Akihiro Asai (born September 13, 1975) is a Japanese race car driver. He started racing karts in 1991, and moved up to open-wheel racing in 1994 at the age of 18.[1] He won two Japanese Formula 4 titles in 1997.[1] He competed in Formula Holden Australian Driver's Championship (1998–1999, 2000–2001) and CART Toyota Atlantic (2000). He also has competed in the 2003–2004 Japanese GT Championship Series and in the 2005 Super Taikyu Series championship.