Japan Team JLOC
Founded1994
BaseIchinomiya, Aichi Prefecture
Team principal(s)Isao Noritake
Current seriesSuper GT
Former seriesAsian Le Mans Series
Current driversJapan Kosuke Matsuura
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima
Noted driversJapan Takao Wada
Japan Satoshi Ikezawa
Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Naohiro Furuya
Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi
Japan Atsushi Yogo
Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Italy Marco Mapelli
Macau André Couto
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
Teams'
Championships
Asian Le Mans Series:
1 (2009)
Drivers'
Championships
Asian Le Mans Series:
2009: Atsushi Yogo, Hiroyuki Iiri

Japan Lamborghini Owners Club, better known as JLOC, is an organization of Lamborghini car owners in Japan that was formed in 1980 to help information exchange between Lamborghini owners in Japan.

Members of JLOC would later form Team JLOC, a Japanese auto racing team that currently competes in the GT300 class of Super GT. Team JLOC first entered Super GT in 1994 and has been active in the series ever since, initially fielding cars in the GT500 class before switching to GT300 in 2006 due to the uncompetitiveness of its cars against factory-backed entries in GT500. Cars run by Team JLOC had also previously competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Asian Le Mans Series.

History

JLOC was first founded in 1980 by a group of Lamborghini Miura owners due to difficulties with getting spare parts and maintenance of their cars. The original JLOC operated in the Kansai region and was dissolved a few years later, but it was reformed in 1987 following Lamborghini's request. Isao Noritake, who had already become a member of the original JLOC, was elected as the chairman of the group upon its reformation. Seventeen members became part of the organization when JLOC held their first meeting in Sanza Villa, Hamana Lake in 1988 and by 2000, more than 100 members had joined the organization. The first meeting in 1988 served as the inspiration for Team JLOC's usage of #88 as their primary number in racing competition.[1][2]

JGTC / Super GT

In the early 1990s, JLOC member Teruaki Terai wanted to take part in motorsport despite lacking a race car or a sponsor. In 1993, Terai managed to acquire a fire-damaged Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary that he planned to convert into a race car for the recently established All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship. Terai and Masahiko Mearashi, a former car magazine editor and a JLOC member, planned to reinforce the burnt chassis with a mono-plastic body with plans to enter the 1994 JGTC season, but by the spring of 1994 the project was still unfinished.[3][4]

JLOC, competing under the KEN WOLF with Terai Engineering name in 1994, was initially unable to enter the season opening race at Fuji Speedway but they were requested to enter the race by the organizers after they heard the news of JLOC’s planned participation. Circuit no Ōkami’s mangaka Satoshi Ikezawa was invited by Mearashi to negotiate a deal with exotic car dealership Art Sports to supply a road-going Countach for JLOC. Due to the limited amount of time, the Countach was kept mostly stock but it received modifications to its bodywork, suspension, and engine.[3][5][4] Noritake, who had flown to Italy to inform Lamborghini about the project, became Team JLOC’s team manager. F3000 driver Takao Wada and Ikezawa were signed to be their drivers, while the team also secured sponsorship from Rain-X. The car was mostly unsuccessful, having only finished two of the five races it competed in but it managed to score points with an eight place finish in the second round at Sendai.[5][6]

For 1995, JLOC requested Lamborghini to develop a Lamborghini Diablo homologation special for JGTC competition. Three Diablo Jota’s were developed, two for competition purposes and one for road homologation; all three models still exist in Japan.[7] The Diablo Jota would compete in all but one round of the 1995 season, scoring no championship points and a best finish of 13th at Sendai and Fuji respectively. Wada and Ikezawa were retained as the team’s drivers, although Ikezawa was replaced by Tatsuhiko Kanoumi for the final round at Mine. Tragedy struck the team that year, however, as Terai died from cancer in August. JLOC continued to campaign the Diablo Jota’s for the 1996 season, once again scoring no championship points at the end of the season.[4]

In between the 1996 and 1997 seasons, Lamborghini contracted Signes Advanced Technologies (SAT) to develop the Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Stradale, a racing version of the Diablo that was planned to be raced in the GT1 class at Le Mans. Financial difficulties would force the company to not go further with the project, but two cars had been built before the project was closed. One of the models, the racing version of the Diablo GT-1 Stradale, was bought by JLOC for the 1997 JGTC season. Hisashi Wada was also signed by the team to replace Ikezawa.[8][9][4]

