Ryo Michigami

Ryō Michigami
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1973-03-01) March 1, 1973 (age 48) Nara, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season	1995
Current team	Yogibo Drago Corse
Car number	34
Former teams	Nakajima Racing
Starts	122
Wins	8
Best finish	1st in 2000
Previous series
1995-1994 2006, 2004-1998	All-Japan Formula Three Formula Nippon
Championship titles
2000	Japan GT Championship

Ryō Michigami (道上龍, Michigami Ryō, born March 1, 1973 in Nara) is a Japanese racing driver. Currently he is driving a Honda NSX GT3 Evo for Modulo Drago Corse in Super GT. He won the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship in 2000.

He competed in the GT500 category of the Super GT series in 1995 and then from 1998 to 2013. He drove for Mugen from 1998 to 2002, for Dome from 2003 to 2009, and for Nakajima Racing from 2010 to 2013. Apart from 1995, he always drove for Honda teams, and became Honda's first champion in the series in 2000. He also won the Suzuka 1000 km three times; in 1999, 2003 and 2004.

After his initial retirement, he formed the Drago Corse team, which competed in Super GT's GT500 class in 2015 and 2016 before withdrawing from the series. Michigami and the Drago Corse team would return to Super GT in 2018, albeit competing in the GT300 class with the NSX GT3. This marked Michigami's return as a full-time competitor, and his first season as a driver-owner in the series. Drago Corse also currently competes in All-Japan Formula Three Championship as the ThreeBond Racing team.

In 2017, Michigami drove a factory Honda Civic in the World Touring Car Championship. He became the first Japanese driver in the series to finish on the podium at the Race of Macau.^[1]

Michigami driving the Honda HSV-010 GT for Nakajima Racing in 2011.

Racing record[]

24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	Kondo Racing	Ryo Fukuda	Dome S101	LMP1	206	DNF	DNF
2005	Jim Gainer International	Seiji Ara Katsutomo Kaneishi	Dome S101hb	LMP1	193	DNF	DNF

Complete JGTC/Super GT results[]

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

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results[]

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

References[]

External links[]

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