Riona Tomishita
Japanese racing driver (born 2006)
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Riona Tomishita (富下 李央菜, Tomishita Riona; born 5 June 2006 in Chiba Prefecture[1]) is a Japanese racing driver set to compete for Cerumo・INGING in Kyojo Cup.
| Riona Tomishita | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 5 June 2006 Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Kyojo Cup career | |
| Debut season | 2023 |
| Current team | Cerumo・INGING |
| Car number | 39 |
| Former teams | KTMS |
| Starts | 19 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 5 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 5th in 2024 |
Early career
Karting
Tomishita began karting in 2017, racing in various classes of the Reon Kart GP series, finishing second in Junior Cadet.[2] Returning to the championship for 2018, she won the Frame 60 championship and was runner-up in Junior Cadet to Yuki Sudo.[3] In the following year, Tomishita made her debut in the All-Japan Karting Championship, racing in the FP-Jr division, she scored her first podium at the Mogami River round by finishing second.[4]
In 2021, Tomishita was selected as one of two drivers supported by Yamaha's Formula Blue KT program.[5] She also stepped up to the FP-3 class of the All-Japan Karting Championship, taking a podium on debut at the Motegi round.[4]
In 2022, Tomishita competed in the FP-3 class of the All-Japan Karting Championship, where she fought for the lead of the championship, but eventually ended the season runner-up to Ryunosuke Kasuga in both the main and east region championships.[6]
Kyojo Cup
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2023
On 5 May 2023, it was announced that Tomishita would step up to Kyojo Cup with Kobe Toyopet's KTMS team.[7] On her debut, Tomishita qualified on pole and ran in the top five in the first half of the race before retiring at the penultimate corner on lap eight.[8] Across the rest of the season Tomishita scored a best result of fifth, in the second round.[9] She finished sixth in the standings in her rookie season.[10]
2024
Tomishita returned to KTMS and Kyojo Cup for 2024.[11] In the second round, Tomishita scored her first points of the season by finishing seventh.[12] In the second race of the only double header round of the season, Tomishita finished fourth, but was promoted to second after Miki Onaga and Rio Shimono were both given post-race penalties.[13] After missing the third round of the season, Tomishita finished fourth on her return, but was promoted to second after race winner Rio Shimono and second-place finisher Mami Sakaue were both disqualified from the race.[14] In the exhibition round held alongside Super Taikyu, Tomishita scored her first Kyojo Cup win in race two.[15] In the final race of the season, Tomishita ran as high as second but dropped to fourth by the end.[16] She finished fifth in the standings on 51 points.[17]
2025
On 25 December 2024, it was announced that Tomishita would join Toyota-supported Cerumo・INGING ahead of her third season in Kyojo Cup.[18][19] In her first season with Cerumo・INGING, Tomishita scored her maiden podiums by finishing third in both races of round three,[20] before finishing third in the main race of the following round en route to a seventh-place points finish.[21]
2026
Tomishita was retained by Cerumo・INGING for the 2026 season.[22]
Other racing
During 2025, Tomishita also raced for KTMS in the ST-2 class of the Super Taikyu Series alongside Tokiya Suzuki and Hibiki Taira.[23] Winning on debut at Motegi,[24] Tomishita then scored further wins at Autopolis and Okayama as well as two more podiums to end the year runner-up in the ST-2 class.[25][26] The following year, Tomishita returned to KTMS for her sophomore season in Super Taikyu's ST-2 class, alongside Kiyoshi Umegaki and Rin Arakawa.[27]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Reon Kids Kart GP – Beginner | 4th | |
