Yu Kanamaru

Yu Kanamaru (金丸 悠, Kanamaru Yū; born 13 May 1994 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese racing driver.^[1]

Yu Kanamaru
Kanamaru at the 2025 Super GT Malaysia Festival
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 31) Tokyo, Japan
F3 Asian Championship career
Debut season	2019
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Teams	BlackArts Racing Team
Starts	24
Wins	1
Best finish	6th in 2019-20

Career

Kanamaru's single seater career began in 2012 after graduating from karting. He took a surprise win in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC in 2012 at the final race of the season at Spa-Francorchamps. He made his Formula Renault 3.5 debut in 2015 for Pons Racing replacing Meindert van Buuren.^{[citation needed]}

Kanamaru ar Monza 2017

He returned to Japan in 2018 and competed in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with the B-MAX Racing Team. Since then, he has focused his activities on Japan.

In 2020, he signed a reserve driver contract with Honda and accompanied them in the Super Formula and Super GT GT500 classes. He participated in the GT500 class test for KEIHIN Real Racing as a substitute for Bertrand Baguette, who was unable to enter the country due to COVID-19 restrictions during the SUPER GT test before the season started.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	KTR	20	1	0	0	1	97	17th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		14	0	0	0	0	0	39th
2013	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	KTR	8	0	0	0	0	47	26th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		14	0	0	0	0	0	31st
2014	Euroformula Open Championship	Emilio de Villota Motorsport	16	0	0	2	4	128	4th
	Spanish Formula Three Championship		6	0	0	1	1	47	5th
	Macau Grand Prix	Carlin	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2015	Euroformula Open Championship	Emilio de Villota Motorsport	16	1	2	1	7	206	3rd
	Spanish Formula Three Championship		6	0	0	1	3	88	3rd
	Macau Grand Prix	Carlin	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	6	0	0	0	0	9	18th
2016	Formula V8 3.5 Series	Teo Martín Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	85	8th
2017	World Series Formula V8 3.5	RP Motorsport	18	0	0	1	1	115	7th
2018	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	B-MAX Racing Team	19	0	0	0	3	40	5th
2019	TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Saturday Series	Team GOH Models	5	2	1	0	3	75	3rd
	TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Sunday Series		5	2	1	0	2	77	2nd
	F3 Asian Championship	Super License	9	0	0	0	0	50	9th
2019–20	F3 Asian Championship	BlackArts Racing Team	15	1	0	0	2	104	6th
2020	Formula Regional Japanese Championship	Sutekina Racing Team	5	0	0	0	4	75	7th
	Super Formula	Honda Racing	Reserve Driver
	Super GT - GT500
2021	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Team 5Zigen	2	0	0	0	1	80.5‡	3rd‡
2022	Super Taikyu - ST-TCR	Team Noah	1	1	1	0	1	139‡	1st‡
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	FastMD Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Taikyu - ST-X	Team 5Zigen	2	1	1	2	1	36‡	7th‡
	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Team Noah	1	0	0	0	0	37.5‡	9th‡
	Formula Regional Japanese Championship	Sutekina Racing Team	3	1	0	1	3	55	9th
2024	GT World Challenge Asia	Team 5Zigen	12	1	0	?	2	44	12th
	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Team Noah
2025	GT World Challenge Asia	Team 5Zigen
	Super GT - GT300	Kondo Racing	2	0	0	0	0	15	18th*

‡ Team standings

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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	DC	Points
2012	KTR	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 29	SPA 1 27	SPA 2 32	NÜR 1 24	NÜR 2 17	MSC 1 Ret	MSC 2 25	HUN 1 27	HUN 2 26	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 Ret	CAT 1 DSQ	CAT 2 24	39th	0
2013		ALC 1 35	ALC 2 Ret	SPA 1 16	SPA 2 22	MSC 1 32	MSC 2 28	RBR 1 28	RBR 2 23	HUN 1 25	HUN 2 19	LEC 1 23	LEC 2 Ret	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 20	31st	0

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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	19	20	DC	Points
2012	KTR	HOC 1 23	HOC 2 Ret	HOC 3 Ret	NÜR 1 DNS	NÜR 2 21	OSC 1 10	OSC 2 12	OSC 3 20	ASS 1 13	ASS 2 17	RBR 1 20	RBR 2 15	MST 1 21	MST 2 13	MST 3 20	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 7	ZAN 3 Ret	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 1	17th	97
2013	KTR	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 Ret	HOC 3 14	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	ASS 1 14	ASS 2 15	MST 1 12	MST 2 19	MST 3 11	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3				26th	47

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 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	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Points
2015	Pons Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	MON 1	SPA 1	SPA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 13	BUG 1 6	BUG 2 Ret	JER 1 10	JER 2 11		18th	9
2016	Teo Martín Motorsport	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 4	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 10	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 7	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 11	SIL 1 7	SIL 2 9	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 Ret	MNZ 1 6	MNZ 2 5	JER 1 6	JER 2 10	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 10	8th	85
2017	RP Motorsport	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 Ret	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 8	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 3	JER 1 7	JER 2 10	ALC 1 7	ALC 2 4	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 7	MEX 1 7	MEX 2 7	COA 1 7	COA 2 7	BHR 1 4	BHR 2 6	7th	115

Complete F3 Asian Championship 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	Pos	Points
2019	Super License	SEP 1 8	SEP 2 6	SEP 3 8	CHA 1 7	CHA 2 9	CHA 3 7	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	SUZ 3	SIC1 1 Ret	SIC1 2 4	SIC1 3 6	SIC2 1	SIC2 2	SIC2 3	9th	50
2019–20	BlackArts Racing Team	SEP1 1 6	SEP1 2 5	SEP1 3 Ret	DUB 1 9	DUB 2 10	DUB 3 1	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 11	ABU 3 Ret	SEP2 1 6	SEP2 2 6	SEP2 3 3	CHA 1 10	CHA 2 6	CHA 3 5	6th	104

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2023	FastMD Racing	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 6†	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET	NC†	0†

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2025	Kondo Racing	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ 7	SEP 10	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	18th*	15*

^* Season still in progress.