Masataka Yanagida

Masataka Yanagida
Born	(1979-06-04) June 4, 1979 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Professional racing driver
Years active	1993–present

Masataka Yanagida (born 4 June 1979 in Tokyo) is a professional racing driver from Japan.

Career

Masataka Yanagida, the son of Haruhito Yanagida—a prominent figure in the Japanese Touring Car Championship—began his motorsport journey with karting in 1993. He then moved to compete in the Formula Renault Campus series in France during 1997, followed by participation in the French Formula Renault Championship the next year. In 1999, he joined Formula Dream and achieved five victories in the 2000 season.

Starting in 2001, Yanagida raced in both the Japanese Formula Three and the Japanese GT Championship. That year, he secured seventh place in Formula Three and finished fourth in the GT300 category alongside teammate Yuji Ide. His performance improved to third place in GT300 during 2002, culminating in winning that class in 2003. After returning to Formula Three in 2004 and placing tenth, he advanced to the GT500 class of Super GT in 2005, where he finished fifth with co-driver Michael Krumm.

Yanagida made his first appearance in the World Touring Car Championship at the 2010 Race of Japan, driving for Wiechers-Sport.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fastest Laps	Podiums	Points	Final Position
2001	All-Japan Formula Three	Toda Racing	19	0	0	0	0	80	7th
	All-Japan GT - GT300	Hasemi Motorsport	7	0	0	0	3	53	4th
2002	All-Japan GT - GT300	Hasemi Motorsport	8	1	1	0	2	80	3rd
2003	All-Japan Formula Three	Threebond Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	17th
	All-Japan GT - GT300	Hasemi Motorsport	8	0	1	0	4	77	1st
2004	All-Japan Formula Three	Threebond Racing	20	0	0	0	1	58	10th
	All-Japan GT - GT300	Team Daishin	7	0	0	0	1	33	6th
	Super Taikyu - Class3	RS Nakaharu	2	1	0	0	0	132	1st
		C-West Labs	1	0	0	0	1	116	2nd
	Super GT - GT500	Nismo	8	0	1	0	2	57	5th
Formula Nippon	Kondo Racing	9	0	1	0	0	1	14th
Kondo Racing	9	0	0	0	1	34	13th
C-West Labs	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	'3rd'

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Pts
2001	Toda Racing	Mugen-Honda	SUZ1 Ret	SUZ2 8	TSU1 13	TSU2 5	FUJ1 14	FUJ2 Ret	MIN1 6	MIN2 4	MOT1 4	MOT2 6	SUZ 7	SUG1 8	SUG2 9	SEN1 7	SEN2 9	TAI1 7	TAI2 Ret	MOT1 4	MOT2 5		7th	80
2003	ThreeBond Racing	Nissan SR engine#Threebond-Nissan			Fuji Speedway 13	Fuji Speedway 9													17th	2
2004	ThreeBond Racing	Nissan SR engine#Threebond-Nissan	Suzuka International Racing Course 12	Suzuka International Racing Course 8	Tsukuba Circuit 12	Tsukuba Circuit 12	Okayama International Circuit 5	Okayama International Circuit 11	Twin Ring Motegi 14	Twin Ring Motegi 9	Suzuka International Racing Course 9	Suzuka International Racing Course 3	Sportsland SUGO 6	Sportsland SUGO 5		Ret					10th	58

Complete Formula Nippon results

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2006	Kondo Racing	Toyota	FUJ 7	SUZ Ret	MOT 9	SUZ 13	AUT 13	FUJ 12
SUG "Ret"
MOT "6"
SUZ "13"	14th	1
Kondo Racing	Toyota RV8 engine (Toyota)
Fuji Speedway (FUJ) "9"
Suzuka International Racing Course (SUZ) "18"
Twin Ring Motegi (MOT) "Ret"
Okayama International Circuit (OKA) "15"
Suzuka International Racing Course (SUZ) "14"
Fuji Speedway (FUJ) "12"
Sportsland SUGO (SUG) "12"
Twin Ring Motegi (MOT) "16"
Suzuka International Racing Course (SUZ) "Ret"	NC	0

Full Super GT Results

Season	Racing Team	Vehicle	Category	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Final Standing	Points

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Full Asian Le Mans Series Results

Season	Racing Team	Car Model	Engine Manufacturer	Division	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Final Position	Total Points
2015-16	Team-AAI	ADESS-03	Nissan	LMP3	FUJ Retired	SEP 2nd	BUR 2nd	SEP Retired	3rd Place	37
2019-20	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	Gibson	LMP2	SHA Retired	BEN	SEP Retired	BUR	11th Overall	1 Point