is a Japanese-Russian racing driver, competing in the Super GT series for Kondo Racing. He is best known for winning the 2023 Super Formula Lights and 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan titles.
Kimura started professional racing in 2016, competed in Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup. Then in 2017, Kimura raced in Asian Formula Renault Series Class B with PS Racing, however for one round only. He raced again in 2019 to compete in F4 Japanese Championship, where he finished ninth overall. In 2020, Kimura was supposed to race again in Japanese F4 with new team Honda Formula Dream Project, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team withdrew from that year of competition. After one year not racing, Kimura returned to compete in 2021 F4 Japanese Championship with HFDP. In that season, he managed to clinch third place, losing out to the champion Seita Nonaka & runner-up Rin Arakawa.
In 2022, Kimura was promoted to Super Formula Lights race with B-Max Racing Kimura managed to get three wins that season, and six podiums. With that, he managed to reach third in the season behind Kakunoshin Ohta. Kimura raced with the same team for 2023. He won the title over Hibiki Taira after taking his sixth win of the season at the final round at Motegi.
Kimura also competed in the GT300 class of Super GT for ARTA alongside Hideki Mutoh. Both of them managed to win the last race of the season at Motegi, and that win was the last for the team as ARTA focused on GT500 for 2023. Kimura initially did not race in Super GT in 2023, but became a third driver for ARTA at the second Fuji round, making his GT500 debut after an injured Toshiki Oyu was still recovering from a broken collarbone. Kimura also raced in GT500 with Team Kunimitsu after Naoki Yamamoto suffered a massive crash at Sportsland SUGO, and was unable to compete in the final 2 races of the season. Kimura finished 17th in the standings, with three points, all achieved with Team Kunimitsu.
In 2024, Kimura stepped up to Super Formula with B-Max Racing Team's single car.
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