Seita Nonaka

Japanese racing driver (born 2000)

Seita Nonaka

Nonaka at the 2025 Super GT Malaysia Festival

Nationality|  Japanese
Born|  (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 24)
Saitama, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season| 2022
Current team| Saitama Green Brave
Racing licence|  FIA Gold
Car number| 52
Former teams| Hoppy Team Tsuchiya
Starts| 19
Wins| 1
Podiums| 2
Poles| 0
Fastest laps| 0
Best finish| 9th in 2024
Previous series
2021-24
2023
2019-21| Super Formula Lights
GT World Challenge Asia - GT4
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
20221| F4 Japanese Championship

Seita Nonaka (野中 誠太, Nonaka Seita; born 25 October 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super GT and Super Formula Lights. He was the former F4 Japanese Championship title winner in 2021. He is part of the TGR Driver Challenge Program.

## Career

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### F4 Japan

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Nonaka started racing in 2019, competing in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit and managed to claim 8th in his rookie season. He stayed in the same series, but joined TGR-DC Racing School.[1] In that season, he claimed 3rd place in the final standings. Nonaka once again continues to compete in the same series for the third season for 2021 with the same team from 2020. That season he clinches the title from Rin Arakawa & Iori Kimura in the last round at Fuji Speedway.[2]

### Super Formula Lights

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In the same year of 2021, he competed in Super Formula Lights where he replaces Kazuto Kotaka who originally should compete in the series, but have to race in Super Formula with KCMG covered Kamui Kobayashi who can't compete in Japan due to travel restrictions.[3] Nonaka competed all but 1 from 6 rounds.

The next two season Nonaka continues racing win Super Formula Lights with the same team, and he claimed a win and 9 podiums where he managed to be at 4th place in 2022, and finished 7th with 4 podiums in 2023.[4] He continues the series for the third season with TOM'S again.[5]

And Nonaka stayed for his fourth season in 2024, and he stayed with TOM'S once again.[6]

### Super GT

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Nonaka makes his Super GT GT300 debut with Team Tsuchiya with Takashi Matsui partnering him.[7] He continues racing with the same team, but with new partner Togo Suganami.[8] Unfortunately he only managed ot race for 4 rounds as the last round he did at Fuji Speedway, his car caught on fire and burned badly and Nonaka safely out from the incident.[9] Nonaka joined Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave as a third driver. He wins the race but did not take a single lap thus did not classified for points.[10] Nonaka promoted to full time seat with 2023 GT300 champion team Saitama Green Brave as he replaces Kohta Kawaai.[11]

### Other series

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On 2023, Nonaka raced in GT World Challenge Asia with Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia. He claimed 5 wins from 6 races.[12] Nonaka stayed with the team for SRO Japan Cup for two seasons in 2024 and 2025.[13][14]

## Racing record

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### Career summary

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Season  | Series  | Team  | Races  | Wins  | Poles  | FLaps  | Podiums  | Points  | Position

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2019  | F4 Japanese Championship | TOM'S Spirit | 14  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 89  | 8th
2020  | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 12  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 123  | 3rd
2021  | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 14  | 6  | 1  | 5  | 8  | 217  | 1st
Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 14  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 24  | 7th
Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports  | 6  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 100‡  | 3rd‡
2022  | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 63  | 4th
Super GT - GT300 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 7  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 34th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki CSIRacing  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 107‡  | 3rd‡
My Cars CSIRacing  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2
2023  | GT World Challenge Asia - GT4 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | 6  | 5  | 4  | 4  | 6  | 143  | 2nd
Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 36  | 7th
Super GT - GT300 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 25th
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 6  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 174‡  | 1st‡
2024  | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18  | 5  | 1  | 5  | 7  | 77  | 3rd
SRO Japan Cup - GT4 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | 6  | 1  | 4  | ?  | 5  | 103  | 6th
Super GT - GT300 | Saitama Green Brave | 8  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 29  | 9th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z | 7  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 128‡  | 1st‡
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie \- SP10 | Toyota Gazoo Racing |  |  |  |  |  |  |
TGR GR86/BRZ Cup | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki CSIRacing  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | NC
2025  | Super GT - GT300 | Saitama Green Brave | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0*  | NC*
Super Taikyu - ST-Z | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 34‡*  | 1st‡*
SRO Japan Cup - GT4 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Super Formula | Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 16th*
Kids com Team KCMG | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | NC

* Season still in progress.
‡ Team standings

### Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year  | Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | DC  | Points

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2019 | TOM'S Spirit | OKA

2 | OKA

3 | FUJ1

4 | FUJ1

8 | SUZ

35 | SUZ

7 | FUJ2

29 | FUJ2

11 | AUT

10 | AUT

10 | SUG

7 | SUG

4 | MOT

7 | MOT

6 | 8th  | 89
2020 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1

2 | FUJ1

3 | FUJ1

2 | SUZ

3 | SUZ

4 | SUZ

11 | MOT

3 | MOT

6 | MOT

4 | FUJ2

Ret | FUJ2

5 | FUJ2

7 |  | 3rd  | 123
2021 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1

3 | FUJ1

1 | SUZ

28 | SUZ

7 | MOT1

1 | MOT1

1 | MOT1

1 | SUG

5 | SUG

7 | SUG

2 | MOT2

4 | MOT2

Ret | FUJ2

1 | FUJ2

1 | 1st  | 217

### Complete Super Formula Lights results

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

Year  | Entrant  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | Pos  | Points