JLOC raced the Diablo GT-1 for the next four seasons. JLOC scored two points finishes with the Diablo GT-1 in 1998, but they failed to score a championship point in the 1997, 1999, and 2000 seasons. The 2000 version of JLOC’s Diablo GT-1 famously became the first Lamborghini car to be featured in Gran Turismo due to a licensing quirk. Sony Computer Entertainment, who at that time did not have the official Lamborghini licensing, paid JLOC to license their Diablo GT-1 for Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec.[10][11] The licensing controversy meant that the JLOC Diablo only appeared in the NTSC-J version of Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec at Lamborghini’s request and only made its return in Gran Turismo 5, a year after Lamborghini’s introduction as a fully licensed manufacturer in 2009’s Gran Turismo for the PlayStation Portable.[12]

JLOC's Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 at Suzuka in 2005, the team's final year of competition in GT500.

JLOC redeveloped the Diablo GT-1 into the Diablo JGT-1 for the 2001 season, which featured a reworked chassis and suspension along with other parts specially built for JGTC. The Diablo JGT-1 was raced for three seasons but despite this, the car continued to score little success as it struggled to compete with the factory-backed entries in GT500.[13] JLOC then switched to a brand new Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT for the 2004 season, labeled as the RG-1 by the team, but a lack of spare parts forced the team to race the Diablo JGT-1 for the fourth round at Tokachi. JLOC continued to be uncompetitive with the Murciélago R-GT in GT500 and when JGTC was rebranded into Super GT in the 2005 season, JLOC began to compete in the GT300 class after they homologated the R-GT for GT300 regulations.[4]

JLOC made the full switch to GT300 class in the 2006 season and expanded to a two-car team with the addition of the #87 Murciélago RG-1, driven by Koji Yamanishi and Hisashi Wada. The team scored immediate success as the team’s #88 Murciélago RG-1, driven by long-time JLOC driver Marco Apicella and new signing Yasutaka Hinoi, won the season opening race at Suzuka to give Murciélago its first win in international competition.[4][14][15] The #88 team would also score one pole position at Sportsland Sugo and finished 11th in the GT300 standings that year while the #87 team would finish 19th, having scored 3 points finishes and one fastest lap in Suzuka.

The Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 (pictured in 2011) was developed to replace the aging Murciélago RG-1.

JLOC expanded further into a four-car team in 2007, entering two self-developed Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3’s alongside the two Murciélago RG-1 entries. The team downscaled into a three-car team in the following season as the team phased out one of the Murciélago entries before the Murciélago RG-1 was placed into retirement at the end of the 2009 season. The team competed with three Gallardo RG-3’s for the 2010 season and scored their best championship finish at the time with Yamanishi and future series champion Yuhi Sekiguchi in the #86 team, who finished 9th in the GT300 standings after scoring one podium, one pole position and five points finishes.

JLOC's #86 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 in 2014.

JLOC continued to enter three RG-3’s in 2011 before expanding to a four-car team once more in 2012 after the team acquired two FIA-GT3 specification Lamborghini Gallardo’s. Manabu Orido and Atsushi Yogo, racing the GT3-specification Gallardo, recorded the team’s new best place finish in the standings as the duo finished 8th as the highest finishing team to not score a race win that year. By 2013, the team had fully phased out the RG-3’s and returned into a three-car team, all of them fielding GT3-specification Lamborghini Gallardo’s. JLOC downscaled further into a two-car team in 2014 and scored one win at Sugo, courtesy of Orido and Takayuki Aoki in the #88 Gallardo GT3. JLOC continued to field the Gallardo GT3’s for another season before they switched to the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 in the 2016 season.

The flagship number 88 JLOC car was a consistent points scorer on the team’s first season with the Huracán GT3, finishing 11th in the championship with the driver pairing of Orido and Kazuki Hiramine after scoring 6 top-10 finishes. JLOC’s performance was inconsistent in the following year, but Orido and Hiramine finished 10th in the standings and both JLOC cars finished on the podium at the Suzuka 1000km race. Orido left the team at the end of the 2017 season and was replaced by Lamborghini factory driver Marco Mapelli in the 2018 season. JLOC scored two pole positions that year with the #88 Huracán GT3, but was unable to score a victory as the Team JLOC cars finished 10th and 11th at the end of the season.

