Ryo Ogawa
Japanese racing driver (born 1991)
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Ryo Ogawa (小河 諒, Ogawa Ryō; born 21 April 1991 in Kanagawa[1]) is a Japanese racing driver. He is a four time champion of Porsche Carrera Cup Japan.[2]
Japanese
FIA Silver| Ryo Ogawa | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 21 April 1991 Kanagawa, Japan |
| Relatives | Hitoshi Ogawa (father) |
| Categorisation | FIA Silver |
| Championship titles | |
| 2016 2015 2013–2014, 2022–2023 | Super Taikyu – ST-4 Japanese Formula 3 Championship – National Class Porsche Carrera Cup Japan |
Personal life
Ogawa is the son of 1989 Japanese Formula 3000 champion Hitoshi Ogawa.[3]
Career
Ogawa made his single-seater debut in 2010, competing for R.Houka Racing in Formula Challenge Japan.[4] Competing in the series until 2012,[5] Ogawa scored a best result of fourth at Fuji in his final season in the series en route to an eighth-place points finish.[6] The following year, Ogawa joined Bright Motorsport to race in Porsche Carrera Cup Japan,[7] scoring four wins and five more podiums to clinch his maiden series title.[8] During 2013, Ogawa also raced in select rounds of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship's National Class for Le Beausset Motorsports, scoring a class podium at Okayama.[9]
Remaining in Carrera Cup Japan for 2014, Ogawa joined Team KTouch for his sophomore season, winning both races at Fuji en route to his second consecutive title in the series.[10] Ogawa then joined TOM'S to race in Japanese Formula 3, winning the National Class title by winning all but three races and finishing no lower than second in the other three.[11] In 2016, Ogawa transitioned to the ST-4 class of the Super Taikyu Series, winning the title in his maiden season with Endless Sports.[12] During 2016, Ogawa also passed his first Super GT rookie test at Sportsland SUGO for Lamborghini Team Direction.[13]
Two more seasons with Endless Sports in ST-4 then ensued, finishing runner-up in 2017 and third in 2018 with a lone win at Okayama.[14][15] In 2018, Ogawa also partook in his second Super GT rookie test as a refresher, this time for EIcars Bentley at Okayama.[16] The following year, Ogawa returned to Porsche Carrera Cup Japan with Bingo Racing, scoring a lone win at Fuji en route to a third-place points finish.[17] Remaining with the team for the 2020 season, Ogawa won at Fuji and Motegi to end the year fourth in points.[18]
Continuing with Bingo Racing for 2021,[19] Ogawa won both races at Fuji and Suzuka to end the year runner-up to Tsubasa Kondo by 8 points.[20] The following year, Ogawa remained with the team and won six races en route to his third series title by 50 points over Tsubasa Kondo.[21] Remaining with Bingo Racing to defend his third title, Ogawa won all but one race he started to clinch his fourth title by 61 points over Takumi Sato.[22] Alongside his campaign in Carrera Cup Japan, Ogawa made his debut in Super GT, racing for apr in both Fuji rounds in the GT300 class.[23][24]
The following year, Ogawa raced in the first two rounds of GT World Challenge Asia, scoring a Silver class podium at Sepang.[25] During 2024, Ogawa also raced for OTG Motor Sports in the Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup,[26] as well as racing in the ST-4 class of Super Taikyu for Endless Sports, in which he scored two wins to help the team secure the class title.[27] In 2025, Ogawa returned to GT300 and apr alongside Manabu Orido and Hiroaki Nagai for the endurance rounds, scoring a best result of 16th at Fuji.[28][29] During 2025, Ogawa also raced for Endless Sports in the ST-4 class of Super Taikyu, scoring wins at Autopolis and Fuji to help the team end the year runner-up in points.[30]
In 2026, Ogawa continued with apr to race in the ST-X class of Super Taikyu.[31]
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Formula Challenge Japan | R.Houka Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2011 | Formula Challenge Japan | Houka Racing with Dunlop | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2012 | Formula Challenge Japan | Houka Racing with Dunlop | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8th |
| 2013 | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | Bright Motorsport | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 171 | 1st |
| Japanese Formula 3 Championship – National Class | Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7th | |
| 86BRZ Challenge Cup – JP-2R | SPV Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1st | |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Macau Grand Prix Invitational | Bright Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | |
