Yuta Kamimura

Yuta Kamimura is a Japanese racing driver. He is the 2023 SRO Japan Cup champion.

Early career

Formula 4

In 2014, Kamimura graduated from the Suzuka Circuit Racing School Formula with a scholarship to compete in the inaugural season of the Japanese Championship for Honda Formula Dream Project. Despite scoring a fifth-place finish in the season opener at Okayama, he didn't score another top-five finish until the season-ending Motegi round, where he finished fourth and ended his maiden season in single-seaters 12th in points.
Kamimura returned to HFDP for the 2016 season. Despite a double podium at the opening round of the season at Okayama, Kamimura only scored points five more times and ended the season 14th in the standings.

Porsche Carrera Cup Japan

After leaving single-seaters at the end of 2016, Porsche Japan and the PCCJ Committee selected Kamimura for their 2017 scholarship, which saw him compete on full-time basis in Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. In his first season in the series, Kamimura finished runner-up to Shinji Takei.
Kamimura returned to PCCJ for 2018, after being retained for the scholarship program alongside Yoshiaki Katayama. After finishing runner-up in the season-ending race at Suzuka, Kamimura ended the season second in points to Tsubasa Kondo.
Returning to Carrera Cup Japan for the next two seasons, Kamimura joined Porsche Center Okazaki and finished runner-up in both seasons, to Ukyo Sasahara in 2019, and to Ryo Ogawa in 2020.

GT career

GT World Challenge Asia

In late 2018, ARN Racing announced that Kamimura would drive for them in GT World Challenge Asia alongside Hiroaki Nagai. Despite a slow start to the season, Kamimura took his maiden podium in race one at Suzuka and scored points twice more to finish 22nd in the standings. Having been announced to return to the series for 2020 with ARN alongside Nagai, Kamimura returned to the series when it was relaunched in 2022, still alongside Nagai but changing to Porsche Center Okazaki for his sophomore season in the championship.
On his series return, Kamimura finished on the podium three times, at Suzuka, Fuji and the season-ending race at Okayama to end the season eighth in the overall standings and third in the Japan Cup standings. In 2023, Kamimura returned to GTWC Asia, along with a full-time campaign in Japan Cup. In the main series, Kamimura scored two podiums, a third-place finish in race one at Suzuka and a second-place finish at Motegi's race two en route to a tenth place finish in the points. In Japan Cup, Kamimura won both of the races at Motegi and scored four more podiums to become champion at the season-ending round at Okayama.
Kamimura continued his partnership with Porsche Center Okazaki for the 2024 season. Having only scored points three times across the season, Kamimura finished 34th in the standings with a best result of sixth in race one at Suzuka. Returning to GT World Challenge Asia for 2025, Kamimura only raced in the season-opening round in Sepang, finishing third in the Silver-Am class in race three.

Super GT

In 2021, Kamimura made his GT300 debut, racing in the second round of that year's Super GT season for apr's number 30 GR Sport Prius alongside Hiroaki Nagai and Manabu Orido. On his maiden outing, Kamimura finished 18th. The following year, Kamimura made an unexpected return to Super GT, replacing Hiroaki Nagai at the fifth round of the season at Suzuka. Kamimura went from 21st to take his maiden podium in Super GT, by finishing third. For 2023, Kamimura stayed with apr as a third driver. Racing in half of the season's rounds, Kamimura scored a best finish of ninth at the third round of the season at Suzuka.

Endurance racing

During 2017, Kamimura made a one-off appearance in the LMP3 class of the Asian Le Mans Series, driving for TKS alongside Shinyo Sato and Takuya Shirasaka. In his only start in the series, Kamimura finished third. During his sophomore season in Carrera Cup Japan, Kamimura made his GT3 debut in that year's [2018 Suzuka International Racing Course|Suzuka 10 Hours|Suzuka 10 Hours] for Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing alongside Yuichi Mikasa and Shinji Takei.
In 2025, Kamimura returned to Endurance racing, driving for D'station Racing in the ST-X class of the Super Taikyu Series. Competing in all but one races in the class, Kamimura scored his first series win at SUGO to help the team secure fourth in the ST-X standings. Kamimura also made a one-off appearance in the ST-1 class at the Fuji 24 Hours for the same team, which he won alongside Satoshi Hoshino, Kenji Hama, Taiga Kabaki, Tatsuya Hoshino and Tetsuya Tanaka.