is a racing driver from

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who currently competes in

Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a sports car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC), the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is the top level of ...

Career

Formula career

Suganami started his first Formula racing in 2017 in F4 Japanese Championship until 2018 season which was his highest standing in 5th with 2 wins and 3 podiums. On 2022, Suganami returned to formula racing at

Super Formula Lights is a national formula racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses the same single seater chassis as the pan-European Euroformula Open Championship. The series will be the first with the new ...

with

B-Max Racing B-Max Racing Co., Ltd also known as B-Max Racing Team and B-Max Engineering is a Japanese race car constructor and racing team headquartered in Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan. History Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. established the race division "B-Max Engi ...

with Iori Kimura as his teammate. He returns to the series for couple of rounds with the same team where he replaces Nobuhiro Imada, and Takashi Hata for each 1 round respectively. He claimed his first win at

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, and 2 podiums on that round.

Super GT

Suganami made his

GT300 debut on

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for K2 R&D LEON Racing, replaces Haruki Kurosawa for the last 3 rounds of the series. Suganami claimed his maiden podium in the last round at Motegi where he reach second place alongside Naoya Gamou. Suganami retained for next season with Gamou. That season he got a win and 2 podiums, where both him, and Gamou clinched third place in the standings. Suganami continued for next season where he claimed 2 podiums, but only managed to get 6th place in the standings where that would be his last race with Leon Racing. Suganami returns to the series for 2022 for one round to replaces Hiroki Yoshida for one round at

Fuji Speedway is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Shizuoka, Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the ...

. Suganami moves to Team Tsuchiya for 2023, partnered up with regular from last season

Seita Nonaka is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super GT and Super Formula Lights. He was the former 2021 F4 Japanese Championship, F4 Japanese Championship title winner in 2021. He is part of the TGR Driver Challenge Program. Career F ...

. Unfortunately Team Tsuchiya cannot continue the rest of the season after the car caught up with fire where the car cannot be repaired to return for the season.

Super Formula Lights

Suganami returns to formula racing in 2022 to race in

as he joins

B-Max Racing Team B-Max Racing Co., Ltd also known as B-Max Racing Team and B-Max Engineering is a Japanese race car constructor and racing team headquartered in Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan. History Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. established the race division "B-Max Engi ...

. Suganami then rejoined the team in 2023, but only race for 3 race in total to replace Nobuhiro Imada for one round and Takashi Hata for 2 rounds. Suganami managed to get 2 wins and 4 podiums where he managed to get sixth as he beats

, Yuga Furutani and David Vidales. Suganami once again made an appearance in 2024 as he replace Imada for the last round.

Racing record

Career summary

‡ Team standings

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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

Complete Super GT results

Complete Super Formula Lights results

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suganami, Togo 1995 births Living people Japanese racing drivers Super GT drivers Japanese F4 Championship drivers B-Max Racing drivers Super Formula Lights drivers