn-sports 2 0 0 0 1 27 14th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team 5Zigen 4 0 0 0 2 80.5‡ 3rd‡
2022 Super Formula Lights Toda Racing 18 4 6 7 12 108 2nd
Super GT - GT300 Team UpGarage 8 0 0 0 2 34 8th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team 5Zigen 6 2 3 3 4 131.5‡ 1st‡
2023 Super Formula docomo Team Dandelion Racing 9 1 0 0 2 35.5 7th
Super GT - GT500 Modulo Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 1 19 14th
2024 Super Formula docomo Team Dandelion Racing 8 2 1 1 2 75 4th
Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing 8 0 1 0 2 43 10th
Super Taikyu - ST-X Craft-Bamboo Racing 5 2 2 0 0 110 2nd
2025 Super Formula docomo Team Dandelion Racing
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian

† As he was a guest driver, Ohta was ineligible to score points.

‡ Team standings.

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2018 MYST OKA
1 		OKA
2 		FUJ1
1 		FUJ1
2 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		FUJ2
1
27 		FUJ2
2
Ret 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		47th 0
2019 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA
1
Ret 		OKA
2
Ret 		FUJ1
1
2 		FUJ1
2
5 		SUZ
1
1 		SUZ
2
1 		FUJ2
1
4 		FUJ2
2
9 		AUT
1
3 		AUT
2
6 		SUG
1
18 		SUG
2
27 		MOT
1
8 		MOT
2
7 		6th 125
2020 Vegaplus FUJ1
1 		FUJ1
2 		FUJ1
3 		SUZ
1
5 		SUZ
2
2 		SUZ
3
3 		MOT
1
6 		MOT
2
9 		MOT
3
8 		FUJ2
1
9 		FUJ2
2
7 		FUJ2
3
4 		7th 68
2021 Honda Formula Dream Project FUJ1
1
4 		FUJ1
2
31 		SUZ
1
2 		SUZ
2
2 		MOT1
1
3 		MOT1
2
5 		MOT1
3
2 		SUG
1
8 		SUG
2
9 		SUG
3
6 		MOT2
1
3 		MOT2
2
2 		FUJ2
1
Ret 		FUJ2
2
4 		5th 150

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship Results

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(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 Points
2021 Rn-sports OKA
1 		OKA
2 		OKA
3 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		MOT
3 		FUJ
1 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
3 		SUG
1
4 		SUG
2
3 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		14th 27

Complete Super Formula Lights results

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(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 FUJ
1
Ret 		FUJ
2
2 		FUJ
3
4 		SUZ
1
2 		SUZ
2
1 		SUZ
3
2 		AUT
1
2 		AUT
2
1 		AUT
3
2 		SUG
1
Ret 		SUG
2
3 		SUG
3
5 		MOT
1
2 		MOT
2
9 		MOT
3
4 		OKA
1
1 		OKA
2
3 		OKA
3
1 		2nd 113

Complete Super Formula results

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(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 11 12 DC Points
2023 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda FUJ
15 		FUJ
19 		SUZ
17 		AUT
16 		SUG
15 		FUJ
63 		MOT
Ret2 		SUZ
3 		SUZ
12 		7th 35.5
2024 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda SUZ
42 		AUT
5 		SUG
14 		FUJ
DNS 		MOT
19†2 		FUJ
92 		FUJ
4 		SUZ
11 		SUZ
12 		4th 75
2025 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda SUZ
 SUZ
 MOT
 MOT
 AUT
 FUJ
 FUJ
 SUG
 FUJ
 FUJ
 SUZ
 SUZ

* Season still in progress.

Complete Super GT results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2022 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo GT300 OKA
2 		FUJ
13 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
3 		SUZ
14 		SUG
11 		AUT
19 		MOT
4 		8th 34
2023 Modulo Nakajima Racing Honda NSX-Type S GT500 GT500 OKA
10 		FUJ
14 		SUZ
14 		FUJ
2 		SUZ
8 		SUG
11 		AUT
11 		MOT
Ret 		14th 19
2024 Astemo Real Racing Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 GT500 OKA
Ret 		FUJ
31 		SUZ
6 		FUJ
8 		SUZ
7 		SUG
Ret 		AUT
14† 		MOT
22 		10th 43

References

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  1. ^ a b c "HFDP Drivers' Documentary SFL Vol.2 ~Kakunoshin Ohta~". honda.racing. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Honda outlines Super Formula driver roster for 2022". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Suzuka Super Formula: Miyata beats Lawson to title, Ota wins finale". motorsport.com. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Kakunoshin Ohta To Test Acura ARX-06 At Daytona". dailysportscar.com. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Kakunoshin Ohta to Participate in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | Honda Global Corporate Website". Honda Global. 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  8. ^ Komar, Maddie (11 December 2024). "Acura Meyer Shank Racing Announces Final Driver for the Rolex 24". Meyer Shank Racing. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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