Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Kazuyoshi Hoshino (born 1 July 1947 in Shizuoka, Japan) is a former racing driver and businessman from Japan. He is considered one of the best racing drivers to have ever emerged from Japan, and is famous for his performances in the Formula Nippon, Super GT and World Touring Car Masters.

Hoshino made his Formula One debut at his home Grand Prix at Fuji in 1977, driving for Boro. He eventually finished the race in 8th place.

In 1998, he was test driver for Formula One team Minardi.

He's the current Impul team owner in the FIA Formula E Championship, Super GT and Super Formula.

Complete Career Results

Complete Formula One Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WDC
1977	Beta Utensili HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen	Boro 002	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	TUS	SOV	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN 8	0	NC

Complete World Touring Car Masters Results

Year	Entrant	Car	Class																								WDC	Pts.	Class	Pts.
1988	Impul			Template:AUS				Template:USA								Template:FRA		Template:GBR				Template:BEL
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
		Nissan Skyline R32	A	BAT 2	BAT 1																						11th	75	13th	46
		Nissan Skyline R31 GTS-R	B			FUJ Ret	FUJ 19	GLN 7	GLN 7	NOR 13	NOR 11	KYA Ret	KYA 18	HOC DNQ	HOC DNQ	CHA 18	CHA 21	BIR Ret	BIR 19	MNZ 7	MNZ 11	SPA DNQ	SPA DNQ	NUR 9					5th	237
1989		Nissan Skyline R32	A			Template:USA				Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS			27th	42	14th	87
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
	Impul			FUJ Ret	FUJ 8	GLN Ret	GLN 10			PAU INJ	PAU INJ	BRN INJ	BRN INJ	MNZ INJ	MNZ INJ	CHA INJ	CHA INJ	BIR 2	BIR 4	SPA Ret	SPA 11	NUR Ret	NUR Ret	BAT Ret
	Nismo Motorsport							KYA Ret	KYA DNS
1990	Impul	Nissan Skyline R32	A			Template:USA				Template:GBR		Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	6th	175	8th	237
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ 4	FUJ 3	GLN 5	GLN 6	LAG Ret	LAG 6	BRH 5	BRH Ret	PAU DNQ	PAU DNQ	BRN 7	BRN 5	MNZ 3	MNZ 5	CHA 5	CHA 2	BIR Ret	BIR 11	SPA DNQ	SPA DNQ	NUR 1	NUR 6	BAT DNQ