Had pretty reasonable results in Japanese lower formulae, but his spell with Super Aguri in 2006 was a disaster, as he was dropped early on after a series of incidents and disappointing performances. Moved back to Japan and Formula Nippon and Super GT but had a couple of years without a full-time drive until 2013. Since then Yuji has appeared in the Super Race Series in Asia, Super GT and recently, Super Taikyu, which is an endurance series in Japan for production touring cars. In 2017, Yuji returned to Super GT and remained there in 2018. In 2019, he continued in this but also raced in Super Race S6000. In 2021, he competed in Super Taikyu and returned to Super GT in 2022. More recently, he has been racing and been more involved with kart challenges.

Biography last updated 5 Apr 2024