| 2014 | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | Team KTouch Porsche | 10 | 2 | 8 | 154 | 1st | ||
| 2015 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship – National Class | TOM'S | 17 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 192 | 1st |
| 2016 | Super Taikyu – ST-4 | Endless Sports | 1st | ||||||
| Audi R8 LMS Cup | KCMG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12th | |
| 2017 | Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | ||||||||
| Audi R8 LMS Cup | |||||||||
| Super Taikyu – ST-4 | Endless Sports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 94.5‡ | 2nd‡ | |
| 2018 | Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | ||||||||
| Super Taikyu – ST-4 | Endless Sports | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91‡ | 3rd‡ | |
| 2019 | Suzuka 10 Hours | Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 19th |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | Bingo Racing | 10 | 1 | 7 | 143 | 3rd | |||
| Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | |||||||||
| Super Taikyu – ST-3 | Le Beausset Motorsports | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 92‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2020 | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | Bingo Racing | 8 | 2 | 5 | 121 | 4th | ||
| Super Taikyu – ST-4 | Endless Sports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 74‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2021 | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | Bingo Racing | 11 | 4 | 11 | 200 | 2nd | ||
| Super Taikyu – ST-Z | Endless Sports | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106‡ | 1st‡ | |
| Super Taikyu – ST-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15‡ | 9th‡ | ||
| 2022 | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | Bingo Racing | 11 | 6 | 11 | 247 | 1st | ||
| Super Taikyu – ST-Q | Endless Sports | 9 | 6 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ??‡ | ??‡ | |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | OTG Motor Sports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21st | |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | Bingo Racing | 11 | 10 | 11 | 270 | 1st | ||
| Super GT – GT300 | apr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| Super Taikyu – ST-4 | Endless Sports | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 59‡ | 6th‡ | |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | OTG Motor Sports | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 18th | |
| 2024 | GT World Challenge Asia | LM corsa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38th |
| GT World Challenge Asia – Silver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 7th | |||
| Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup | OTG Motor Sports | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8th | |
| Super Taikyu – ST-4 | Endless Sports | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 134‡ | 1st‡ | |
| 2025 | Super GT – GT300 | apr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Super Taikyu – ST-4 | Endless Sports | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 125‡ | 2nd‡ | |
| 2026 | Super Taikyu – ST-X | apr | ‡ | ‡ | |||||
| GT World Challenge Asia | LM corsa | * | * | ||||||
| GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am | * | * | |||||||
| Sources:[32] | |||||||||
‡ Team standings
Complete Formula Challenge Japan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | R.Houka Racing | MOT1 1 18 |
MOT1 2 19 |
FUJ1 1 12 |
FUJ1 2 18 |
FUJ2 1 17 |
FUJ2 2 20 |
MOT2 1 18 |
MOT2 2 14 |
SUZ1 Ret |
SUZ2 1 19 |
SUZ2 2 18 |
SUZ2 3 17 |
NC | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Houka Racing with Dunlop | FUJ1 1 15 |
FUJ1 2 11 |
SUZ1 1 12 |
SUZ1 2 13 |
FUJ2 1 17 |
FUJ2 2 11 |
FUJ2 3 15 |
SUZ2 C |
SUZ3 1 DNS |
SUZ3 2 17 |
MOT 1 14 |
MOT 2 12 |
MOT 3 16 |
MOT 4 13 |
NC | 0 |
| 2012 | Houka Racing with Dunlop | FUJ1 1 6 |
FUJ1 2 4 |
MOT 1 6 |
MOT 2 7 |
FUJ2 1 12 |
FUJ2 2 11 |
FUJ2 3 14 |
SUZ1 1 10 |
SUZ1 2 6 |
SUZ2 1 12 |
SUZ2 2 6 |
SUZ2 3 7 |
8th | 7 | ||
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports | Toyota | N | SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 3 |
OKA 1 6 |
OKA 2 DNS |
FUJ 1 10 |
FUJ 2 DSQ |
MOT 1 Ret |
MOT 2 DNS |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
FUJ 1 |
FUJ 2 |
7th | 10 | ||
| 2015 | TOM'S | N | SUZ 1 9 |
SUZ 2 10 |
MOT 1 11 |
MOT 2 10 |
MOT 3 10 |
OKA 1 9 |
OKA 2 9 |
FUJ 1 10 |
FUJ 2 10 |
OKA 1 11 |
OKA 2 10 |
FUJ 1 11 |
FUJ 2 9 |
MOT 1 11 |
MOT 2 9 |
SUG 1 11 |
SUG 2 10 |
1st | 192 | |
Complete Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GT World Challenge Asia results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)