Ryūichirō Tomita

is a Japanese racing driver set to compete for GAINER in Super GT and Team ZeroOne in Super Taikyu.

Career Tomita's GAINER Nissan Z at the second round of the 2024 Super GT Series at Fuji.

Tomita made his car racing debut in 2013, racing in the GT-R Prestige Cup, which he won in his rookie season. Returning to the series for the following year, Tomita won the title again, as he made one-off appearances for Dijon Racing in the Super FJ Fuji and Suzuka series, as well as select starts in the GT300 class of Super GT. Joining GAINER as the team's third driver for the 2015 Super GT season, Tomita raced three times, finishing second on debut at Buriram and winning at Suzuka to end the year eighth in points.

Remaining with GAINER for his first full season of Super GT competition in 2016, Tomita scored a lone podium at Suzuka en route to an eighth-place points finish. Staying with the team for a third consecutive season, Tomita took a best result of fifth at Suzuka to end the year a lowly 18th in points. During 2017, Tomita also raced for apr in the ST-1 class of Super Taikyu, winning all but one race he started to help the team secure the class title at season's end.

Switching to Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama for the 2018 season, Tomita scored his only points of the season by finishing tenth at Fuji en route to a 22nd-place points finish. Tomita also raced for the same team at the Suzuka 10 Hours, finishing eighth overall. During 2018, Tomita also raced part-time in Super Taikyu, competing in select rounds for apr in ST-1, as well as making a one-off appearance in ST-TCR for Audi Driving Experience Japan Remaining with Hitotsuyama for 2019, Tomita scored points three times, with a best result of seventh at Sportsland SUGO to end the year 24th in points. Tomita also raced with the team at the Suzuka 10 Hours as well as making a one-off appearance in the FIA World Touring Car Cup at Suzuka.

Moving to Europe for 2020, Tomita joined Belgian Audi Club Team WRT to race in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup alongside Kelvin van der Linde. In his maiden season in the series, Tomita finished second on debut at Misano and won race one at Zandvoort en route to a fourth-place points finish in the overall standings. Tomita remained with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT for the following year, racing in the Silver cup of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups. In the former, Tomita scored a class podium at Barcelona to finish 11th in points, whereas in the latter, Tomita took class wins at Misano and Brands Hatch to secure runner-up honors.

Remaining in Europe for 2022, Tomita raced for Team WRT in he GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, as well as racing in all but one rounds of Super GT for GAINER in GT300. Racing in the Gold Cup in the former, Tomita scored three class podiums with a best overall result of 18th at Le Castellet en route to a fourth-place points finish in class. In Super GT, Tomita won at Fuji and scored further podiums at Suzuka and Sportsland SUGO as he ended the season sixth in points. During 2022, Tomita also raced in the ST-3 class of Super Taikyu for Team ZeroOne. The following year, Tomita continued with GAINER to race in Super GT, as well as racing in the ST-Z class of Super Taikyu for Team ZeroOne. In the former, Tomita won at Fuji to end the year 12th in the standings, whereas in the latter, Tomita scored three class podiums to help the team finish the season fourth in the ST-Z points.

In 2024, Tomita remained with GAINER as the team switched to the Fairlady Z, scoring a best result of seventh at Autopolis, after starting 25th, to end the year 17th in points. During 2024, Tomita also raced in the ST-Z class of Super Taikyu for Team ZeroOne, scoring three podiums en route to a fifth-place points finish. Staying with GAINER for the following year, Tomita scored points four times, taking a best result of fifth at Sportsland SUGO to round of the year 21st in the GT300 standings. In 2025, Tomita also raced with Team ZeroOne in Super Taikyu's ST-Z class, winning at Motegi and Okayama to help the team secure runner-up honors at season's end.

The following year, Tomita continued to race for GAINER and Team ZeroOne to race in the GT300 and ST-Z classes of Super GT and Super Taikyu, respectively.

Racing record Racing career summary

† As Tomita was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

‡ Team standings

Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ‡ 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 World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2019 Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama Audi RS 3 LMS TCR MAR1 MAR2 MAR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 NED1 NED2 NED3 GER1 GER2 GER3 POR1 POR2 POR3 CHN1 CHN2 CHN3 JPN1 JPN2 JPN3 MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAL1 MAL2 MAL3 NC‡ 0‡ ‡ As Tomita was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (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 10 Pos. Points 2020 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Pro MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 4th 662021Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMS Evo Silver MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 BRH1 BRH2 VAL1 VAL2 2nd 85.5

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.