Contents

Miki Koyama

Japanese racing driver

Miki Koyama
Koyama (left) in 2019
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 26) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Formula Regional Japanese Championship career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Super License Team
Car number	8
Starts	15
Championships	1
Wins	7
Podiums	15
Poles	5
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	1st in 2022
Championship titles
2022 2017-2018	Formula Regional Japanese Championship Kyojo Cup
Last updated on: 18 November 2022.

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 third driver for Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage. She is best known for her time racing in the W Series from 2019to2021, 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.^[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Having started racing in karts, Koyama attended the Formula Toyota Racing School before moving to Japanese F4 in 2015.^[3] 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.^[4] At the first W Series round at Hockenheim, Koyama qualified 17th and finished 7th after setting the fastest lap of the race.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8] She successfully passed her rookie orientation test at Fuji Speedway on 21 April.^[9] In the fourth round at Fuji, Koyama drove her first race stint and finished 19th in class.^[10]

Koyama joined the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia season for 2024 with Iron Lynx Theodore Racing, competing with Hon Chio Leong.^[11] She has achieved class podiums in all four of the first races, and is currently second in the Pro class.^[12]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

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

Complete W Series results[edit]

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

Complete Super GT results[edit]

(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. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results[edit]

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

See also[edit]

• List of female racing drivers

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miki Koyama.

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