RE Amemiya

RE Amemiya
Company type	Public
Industry	Automobile tuning and parts manufacturer
Founded	1974
Founder	Isami Amemiya
Headquarters	Tomisato, Japan
Key people	Isami Amemiya
Products	Automobile aftermarket and racing products
Owner	Isami Amemiya
Website	http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp

RE Amemiya Car Co Ltd (有限会社RE雨宮自動車, Yūgen Kaisha Āru-ī Amemiya Jidōsha) is an automotive tuning company from Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, Japan founded by Isami Amemiya. Amemiya has made a name for himself tuning rotary engines since 1974 and has become a pioneer in tuning rotary-powered Mazdas. Thirty years later, first on the street and later in the Super GT series, Amemiya has left its mark in the tuning and motorsports worlds for rotaries.

Motorsport

Super GT RE Amemiya RX-7

RE Amemiya's cars are often featured on the Japanese show Hot Version. Hot Version often shows Keiichi Tsuchiya and other professional drivers competing in Touge events; these events are run in a cat and mouse fashion, much like the form of racing seen in the Initial D franchise. RE Amemiya's RX-7 often battles with the Amuse S2000, the J's Racing S2000 and the MCR R34 GT-R. RE Amemiya's RX-7 held the title of Touge Monster from 2004 to 2007, when it went against J's Racing at the Touge GP 2007 event with a new blue FD3S RX-7 which had revised side-ports and a single aftermarket turbine setup; this car lost its title as the battle conditions were in the rain. The new machine was built after almost losing to Amuse's S2300 GT-1 with their boost-up turbine blue FD3S during Touge GP 2006. The company reclaimed its Touge title after winning against J's Racing's Honda S2000 in 2009 with their green FD3S. Thus far, RE Amemiya has won the Touge Monster title three times, each with a different car.

In addition to competing in tuner events, in 1995 his company RE Amemiya (RE for Rotary Engine) began its participation as the lone rotary entry in the Super GT series with a 3-rotor 20B-powered Mazda RX-7 in the GT300 class.^[1] This car was featured in Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo series. In 2006 the team was rewarded when they captured the class championship. RE Amemiya would go on to achieve more success over the following seasons including 3 more race wins and achieving 11 podiums. in 2009 RE Amemiya would finish 2nd in the GT300 championship narrowly being beaten by the Racing Project Bandoh Lexus IS350 in the championship. in their final season in Super GT, RE Amemiya finished 3rd in the GT300 Championship behind Hasemi Motorsport and Autobacs Racing Team Aguri respectively.

The company also have competed in the D1 Grand Prix drifting series since 2004. For their second year of competition (2005), their driver Masao Suenaga, scored a sole victory at Fuji Speedway, but finished as runner up overall in the Grand Prix, losing by just one point to Yasuyuki Kazama.^{[citation needed]}

Mazda RX-7 RE Amemiya

Complete JGTC Results^[2]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Car	Tyres	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Pts
1995	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT2	7	Hironori Takeuchi Haruhiko Matsumoto	SUZ	FUJ 9	SEN 1	FUJ 2	SUG Ret	MIN 1				3rd	57
1996	Mazda RX-7	D	GT300	7	Shinichi Yamaji Masato Yamamoto Hisashi Wada Haruhiko Matsumoto	SUZ Ret	FUJ 9	SEN 3	FUJ 3	SUG 5	MIN 6	NC1 1			5th	40
1997	Mazda RX-7	D	GT300	7	Shinichi Yamaji Haruhiko Matsumoto	SUZ Ret	FUJ 3	SEN 5	FUJ Ret	MIN 10	SUG 4	NC1 6	NC2 10		7th	31
1998	Mazda RX-7	D	GT300	7	Shinichi Yamaji Haruhiko Matsumoto	SUZ Ret	FUJ C	SEN 3	FUJ 5	MOT Ret	MIN 9	SUG 6	NC1 2		8th	28
1999	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko Matsumoto	SUZ 4	FUJ 4	SUG Ret	MIN 12	FUJ 2	OKA 2	MOT 5	NC1 2		4th	58
2000	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko Matsumoto	MOT 2	FUJ 5	SUG Ret	NC1 1	FUJ 3	OKA Ret	MIN 4	SUZ 3		4th	57
2001	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko Matsumoto	OKA 3	FUJ 5	SUG 1	NC1	FUJ 4	MOT 7	SUZ 15	MIN 11		3rd	54
2002	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Haruhiko Matsumoto Nobuteru Taniguchi Takayuki Kinoshita	OKA 6	FUJ 12	SUG Ret	SEP 1	FUJ 12	MOT Ret	MIN Ret	SUZ 3		8th	41
2003	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Nobuteru Taniguchi Takashi Ooi Haruhiko Matsumoto	OKA 21	FUJ 10	SUG 3	FUJ Ret	FUJ Ret	MOT 14	AUT 20	SUZ 6		12th	19
2004	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Hiroyuki Iiri Shinichi Yamaji	OKA 11	SUG 4	SEP 1	TOK 10	MOT Ret	AUT 1	SUZ 18	NC1 Ret	NC2 WD	4th	55

Complete Super GT results^[3]

Year	Car	Tyres	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
2005	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Hiroyuki Iiri Shinichi Yamaji	OKA 2	FUJ Ret	SEP 8	SUG 4	MOT 7	FUJ 17	AUT 4	SUZ 12			9th	41
2006	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Hiroyuki Iiri Tetsuya Yamano Shinichi Yamaji	SUZ 2	OKA	FUJ 11	SEP 1	SUG 9	SUZ 4	MOT 4	AUT 2	FUJ 6		1st	78
2007	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Hiroyuki Iiri Ryo Orime Naoya Yamano	SUZ 9	OKA 12	FUJ 8	SEP 8	SUG 8	SUZ 11	MOT 8	AUT Ret	FUJ 12		14th	32
2008	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Hiroyuki Iiri Ryo Orime Hiroyuki Matsumura	SUZ 1	OKA 14	FUJ 19	SEP 3	SUG 4	SUZ 3	MOT 13	AUT 20	FUJ Ret		7th	66
2009	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo Orime	OKA 3	SUZ 2	FUJ 3	SEP 3	SUG 11	SUZ 7	FUJ DNS	AUT 2	MOT 2		2nd	106
2010	Mazda RX-7	Y	GT300	7	Ryo Orime Nobuteru Taniguchi	SUZ 1	OKA 18	FUJ 11	SEP 1	SUG 7	SUZ 6	FUJ C	MOT 8	NC1 4	NC2 6	3rd	71

Note: Non-championship races (NC1, NC2) are major championship races that did not count towards the championship.

References

^ "JDM Motorsports Supershow". Mazda North American Operations. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^ "SUPERGT.net | Race Archive". supergt.net. Retrieved 2022-08-22.

External links

[MazdaSpeed-01-1] "JDM Motorsports Supershow". Mazda North American Operations. Retrieved 2007-11-10.

[:1-2] "World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

[3] "SUPERGT.net | Race Archive". supergt.net. Retrieved 2022-08-22.

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