# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaoru-hoshino
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:11:12.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaoru-hoshino"
name: "Kaoru Hoshino"
slug: "kaoru-hoshino"
description: "Kaoru Hoshino was a Japanese racing driver.\nHe was active in the Toyota works team TOM'S from its inception, driving the Toyota Corolla and Toyota Starlet. He was mainly active in touring car racing, and also competed in the |All Japan Touring Car Championship with the Toyota Supra and Toyota Corolla Levin. He continued to compete in the Super Taikyus and the All Japan GT Championship, and in 1995, in the GT2 class of the All Japan GT Championship, he teamed up with Yoshimi Ishibashi to win the series championship with a Nissan Skyline."
tagline: "Japanese racing driver (1947-2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1947-09-21"
deathDate: "2022-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.13
  momentum:             0.7755439623361752
  historical:           5.676674666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Hoshino"
    title: "Kaoru Hoshino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Hoshino"
    title: "Kaoru Hoshino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Hoshino"
    title: "Kaoru Hoshino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Hoshino"
    title: "Kaoru Hoshino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%9F%E9%87%8E%E8%96%AB"
    title: "星野薫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Hoshino"
    title: "Kaoru Hoshino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45958"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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