Yoshiaki Katayama (born 13 November 1993 in the

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) is a

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racing driver currently competing 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 ...

in the GT300 class. He is the 2016 Japanese Formula 3 - National Class champion.

Career

Lower formulae

In 2015 Katayama made his debut in singe-seater racing by competing in the

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for miNami aoYama with

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. Katayama later competed in the

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, where he came eleventh in the drivers' standings.

Formula 3

In 2016 Katayama competed in the National class of the

Japanese Formula 3 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 pr ...

with Petit Lemans Racing. He took nine National class wins on his way to become champion. In 2017 he returned to the

with the OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC. This time he would compete for the overall championship. He finished the season in ninth. In 2018 he remained in the

with OIRC team YTB. He finished the season in seventh. At the end of the year he joined

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to compete in the

2018 Macau Grand Prix The 2018 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 65th Suncity Group Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 18 November 2018. Unlike other races, such as the Pau Grand Pri ...

. He finished the main race in seventeenth after having started from twenty seventh due to an accident in the qualifying race. In 2019 he once again remained in the

with OIRC team YTB which was operated by

. In the third round at the

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he took his first overall race win in the championship. Like the previous year, he finished the season in seventh. In 2020 he competed in the Formula 3-spec

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 ...

series with

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as the

had been discontinued. After only competing in two rounds he finished the season in sixth. In 2021 he joined the

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as a

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. He only competed in the opening round at the Okayama International Circuit where he won all three races. In 2022 he returned to the

. This time he competed for

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with OIRC. He took his only win of the season at the Okayama International Circuit and finished third in the drivers' standings after not taking part in the final round of the season.

S5000 Tasman Series

In 2021 Katayama raced outside of Asia for the first time by competing in the S5000 Tasman Series with

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. He finished the season in eleventh.

Super GT

In 2021 Katayama made his debut in

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by competing in the GT300-class of the

Super GT Series 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 ...

for

with

Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama (本山哲 - Motoyama Satoshi; born March 4, 1971) is a Japanese professional racing driver and team manager. He is best known for racing in the Super GT Series, formerly known as the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, All- ...

being his teammate. In 2022 he remained in the

with the same team. He finished the season in twenty-first. In 2023 he will remain in the

for a third season with the team. His teammate will be

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