Kogure made his professional single-seater début in 2001, driving a Dallara F300 in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for Now Motorsports.

The following season, Kogure moved to Mugen×Dome Project and claimed the championship by ten points from Paolo Montin.

[citation needed] Kogure made his bow into the All-Japan GT Championship with Nakajima Racing.

Despite only taking one win in 2006, Kogure and team-mate Ryō Michigami were title contenders, eventually losing out to the crews of André Lotterer and Juichi Wakisaka and also Sébastien Philippe and Shinya Hosokawa.

Kogure moved to Aguri Suzuki's ARTA team for the 2006 campaign, and again failed to win any races during the season.

Despite this, he returned to Nakajima Racing in 2007, taking three victories on the way to his highest championship placing in Formula Nippon; third position behind Team Impul team-mates Matsuda and Benoît Tréluyer.