is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Racing Corporation who competes in Super GT for Astemo Real Racing, and has competed in the series since 2008.
Career
Formula Three After competing in Formula Dream in 2004 and 2005, winning the championship in his second year, Tsukakoshi moved into the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for the final three rounds of the 2005 season, finishing fourteenth in the standings competing for M-TEC. He remained with the team for the 2006 season, finishing fifth in the standings, taking a victory at Suzuka. Another fifth place championship finish followed in 2007, as Tsukakoshi took two wins for Honda Team Real at Okayama and Suzuka. He also finished in second place at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix for Manor Motorsport, finishing behind Oliver Jarvis. Tsukakoshi moved to Manor Motorsport and the Formula Three Euroseries for the 2008 season. He finished seventh in the championship standings, with a best result of second place on four occasions.
Super Formula
After a season in Europe, Tsukakoshi made his debut in Formula Nippon in 2009 with HFDP Racing, which was run by Real Racing. He raced with them before moving to Dandelion Racing in 2011. In 2012, he came close to winning the title, losing out to Kazuki Nakajima by three points. In 2013, he returned to Real Racing, and he raced with them for six seasons. Tsukakoshi initially was not scheduled to compete in the 2019 season, but he replaced Tristan Charpentier from the second round of the season onwards. Real Racing announced it had withdrawn from the 2020 season, thus leaving Tsukakoshi without a seat. That season, he was hired by Drago Corse to replace Tatiana Calderon, who was unable to race due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, for the Okayama and Sugo rounds that year. He made a further three starts for the team in 2021, again replacing Calderon, which were his final outings as a driver.
Tsukakoshi was later recruited by the series to develop the new Dallara SF23 chassis as the test driver of Honda's development car. He also became part of a new ThreeBond Racing (formerly Drago Corse) structure as an advisor, and later took on the role of team director.
Super GT Tsukakoshi made his debut with Honda GT500 team Real Racing in the 2008 Suzuka 1000km. He has driven for the team full-time since 2009, and finished runner-up in the 2013 standings alongside Toshihiro Kaneishi.
Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2005 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Honda Team M-TEC 5 0 0 0 0 19 14th 2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Honda Team M-TEC 18 1 5 2 6 153 5th 2007 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Honda Team Real 20 2 2 1 7 182 5th 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series Manor Motorsport 20 0 0 0 4 36 7th Super GT - GT500 Real Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2009 Super GT - GT500 Real Racing 9 0 0 0 2 51 5th Formula Nippon HFDP Racing 8 0 0 1 0 20 7th 2010 Super GT - GT500 Real Racing 8 1 1 1 2 53 3rd Formula Nippon HFDP Racing 8 0 0 0 1 9 9th 2011 Super GT - GT500 Real Racing 8 0 1 0 3 50 4th Formula Nippon Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 7 0 1 0 2 26.5 4th 2012 Super GT - GT500 Real Racing 8 0 0 0 1 30 12th Formula Nippon Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 8 1 1 0 6 43 2nd 2013 Super GT - GT500 Real Racing 8 0 0 0 4 64 2nd Super Formula HP Real Racing 7 0 0 0 0 3 15th 2014 Super GT - GT500 Real Racing 8 0 1 0 1 24 12th Super Formula HP Real Racing 9 0 0 0 0 8.5 11th 2015 Super GT - GT500 Real Racing 8 0 0 0 2 30 8th Super Formula Real Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 17th 2016 Super GT - GT500 Keihin Real Racing800112711th Super Formula Real Racing 9 0 0 0 0 11 11th 2017 Super GT - GT500 Keihin Real Racing800023710th Super Formula Real Racing 7 0 0 0 0 3 15th 2018 Super GT - GT500 Keihin Real Racing81112457th Super Formula Real Racing 7 0 0 0 0 6 13th 2019 Super GT - GT500 Keihin Real Racing 8 0 2 2 1 39 6th Super Formula Real Racing 6 0 0 0 0 2 19th 2020 Super GT - GT500 Keihin Real Racing 8 2 0 0 2 593rd Super Formula Drago Corse with ThreeBond 2 0 0 0 0 0 24th 2021 Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing 8 1 0 0 2 52 6th Super Formula Drago Corse with ThreeBond 3 0 0 0 0 0 22nd 2022 Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing 8 1 0 0 3 60 4th 2023 Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing 8 0 0 0 1 45 6th 2024 Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing801024310th 2025 Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing800012611th 2026 Super GT - GT500 Astemo Real Racing
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2005 Honda Team M-TEC Mugen MOT1 MOT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG1 SUG2 FUJ1 FUJ2 OKA1 OKA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MIN1 MIN2 FUJ1 FUJ2 MIN1 MIN2 MOT1 MOT2 14th 19 2006 Honda Team M-TEC Mugen FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 OKA1 OKA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 AUT1 AUT2 FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG1 SUG2 MOT1 MOT2 5th 153 2007 Honda Team Real Mugen FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 OKA1 OKA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 FUJ1 FUJ2 SEN1 SEN2 SEN3 MOT1 MOT2 5th 182
Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2008 Real Racing Honda NSX GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ25th1 2009 Real Racing Honda NSX GT500OKASUZFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT5th51 2010 Real Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJMOT 3rd 53 2011 Real Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT4th50 2012 Real Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT12th30 2013 Real Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT 2nd 67 2014 Real Racing Honda NSX Concept-GT GT500OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOT12th24 2015 Real Racing Honda NSX Concept-GT GT500OKAFUJCHAFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT8th39 2016 Keihin Real Racing Honda NSX Concept-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT MOT 11th 27 2017 Keihin Real Racing Honda NSX Concept-GT GT500 OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT 10th 37 2018 Keihin Real Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ SUG AUT MOT 7th 45 2019 Keihin Real Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ AUT SUG MOT 6th 39 2020 Keihin Real Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 FUJ FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ 3rd 59 2021 Astemo Real Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ MOT SUG AUT MOT FUJ 6th 52 2022 Astemo Real Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 4th 60 2023 Astemo Real Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ AUT MOT 6th 45 2024 Astemo Real Racing Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 10th 43 2025 Astemo Real Racing Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 11th 26 2026 Astemo Real Racing Honda Prelude-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. (Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result. * Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Honda Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2009 HFDP Racing Honda FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG7th20 2010 HFDP Racing Honda SUZ MOT FUJ MOT SUG AUT SUZ SUZ9th9 2011 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda SUZAUT FUJ MOT SUZ SUG MOT MOT4th26.5 2012 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda SUZ MOT AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ SUZ 2nd 43 2013 HP Real Racing Honda SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ SUZ15th3 2014 HP Real Racing Honda SUZFUJ FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 11th 8.5 2015 Real Racing Honda SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 17th 0 2016 Real Racing Honda SUZ OKA FUJ MOT OKA OKA SUG SUZ SUZ 11th 11 2017 Real Racing Honda SUZ OKA OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 15th 3 2018 Real Racing Honda SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 13th 6 2019 Real Racing HondaSUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 19th 2 2020 Drago Corse with ThreeBond HondaMOT OKA SUGAUTSUZSUZFUJ24th0 2021 Drago Corse with ThreeBond Honda FUJ SUZ AUT SUG MOT MOT SUZ 22nd 0
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