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Miki Koyama
Koyama in 2019
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 27) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Super GT Series career
Debut season	2023
Current team	R'Qs Motor Sports
Car number	22
Former teams	Iwata Racing
Starts	8
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	NC in 2023
Previous series
2015–2019 2017, 2024 2019–2020 2019, 2021 2020, 2022 2023 2024	F4 Japanese Championship Super Taikyu Series F3 Asian Championship W Series Formula Regional Japanese Championship Macau Formula 4 Race Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
Championship titles
2022 2017-2018	Formula Regional Japanese Championship Kyojo Cup

Miki Koyama (小山 美姫, Koyama Miki, born 5 September 1997 in Yokohama) is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series GT300 class as a reserve driver for R'Qs Motor Sports. She is best known for her time racing in the W Series from 2019 to 2021, and for becoming the first woman to win an FIA-sanctioned, all-gender single-seater championship when she won the 2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship.

Biography

Having started racing in karts, Koyama attended the Formula Toyota Racing School before moving to Japanese F4 in 2015. She was the first champion of the all-women's Kyojo Cup series in 2017, and repeated as champion in 2018.

In 2019, Koyama was announced as one of the 18 permanent drivers for the inaugural season of the W Series. At the first W Series round at Hockenheim, Koyama qualified 17th and finished 7th after setting the fastest lap of the race. During the remainder of the season, Koyama earned three more points finishes en route to 7th in the championship, and was named as a returning competitor for the 2020 W Series. While the 2020 season was abandoned due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Koyama returned to the series when it resumed in 2021. She also made a one-off entry into the Super Formula Lights championship at Fuji Speedway.

After two seasons in the W Series, Koyama was named as a Toyota Gazoo Racing Driver Challenge (TGR-DC) academy driver for the 2022 season. She raced full-time in the Formula Regional Japanese Championship for Super License, with backing from Toyota. Koyama won seven races and clinched the series title at the September meeting at Fuji.

On 7 February 2023, Koyama was announced as the third driver for Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage in the 2023 Super GT Series. Koyama became the first woman to race in the championship since Cyndie Allemann in 2012. She successfully passed her rookie orientation test at Fuji Speedway on 21 April, and competed for the first time in the fourth round at Fuji where she finished 19th in class. Koyama returned to the series as the reserve driver in R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for 2024, twinning this with full-time participation in apr's Lexus RC F GT3 in Super Taikyu. In the fifth round of Super Taikyu at Suzuka, Koyama became the second female driver to win a Super Taikyu race outright, and first since Hisami Sato in 1993.

Koyama joined the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia season for 2024 with Iron Lynx Theodore Racing, competing with Hon Chio Leong. The pairing scored five second-place finishes en route to 2nd in the standings behind Dan Wells.

At the end of 2024, Koyama partook in pre-season testing for Formula E with Abt Sportsline, as well as post-season Super Formula testing with KCMG.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.
As Koyama was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.

Complete F4 Japanese Championship Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete W Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super Formula Lights results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Koyama did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

See also

• List of female racing drivers

References

1. "Toyota adds W Series graduate Miki Koyama to junior scheme". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
2. "Miki Koyama: What next for Japan's top female driver?". us.motorsport.com. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
3. Callahan (鮎川きお), Kat (24 June 2016). "Meet The Honda-Thrashing Japanese Schoolgirl Who Dreams Of Being An F1 Driver". Jalopnik. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
4. "W Series announces its driver line-up". W Series. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
5. "Hockenheim Race Report". W Series. 4 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
6. "W Series reveals most of 2020 grid, Chadwick to defend title". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
7. CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR. "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2022 motorsport team setups | 2021 | PRESS RELEASE". TOYOTA GAZOO Racing. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
8. "Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage Introduces All-Rookie Crew For Their Lexus RC F GT3 | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
9. "Miki Koyama, And The Women Who Preceded Her In SUPER GT | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
10. "NDDP Racing Waits Out Red Flags, Weather To Claim Dominant Fuji Victory". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
11. "Super Taikyu Series Reveals 69 Car Entry List For 2024". DailySportscar. 4 April 2024.
12. "DENSO LEXUSがポール・トゥ・フィニッシュ。小山美姫が女性ドライバーとして31年ぶりの総合優勝" (in Japanese). Motorsport.com Japan. 30 September 2024.
13. RACERS (3 May 2024). "Miki Koyama join forces with Iron Lynx for Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia assault". Racers. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
14. RACERS (11 June 2024). "Miki Koyama continues podium streak in Lamborghini ST Asia". Racers. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
15. "LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO ASIA 2024 RANKING (updated November 15th, 2024)" (PDF). Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. 15 November 2024.
16. "Miki Koyama to take part in landmark all-female test session for Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E team". Formula E. 24 October 2024.
17. "Honda's stars top Suzuka Super Formula test, Fraga leads rookie candidates". RACER. 12 December 2024.

External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Miki Koyama career summary at DriverDB.com

• Japanese racing drivers
• 1997 births
• Living people
• Super GT drivers
• W Series drivers
• F3 Asian Championship drivers
• Formula Regional Japanese Championship drivers
• Japanese female racing drivers
• Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers
• Japanese F4 Championship drivers
• BlackArts Racing drivers
• B-Max Racing drivers
• Sportspeople from Yokohama
• South East Asian F4 Championship drivers
• Super Formula Lights drivers
• Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers
• Iron Lynx drivers
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen