Takuya Otaki

Takuya Otaki
大滝 拓也
Otaki in 2020
Born
Takuya Otaki

(1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 31)
Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapan Japanese
Previous series
2020-2021, 2023-2024
2019
2016-2018, 2021-2022		Super GT GT300
Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
F4 Japanese Championship

Takuya Otaki (大滝 拓也, Ōtaki Takuya; born 11 October 1995) is a Japanese racing driver currently racing for B-Max Racing Team in Super Formula Lights.

Career

After graduating from the Suzuka Racing School in late 2015, Otaki made his single-seater debut in 2016, racing in the F4 Japanese Championship for Honda Formula Dream Project. He stayed with them for three seasons, winning at Suzuka in 2016, and at Sugo in 2017 as he had a best points finish of fifth in the latter, before ending his three-year tenure in the series winless and eighth in points.

Otaki then competed in Porsche Carrera Cup Japan in 2019, before making his Super GT debut with Tomei Sports the following year after passing his rookie test ahead of his debut at Suzuka. With them, Otaki made two starts that year, taking a surprise podium in the latter at Motegi by finishing third. During 2020, Otaki also made a one-off appearance for Team 5Zigen in the ST-Z class of Super Taikyu at Autopolis.

The following year, Otaki returned to Japanese F4, racing on a part-time basis with Media Do Kageyama Racing, taking three points finished with a best result of eighth at Motegi. Also in 2021, Otaki made one-off appearances in Super GT and Super Taikyu for Tomei Sports and Tracy Sports with Delta, respectively.

In 2022, Otaki remained with Media Do Kageyama Racing in F4 Japanese Championship, taking a best result of seventh twice at Suzuka and Autopolis. Alongside his commitments in Japanese F4, Otaki was retained by Tracy Sports with Delta for their ST-3 program in Super Taikyu. Taking part in the first four races, Otaki won at Sportsland Sugo and finished second in the other three, helping the team secure the ST-3 title at season's end.

Otaki returned to GT300 competition in 2023, returning to Tomei Sports as their third driver. Despite being their 'C' driver, Otaki competed in all but two races, taking a best result of 14th four times but wasn't classified in the official standings as he didn't score points. The following year, Otaki returned to Tomei Sports for his second full-time season in GT300. Racing in all but one rounds, Otaki scored a best result of 12th at Sportsland SUGO. During 2024, Otaki also won the Fuji 24 Hours in the ST-3 class.

Starting off 2025 with a class win at the Fuji 24 Hours in ST-3, Otaki was set to race in the Suzuka 1000 km for RunUp Sports as well as making his debut in Super Formula Lights for B-Max Racing Team, until he withdrew from both.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2011 Kart Soleil Mogamigawa – MAX 1st
SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX 2nd
Rotax Max Japan Festival – Senior FIRST Racing KD 30th
2012 Toyota SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX FIRST Racing KD 1st
Rotax Max Japan Festival – Senior 19th
2013 SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX 2nd
2016 SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX FIRST Racing MTS
2023 SL Kart Meeting Sugo Series – MAX FIRST Racing MTS
Sources:

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 1 1 0 1 55 12th
2017 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 1 0 0 3 94 5th
2018 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 13 0 0 0 1 57 8th
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Sky Racing 10 0 0 0 3 127 4th
Super Taikyu – ST-3 Tracy Sports 1 0 0 0 0 91‡ 5th‡
2020 Super GT – GT300 Tomei Sports 2 0 0 0 1 11 19th
Super Taikyu – ST-Z Team 5Zigen 1 0 0 0 0 84‡ 3rd‡
2021 F4 Japanese Championship Media Do Kageyama Racing 9 0 0 0 0 7 13th
Super GT – GT300 Tomei Sports 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Super Taikyu – ST-3 Tracy Sports with Delta 1 0 0 0 1 74‡ 6th‡
2022 F4 Japanese Championship Media Do Kageyama Racing 14 0 0 0 0 18 13th
Super Taikyu – ST-3 Tracy Sports with Delta 4 1 0 0 4 136.5‡ 1st‡
2023 Super GT – GT300 Tomei Sports 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2024 Super GT – GT300 Tomei Sports 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Super Taikyu – ST-3 Tracy Sports with Delta 1 1 0 0 1 142.5‡ 1st‡
2025 Super Taikyu – ST-3 Tracy Sports with Delta 1 1 0 0 1 145‡ 1st‡
Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Sources:

‡ 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 Pts
2016 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA
1
Ret		 OKA
2
15		 FUJ1
1
33		 FUJ1
2
19		 SUG
1
8		 SUG
2
13		 FUJ2
1
8		 FUJ2
2
11		 FUJ2
3
Ret		 SUZ
1
1		 SUZ
2
30		 MOT
1
8		 MOT
2
5		 MOT
3
6		 12th 55
2017 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA
1
7		 OKA
2
3		 FUJ1
1
14		 FUJ1
2
13		 AUT
1
Ret		 AUT
2
12		 SUG
1
2		 SUG
2
1		 FUJ2
1
6		 FUJ2
2
9		 SUZ
1
7		 SUZ
2
8		 MOT
1
7		 MOT
2
8		 5th 94
2018 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA
1
19		 OKA
2
DNS		 FUJ1
1
20		 FUJ1
2
20		 SUZ
1
16		 SUZ
2
3		 FUJ2
1
8		 FUJ2
2
11		 SUG
1
6		 SUG
2
14		 AUT
1
5		 AUT
2
4		 MOT
1
6		 MOT
2
Ret		 8th 57
2021 Media Do Kageyama Racing FUJ1
1
 FUJ1
2
 SUZ
1
14		 SUZ
2
10		 MOT1
1
 MOT1
2
 MOT1
3
 SUG
1
11		 SUG
2
30†		 SUG
3
9		 MOT2
1
8		 MOT2
2
13		 FUJ2
1
Ret		 FUJ2
2
21		 13th 7
2022 Media Do Kageyama Racing FUJ1
1
12		 FUJ1
2
36		 SUZ1
1
7		 SUZ1
2
10		 FUJ2
1
8		 FUJ2
2
14		 SUZ2
1
10		 SUZ2
2
12		 SUG
1
Ret		 SUG
2
13		 AUT
1
7		 AUT
2
30		 MOT
1
Ret		 MOT
2
17		 13th 18

Complete Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2020 Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 FUJ
 FUJ
 SUZ
 MOT
 FUJ
 SUZ
17		 MOT
3		 FUJ
 19th 11
2021 Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
 FSW
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
13		 FSW
 NC 0
2023 Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
 FSW
19		 SUZ
14		 FSW
14		 SUZ
14		 SUG
15		 AUT
14		 MOT
 NC 0
2024 Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
20		 FUJ1
21		 SUZ1
23		 FUJ2
17		 SUG
12		 AUT
21		 MOT
 SUZ2
18		 NC 0

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
2025 B-Max Racing Team SUZ
1
 SUZ
2
 SUZ
3
 AUT
1
 AUT
2
 AUT
3
 OKA
1
 OKA
2
 OKA
3
 SUG
1
 SUG
2
 SUG
3
 FUJ
1
WD		 FUJ
2
WD		 FUJ
3
WD		 MOT
1
 MOT
2
 MOT
3
 NC 0

* Season still in progress.

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