Yuji Kunimoto

is a Japanese racing driver of Zainichi Korean descent who competes in Super GT for Racing Project Bandoh. He is the champion of the 2016 Super Formula Championship and the 2010 Japanese Formula 3 Championship. He also drove for Toyota Gazoo Racing in LMP1 at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He is the younger brother of 2008 Macau Grand Prix winner Keisuke Kunimoto.

Kunimoto en route to his fourth successive victory of the 2010 All-Japan Formula Three season at Motegi.

Early career highlights 2008 Formula Challenge Japan, Series Champion; Formula BMW, Macau GP Support race, 5th position 2007 Formula Toyota, 10th Overall; Formula Challenge Japan, 4th Overall 2006 All Japan Kart Championship, FA Class, 8th Overall 2005 All Japan Kart Championship, ICA Class, 3rd Overall 2004 All Japan Kart Championship, ICA Class, 7th Overall; F-ARTA Arta Challenge Series 2003 All Japan Kart Championship, ICA Class; F-ARTA Arta Challenge Series 2002 All Japan Junior Kart Championship, 4th Overall 2001 All Japan Junior Kart Championship, 12th Overall

Career From 2009 to 2010, Kunimoto competed in Japanese Formula 3 Championship with TOM'S where he clinched third place, and was champion the next year.

Super GT Kunimoto made his debut in the series' GT300 Class with apr on 2009 with Takuto Iguchi. For the next two seasons, he paired with Morio Nitta. The latter pair clinched one win and four podium during two season in 2010 & 2011.

Kunimoto then stepped up to GT500 with Kraft in 2012 with Andrea Caldarelli new to the series, as the pair clinched one podium in the season. Kunimoto then moved to Team LeMans partnering Kazuya Oshima for three seasons. Both pairs only won once from 2013, and five podiums. For 2016, Kunimoto moved to WedsSport Bandoh alongside Yuhi Sekiguchi. He won only once on that season. After that, he became the main driver for Bandoh for four seasons, with Kenta Yamashita, Sho Tsuboi, Ritomo Miyata, and Sena Sakaguchi as his teammate. Kunimoto won again with Sakaguchi in 2-23 at Suzuka Circuit. For 2024, he stayed with the same team and teammate. Kunimoto then won the series title in 2016 with his maiden two wins and four podiums, as he beat Andre Lotterer by three points. After that, he did not win another title, and race till now. After eight seasons with Cerumo INGING, he moved to Kondo Racing in 2019, then KCMG.

Racing record Career summary

‡ Team standings

Complete Super GT results

‡ 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 Formula Nippon/Super Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2017 Toyota Gazoo Racing José María López Nicolas Lapierre Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 160 DNF DNF