Syun Koide

Syun Koide
Koide in 2025
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1999-10-26) 26 October 1999 (age 27)
Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan
Super GT - GT500 career
Debut season2025
Current teamReal Racing
Car number17
Starts8
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Best finish11th in 2025
Super Formula career
Debut season2025
Current teamB-Max Racing Team
Car number50
Starts12
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish16th in 2025
Previous series
2023-24
2023-24
2020-22		Super GT - GT300
Super Formula Lights
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2024
2022		Super Formula Lights
F4 Japanese Championship

Syun Koide (小出 峻, Koide Shun; born 26 October 1999) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super Formula for ThreeBond Racing. Koide was the F4 Japanese Championship champion in 2022 and champion of Super Formula Lights in 2024, both achieved as part of the Honda Formula Dream Project.

Career

Japanese Formula 4

In 2020 Koide made his debut in single-seater racing in the F4 Japanese Championship. He was originally scheduled to compete for the Honda Formula Dream Project team, but Honda withdrew its entry due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. He ended up competing with Vegaplus from the second round onwards along with Kakunoshin Ohta. He finished the season in tenth.

In 2021, Koide continued to race in the F4 Japanese Championship with the Honda Formula Dream Project team. He took one race win and finished the season in sixth.

In 2022, Koide missed out on move to Super Formula Lights, and stayed with the team. Koide ended up winning the F4 Japanese Championship title ahead of his teammate Yusuke Mitsui. On his way to the title, he scored a total of nine race wins.

Super Formula Lights

For 2023, Koide competed in Super Formula Lights with Toda Racing. In that season, he had over four wins, and seven podiums to date. Koide continued to compete in the series for the following year, as he moved to B-Max Racing Team. Koide won the Drivers' Championship with two races to spare, and took eight wins and three further podiums en route to his title, with his closest challengers Kobayashi and Nonaka only claiming three and five wins respectively.

Super GT

GT300

Koide competed in the GT300-class of the 2023 Super GT Series with Team UpGarage alongside Takashi Kobayashi. Koide won his first GT300 race in the first round of the series in Okayama International Circuit. then he won as well in Suzuka. Koide continued to partner with Takashhi Kobayashi at Tean UpGarage for 2024.

GT500

Koide then stepped up to GT500 with Real Racing as he replaces Kakunoshin Ohta who moved to IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTP class.

Super Formula

Koide stepped up to Super Formula in 2025 and race with B-Max Racing Team as he replaces Iori Kimura.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2020 F4 Japanese Championship Vegaplus 9 0 0 1 0 36 10th
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR Racer Dome Racing 3 1 0 1 2 77.5‡ 4th‡
2021 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 1 2 1 5 124 6th
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR Racer M&K Racing 3 3 1 2 3 107‡ 2nd‡
2022 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 9 9 6 12 279 1st
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR M&K Honda Cars Okegawa Racing 1 0 0 1 1 116‡ 2nd‡
2023 Super GT - GT300 Team UpGarage 8 2 0 0 2 43 5th
Super Formula Lights Toda Racing 18 4 1 2 8 81 3rd
Super Taikyu - ST-Q Team HRC 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC‡
2024 Super GT - GT300 Team UpGarage 4 0 0 0 0 4 15th
Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing Team 18 8 6 7 11 114 1st
Super Taikyu - ST-2 Team Spoon 6 1 0 0 2 73‡ 6th‡
2025 Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing 8 0 0 0 1 26 11th
Super Formula San-Ei Gen with B-Max 12 0 0 0 0 5 16th
Super Taikyu - ST-2 Team Spoon 1 0 0 0 0 6 6th‡*
2026 Super Taikyu - ST-2 Team Spoon

* Season still in progress.
‡ Team standings

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2020 Vegaplus FUJ1
1		 FUJ1
2		 FUJ1
3		 SUZ
1
12		 SUZ
2
11		 SUZ
3
6		 MOT
1
Ret		 MOT
2
8		 MOT
3
13		 FUJ2
1
4		 FUJ2
2
8		 FUJ2
3
6		 10th 36
2021 Honda Formula Dream Project FUJ1
1
2		 FUJ1
2
7		 SUZ
1
3		 SUZ
2
Ret		 MOT1
1
7		 MOT1
2
6		 MOT1
3
Ret		 SUG
1
1		 SUG
2
3		 SUG
3
3		 MOT2
1
Ret		 MOT2
2
8		 FUJ2
1
6		 FUJ2
2
8		 6th 124
2022 Honda Formula Dream Project FUJ1
1
Ret		 FUJ1
2
1		 SUZ1
1
1		 SUZ1
2
1		 FUJ2
1
1		 FUJ2
2
1		 SUZ2
1
2		 SUZ2
2
2		 SUG
1
1		 SUG
2
26		 AUT
1
1		 AUT
2
1		 MOT
1
2		 MOT
2
1		 1st 279

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
2023 Toda Racing AUT
1
5		 AUT
2
2		 AUT
3
5		 SUG
1
4		 SUG
2
3		 SUG
3
3		 SUZ
1
4		 SUZ
2
5		 SUZ
3
6		 FUJ
1
4		 FUJ
2
1		 FUJ
3
7		 OKA
1
1		 OKA
2
1		 OKA
3
1		 MOT
1
7		 MOT
2
3		 MOT
3
8		 3rd 81
2024 B-Max Racing Team AUT
1
5		 AUT
2
1		 AUT
3
8		 SUG
1
1		 SUG
2
8		 SUG
3
2		 FUJ
1
1		 FUJ
2
6		 FUJ
3
1		 OKA
1
1		 OKA
2
2		 OKA
3
1		 SUZ
1
6		 SUZ
2
6		 SUZ
3
5		 MOT
1
1		 MOT
2
2		 MOT
3
1		 1st 114

Complete 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 Points
2023 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo GT300 OKA
1		 FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
Ret		 FUJ
17		 SUZ
1		 SUG
DSQ		 AUT
17		 MOT
8		 5th 43
2024 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo GT300 OKA
16		 FUJ
7		 SUZ
13		 FUJ
16		 SUG
16		 AUT
15		 MOT
33		 SUZ
24		 14th 16
2025 Astemo Real Racing Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 GT500 OKA
8		 FUJ
12		 SEP
4		 FS1
9		 FS2
(13)		 SUZ
Ret		 SUG
3		 AUT
8		 MOT
13		 11th 26

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Super Formula results

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2025 San-Ei Gen with B-Max Honda SUZ
14		 SUZ
8		 MOT
14		 MOT
14		 AUT
20		 FUJ
15		 FUJ
17		 SUG
13		 FUJ
22		 SUZ
13		 SUZ
13		 SUZ
9		 16th 5

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ↑ "Shun Koide". Honda Racing.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Wood, Ida (12 December 2022). "Honda places F4 champion Syun Koide in SF Lights and Super GT". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Klein, Jamie (5 December 2022). "How Honda has revolutionised its young driver programme". motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Wood, Ida. "Honda junior Syun Koide crowned Japanese F4 champion". Formula Scout.
  5. ↑ "2023年も全日本スーパーフォーミュラ・ライツ選手権にHFDPから2名が参戦。木村偉織が2年目、小出峻が初年度のシーズンに挑む ("In 2023, two HFDP members will participate in the All Japan Super Formula Lights Championship. Iori Kimura takes on his second season, and Syun Koide takes on his first")". Yahoo! (in Japanese). 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Allen, Peter (2 December 2024). "Koide seals Super Formula Lights title in convincing fashion". Formula Scout. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Okayama SUPER GT: Nissan wins bonkers wet/dry season opener". motorsports.com. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Honda 2025 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.