Mapelli returned to Europe in the following year and was replaced by Takashi Kogure, who had been released from his Honda GT500 factory seat. Since Hiramine was signed by Kondo Racing in the off-season, Yuya Motojima was transferred from the #87 team to join Kogure in the #88 car.[16] Kogure and Motojima would bring JLOC their best-ever championship finish to date as they finished the year in 7th with 36.5 points and 2 podium finishes. The #87 car, primarily driven by Tsubasa Takahashi and former GT300 champion André Couto with Kiyoto Fujinami entered on the endurance races, finished 8th after winning the Fuji GT 500 Mile Race.

Couto and Lamborghini factory driver Dennis Lind were due to compete with the team in 2020, but the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that they were unable to foresee their deal with JLOC that year.[17] JLOC would eventually retain Kogure, Motojima and Takahashi for 2020 as Shinnosuke Yamada, who raced with Team UpGarage as their endurance race driver last year, was signed by JLOC to partner Takahashi in the #87 car for the full season. The team struggled in 2020 as they only scored a total of three points finishes with Kogure and Motojima ending up as the best finishing JLOC car in 13th place on the standings.

Kogure and Motojima continued to race the #88 JLOC car in 2021 as former IndyCar driver Kosuke Matsuura and Natsu Sakaguchi was signed to create an all-new driver line-up in the #87 car.[18] Kogure and Motojima enjoyed a better season that year as they were consistently finishing in the points, eventually finishing that year in 8th place with 1 podium finish and five points finishes. Matsuura and Sakaguchi, on the other hand, continued to struggled as they only recorded one points finish at Sugo, eventually finishing 20th in the driver standings. Despite this, all four drivers would be retained by the team for the 2022 season.[19] The pairing of Kogure and Motojima went on to finish 13th in the drivers standings, having finished in the top-10 positions five times. Matsuura and Sakaguchi enjoyed a better season as they scored JLOC's lone podium finish of the year in the final round at Motegi and finished 15th in the driver standings. The team also played a crucial role in the championship as two late overtakes from both JLOC cars at Motegi, including a last-lap overtake on GAINER's Ryuichiro Tomita by Kogure, allowed Kondo Racing to clinch the GT300 title after the right front wheel of Kondo's Nissan GT-R GT3 came off the car midway through the race.[20]

24 Hours of Le Mans

JLOC's Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1LM in 2007.

JLOC first attempted to enter the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005, but they failed to secure an entry. They entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time in 2006 with a Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1LM, a Murciélago R-GT that was modified by JLOC for endurance racing. JLOC’s Super GT drivers Marco Apicella, Yasutaka Hinoi, and Koji Yamanishi would share the driving duties for the team’s debut at Le Mans. The team completed 283 laps but stopped with three hours left in the race and did not complete the final lap, leaving them non-classified in the final results.[14]

The team returned to Le Mans the next year with a driver line-up of Apicella, Yamanishi and Atsushi Yogo. JLOC received logistical support from DAMS for their participation in the 2007 race.[21] Apicella suffered a major crash at the first Mulsanne chicane in the Wednesday first qualifying session, which damaged the RG-1LM beyond repair. JLOC successfully earned a dispensation by the ACO to replace their damaged RG-1LM with a standard R-GT for the race itself. In addition, Apicella was declared unfit after the crash, leaving Yamanishi and Yogo to compete as a duo.[22] The team only completed one lap before it was forced to retire due to a broken driveshaft.[14]

JLOC didn’t enter the 2008 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and only returned for the 2009 edition with Apicella, Yogo, and Yutaka Yamagishi as the team’s drivers. JLOC suffered numerous mechanical issues throughout practice and qualifying that left them unable to qualify for the race. ACO, however, allowed the team to start the race. As Apicella and a number of mechanics had flown back home after the team’s initial failure to qualify, JLOC elected to start and park the car after completing just one lap.[14]

For the 2010 race, JLOC was given an entry after the team won the Okayama 1000km race of 2009 that made up the sole Asian Le Mans Series round of that year. Yogo, Yamanishi, and Hiroyuki Iiri are elected to drive JLOC’s newly-prepared Murciélago LP670 R-SV for the race. The team retired at the 18th hour mark after only completing 138 laps due to suffering from numerous puncture and transmission problems.[14][21]

JLOC never received manufacturer support and struggled to be competitive during their four Le Mans attempts. In an interview with Motorsport.com in 2022, JLOC’s team principal Isao Noritake believes that the project struggled to be competitive because Audi lost interest in the Murciélago R-GT project, forcing JLOC to compete independently despite being the sole representative for Lamborghini at Le Mans.[14]