| Reon Kids Kart GP – Frame-60 | 4th | ||
| Reon Kids Kart GP – Jr-C | 2nd | ||
| 2018 | Reon Kids Kart GP – Frame 60 | 1st | |
| Reon Kids Kart GP – Jr-C | 2nd | ||
| Twin Ring Motegi Kart Race – Yamaha Cadet Open | 14th | ||
| Twin Ring Motegi Kart Race – SS Junior Open | 14th | ||
| Mobara Twin Circuit Kart Race – Yamaha SS | Reon Kids | 13th | |
| Motegi Kart Endurance Festival "K-TAI" | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki REON KIDS 3 | 3rd | |
| 2019 | Twin Ring Motegi Kart Race – Yamaha SS | 9th | |
| Mobara Twin Circuit Kart Race – Yamaha SS | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki Reon Kids Racing | 8th | |
| Suzuka Circuit Kart Race – Yamaha SS | NC | ||
| All-Japan Junior Karting Championship – FP-Jr | 14th | ||
| Junior Kart East Region Championship – FP-Jr | 6th | ||
| Motegi Kart Endurance Festival "K-TAI" | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki REON KIDS 3 | 7th | |
| 2020 | Twin Ring Motegi KT Super Trophy – Yamaha SS | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki REON KIDS | 8th |
| Twin Ring Motegi Kart Race – Yamaha SS | 11th | ||
| Suzuka Circuit Kart Race – Yamaha SS | NC | ||
| All-Japan Junior Karting Championship – FP-3 | 7th | ||
| Junior Kart East Region Championship – FP-3 | 3rd | ||
| 2021 | KT Super Trophy Motegi – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 9th |
| Sugo Kart Race – Yamaha SS | 13th | ||
| KT Summer Festival Sugo – Yamaha SS | 13th | ||
| 45th SL Kart Meeting National Championship – Yamaha SS | 4th | ||
| New Tokyo Circuit Winter Cup – FP-3 | 10th | ||
| All-Japan Karting Championship – FP-3 | 13th | ||
| All-Japan Karting East Region Championship – FP-3 | 6th | ||
| Motegi Kart Series – Yamaha SS | 3rd | ||
| 2022 | APG Winter Cup – Yamaha SS | 2nd | |
| All-Japan Karting Championship – FP-3 | Formula Blue TKC | 2nd | |
| All-Japan East Region Karting Championship – FP-3 | 2nd | ||
| Motegi Kart Series – Yamaha SS | Team TKC | 2nd | |
| All-Japan Karting Championship – EV | NC | ||
| Motegi Kart Race – Yamaha SS | 2nd | ||
| SL Kart Meeting SUGO Kart Race Series – Yamaha SS | 3rd | ||
| 2023 | All-Japan Karting Championship – EV | Yamaha Formula Blue | 3rd |
| Sources:[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kyojo Cup | KTMS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6th |
| 2024 | Kyojo Cup | KTMS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 5th |
| FCR-VITA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th | ||
| 2025 | Kyojo Cup | Team Optimus Cerumo・INGING | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 7th |
| Super Taikyū - ST-2 | KTMS | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 118‡ | 2nd‡ | |
| 2026 | Kyojo Cup | Team Optimus Cerumo・INGING | |||||||
| Super Taikyū - ST-2 | KTMS | ||||||||
| F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | ||||||||
| Sources:[39] | |||||||||
‡ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | KTMS | FUJ1 Ret |
FUJ2 5 |
FUJ3 7 |
FUJ4 6 |
6th | 23 | ||||||
| 2024 | KTMS | FUJ1 9 |
FUJ2 1 7 |
FUJ2 2 2 |
FUJ3 |
FUJ4 2 |
NC 1 2 |
NC 2 1 |
FUJ5 4 |
5th | 51 | ||
| 2025 | Team Optimus Cerumo・INGING | FUJ1 SPR 9 |
FUJ1 FIN 11 |
FUJ2 SPR 7 |
FUJ2 FIN 5 |
FUJ3 SPR 3 |
FUJ3 FIN 3 |
FUJ4 SPR 9 |
FUJ4 FIN 3 |
FUJ5 SPR Ret |
FUJ5 FIN 12 |
7th | 36 |
| 2026 | Team Optimus Cerumo・INGING | FUJ1 SPR 1 |
FUJ1 FIN 1 |
FUJ2 SPR |
FUJ2 FIN |
FUJ3 SPR |
FUJ3 FIN |
FUJ4 SPR |
FUJ4 FIN |
FUJ5 SPR |
FUJ5 FIN |
1st* | 33* |