Kazuki Hoshino (racing driver)

Kazuki Hoshino (星野一樹 - Hoshino Kazuki; born October 13, 1977) is a semi-retired Japanese professional racing driver and current team principal (team director) of Team Impul in the Super GT Series and Super Formula Championship.^[1]^[2]^[3] He is the son of former racing driver and Impul co-founder, Kazuyoshi Hoshino.

He is a two-time Super GT GT300 class champion (2008, 2010), a four-time Super Taikyu Series champion (2004 ST-3 class, 2014, 2018, and 2019 ST-X class), and a former Nissan factory GT500 driver with his father's team from 2006 to 2007 where he won the 2006 Suzuka 1000km. He also raced in the Formula Nippon (now Super Formula) Championship for Impul in 2006.

Hoshino announced his retirement from racing in Super GT after the 2021 season, and became the Technical Director at Team Impul in 2022. That season, Impul won its first GT500 class championship in 27 years. In 2023, Hoshino succeeded his father as the team director of Impul's Super GT and Super Formula teams.^[4] Hoshino also announced the creation of a new team in Super Taikyu, which would compete in the ST-Z (GT4) class with a new Nissan Z GT4.^[5]^[6]

Outside of Japan, Hoshino competed in the Nürburgring 24 Hour Race on several occasions, finishing ninth overall in 2015 alongside Michael Krumm, Lucas Ordoñez, and Alex Buncombe. In 2013, Hoshino participated in the Blancpain Endurance Series (now GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with JRM Motorsport alongside Steven Kane and Peter Dumbreck.^[7]^[8]

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2003	Team Daishin	Nissan Silvia	GT300	TAI 7	FSW 6	SUG 7	FSW 4	FSW 2	TRM 4	AUT 10	SUZ 4		6th	61
2004	Team Daishin	Nissan Z	GT300	TAI 8	SUG 11	SEP 7	TOK 9	TRM 17	AUT 4	SUZ 6			7th	29
2005	MOLA	Nissan Z	GT300	OKA 8	FSW 7	SEP 6	SUG Ret	TRM 1	FSW 4	AUT 6	SUZ 4		5th	59
2006	Team Impul	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 13	OKA 6	FSW 5	SEP 3	SUG 6	SUZ 1	TRM 13	AUT 4	FSW 12	8th	67
2007	Team Impul	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 11	OKA 8	FSW 10	SEP 3	SUG 7	SUZ Ret	TRM Ret	AUT Ret	FSW 2	11th	34
2008	MOLA	Nissan Z	GT300	SUZ Ret	OKA 4	FSW 2	SEP 2	SUG 5	SUZ 1	TRM 7	AUT 4	FSW 6	1st	78
2009	Team Nishizawa MOLA	Nissan Z	GT300	OKA 7	SUZ 3	FSW 6	SEP 4	SUG 6	SUZ 1	FSW 9	AUT 8	TRM 7	7th	62
2010	Hasemi Motor Sport	Nissan Z	GT300	SUZ 5	OKA 3	FSW 5	SEP 5	SUG 2	SUZ Ret	FSW C	TRM 1		1st	64
2011	A speed	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	GT300	OKA 1	FSW Ret	SEP Ret	SUG 8	SUZ 12	FSW 9	AUT 11	TRM 4		8th	33
2012	A speed	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	GT300	OKA 11									3rd	73
2012	A speed	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	GT300		FSW 3	SEP 3	SUG Ret	SUZ 1	FSW Ret	AUT 1	TRM 5		3rd	73
2013	NDDP Racing	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	OKA Ret	FSW Ret	SEP 10	SUG 9	SUZ 9	FSW 5	FSW	AUT Ret	TRM 9	17th	14
2014	NDDP Racing	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	OKA 4	FSW 5	AUT 4	SUG 9	FSW 10	SUZ 19	CHA 1	TRM 8		4th	48
2015	NDDP Racing	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	OKA 8	FSW 2	CHA 1	FSW Ret	SUZ 14	SUG 8	AUT 1	TRM Ret		4th	61
2016	NDDP Racing	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	OKA 10	FSW 1	SUG 5	FSW 6	SUZ 10	CHA 2	TRM 13	TRM 6		4th	54
2017	NDDP Racing	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	OKA 7	FSW 6	AUT 9	SUG 8	FSW Ret	SUZ 14	CHA 9	TRM 10		17th	17
2018	GAINER	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	OKA 13	FSW 11	SUZ 10	CHA Ret	FSW 8	SUG 2	AUT 9	TRM 15		16th	22
2019	GAINER	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	OKA Ret	FSW 10	SUZ 12	CHA 1	FSW 14	AUT 10	SUG 15	TRM 16		14th	22
2020	GAINER	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	FSW 5	FSW 10	SUZ 5	TRM 11	FSW 12	SUZ 21	TRM 7	FSW 6		12th	22
2021	GAINER	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3	GT300	OKA 10	FUJ1 5	MOT1 14	SUZ 11	SUG 26	AUT 7	MOT2 10	FUJ2 10		18th	13

References

^ "Nissan/NISMO announces 2023 motorsports programs". Global Nissan Newsroom. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ "2023 ITOCHU ENEX TEAM IMPUL｜SUPER FORMULA 公式WEBサイト". スーパーフォーミュラ｜SUPER FORMULA 公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ "Tandds | SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ "IMPUL Corporate Profile". www.impul.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ "Notice of Participation in the 2023 Super Taikyu". www.impul.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ "Super Taikyu Series Publishes Provisional 62 Car Entry For 2023 | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ "Kazuki Hoshino | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
^ "NISMO | SUPER GT インフォメーション". NISMOホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-20.

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[1] "Nissan/NISMO announces 2023 motorsports programs". Global Nissan Newsroom. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[2] "2023 ITOCHU ENEX TEAM IMPUL｜SUPER FORMULA 公式WEBサイト". スーパーフォーミュラ｜SUPER FORMULA 公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[3] "Tandds | SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[4] "IMPUL Corporate Profile". www.impul.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[5] "Notice of Participation in the 2023 Super Taikyu". www.impul.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[6] "Super Taikyu Series Publishes Provisional 62 Car Entry For 2023 | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[7] "Kazuki Hoshino | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

[8] "NISMO | SUPER GT インフォメーション". NISMOホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-20.

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