Complete JGTC Results[23] [24]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Car Tyres Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Pts
1994 Lamborghini Countach Y GT1 88 Japan Takao Wada
Japan Satoshi Ikezawa
FUJ
NC
SEN
8
FUJ
Ret
SUG
11
MIN
Ret
12th 3
1995 Lamborghini Diablo Jota Y GT1 88 Japan Takao Wada
Japan Satoshi Ikezawa
Japan Tatsuhiko Kaneumi
SUZ
15
FUJ SEN
13
FUJ
13
SUG
Ret
MIN
Ret
NC 0
1996 Lamborghini Diablo Jota Y GT500 88 Japan Takao Wada
Japan Satoshi Ikezawa
Japan Tatsuhiko Kaneumi
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SEN FUJ
11
SUG
Ret
MIN
13
NC 0
1997 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Y GT500 88 Japan Takao Wada
Japan Hisashi Wada
SUZ FUJ
Ret
SEN
Ret
FUJ
14
MIN
Ret
SUG
13
NC 0
1998 Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 D GT500 88 Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Naohiro Furuya
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
C
SEN
9
FUJ
18
MOT
10
MIN
13
SUG
11
16th 3
Lamborghini Diablo Jota 777 Japan Takao Wada
Japan Masami Sugiyama
SUZ
15
FUJ
C
SEN FUJ
17
MOT
Ret
MIN
DNA
SUG
Ret
1999 Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 T GT500 88 Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Naohiro Furuya
SUZ
15
FUJ
Ret
SUG
14
MIN
Ret
FUJ
17
OKA
Ret
MOT
14
NC 0
2000 Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 D GT500 88 Japan Naohiro Furuya
Japan Tsuyoshi Takahashi
MOT
15
FUJ
13
SUG
17
FUJ
16
OKA
18
MIN
12
SUZ
14
NC 0
2001 Lamborghini Diablo JGT-1 D GT500 88 Japan Naohiro Furuya
Italy Marco Apicella
OKA
DNS
FUJ
Ret
SUG
DNS
FUJ
Ret
MOT
15
SUZ
14
MIN
15
NC 0
2002 Lamborghini Diablo JGT-1 D GT500 88 Japan Hisashi Wada
Italy Marco Apicella
OKA
DNQ
FUJ
Ret
SUG
15
SEP
Ret
FUJ
Ret
MOT
18
MIN
Ret
SUZ
Ret
NC 0
2003 Lamborghini Diablo JGT-1 Y GT500 88 Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Naohiro Furuya
Japan Koji Yamanishi
OKA
15
FUJ
Ret
SUG
Ret
FUJ
16
FUJ
15
MOT
15
AUT
Ret
SUZ
Ret
NC 0
2004 Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT Y GT500 88 Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Koji Yamanishi
OKA SUG
DNQ
SEP
Ret
MOT
Ret
AUT
Ret
SUZ
18
NC 0
Lamborghini Diablo JGT-1 TOK
DNQ

