Yuga Furutani

Furutani started his formula racing career in 2020, where he competed in both F4 Japanese Championship, and Formula Regional Japanese Championship with TOM'S Youth respectively for both series.^[1][2] Even though his debut in F4 Japan did not go well, with five points, and 16th in the standings, his results in Formula Regional Japanese were better, as he racked up runners up in the standings, just losing out to Sena Sakaguchi, who won all but three races. He took no wins, but grabbed 11 podiums throughout the season. In 2021, Furutani continued to compete in Formula Regional Japanese Championship with the same team.^[3] He clinched the title ahead of the only other full time driver in the series, apart from the masterclass group, Ai Miura. He managed to win four races and get ten podiums that season.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, Furutani stepped up to Super Formula Lights with TOM'S again, with Kazuto Kotaka, Hibiki Taira, and Seita Nonaka.^[4] Furutani achieved a couple of podiums in his debut season, and grabbed sixth in the standings ahead of Togo Suganami. In 2023, Furutani once again stayed in the series with the same team, and also made his debut in the GT3000 class of the Super GT Series with Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage, where he partnered with Igor Fraga & Miki Koyama as the third driver.^[5][6] In Super Formula Lights, even though he managed to clinch three podiums in a row in Autopolis. After that, he did not achieve as much, as he only managed to score a couple of points and eighth in the standings, just barely beating David Vidales, who missed the last round to mechanical failure. Furutani stayed for another year again.^[7] Furutani stayed again with TOM'S for his fourth season in the series.^[8]

Furutani currently attends Waseda University. His father, Hideaki, is the owner and team principal of Hiroshima Toyopet Racing, which Furutani drove for in Super Taikyū between 2020 and 2022.^[9]