Kakunoshin Ohta

Kakunoshin Ohta (太田格之進, Ōta Kakunoshin, born 22 June 1999) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super Formula and Super GT.

Kakunoshin Ohta
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999
Kyoto, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2022
Current teamNakajima Racing
Car number64
Former teamsTeam UpGarage (GT300)
Starts5
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Super Formula career
Debut season2023
Current teamDocomo Team Dandelion Racing
Car number6
Previous series
2022
2022
2019
2019-2021		Super GT GT300
Super Formula Lights
French F4 Championship
F4 Japanese Championship

Career

Early career

Ohta's single seater career started in 2018 where he competed in F4 Japanese Championship with MYST for only one round. The next season he competed in the same series with Honda Formula Dream Project,[1] where he managed to claim 2 wins and finished 6th in the standings. Continuing again to compete in F4 Japanese Championship but race with Vegaplus,[1] but he competed third quarters of the season. And for 2021, he competed again in F4 Japanese Championship but returns to Honda Formula Dream Project.[1] Ohta takes the step up to Super Formula Lights with Toda Racing & Super GT - GT300 with Team UpGarage.[2] Ohta managed to reach runners up in Super Formula Lights, beating Honda's teammate Iori Kimura but lose out to the eventual champion Kazuto Kotaka. As in Super GT GT300, he clinched his maiden podium in Okayama.

Super Formula & Super GT - GT500

For 2023, Honda announced that Ohta will step up to Super Formula racing with Dandelion Racing, and as well Super GT - GT500 with Nakajima Racing replacing Hiroki Otsu in all series.

Racing record

Career summary
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
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
2023 Super Formula Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
Super GT Modulo Nakajima Racing

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

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
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 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
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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2023 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing FUJ
15		 FUJ
19		 SUZ
17		 AUT
16		 SUG
15		 FUJ
63		 MOT SUZ SUZ 15th* 6*

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. "HFDP Drivers' Documentary SFL Vol.2 ~Kakunoshin Ohta~". honda.racing. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. "Honda outlines Super Formula driver roster for 2022". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.


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