RE Amemiya

RE Amemiya

Company type	Public
Industry	Car tuning
Founded	1974
Founder	Isami Amemiya
Headquarters	Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture , Japan
Key people	Isami Amemiya
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 a car tuning company from Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, founded by Isami Amemiya (雨宮 勇美, Amemiya Isami) in 1974. Amemiya and his company are known for their expertise in tuning rotary-powered Mazdas; the "RE" in its name is an allusion to the rotary engine.

RE Amemiya's cars are often featured in touge races on the Japanese show Hot Version; these races are run in a cat-and-mouse fashion, much like in Initial D. The RE Amemiya-tuned Mazda FD3S RX-7 has competed against the Amuse Honda S2000, the J's Racing Honda S2000 and the MCR Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R. RE Amemiya's blue FD3S held the title of "Maou" (魔王, Maō; "Demon King") from 2004 through 2006, before losing the title to the J's Racing car at the 2007 event as the battle conditions were in the rain. The company reclaimed the title of Maou after winning against the J's Racing S2000 in 2009 with a new green FD3S. Thus far, RE Amemiya has won the Maou title four times with three different cars.

Both the blue FD3S and its GT300 counterpart, as detailed below, are featured in Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo series of racing video games.

In addition to competing in tuner events, RE Amemiya began its participation as the lone rotary entry in the Super GT series in 1995, with a 3-rotor 20B-powered RX-7 in the GT300 class.^[1] The team achieved a GT300 victory in 2006 and would go on to achieve more success over the following seasons, including 3 more race wins and 11 podiums. In 2009, RE Amemiya finished 2nd in the GT300 Championship, narrowly being beaten by the Racing Project Bandoh Lexus IS350. In 2010, their final season in Super GT, RE Amemiya finished 3rd in the GT300 Championship behind Hasemi Motorsport and Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, respectively.

RE Amemiya have also competed in the D1 Grand Prix drifting series since 2004. For their second year of competition (2005), driver Masao Suenaga scored a victory at Fuji Speedway but finished as runner-up overall in the Grand Prix, losing by just one point to Yasuyuki Kazama.^[2]

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

Year[3]	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

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

Year[4]	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.

• RE Amemiya official home page
• Supercars.net GT300 car
• HDR photos of an RX-7 RE Amemiya Archived 2010-09-27 at the Wayback Machine