Kazuya Oshima

Kazuya Oshima
Kazuya Oshima
	Oshima at the first Motegi round of the 2010 Formula Nippon season.
Nationality	Japanese
Born	30 April 1987 (age 37); Tomioka, Gunma, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season	2015
Current team	ROOKIE Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	14
Former teams	Team Kraft, Team LeMans
Starts	105
Wins	8
Podiums	27
Poles	7
Best finish	1st in 2019
Super Formula career
Current team	ROOKIE Racing
Car number	14
Former teams	TOM'S, Team LeMans
Starts	85
Wins	1
Podiums	34
Poles	7
Best finish	5th in 2011
Previous series
2008; 2007-09; 2006-07	Formula 3 Euro Series; Super GT - GT300; Japanese Formula 3 Championship
Championship titles
2019; 2007; 2007	Super GT; Super GT - GT300; Japanese Formula 3 Championship

Kazuya Oshima (大嶋和也, Ōshima Kazuya, born April 30, 1987) is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series and the Super Formula Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing and ROOKIE Racing.^[1]

Oshima is one of only two drivers that have won championships in both classes of Super GT, having won the GT300 Drivers' Championship in 2007, and the GT500 Drivers' Championship in 2019. He also won the 2009 Suzuka Summer Endurance race. Outside of Japan, is a five-time class winner at the Nürburgring 24 Hours (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) as a member of Gazoo Racing/Toyota Gazoo Racing.

Career

Junior career

Oshima made his formula series debut in 2005 at Formula Toyota where he won the title. Then he jumped to Japanese Formula 3 Championship with TOM'S. He competed for 2 season, in 2006 he clinched runners up just lose out to the champion Adrian Sutil, while he managed to get 7th in Macau GP. Then he won the 2007 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship, also finished third in the 2007 Macau Grand Prix Formula 3 race. Then for 2008 Oshima also competed in the 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series with Manor Motorsports as a member of the Toyota Young Driver Program (TDP).

Super GT GT300

Oshima made his GT300 debut with APR, with Minoru Tanaka in 2006. Then he won the title in 2007 with APR alongside Hiroaki Ishiura. For 2008, he made a one-off appearance with APR.

Supet GT GT500

Oshima returns to Japan in 2009, and he stepped into GT500 with Team Kraft alongside his former GT300 Champion teammate Ishiura. He racef there for 2 seasons where he won 2 races in each year. After that he moves to Team LeMans to pair with Daisuke Ito for two years, where both pairs only get one win in 2012. Then he paired with Yuji Kunimoto for over three years. From 2016 & 2017, his new teammate Andrea Caldarelli with him clinched runners up, and third place in 16 and 17.^[2]^[3] Then Oshima paired with Felix Rosenqvist for one season. In 2019 Oshina alongside Kenta Yamashita won the title against the KeePer TOM'S of Ryo Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy.^[4]

After won the title, Team LeMans left the series. And Oshima moves to the new entrant Rookie Racing with new teammate Sho Tsuboi.^[5]^[6] Then he is the mainstay of Rookie Racing, where he paired again with Kenta Yamashita for 2022 & 2023 where they won one race each season. Oshima then paired with former Honda driver Nirei Fukuzumi for 2024.^[7]

Super Formula

Oshima made his Formula Nippon debut in 2009 after return from unsuccessful season in Europe, where he moves to Petronas TOM'S for two seasons. In 2010 he won a race. Then in 2011 he moves to Team LeMans for two seasons. After that he did not compete in the series for four seasons, except one-off appearance in 2015 as he replaces Kazuki Nakajima for one race. Oshima comes back to the rebranded Super Formula, as he returned to his former Team LeMans to race for 3 seasons. After Team LeMans stop their operation in Super GT & Super Formula, Oshima moves to Rookie Racing.^[8]^[9] Then Oshima stays with the team for five seasons.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2005	Formula Toyota Series	TDP Scholarship	11	3	2	?	9	155	1st
2006	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	TOM'S	18	3	5	5	8	185	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix	TOM'S	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	Super GT Series - GT300	apr	9	0	1	?	0	28	15th
2007	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	TOM'S	20	6	8	10	14	262	1st
	Macau Grand Prix	TOM'S	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Super GT - GT300	apr	9	2	1	?	5	89	1st
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	Manor Motorsport	20	1	0	0	1	7	19th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	20th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
	Super GT - GT300	apr	1	0	0	0	1	17	22nd
2009	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team Kraft	9	1	1	0	1	44	9th
2009	Formula Nippon	Petronas Team TOM'S	8	0	0	0	1	13	9th
2010	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team Kraft	7	1	1	1	1	45	6th
2010	Formula Nippon	Petronas Team TOM'S	7	1	1	0	1	24	6th
2011	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	8	0	0	0	1	28	11th
	Formula Nippon	Team LeMans	7	0	1	0	1	19	5th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8	Gazoo Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2012	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	8	1	0	0	2	33	10th
2012	Formula Nippon	Team LeMans	8	0	0	0	1	21.5	7th
2013	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	8	1	1	1	2	52	5th
2014	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	8	0	1	0	2	44	7th
2014	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8	Gazoo Racing	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
2015	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	8	0	0	0	1	32	9th
	Super Formula	Petronas Team TOM'S	1	0	0	0	0	0	20th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-Pro	Team Toyota Gazoo Racing	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
2016	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	8	0	1	0	2	69	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-Pro	Toyota Gazoo Racing with Tom's	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1	0	?	?	0	N/A	DNF
2017	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	8	0	0	1	4	63	3rd
2017	Super Formula	Sunoco Team LeMans	7	0	0	0	1	6	12th
2018	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	8	0	0	0	1	41	10th
2018	Super Formula	UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans	6	0	0	0	0	6	12th
2019	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	8	2	1	0	4	85	1st
2019	Super Formula	UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans	7	0	0	0	1	7	14th
2020	Super GT - GT500	TGR Team Wako's ROOKIE	8	0	0	0	3	47	7th
2020	Super Formula	ROOKIE Racing	7	0	0	0	0	5	19th
2021	Super GT - GT500	TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE	8	1	1	1	3	52	5th
	Super Formula	NTT Communications ROOKIE	7	0	0	0	0	2.5	19th
	Super Taikyu - ST-Q	ROOKIE Racing
2022	Super GT - GT500	TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE	8	1	1	0	2	49	5th
	Super Formula	docomo Business ROOKIE	10	0	0	1	0	0	21st
	Super Taikyu - ST-Q	ORC ROOKIE Racing
2023	Super GT - GT500	TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE	7	0	0	0	1	45	7th
	Super Formula	docomo business ROOKIE	9	0	0	0	0	13	14th
	Super Taikyu - ST-Q	ORC ROOKIE Racing	5	1	2	2	5	N/A	N/A
2024	Super Formula	docomo business ROOKIE	1	0	0	0	0	0	13th
	Super GT - GT500	TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE
	Super Taikyu - ST-Q	ORC ROOKIE Racing

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	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Pts
2006	TDP Team TOM'S	Toyota	FUJ 1 3	FUJ 2 1	SUZ 1 2	SUZ 2 6	MOT 1 5	MOT 2 6	OKA 1 8	OKA 2 Ret	SUZ 1 Ret	SUZ 2 4	AUT 1 1	AUT 2 2	FUJ 1 1	FUJ 2 2	SUG 1 2	SUG 2 4	MOT 1 Ret	MOT 2 DSQ			2nd	185
2007	TDP Team TOM'S	Toyota	FUJ 1 3	FUJ 2 1	SUZ 1 1	SUZ 2 4	MOT 1 6	MOT 2 9	OKA 1 7	OKA 2 2	SUZ 1 2	SUZ 2 3	AUT 1 3	AUT 2 2	AUT 3 1	FUJ 1 1	FUJ 2 1	SEN 1 Ret	SEN 2 3	SEN 3 Ret	MOT 1 2	MOT 2 1	1st	262

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2006	apr	Toyota MR-S	GT300	SUZ Ret	OKA 15	FUJ 9	SEP 7	SUG 7	SUZ 14	MOT 9	AUT 5	FUJ 4	15th	28
2007				SUZ 3	OKA 1	FUJ 3	SEP 1	SUG 15	SUZ 14	MOT 21	AUT 9	FUJ 2	1st	89
2008				SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ 2	MOT	AUT	FUJ	22nd	17
2009	Lexus Team Kraft	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 9	SUZ 7	FUJ 5	SEP 9	SUG 12	SUZ 1	FUJ 7	AUT 7	MOT 9	9th	44
2010	Lexus Team Kraft			SUZ 6	OKA 9	FUJ 1	SEP 7	SUG Ret	SUZ 5	FUJ C	MOT 4		6th	45
2011	Team LeMans			OKA 11	FUJ 2	SEP 8	SUG 5	SUZ 8	FUJ 10	AUT 13	MOT 15		11th	26
2012				OKA 13	FUJ 10	SEP 3	SUG 1	SUZ Ret	FUJ 10	AUT 12	MOT 12		10th	33
2013				OKA 7	FUJ 3	SEP 7	SUG 6	SUZ Ret	FUJ 4	AUT 11	MOT 1		5th	52
2014		Lexus RC F		OKA 2	FUJ 3	AUT 9	SUG 5	FUJ 13	SUZ 5	BUR 9	MOT 11		7th	44
2015				OKA 9	FUJ 9	BUR 2	FUJ 13	SUZ Ret	SUG 4	AUT 8	MOT 9		9th	32
2016				OKA 4	FUJ 5	SUG 4	FUJ 9	SUZ 4	BUR 3	MOT 4	MOT 2		2nd	69
2017	Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	Lexus LC 500		OKA 2	FUJ 2	AUT 13	SUG 3	FUJ 9	SUZ 7	BUR 2	MOT 13		3rd	63
2018		Lexus LC 500		OKA 4	FUJ 5	SUZ 12	BUR 2	FUJ 7	AUT 11	SUG 9	MOT 6		10th	41
2019		Lexus LC 500 GT500		OKA 13	FUJ 8	SUZ 3	BUR 1	FUJ 1	AUT 6	SUG 6	MOT 2		1st	85
2020	TGR Team Wako's ROOKIE	Toyota GR Supra GT500		FUJ 3	FUJ 3	SUZ 9	MOT 4	FUJ 2	SUZ 12	MOT 12	FUJ Ret		7th	47
2021	TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE			OKA 1	FUJ 2	MOT 13	SUZ 12	SUG 12†	AUT 11	MOT 6	FUJ 3		5th	52
2022				OKA 1	FUJ 7‡	SUZ 8	FUJ 7	SUZ 14	SUG 11	AUT 4	MOT 3		5th	49
2023				OKA 4	FUJ 4	SUZ 6	FUJ 11	SUZ 3	SUG 6	AUT 8	MOT 6		7th	45
2024				OKA	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
2009	Petronas Team TOM'S	FUJ 7	SUZ 10	MOT Ret	FUJ 2	SUZ 10	MOT 11	AUT 9	SUG 6			9th	13
2010	Petronas Team TOM'S	SUZ 12	MOT 8	FUJ 4	MOT 5	SUG 1	AUT DNS	SUZ 5	SUZ 7			6th	24
2011	Team LeMans	SUZ 5	AUT 2	FUJ 12	MOT 8	SUZ C	SUG 6	MOT Ret	MOT 5			5th	19
2012	Team LeMans	SUZ 4	MOT 8	AUT 6	FUJ 3	MOT Ret	SUG 4	SUZ 8	SUZ 7			7th	21.5
2015	Petronas Team TOM'S	SUZ	OKA 15	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ			20th	0
2017	SUNOCO Team LeMans	SUZ Ret	OKA 15	OKA 12	FUJ 12	MOT 10	AUT 3	SUG 15	SUZ C	SUZ C		12th	6
2018	UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans	SUZ 15	AUT C	SUG 15	FUJ 7	MOT 5	OKA 16	SUZ 14				12th	6
2019	UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans	SUZ 12	AUT 3	SUG 17	FUJ 13	MOT 11	OKA 8	SUZ 17				14th	7
2020	ROOKIE Racing	MOT 10	OKA 16	SUG 9	AUT 17	SUZ 12	SUZ 9	FUJ 14				19th	5
2021	NTT Communications ROOKIE	FUJ 10	SUZ1 15	AUT 8	SUG 18	MOT1 Ret	MOT2 11	SUZ2 17				19th	2.5
2022	docomo business ROOKIE	FUJ 15	FUJ 18	SUZ 19	AUT 15	SUG 14	FUJ 13	MOT 17	MOT 18	SUZ 19	SUZ 15	21st	0
2023		FUJ 9	FUJ 11	SUZ 13	AUT 12	SUG 4	FUJ 12	MOT 8	SUZ 19	SUZ 14		14th	13
2024		SUZ 13	AUT 11	SUG Ret	FUJ 16	MOT 14	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	SUZ		-	-

^* Season still in progress.

References

^ "大嶋和也 (kazuya Oshima) Official Web Site". 大嶋和也 (kazuya Oshima) 公式ホームページ Official Web site kazuya oshima (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-04-27.
^ "Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2016 Motorsports Activities". Toyota Global Newsroom. Toyota. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
^ "Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2017 Motorsports Activities". Toyota Motor Corporation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ "Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2019 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
^ "Toyota Team Cerumo Adds Second GT500 Car For 2020 Super GT Series". dailysportscar.com. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2020 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Presents its 2024 motorsport team setups in Japan". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ Klein, Jamie (November 21, 2019). "Fenestraz set to replace Nakajima at TOM'S". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
^ Klein, Jamie (December 18, 2019). "Cerumo/Inging adds cars in Super GT, Super Formula". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved December 19, 2019.

External links

Official website
Kazuya Oshima career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hideto Yasuoka	Formula Toyota Champion 2005	Succeeded by Yuhi Sekiguchi
Preceded by Adrian Sutil	All-Japan Formula Three Champion 2007	Succeeded by Carlo van Dam
Preceded by Jenson Button Naoki Yamamoto	Super GT GT500 Champion 2019 With: Kenta Yamashita	Succeeded by Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino

[1] "大嶋和也 (kazuya Oshima) Official Web Site". 大嶋和也 (kazuya Oshima) 公式ホームページ Official Web site kazuya oshima (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-04-27.

[2] "Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2016 Motorsports Activities". Toyota Global Newsroom. Toyota. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.

[3] "Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2017 Motorsports Activities". Toyota Motor Corporation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[Lexus19-4] "Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2019 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

[5] "Toyota Team Cerumo Adds Second GT500 Car For 2020 Super GT Series". dailysportscar.com. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[6] "Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2020 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

[TGR2024-7] "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Presents its 2024 motorsport team setups in Japan". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[LeMans-8] Klein, Jamie (November 21, 2019). "Fenestraz set to replace Nakajima at TOM'S". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

[Cerumo-9] Klein, Jamie (December 18, 2019). "Cerumo/Inging adds cars in Super GT, Super Formula". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved December 19, 2019.

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