Fujinami's future was plunged into doubt in late January when his name was absent from Nissan's announcement of its GT500 driver line-up for the coming season, which came just days after the two-time GT300 champion was seen testing for Kondo Racing at Suzuka.
Kohei Hirate instead kept his place alongside Daiki Sasaki at Kondo, while it was later revealed that Fujinami's place in the squad's GT300 line-up alongside Joao Paulo de Oliveira would be taken by Teppei Natori.
