Toshiki Oyu

is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who currently competes in Super GT for Team Cerumo and in Super Formula for INGING. He was previously a factory driver for Honda until 2023.

Career Early career Oyu made his motorsport debut in karting in 2007, racing in local championships on his home island of Hokkaido. He would go on to win the All-Japan Junior Kart Championship in 2010, his first year of national-level competition, and would compete in the All-Japan Karting Championship and Suzuka series between 2011 and 2015 against the likes of Ritomo Miyata, Sena Sakaguchi, and Kazuto Kotaka, finishing in third behind the former two in 2013.

Oyu made his formula racing debut in 2015 after gaining the support of fellow Sapporo native Katsuyuki Hiranaka, racing in the Super FJ Okayama Challenge Cup for Rn-sports. After moving to Suzuka to further his racing career, he moved into Formula 4, remaining with Rn-sports to contest the JAF Formula 4 Championship and F4 Japanese Championship. In an extraordinarily successful year, Oyu became champion of both the West and East divisions in JAF F4, and took two race wins at Sportsland SUGO and Suzuka to finish third in the latter championship behind Miyata and Sakaguchi. In November 2016, Oyu graduated from Honda's , defeating Ukyō Sasahara, Yuki Tsunoda, and Teppei Natori to claim the first-place Honda Formula Dream Project scholarship. Oyu continued in the F4 Japanese Championship for the 2017 season as a Honda protégé, racing for the Honda Formula Dream Project's eponymous team, but would ultimately finish fourth behind reigning champion Miyata, Sasahara, and Tsunoda despite claiming victories at Autopolis, Fuji Speedway, and Twin Ring Motegi.

Formula 3

Oyu stepped up to Formula Three for 2018, racing in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship for Toda Racing. He took four podium finishes at SUGO, Okayama, and Motegi, and finished sixth in the overall standings with 39 points. At the end of the season, he made his debut for Toda in the Macau Grand Prix, finishing sixteenth.

Oyu remained with Toda for the 2019 season, taking his first race victory at the fourth round in Sugo and six podiums throughout the season to claim fourth in the standings behind Sacha Fenestraz, Ritomo Miyata and Enaam Ahmed. Oyu gained his first international opportunity in September 2019, standing in for compatriot Yuki Tsunoda at Team Motopark for the Silverstone round of the 2019 Euroformula Open Championship, due to Tsunoda's commitments in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Oyu went on to stun on his European debut, taking pole position and victory in both races and shattering the track's lap record by over seven tenths. However, despite garnering praise from Motopark boss Timo Rumpfkeil and being assessed for a spot in the Red Bull Junior Team, Oyu ultimately returned to Japan and has not raced internationally since.

Super Formula 2020 In December 2019, amid uncertainties over his future, Oyu received a last-minute call-up from TCS Nakajima Racing to drive in the Super Formula Championship's post-season test at Suzuka. Impressive test results and the departure of incumbent Álex Palou to the IndyCar Series prompted team director and former Formula One driver Satoru Nakajima to sign Oyu for the 2020 season, partnering Formula 2 race winner and former karting rival Tadasuke Makino. Oyu impressed on debut at Twin Ring Motegi, going fastest in free practice and qualifying in fourth position - the highest of any Honda-powered driver, but suffered a puncture on the first lap and was relegated to the back of the field. He qualified well again at the next round in Okayama, taking fifth position behind Makino, but locked up his brakes into the race's first corner and crashed into Makino and Kondō Racing's Sacha Fenestraz, dashing the team's hopes of any results. His struggles continued at the third race in Sugo, where his weekend was curtailed by an early crash in qualifying, and at the fourth round in Autopolis, where he scored his first point but suffered clutch problems and a resulting drive-through penalty at the race start.

The season's fifth and sixth rounds were held in a double-header at Suzuka. Oyu qualified in seventh and second for the two races respectively, finishing the second qualifying session two tenths shy of polesitter Nick Cassidy. After finishing eighth in the first race, a sudden engine failure for Cassidy saw Oyu seize the lead. Oyu would go on to hold off Nirei Fukuzumi following a safety car restart to claim a breakthrough maiden victory. His performances continued at the final round at Fuji, where he benefited from other drivers' late-race struggles to go from sixth to second at the flag. Oyu's late-season results ultimately led to a sixth-place finish in the championship.

