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Mar 01, 1973 Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan 51 years old
Japanese racing driver
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About Ryo Michigami
- Ryo Michigami (???, Michigami Ryo, 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.
