Syun Koide


Syun Koide is a Japanese racing driver who won the 2022 F4 Japanese Championship title. He is also part of the Honda Formula Dream Project.

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.
In 2021 he 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.
In 2022 he missed out on move to Super Formula Lights, and stayed with the team. 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.

Super Formula Lights

For 2023 Koide competed in Super Formula Lights with Toda Racing. In that season, he had over 4 wins, and 7 podiums to date.
Koide continues to compete in the series, as he moves to B-Max Racing Team. 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.

Super GT

GT300

Koide competed in the GT300-class of the 2023 Super GT Series with Team UpGarage alongside Takashi Kobayashi. Koide won his first GT300 race in the first round of the series in Okayama International Circuit. then he won as well in Suzuka. Koide continues partnering Takashhi Kobayashi at Tean UpGarage for 2024.

GT500

Koide then stepped up to GT500 with Real Racing as he replaces Kakunoshin Ohta who moved to IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTP class.

Super Formula

Koide stepped up to Super Formula in 2025 and race with B-Max Racing Team as he replaces Iori Kimura.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.
‡ Team standings

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

Complete Super Formula Lights results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2023Toda RacingAUT
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
3rd81
2024B-Max Racing TeamAUT
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
1st114

Complete Super GT results

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2023Team UpGarageHonda NSX GT3 EvoGT300OKA
1
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
17
SUZ
1
SUG
DSQ
AUT
17
MOT
8
5th43
2024Team UpGarageHonda NSX GT3 EvoGT300OKA
16
FUJ
7
SUZ
13
FUJ
16
SUG
16
AUT
15
MOT
33
SUZ
24
14th16
2025Astemo Real RacingHonda Civic Type R-GT GT500GT500OKA
8
FUJ
12
SEP
4
FS1
9
FS2
SUZ
Ret
SUG
3
AUT
8
MOT
13
11th26

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
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

* Season still in progress.