{"id":27736,"date":"2020-12-05T16:56:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/kazuyoshi-hoshino\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T00:04:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:04:26","slug":"kazuyoshi-hoshino","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/kazuyoshi-hoshino\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazuyoshi Hoshino"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"hoshino_kazuyoshi\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/hoshino_kazuyoshi-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"27736\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>Japanese drivers are now commonplace in Formula 1 but when Masahiro Hasemi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Noritake Takahara started the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix they became the first such drivers to race in the world championship. That took place in a Fuji downpour and it was in similar conditions and at the same circuit that Hoshino enjoyed his brightest moment in the international spotlight some nine years later.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A winner for three decades<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A star in his homeland long before that GP debut, he was regularly referred to as &#8220;the fastest guy in Japan.&#8221; Motocross champion for Kawasaki in 1968, Hoshino joined Nissan a year later for his motor racing debut.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"c-content-article content-article content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"content-article__grid\">\n            <div class=\"content-article__article\">\n                <h2 class=\"title sanomat\">From the archive<\/h2>\n                                    <div\n                        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n                        data-automation-type=\"related-issue-content\"\n                        data-tags=\"[&quot;Kazuyoshi Hoshino&quot;]\"\n                        data-current-post=\"27736\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-article__content user-content\">\n                <p>Hoshino won the 1975 Japanese Formula 2000 Championship with a Heroes Racing March 742-BMW. That was the first of six national titles in the country\u2019s top single-seater series with Formula 2 and F3000 success to follow. He remained competitive into the Formula Nippon era and the 48 year old won his final single-seater race in 1996 against a field that included Ralf Schumacher and Pedro de la Rosa.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Impressing in Formula 1<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>He drove a Bridgestone-shod Heroes Racing Tyrrell 007-Ford in the 1976 Japanese GP and stunned F1 regulars by running third inside the first 10 laps. However, that promising run was scuppered when he ran out of wet weather tyres and he was forced to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p>He returned for the following year\u2019s race with a locally built Kojima KE009-Ford and finished 11th in his second and final GP. In addition Hoshino travelled to England to finish fourth in the 1983 Donington Park F2 race in a one-off in James Gresham\u2019s March 832-BMW \u2013 he was no slouch in single-seaters.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Two days as the class of the sports car field<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The 1985 Fuji 1000Kms was run in heavy rain and many of the regular World Sportscar Championship competitors withdrew in the early laps. Hoshino had qualified his locally-run March 85G-Nissan in third position when only beaten by the works Porsches but his race performance was remarkable. By the time the race was abandoned after two hours, Hoshino (who had driven all the way) was a lap ahead of the field.<\/p>\n<p>That was not the end of international sports car success for Hoshino won the 1992 Daytona 24 Hours with a NISMO Nissan R91CP and he was third in the 1998 Le Mans 24 Hours driving a GT1 Nissan R390.<\/p>\n<p>He retired in 2002 and later ran Team Impul in the Super GT Series. That concern takes its name from the aftermarket parts company that Hoshino also owns.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Non Championship Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-races-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"teams\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Teams\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-teams-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n                            <section class=\"c-broadcast-space content-section block_5fc172d85c387_leaderboardtop div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <div class=\"container container--full-mobile\">\n                <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n    \n\n    <section\n        class=\"c-latest-products latest-products content-section\"\n        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n        data-automation-type=\"related-products\"\n        data-tags=\"[&quot;Kazuyoshi Hoshino&quot;]\"\n        data-current-post=\"27736\"><\/section>\n\n\n        <section class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <header class=\"content-header\">\n    <div class=\"content-header__intro user-content\">\n        <h1 class=\"content-header__title sanomat\">Related articles<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-header__button\">\n            <a class=\"button button--outline button--full\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\">\n                View all\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"content-section__inner-content container\">\n            <div class=\"article-grid article-grid--no-ads\">\n                <div class=\"article-grid__wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"article-grid__nested-grid\">\n                        <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/they-thought-jenson-button-was-past-it-then-the-rain-came-down-in-hungary\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20060806F1-0197-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"They thought Jenson Button was past it. 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