# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiromu-naruse
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:32.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiromu-naruse"
name: "Hiromu Naruse"
slug: "hiromu-naruse"
description: "Hiromu Naruse  was the Japanese chief test driver and chief test engineer of Toyota Motor Corporation and chief of the Gazoo Racing team. Naruse had been a test driver for the Toyota team for 47 years (1963–2010). He was also noted as the chief test driver of the Lexus LFA supercar. During his time at Toyota, Naruse became known by the nickname \"Meister\", and colleagues at Ferrari called him the \"man who knows all the world's roads.\" Naruse also logged more hours at the Nürburgring test track in Germany than any other Japanese driver."
tagline: "Japanese test driver"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1944"
deathDate: "2010-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.48
  momentum:             25
  historical:           6.379177333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromu_Naruse"
    title: "Hiromu Naruse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A"
    title: "هيرومو ناروسي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "هيرومو ناروسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromu_Naruse"
    title: "Hiromu Naruse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromu_Naruse"
    title: "Hiromu Naruse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromu_Naruse"
    title: "Hiromu Naruse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%90%E7%80%AC%E5%BC%98"
    title: "成瀬弘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3136280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump