Akira Iida

Akira Iida
Iida at Super GT Malaysia Round in 2025
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1969-12-18) December 18, 1969 (age 56)
Sagamihara, Kanagawa
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1994-1996, 2000
TeamsTeam Kunimitsu Honda, TV Asahi Team Dragon
Best finish8th (1995, 2000)
Class wins1 (1995)

Akira Iida (Shinjitai: 飯田 章, Iida Akira; born 18 December 1969 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the Super GT series. He won the 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 title with Esso Toyota Team LeMans, co-driving with Juichi Wakisaka. He also won the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series GTE class title for Team Taisan Ken Endless.

Iida was also a presenter on the Japanese performance-car program Best Motoring.

Career

Iida has competed in Super GT (formerly JGTC) since 1994; he has multiple race wins and captured the drivers’ title in 2002 with Wakisaka for Esso Team LeMans. He has also raced in International Formula 3000 and Formula Nippon.

Being experienced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Iida also participated in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and VLN endurance races, including class wins in a Lexus LFA. On 31 August 2011, Iida recorded a lap time of 7:14.64 in a fully road-legal Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, then a production-car benchmark on standard specification tyres, confirmed by Lexus.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans

The following results are summarized from RacingSportsCars and event archives.

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1994 Germany Kremer Honda Racing
Japan Team Kunimitsu		 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya		 Honda NSX GT2 222 18th 9th
1995 Japan Team Kunimitsu Honda Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya		 Honda NSX GT2 275 8th 1st
1996 Japan Team Kunimitsu Honda Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya		 Honda NSX GT2 305 16th 3rd
2000 Japan TV Asahi Team Dragon Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
Japan Masahiko Kondō		 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP900 330 8th 7th
2002 Japan Team Taisan Advan Japan Atsushi Yogo
Japan Kazuyuki Nishizawa		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 316 21st 3rd
2003 Japan Team Taisan Advan Japan Atsushi Yogo
Japan Kazuyuki Nishizawa		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 304 19th 4th

Complete JTC/JTCC results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts
1993 NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 MIN
14		 AUT
5		 SUG
3		 SUZ
5		 AID
2		 TSU
1		 TOK
2		 SEN
18		 FUJ
3		 4th 119
1994 NISMO Nissan Sunny AUT
1		 AUT
2		 SUG
1		 SUG
2		 TOK
1		 TOK
2		 SUZ
1		 SUZ
2		 MIN
1		 MIN
2		 AID
1
14		 AID
2
13		 TSU
1
4		 TSU
2
2		 SEN
1
8		 SEN
2
Ret		 FUJ
1
12		 FUJ
2
10		 13th 24
1995 NISMO Nissan Sunny FUJ
1		 FUJ
2		 SUG
1
Ret		 SUG
2
DNS		 TOK
1
10		 TOK
2
7		 SUZ
1
6		 SUZ
2
Ret		 MIN
1
1		 MIN
2
7		 AID
1
6		 AID
2
4		 SEN
1
2		 SEN
2
3		 FUJ
1
Ret		 FUJ
2
6		 6th 67
1997 HKS Opel Team Japan Opel Vectra FUJ
1
C		 FUJ
2
C		 AID
1
10		 AID
2
Ret		 SUG
1
4		 SUG
2
5		 SUZ
1
6		 SUZ
2
Ret		 MIN
1
Ret		 MIN
2
DNS		 SEN
1
3		 SEN
2
1		 TOK
1
12		 TOK
2
DNS		 FUJ
1
13		 FUJ
2
Ret		 8th 43

Japanese Top Formula Championship results

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
1995 Shionogi Team Nova SUZ
Ret		 FUJ
C		 MIN
Ret		 SUZ SUG
8		 FUJ
11		 TOK
Ret		 FUJ
11		 SUZ
11		 NC 0
1997 Shionogi Team Nova SUZ
6		 MIN
3		 FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
7		 SUG
Ret		 FUJ
5		 MIN
10		 MOT
11		 FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
13		 10th 7
1998 Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo SUZ MIN FUJ
8		 MOT
Ret		 SUZ
Ret		 SUG
9		 FUJ
C		 MIN
Ret		 FUJ
5		 SUZ
12		 14th 2
1999 Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo SUZ
7		 MOT
Ret		 MIN
Ret		 FUJ
16		 SUZ
Ret		 SUG
10		 FUJ
Ret		 MIN
Ret		 MOT
13		 SUZ
12		 NC 0

International Formula 3000 results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts
1996 Nordic Racing NÜR
14		 PAU
8		 PER
11		 HOC
12		 SIL
13		 SPA
Ret		 MAG
14		 EST
12		 MUG
18		 HOC
9		 NC 0

Complete JGTC/Super GT Results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
1994 Johnson Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1 FUJ
Ret		 SEN
5		 FUJ
8		 SUG
6		 MIN
9		 13th 19
1995 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1 SUZ
2		 FUJ
4		 SEN
6		 FUJ
3		 SUG
9		 MIN
Ret		 9th 30
1997 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX GT500 SUZ FUJ
Ret		 SEN
16		 FUJ
11		 MIN
2		 SUG
2		 9th 30
1998 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX GT500 SUZ
10		 FUJ
C		 SEN
12		 FUJ
Ret		 MOT
7		 MIN
1		 SUG
Ret		 10th 25
1999 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX GT500 SUZ
Ret		 FUJ
1		 SUG
13		 MIN
15		 FUJ
7		 TAI
5		 MOT
9		 11th 34
2000 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX GT500 MOT
Ret		 FUJ
14		 SUG
10		 FUJ
7		 TAI
5		 MIN
Ret		 SUZ
DSQ		 15th 13
2001 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda NSX GT500 TAI
6		 FUJ
5		 SUG
Ret		 FUJ
9		 MOT
4		 SUZ
13		 MIN
8		 10th 29
2002 Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
10		 FUJ
2		 SUG
1		 SEP
11		 FUJ
7		 MOT
4		 MIN
4		 SUZ
3		 1st 75
2003 Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
1		 FUJ
12		 SUG
1		 FUJ
6		 FUJ
4		 MOT
4		 AUT
4		 SUZ
7		 2nd 83
2004 Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
2		 SUG
11		 SEP
14		 TOK
2		 MOT
2		 AUT
4		 SUZ
Ret		 3rd 57
2005 Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
11		 FUJ
5		 SEP
4		 SUG
4		 MOT
9		 FUJ
3		 AUT
10		 SUZ
3		 6th 51
2006 Mobile 1 Toyota Team Lemans Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
6		 TAI
11		 FUJ
2		 SEP
14		 SUG
9		 SUZ
Ret		 MOT
4		 AUT
13		 FUJ
5		 12th 41
2007 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica GT300 SUZ
14		 TAI
19		 FUJ
Ret		 SEP
9		 SUG
1		 SUZ
12		 MOT
18		 AUT
4		 FUJ
16		 10th 32
2008 Eneos Toyota Team LeMans Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ TAI FUJ SEP SUG
7		 SUZ
6		 MOT
4		 AUT
14		 FUJ 17th 20
2014 LM corsa BMW Z4 GT3 GT300 TAI
22		 FUJ
21		 AUT
7		 SUG
10		 FUJ
5		 SUZ
1		 CHA
4		 MOT 7th 44
2015 LM corsa Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 TAI
10		 FUJ
Ret		 CHA
Ret		 FUJ
15		 SUZ
19		 SUG
22		 AUT
10		 MOT
17		 33rd 2
2016 LM corsa Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 TAI
25		 FUJ
21		 SUG
Ret		 FUJ
17		 SUZ
18		 CHA
21		 MOT
20		 MOT
Ret		 NC 0
2017 LM corsa Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 TAI
22		 FUJ
8		 AUT
12		 SUG
5		 FUJ
27		 SUZ
4		 CHA
6		 MOT
18		 12th 24

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  13. ↑ "Nürburgring by Name and by Nature – Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package posts fastest time" (Press release). Lexus Media (UK). 7 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
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