| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth date | 26 October 1999 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth place | Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current series | Super GT - GT500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First year | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Real Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Car number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 11th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Syun Koide (小出 峻, Koide Shun, born 26 October 1999) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super Formula for ThreeBond Racing. Koide was the F4 Japanese Championship champion in 2022 and champion of Super Formula Lights in 2024, both achieved as part of the Honda Formula Dream Project.[1]
Career
Japanese Formula 4
In 2020 Koide made his debut in single-seater racing in the F4 Japanese Championship. He was originally scheduled to compete for the Honda Formula Dream Project team, but Honda withdrew its entry due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. He ended up competing with Vegaplus from the second round onwards along with Kakunoshin Ohta. He finished the season in tenth.[2]
In 2021, Koide continued to race in the F4 Japanese Championship with the Honda Formula Dream Project team. He took one race win and finished the season in sixth.[2]
In 2022, Koide missed out on move to Super Formula Lights, and stayed with the team.[3] Koide ended up winning the F4 Japanese Championship title ahead of his teammate Yusuke Mitsui. On his way to the title, he scored a total of nine race wins.[2][4]
Super Formula Lights
For 2023, Koide competed in Super Formula Lights with Toda Racing.[2][5] In that season, he had over four wins, and seven podiums to date. Koide continued to compete in the series for the following year, as he moved to B-Max Racing Team.[6] Koide won the Drivers' Championship with two races to spare, and took eight wins and three further podiums en route to his title, with his closest challengers Kobayashi and Nonaka only claiming three and five wins respectively.[7]
Super GT
GT300
Koide competed in the GT300-class of the 2023 Super GT Series with Team UpGarage alongside Takashi Kobayashi.[2][8] Koide won his first GT300 race in the first round of the series in Okayama International Circuit.[9] then he won as well in Suzuka. Koide continued to partner with Takashhi Kobayashi at Tean UpGarage for 2024.[10]
GT500
Koide then stepped up to GT500 with Real Racing as he replaces Kakunoshin Ohta who moved to IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTP class.[11]
Super Formula
Koide stepped up to Super Formula in 2025 and race with B-Max Racing Team as he replaces Iori Kimura.[11]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | Vegaplus | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10th |
| Super Taikyu - ST-TCR | Racer Dome Racing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 77.5‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2021 | F4 Japanese Championship | Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 124 | 6th |
| Super Taikyu - ST-TCR | Racer M&K Racing | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 107‡ | 2nd‡ | |
| 2022 | F4 Japanese Championship | Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 279 | 1st |
| Super Taikyu - ST-TCR | M&K Honda Cars Okegawa Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 116‡ | 2nd‡ | |
| 2023 | Super GT - GT300 | Team UpGarage | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 5th |
| Super Formula Lights | Toda Racing | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 81 | 3rd | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Q | Team HRC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC‡ | |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | Team UpGarage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15th |
| Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing Team | 18 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 114 | 1st | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73‡ | 6th‡ | |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT500 | Astemo Real Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11th |
| Super Formula | San-Ei Gen with B-Max | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16th | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6th‡* | |
| 2026 | Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon |
* Season still in progress.
‡ Team standings
Complete F4 Japanese Championship 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 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Vegaplus | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 | FUJ1 3 | SUZ 1 12 | SUZ 2 11 | SUZ 3 6 | MOT 1 Ret | MOT 2 8 | MOT 3 13 | FUJ2 1 4 | FUJ2 2 8 | FUJ2 3 6 | 10th | 36 | ||
| 2021 | Honda Formula Dream Project | FUJ1 1 2 | FUJ1 2 7 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 Ret | MOT1 1 7 | MOT1 2 6 | MOT1 3 Ret | SUG 1 1 | SUG 2 3 | SUG 3 3 | MOT2 1 Ret | MOT2 2 8 | FUJ2 1 6 | FUJ2 2 8 | 6th | 124 |
| 2022 | Honda Formula Dream Project | FUJ1 1 Ret | FUJ1 2 1 | SUZ1 1 1 | SUZ1 2 1 | FUJ2 1 1 | FUJ2 2 1 | SUZ2 1 2 | SUZ2 2 2 | SUG 1 1 | SUG 2 26 | AUT 1 1 | AUT 2 1 | MOT 1 2 | MOT 2 1 | 1st | 279 |
Complete Super Formula Lights 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 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Toda Racing | AUT 1 5 | AUT 2 2 | AUT 3 5 | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 3 | SUG 3 3 | SUZ 1 4 | SUZ 2 5 | SUZ 3 6 | FUJ 1 4 | FUJ 2 1 | FUJ 3 7 | OKA 1 1 | OKA 2 1 | OKA 3 1 | MOT 1 7 | MOT 2 3 | MOT 3 8 | 3rd | 81 |
| 2024 | B-Max Racing Team | AUT 1 5 | AUT 2 1 | AUT 3 8 | SUG 1 1 | SUG 2 8 | SUG 3 2 | FUJ 1 1 | FUJ 2 6 | FUJ 3 1 | OKA 1 1 | OKA 2 2 | OKA 3 1 | SUZ 1 6 | SUZ 2 6 | SUZ 3 5 | MOT 1 1 | MOT 2 2 | MOT 3 1 | 1st | 114 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Team UpGarage | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA 1 | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | FUJ 17 | SUZ 1 | SUG DSQ | AUT 17 | MOT 8 | 5th | 43 | |
| 2024 | Team UpGarage | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA 16 | FUJ 7 | SUZ 13 | FUJ 16 | SUG 16 | AUT 15 | MOT 33 | SUZ 24 | 14th | 16 | |
| 2025 | Astemo Real Racing | Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 | GT500 | OKA 8 | FUJ 12 | SEP 4 | FS1 9 | FS2 (13) | SUZ Ret | SUG 3 | AUT 8 | MOT 13 | 11th | 26 |
‡ 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 Super Formula results
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San-Ei Gen with B-Max | Honda | SUZ 14 | SUZ 8 | MOT 14 | MOT 14 | AUT 20 | FUJ 15 | FUJ 17 | SUG 13 | FUJ 22 | SUZ 13 | SUZ 13 | SUZ 9 | 16th | 5 |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "Shun Koide". Honda Racing
- ^ Wood, Ida (2022-12-12). "Honda places F4 champion Syun Koide in SF Lights and Super GT". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (2022-12-05). "How Honda has revolutionised its young driver programme". motorsport.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ Wood, Ida. "Honda junior Syun Koide crowned Japanese F4 champion". Formula Scout
- ^ "2023年も全日本スーパーフォーミュラ・ライツ選手権にHFDPから2名が参戦。木村偉織が2年目、小出峻が初年度のシーズンに挑む ("In 2023, two HFDP members will participate in the All Japan Super Formula Lights Championship. Iori Kimura takes on his second season, and Syun Koide takes on his first")" (in Japanese). Yahoo!. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Honda confirms Iori Kimura’s place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Allen, Peter (2 December 2024). "Koide seals Super Formula Lights title in convincing fashion". Formula Scout. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Okayama SUPER GT: Nissan wins bonkers wet/dry season opener". motorsports.com. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Honda 2025 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.