2021 Oyu remained with Nakajima Racing for the 2021 season, and was joined by reigning champion Naoki Yamamoto, who switched seats with Tadasuke Makino at docomo Team Dandelion Racing.

2022 Oyu remained at Nakajima Racing for the 2022 season alongside Yamamoto.

2023 Despite his strong results in the latter half of 2022, Oyu was dropped by Nakajima at the end of the year and was absent from the Super Formula entry list released by Honda in 2022, with his seat taken by former Red Bull junior Ren Satō, who moved over from Team Goh. In March 2023, Oyu was announced to be remaining in Super Formula, taking the place of Satō at the newly rebranded TGM Grand Prix team and partnering former Formula 2 driver Cem Bölükbaşı.

Prior to the season-ending double-header at Suzuka, Oyu announced that funding issues had curtailed his season prematurely despite his performances. He was replaced by Super GT driver and series debutant Riki Okusa.

2024 and Toyota switch

In December 2023, Oyu partook in the Super Formula post-season test at Suzuka for the Toyota-powered P.mu/Cerumo INGING team, prompting surprise from within the paddock. The following month, Oyu's departure from Honda to Toyota was confirmed with the release of Toyota's 2024 motorsport entry list, with Oyu being set to join Vertex Partners Cerumo・INGING for the 2024 season, taking the place of TOM'S-bound Shō Tsuboi alongside former rival Sena Sakaguchi.

Super GT Oyu made his debut in Super GT in 2020, racing for ARTA in a Honda NSX GT300 alongside veteran and two-time series champion Shinichi Takagi. The team was later joined by Formula 2 graduate Nobuharu Matsushita for the final two rounds.

Oyu moved up to the top-flight GT500 class for the 2021 season, partnering Ukyō Sasahara at Red Bull Team Mugen.

Following his switch to Toyota at the end of 2023, Oyu joined Team KeePer Cerumo for the 2024 Super GT season, partnering longtime Cerumo driver Hiroaki Ishiura.

Racing record Career summary Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Pts 2016 Rn-sports OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 SUG1 SUG2 FUJ21 FUJ22 FUJ23 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 3rd 126 2017 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA1 OKA2 FUJ11 FUJ12 AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 FUJ21 FUJ22 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 4th 166

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Pts 2018 Toda Racing Toda Racing SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG1 SUG2 FUJ1 FUJ2 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 SUG4 FUJ1 FUJ2 6th 39 2019 Toda Racing Toda Racing SUZ1 SUZ2 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 SUG1 SUG2 FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA1 OKA2 4th 60

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2018 Toda Racing Dallara F317 26th 21st 16th

Complete Super GT results (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 DC Pts 2020 ARTA Honda NSX GT3 Evo GT300 FUJ FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ 4th 45 2021 Team Red Bull Mugen Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ MOT SUG AUT MOT FUJ 16th 20 2022 Team Red Bull Mugen Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 14th 16.5 2023 ARTA Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 8th 38 2024 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT4th54 2025 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 3rd 56 2026 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT † Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ 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 Super Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2020 TCS Nakajima Racing Honda MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ SUZ FUJ 6th 41 2021 TCS Nakajima Racing Honda FUJ SUZ AUT SUG MOT MOT SUZ 5th 41 2022 TCS Nakajima Racing Honda FUJ FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT MOT SUZ SUZ 8th 43 2023 TGM Grand Prix Honda FUJ FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT SUZ SUZ 9th 22 2024 Vertex Partners Cerumo・INGINGToyota SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT FUJ FUJ SUZ SUZ 9th 27 2025 Sanki Vertex Partners Cerumo・INGING Toyota SUZ SUZ MOT MOT AUT FUJ FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ SUZ SUZ 12th 21.5 2026 Sanki Vertex Partners Cerumo・INGING Toyota MOT MOT AUT SUZ SUZ FUJ FUJ SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ SUZ ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. Season still in progress.