Miki Onaga
Japanese racing driver (born 1997)
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Miki Onaga (翁長 実希, Onaga Miki; born 4 November 1997 in Okinawa Prefecture[1]) is a Japanese racing driver set to compete for Nat Team KCMG in Kyojo Cup, which she won in 2022 for Fujita Pharmacy Racing.[2]
Japanese| Miki Onaga | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 4 November 1997 Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Kyojo Cup career | |
| Debut season | 2019 |
| Current team | Nat Team KCMG |
| Car number | 7 |
| Former teams | RSS Fujita Pharmacy Racing |
| Starts | 39 |
| Wins | 13 |
| Podiums | 26 |
| Poles | 5 |
| Fastest laps | 14 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2022 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2022 | Kyojo Cup |
| Awards | |
| 2018 | TGR Woman Award |
Career
Karting
After competing in local karting championships, Onaga joined Scuderia Okinawa alongside Hibiki Taira to compete in the FS-125 class of the 2017 All-Japan Karting Championship.[3] In 2023, Onaga won the All-Japan EV Karting Championship.[4]
Car racing
Kyojo Cup debut and early success (2019–2021)
After winning the Kart race and finishing third overall in the TGR-sponsored Dual Attack event, Onaga was given the TGR Woman Award and a drive in both the 2019 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup and the Netz Cup Vitz Race.[5] Following her appearance in the Vita of Asia race, Onaga made her debut in Kyojo Cup, entering the second round of that year's season.[6] On her debut, Onaga started second and overtook Hinako Muramatsu in the closing stages of the race to take her maiden win in the series by less than three tenths.[7] Despite finishing runner-up in the final two races of the season, Onaga lost out on the title by one point after Muramatsu won the final race and the title.[8]
In 2020, Onaga returned to Kyojo Cup. In the opening race of the season, she passed Ai Miura on the opening lap and won the red-flagged race by over seven seconds.[9] Despite ending the season with a win in the finale, she lost out on the title to Miura by thirteen points.[10] Returning to Kyojo Cup for her third season, Onaga joined Fujita Pharmacy Racing after spending two years as a privateer. After a slow start to the season, Onaga won the final two races of the season and finished second in the standings to Shion Tsujimoto.[11][12]
Maiden Kyojo Cup title and first races abroad (2022–present)
Onaga stayed with Fujita Pharmacy Racing in 2022. She won the first three races of the season and clinched her maiden Kyojo Cup title with a race to spare.[13][14] In 2023, Onaga joined RSS in Kyojo Cup. Following a third place in the opening round and finishing second to Ai Miura by 78 milliseconds in round two,[15] Onaga won the final two races of the season but ended the season runner-up to Miura in the points.[16][17]
In early 2024, RSS announced that Onaga would remain with them for a double program in Kyojo Cup and TGR GR86/BRZ Cup.[18] She won two races in Kyojo Cup and led the standings ahead of the final round, but following a lock-up which sent her to the back of the field on the opening lap, Onaga wasn't able to score points and ended the season runner-up in points to Aimi Saito.[19][20][21] During 2024, Onaga raced in two rounds of the Toyota GR Cup North America, scoring a best result of 19th at Barber Motorsports Park.[22][23]
On 25 December 2024, it was announced that Onaga would join Toyota-supported Kids com Team KCMG ahead of her seventh season in Kyojo Cup.[24][25] In early 2025, OTG Motor Sports announced Onaga as a driver for them in Japanese F4 and in the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup.[26] In Kyojo Cup, Onaga scored a lone win in the second Kyojo Final of the year and scored six more podiums to end the year runner-up in points,[27][28] while in Japanese F4, Onaga scored a best result of 13th in the season-opening race at Fuji.[29]
The following year, Onaga returned to Nat Team KCMG to continue in Kyojo Cup.[30] In parallel, Onaga returned to OTG Motor Sports for to race in the F4 Japanese Championship and the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup.[31]
Personal life
Onaga is the daughter of Tatsuya Onaga, who opened the Kukuru Yomitan Circuit in 2002, ran Scuderia Okinawa and most recently opened Motorsports Multi-Field Okinawa in 2021.[32]
Karting record
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Netz Cup Vita Race – CVT | DualAttack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd |
| Vita of Asia | Exgel Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | / | |
| Kyojo Cup | Miki Onaga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 2nd | |
| FCR-VITA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13th | ||
| 2020 | Kyojo Cup | Miki Onaga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 2nd |
| FCR-VITA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7th | ||
| Super Taikyu – ST-4 | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.5‡ | 5th‡ | |
| JAF Formula 4 | Fujita Pharmacy Racing[36][37] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23rd | |
| JAF Formula 4 – Grand Champion S Class | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17th | ||
| 2021 | Kyojo Cup | Fujita Pharmacy Racing[38][39] | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 57.5 | 2nd |
| FCR-VITA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5th | ||
| JAF Formula 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7th | ||
| JAF Formula 4 – Grand Champion S Class | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 8th | ||
| Super Taikyu – ST-2 | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 100‡ | 3rd‡ | |
| 2022 | Kyojo Cup | Fujita Pharmacy Racing | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 73.5 | 1st |
| FCR-VITA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 2nd | ||
| Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | KIM International[40] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| All-Japan EV-GP Series – General | Team Taisan[41] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | NC | |
| All-Japan EV-GP Series – EV-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | NC | ||
| 2023 | Kyojo Cup | RSS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 80 | 2nd |
| FCR-VITA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 2nd | ||
| Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 2024 | Kyojo Cup | RSS | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 2nd |
| FCR-VITA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4th | ||
| Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| Toyota GR Cup North America | Hattori Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
| 2025 | Kyojo Cup | Kids com Team KCMG | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 98 | 2nd |
| F4 Japanese Championship | OTG Motor Sports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 2025–26 | 24H Series Middle East - TCX | Toyota Gazoo Rookie Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | NC |
| 2026 | Kyojo Cup | Nat Team KCMG | |||||||
| F4 Japanese Championship | OTG Motor Sports | ||||||||
| Sources:[42] | |||||||||
‡ Team standings
Complete Kyojo Cup 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Privateer | FUJ1 |
FUJ2 1 |
FUJ3 2 |
FUJ4 2 |
2nd | 61 | ||||||
| 2020 | Privateer | FUJ1 1 |
SUZ 2 |
FUJ2 DSQ |
FUJ3 1 |
2nd | 67 | ||||||
| 2021 | Fujita Pharmacy Racing | FUJ1 6 |
SUZ Ret |
FUJ2 1 |
FUJ3 1 |
2nd | 57.5 | ||||||
| 2022 | Fujita Pharmacy Racing | FUJ1 1 |
FUJ2 1 |
FUJ3 1 |
FUJ4 11 |
1st | 73.5 | ||||||
| 2023 | RSS | FUJ1 3 |
FUJ2 2 |
FUJ3 1 |
FUJ4 1 |
2nd | 80 | ||||||
| 2024 | RSS | FUJ1 1 |
FUJ2 1 3 |
FUJ2 2 5 |
FUJ3 2 |
FUJ4 1 |
NC 1 3 |
NC 2 3 |
FUJ5 15 |
2nd | 77 | ||
| 2025 | Kids com Team KCMG | FUJ1 SPR 2 |
FUJ1 FIN 2 |
FUJ2 SPR 2 |
FUJ2 FIN 1 |
FUJ3 SPR 16 |
FUJ3 FIN 6 |
FUJ4 SPR 23 |
FUJ4 FIN 4 |
FUJ5 SPR 23 |
FUJ5 FIN 2 |
2nd | 98 |
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)