Ritomo Miyata (宮田莉朋, Miyata Ritomo, born 10 August 1999) is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who is set to compete in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship for ART Grand Prix, having last competed in the series in 2024 with Rodin Motorsport.
He won his second consecutive F4 title with four wins and 11 podiums, including a sweep of the two races at Fuji during the Golden Week holiday.
[5] Miyata made his debut in Super GT in 2018, driving in the GT300 class for Lexus customer team LM corsa.
LM corsa changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Dunlop in 2019, and Miyata returned for his second season.
In the sixth round at Autopolis, Miyata took his first career win after a late-race charge from Yoshimoto to take the lead with four laps to go.
[7] Earlier that season, Miyata made his one-off GT500 debut at the Fuji GT 500 km Race, when he substituted for Kazuki Nakajima at TOM'S, driving the number 36 Lexus LC 500 alongside Yuhi Sekiguchi.
Miyata and Kunimoto would finish second again in the seventh round at Motegi, ending the season 11th in the drivers' standings.
He joined the number 37 team, replacing World Endurance Championship-bound Ryō Hirakawa and forming a new partnership with his one-time F3 rival Sacha Fenestraz.
The combination of Miyata and Fenestraz had an impressive season highlighted by both drivers' first career GT500 wins, during the Fuji GT 450 km Race in August.
In 2023, Miyata moved over to the number 36 car, this time on a permanent basis with Sho Tsuboi as his co-driver.
A third-place finish at the season-ending JAF Grand Prix at Suzuka was enough for Miyata to clinch the championship ahead of Red Bull Racing reserve driver Liam Lawson and Nojiri.
[11] On 30 May 2023, Toyota Gazoo Racing announced that Miyata was selected as a WEC Challenge programme driver, with the goal of developing a career path towards the top category of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
[14] He returned to the WEC at the 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, replacing Kelvin van der Linde in the #78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F LMGT3.
Miyata was scheduled to compete in the 2020 Suzuka 10 Hours for Hitotsuyama in an Audi R8 LMS GT3,[17] but the race was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He made his debut in the ST-3 class with Le Beausset Motorsports, where he helped the team to a runner-up finish in the championship.
Miyata made his IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship debut at the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona, driving a Lexus RC F GT3 for Vasser Sullivan Racing.
[18] Miyata and co-drivers Frankie Montecalvo, Parker Thompson, and Aaron Telitz started from pole position in the GT Daytona (GTD) class but retired in the final hour after the car caught fire after a pit stop.