Hideshi Matsuda


Hideshi Matsuda is a Japanese car racer and TV reporter. He is the brother-in-law of Beat Takeshi.

Racing career

Matsuda has most notably raced twenty seasons of Super GT from 1993-2012, and also raced in six seasons of Super Formula from 1985 to 1991. He has also raced in several 24-hour races, including Daytona and LeMans, four times in the Indianapolis 500, in 1994-1996 and 1999, usually for Beck Motorsports, and raced in three CART Championship Car races, one of which at Twin Ring Motegi in his native Japan.