Complete Super GT Results[24][25]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Car Tyres Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points
2005 Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Y GT300 86 Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Naohiro Furuya
OKA FUJ SEP SUG MOT FUJ AUT SUZ
11
NC 0
87 Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Naohiro Furuya
Italy Marco Apicella
OKA FUJ SEP SUG
Ret
MOT
11
FUJ
8
AUT SUZ
Ret
14th 3
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Y GT500 88 Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Hisashi Wada
Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Naohiro Furuya
OKA
13
FUJ
DNS
SEP SUG
Ret
MOT
17
FUJ
Ret
AUT SUZ NC 0
2006 Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Y GT300 87 Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Atsushi Yogo
SUZ
5
OKA
Ret
FUJ
5
SEP SUG
12
SUZ
17
MOT
13
AUT
18
FUJ
9
17th 14
88 Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi
Japan Naohiro Furuya
SUZ
1
OKA
6
FUJ
Ret
SEP SUG
15
SUZ
Ret
MOT
Ret
AUT
8
FUJ
5
11th 34
2007 Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y GT300 66 Japan Naohiro Furuya
Japan Muneyuki Kurihara
Japan Atsushi Yogo
SUZ
DNP
OKA
21
FUJ
Ret
SEP
DNQ
SUG
DNP
SUZ
DNP
MOT
22
AUT
Ret
FUJ
Ret
29th 2
67 Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa
Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi
SUZ
DNP
OKA
DNQ
FUJ
DNQ
SEP
DNS
SUG
DNQ
SUZ
17
MOT
19
AUT
Ret
FUJ
25
26th 3
Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Y GT300 87 Japan Yasutaka Hinoi
Japan Atsushi Yogo
Japan Yoshihisa Namekata
SUZ
12
OKA
4
FUJ
9
SEP
7
SUG
DNS
SUZ MOT AUT FUJ
15
17th 25
88 Japan Koji Yamanishi
Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
SUZ
4
OKA
Ret
FUJ
2
SEP
12
SUG
9
SUZ MOT AUT FUJ
Ret
12th 36
2008 Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Y GT300 66 Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Atsushi Yogo
SUZ
Ret
OKA
8
FUJ
Ret
SEP
7
SUG
13
SUZ
15
MOT
3
AUT
Ret
FUJ
19
14th 28
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 87 Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Muneyuki Kurihara
Japan Yoshihisa Namekata
SUZ
DNQ
OKA
19
FUJ
Ret
SEP
20
SUG
18
SUZ
14
MOT
23
AUT
21
FUJ
Ret
22nd 6
88 Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Japan Naohiro Furuya
Japan Yuya Sakamoto
SUZ
DNQ
OKA
16
FUJ
16
SEP
16
SUG
19
SUZ
12
MOT
Ret
AUT
19
FUJ
14
21st 7
2009 Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Y GT300 66 Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Atsushi Yogo
Italy Marco Apicella
OKA
18
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
18
SEP
5
SUG
13
SUZ
17
FUJ
3
AUT
11
MOT
8
12th 36
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 87 Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Japan Hisashi Wada
OKA
11
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SEP
15
SUG
Ret
SUZ
12
FUJ
11
AUT
17
MOT
Ret
17th 8
88 Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Japan Yuya Sakamoto
OKA
Ret
SUZ
13
FUJ
19
SEP
Ret
SUG
12
SUZ
10
FUJ
10
AUT
12
MOT
11
15th 19
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y GT300 86 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Koji Yamanishi
SUZ
7
OKA
4
FUJ
16
SEP
15
SUG
10
SUZ
5
FUJ
C
MOT
3
9th 47
87 Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Japan Yuya Sakamoto
Japan Naohiro Furuya
SUZ
10
OKA
17
FUJ
15
SEP
11
SUG
17
SUZ
12
FUJ
C
MOT
20
18th 14
88 Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Atsushi Yogo
Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa
SUZ
DNP
OKA
16
FUJ
17
SEP
7
SUG
14
SUZ
15
FUJ
C
MOT
Ret
19th 13
2011 Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y GT300 86 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Yuya Sakamoto
OKA
Ret
FUJ
10
SEP
14
SUG
15
SUZ
10
FUJ
8
AUT
6
MOT
12
15th 27
87 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Atsushi Yogo
OKA
14
FUJ
3
SEP
7
SUG
16
SUZ
3
FUJ
19
AUT
16
MOT
16
12th 42
88 Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
OKA
8
FUJ
Ret
SEP
4
SUG
10
SUZ
15
FUJ
4
AUT
12
MOT
5
11th 45
2012 Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y GT300 85 Japan Yuya Sakamoto
Japan Masaki Kano
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
OKA
14
FUJ
Ret
SEP SUG SUZ
10
FUJ
18
AUT
15
MOT 21st 6
86 Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Japan Junichiro Yamashita
OKA
Ret
FUJ
14
SEP
DNS
SUG
15
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
Ret
AUT MOT 27th 2
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 87 Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
OKA
21
FUJ
7
SEP
16
SUG
19
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
Ret
AUT
Ret
MOT
2
13th 28
88 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Keita Sawa
OKA
17
FUJ
Ret
SEP
