Kohta Kawaai

Kohta Kawaai is a Japanese racing driver. He currently competes for Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave in both the Super GT and Super Taikyu racing series.
Kawaai won the 2023 Super GT Championship in the GT300 class and the 2023 Super Taikyu Championship in the ST-Z class.

Racing career

Early Racing Career

In 2016, Kawaai started his formula racing career in F4 Japanese Championship racing with Le Beausset Motorsports. He raced in the same series till 2019 where he claimed third in the standings behind Ren Sato, and Atsushi Miyake.

Super GT

Kawaii moves up to Super GT - GT300 with Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave, paired up with Hiroki Yoshida. In his debut season, he managed to get a win and podiums which claimed him, and Yoshida to Second in the standings behind to Kondo Racing of Kiyoto Fujinami & João Paulo de Oliveira. Kawaai continued to race with the same team, claimed ninth in the standings despite missing one race after he tested positive for COVID-19 where he replaced by Taku Bamba. in 2022, with the same team Kawaai managed to clinch a win at Autopolis with also another podium, and gets fourtth in the standings.
In 2023, Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave retained both Kawaai & Hiroki Yoshida and they claimed two wins and four podiums. Kawaai went on to win the 2023 Super GT Championship in the GT300 class alongside Yoshida.

Super Formula Lights

Kawaai returned to formula racing in 2022, competed in Super Formula Lights for Rn-Sports. He claimed his first pole in the series, and competed only three rounds where he claimed eighth in the final standings.

Racing record

Career summary

‡ Team standings

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

Year

Team

Pts

2017

Le Beausset Motorsports

OKA
1
Ret

OKA
2
6

FUJ1
1
8

FUJ1
2
7

SUG
1
5

SUG
2
10

FUJ2
1
14

FUJ2
2
13

FUJ2
3
27

SUZ
1
25

SUZ
2
14

MOT
1
1

MOT
2
9

MOT
3
Ret

11th

2017

Le Beausset Motorsports

OKA
1
Ret

OKA
2
7

FUJ1
1
7

FUJ1
2
9

AUT
1
4

AUT
2
5

SUG
1
9

SUG
2
Ret

FUJ2
1
7

FUJ2
2
21

SUZ
1
6

SUZ
2
7

MOT
1
4

MOT
2
7

8th

2018

Le Beausset Motorsports

OKA
1
8

OKA
2
8

FUJ1
1
4

FUJ1
2
4

SUZ
1
5

SUZ
2
7

FUJ2
1
5

FUJ2
2
7

SUG
1
2

SUG
2
3

AUT
1
4

AUT
2
6

MOT
1
5

MOT
2
6

4th

135

2019

Le Beausset Motorsports

OKA
1
20

OKA
2
5

FUJ1
1
5

FUJ1
2
3

SUZ
1
7

SUZ
2
6

FUJ2
1
6

FUJ2
2
6

AUT
1
5

AUT
2
3

SUG
1
3

SUG
2
6

MOT
1
Ret

MOT
2
2

3rd

131

Complete Super Formula Lights results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2022	Rn-Sports	FUJ 1 Ret	FUJ 2 4	FUJ 3 6	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	SUZ 3	AUT 1 9	AUT 2 Ret	AUT 3 9	SUG 1 Ret	SUG 2 8	SUG 3 Ret	MOT 1 5	MOT 2 6	MOT 3 5	OKA 1	OKA 2	OKA 3	8th	10