Takuro Shinohara
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| Takuro Shinohara | |
|---|---|
 Shinohara at the 2025 Super GT Malaysia Festival | |
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Born | November 20, 1994 |
| Super GT GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2018 |
| Current team | Ponos Racing |
| Car number | 45 |
| Former teams | LEON Racing, Hitotsuyama Racing, X Works, Pacific – D'station Racing |
| Starts | 36 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 9 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2024 |
| Previous series | |
| 2020 2019-21 2015-17 2013-14 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship TCR Japan Touring Car Series F4 Japanese Championship Super FJ |
| Championship titles | |
| 2020 2020 2014 | TCR Japan Sunday Series TCR Japan Saturday Series Super FJ |
Takuro Shinohara (篠原 拓朗, Shinohara Takurō) (born November 20, 1994) is a Japanese racing driver from Yokohama. He won the TCR Japan Saturday and Sunday Series in 2020,[1] racing for Audi Team Hitotsuyama.[2]
Super GT
In 2018, Shinohara was listed in the Fuji Race for Audi Team Hitotsuyama but did not race. Shinohara made his debut in the series in 2020 with X Works partnered with Hong Kong driver Shaun Thong.[3] Shinohara only raced for the first round, then he competed with Pacific – D'station Racing AMR for two rounds. Shinohara competed full time for 2021 with Audi Team Hitotsuyama alongside Shintaro Kawabata. He went on to get his first Super GT win at Motegi, and finished 15th in the standings.
Shinohara then moved to K2 R&D LEON Racing, replacing Togo Suganami.[4] He stayed with Naoya Gamou for 2023, and they claimed fourth place in the standings.[5] Shinohara achieved his highest finished in his GT300 career where he finished second behind the eventual champion JLOC's No. 88 with Takashi Kogure and Yuya Motojima.[6][7]
Shinohara left LEON Racing as he moved to Ponos Racing.[8]
GT World Challenge
Shinohara would make his GT World Challenge race with Porsche Racing Okazaki in 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge Suzuka 1000 km with Kazuto Kotaka and Hiroaki Nagai.[9]