Ret
SUG
3
SUZ
3
FUJ
Ret
AUT
7
MOT
3
7th 52
2013 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y GT300 86 Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Yuya Sakamoto
OKA
11
FUJ
3
SEP
9
SUG
12
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
3
FUJ AUT
13
MOT
13
10th 39
87 Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
OKA
3
FUJ
7
SEP
Ret
SUG
5
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
20
FUJ AUT
10
MOT
8
11th 39
88 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
OKA
Ret
FUJ
12
SEP
5
SUG
18
SUZ
4
FUJ
Ret
FUJ AUT
12
MOT
5
12th 34
2014 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y GT300 86 Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Koji Yamanishi
OKA
7
FUJ
Ret
AUT
6
SUG
6
FUJ
3
SUZ
17
BUR
Ret
MOT
20
11th 37
88 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
OKA
11
FUJ
Ret
AUT
11
SUG
1
FUJ
21
SUZ
13
BUR
18
MOT
11
12th 35
2015 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y GT300 87 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda
Japan Kimiya Sato
OKA
20
FUJ
Ret
CHA
Ret
FUJ
11
SUZ
24
SUG
18
AUT
11
MOT
16
20th 10
88 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Japan Kimiya Sato
OKA
Ret
FUJ
Ret
CHA
17
FUJ
7
SUZ
4
SUG
4
AUT
Ret
MOT
7
12th 39
2016 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Y GT300 87 Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Kimiya Sato
Japan Taiyo Iida
OKA
13
FUJ
8
SUG
22
FUJ
19
SUZ
17
CHA
21
MOT
8
MOT
11
17th 22
88 Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Japan Manabu Orido
OKA
9
FUJ
25
SUG
6
FUJ
4
SUZ
9
CHA
10
MOT
3
MOT
Ret
11th 47
2017 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Y GT300 87 Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Kimiya Sato
Japan Yuya Motojima
OKA
11
FUJ
4
AUT
18
SUG
19
FUJ
12
SUZ
3
CHA
12
MOT
11
12th 41
88 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Japan Tsubasa Takahashi
Japan Koji Yamanishi
OKA
19
FUJ
25
AUT
16
SUG
Ret
FUJ
7
SUZ
2
CHA
5
MOT
Ret
10th 44
2018 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Y GT300 87 Japan Yuya Motojima
Japan Kimiya Sato
OKA
12
FUJ
16
SUZ
12
CHA
5
FUJ
Ret
SUG
13
AUT
2
MOT
4
10th 50
88 Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Italy Marco Mapelli
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
OKA
7
FUJ
9
SUZ
4
CHA
6
FUJ
6
SUG
5
AUT
13
MOT
27
9th 51
2019 Lamborghini Huracán GT3
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo
Y GT300 87 Japan Tsubasa Takahashi
Macau André Couto
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
OKA
16
FUJ
11
SUZ
17
BUR
7
FUJ
1
AUT
Ret
SUG
26
MOT
23
8th 48
88 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima
OKA
10
FUJ
3
SUZ
19
BUR
5
FUJ
5
AUT
3
SUG
20
MOT
11
7th 58.5
2020 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Y GT300 87 Japan Tsubasa Takahashi
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada
FUJ
26
FUJ
25
SUZ
16
MOT
Ret
FUJ
17
SUZ
6
MOT
26
FUJ
Ret
13th 34
88 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima
FUJ
25
FUJ
15
SUZ
27
MOT
2
FUJ
6
SUZ
13
MOT
Ret
FUJ
Ret
27th 18
2021 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Y GT300 87 Japan Kosuke Matsuura
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
OKA
21
FUJ
15
MOT
Ret
SUZ
16
SUG
4
AUT
25
MOT
Ret
FUJ
15
20th 25
88 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima
OKA
9
FUJ
6
MOT
24
SUZ
2
SUG
7
AUT
12
MOT
4
FUJ
23
9th 54
2022 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Y GT300 87 Japan Kosuke Matsuura
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
OKA
8
FUJ
12
SUZ
16
FUJ
8
SUZ
9
SUG
19
AUT
11
MOT
2
11th 43.5
88 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima
OKA
17
FUJ
5
SUZ
5
FUJ
9
SUZ
17
SUG
13
AUT
4
MOT
5
9th 45.5
2023 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
Y GT300 87 Japan Kosuke Matsuura
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
OKA
7
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
23
FUJ
16
SUZ
2
SUG
19
AUT
19
MOT
21
14th 35
88 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima
OKA
24
FUJ
6
SUZ
21
FUJ
8
SUZ
4
SUG
14
AUT
7
MOT
1
5th 61

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Entrant No. Tyres Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2006 Japan JLOC Isao Noritake 53 P Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi
GT1 283 27th 8th
2007 Japan JLOC Isao Noritake 53 Y Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Atsushi Yogo
GT1 1 DNF DNF
2009 Japan JLOC 68 Y Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Yutaka Yamagishi
Japan Atsushi Yogo
GT1 1 DNF DNF
2010 Japan JLOC 69 Y Lamborghini Murcielago LP670 R-SV Japan Atsushi Yogo
Japan Koji Yamanishi
Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
GT1 138 DNF DNF

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