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2021 | TOM'S | FUJ

10 | FUJ

3 | FUJ

6 | SUZ

3 | SUZ

5 | SUZ

7 | AUT

Ret | AUT

5 | AUT

C | SUG

6 | SUG

Ret | SUG

7 | MOT

5 | MOT

5 | MOT

3 | MOT

| MOT

| MOT

| 7th  | 24
2022 | TOM'S | FUJ

1 | FUJ

5 | FUJ

3 | SUZ

3 | SUZ

12 | SUZ

6 | AUT

3 | AUT

3 | AUT

3 | SUG

4 | SUG

6 | SUG

3 | MOT

9 | MOT

2 | MOT

8 | OKA

4 | OKA

7 | OKA

3 | 4th  | 63
2023 | TOM'S | AUT

6 | AUT

5 | AUT

10 | SUG

6 | SUG

9 | SUG

4 | SUZ

3 | SUZ

3 | SUZ

3 | FUJ

7 | FUJ

6 | FUJ

9 | OKA

3 | OKA

5 | OKA

Ret | MOT

5 | MOT

4 | MOT

7 | 7th  | 36
2024 | TOM'S | AUT

1 | AUT

3 | AUT

1 | SUG

4 | SUG

7 | SUG

1 | FUJ

7 | FUJ

4 | FUJ

3 | OKA

4 | OKA

Ret | OKA

4 | SUZ

1 | SUZ

4 | SUZ

1 | MOT

Ret | MOT

8 | MOT

6 | 3rd  | 77
2025 | TOM'S | SUZ

WD | SUZ

WD | SUZ

WD | AUT

| AUT

| AUT

| OKA

| OKA

| OKA

| SUG

| SUG

| SUG

| FUJ

| FUJ

| FUJ

| MOT

| MOT

| MOT

| NC  | 0

### Complete Super GT Results

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Year  | Team  | Car  | Class  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | DC  | Pts

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2022 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300  | OKA
22 | FUJ
11 | SUZ
Ret | FUJ
| SUZ
15 | SUG
10 | AUT
16 | MOT
Ret | 34th  | 1
2023 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300  | OKA
12 | FUJ
10 | SUZ
17 | FUJ
Ret | SUZ
| SUG
|  | 25th  | 1
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 |  | AUT
1 | MOT

2024 | Saitama Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300  | OKA
4 | FUJ
3 | SUZ
5 | FUJ
23 | SUG
DNS | AUT
18 | MOT
7 | SUZ
11 | 9th  | 29
2025 | Saitama Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | GT300  | OKA
Ret | FUJ
| SEP
| FUJ
| SUZ
| SUG
| AUT
| MOT
| NC*  | 0*

### Complete Super Formula results

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(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

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2025 | Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul | Toyota | SUZ
17 | SUZ
19 |  | 16th*  | 3
Kids com Team KCMG | Toyota |  | MOT
11 | MOT
8 | AUT

KDDI TGMGP TGR-DC | Toyota |  | FUJ
| FUJ
| SUG
| FUJ
| FUJ
| SUZ
| SUZ

* Season still in progress.

## References

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1. ^ "Toyota juniors fill 33-car grid for Japanese F4 opener". Formula Scout. October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
2. ^ "Seita Nonaka crowned Japanese F4 champion in Fuji showdown". Formula Scout. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
3. ^ "Nonaka to stand in for Kotaka at TOM'S in Super Formula Lights opener". Formula Scout. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
4. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing、2022年のドライバー育成計画を発表".
5. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
6. ^ "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
7. ^ "F4 Champion Seita Nonaka Joins Hoppy Team Tsuchiya; Kimiya Sato and New Livery for Max Racing". dailysportscar.com. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
8. ^ "Tsuchiya SUPER GT team reveals refreshed 2023 line-up". motorsport.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
9. ^ Klein, Jamie (7 August 2023). "Tsuchiya Supra GT300 Car Destroyed in Fire at Fuji". motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
10. ^ "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
11. ^ "Saitama Toyopet Gets New Lineup Amid Toyota Reshuffle". sportscar365.com. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
12. ^ "Record-breaking entry confirmed for Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS 2023". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
13. ^ "More domestic and international teams commit to Japan Cup". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
14. ^ "TGR Indonesia confirms 2025 Japan Cup entry with familiar driver line-up". GT World Challenge Asia. SRO Motorsports Group. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

## External links

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* Seita Nonaka career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Hibiki Taira

|  F4 Japanese Championship
Champion
2021 | Succeeded by

Syun Koide
*[Best finish]: Best season finish in the championship