Hayato Kitanami

Hayato Kitanami is a Japanese race driver currently competing in the ESPLAR Elite Series as part of Saihara Motorsports. He is the 2019 ESPLAR Elite Series champion and is currently the reigning series champion.

He started out in the 2018 ESPLAR Elite Series by substituting for an injured Yoshihiro Ishikawa at Morban Raceway, then competing in ESPLAR Lites and already having 2 wins to his name that season, then proceeding to win that year's ESPLAR Lites title over Nizur Ostnyaniv. He has emerged as one of the rising global racing superstars alongside a number of other EES racers.

Trivia

 * Hayato is largely inspired by Hayato Kazami, however both are unrelated because Hayato Kitanami was developed before Lean Campana discovered Sunrise's Future GPX Cyber Formula in November 2018.
 * Hayato is considered the best racer in Aichi Prefecture.