Impul

Hoshino Impul Co., Ltd.
Company type	Private KK
Industry	Motorsport; Automotive engineering
Founded	June 1980
Founder	Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Headquarters	Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Key people	Kazuyoshi Hoshino (President)
Products	Aluminum wheels, aerodynamics parts, suspensions, etc. Integrated, planning and development of car parts and accessories, manufacture and sales. Planning and development, manufacture and sales of complete automobiles primarily with Nissan
Revenue	¥1,297,000,000 (2006)
Number of employees	287 (2006)
Website	Impul.co.jp

Hoshino Impul Co., Ltd., commonly known as Impul, is a Japanese automotive aftermarket company and racing team based in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. Founded by Nissan's factory driver, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, the company exclusively produces aftermarket parts for Nissans, such as bodykits, engine components as well as wheels.

History

The company was founded in 1980 by the Nissan works driver, Kazuyoshi Hoshino in Maruko-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture.^[1] Within months, Impul produced its first product, the IMPUL D-01 wheel, which to promote it, it found its way on Hoshino's Gr. 5 Silvia racing competing in the Formula Silhouette, a Fuji Grand Champion support series, as well as starting a Tokyo-based sales center in Sayama-shi, Saitama-ken. A year later, that was relocated in Kichijōji, Musashino-shi.

In 1983, Hoshino formed Hoshino Racing Limited, a racing team to help promote his products and because of expansion, he relocated his company in Shimorenjaku, Mitaka as well as establishing a depot nearby.

In 1987, Impul offered its first fully tuned car, the IMPUL 630R, a tuned Y30 Gloria/Cedric.

In 2002, the racing relocated to Gotemba, Shizuoka. After that, the company began to focus on tuning cars and has since tuned the Infiniti M, which became the Impul 651S,^[2] and the Nissan Juke.^[3] Both of these examples of Impul's tuning has changes to the bumpers, engines, brakes, tires, exhaust system, among other things. VIP style is the common element Impul has incorporated on.

Motorsport

Since 1983, the company ran its own racing team which found success in domestic series such as JTCC, Formula Nippon and Super GT. Hoshino was the first driver to win in the team's R32 GT-R during a JTCC race in 1990.^[4] In addition to Hoshino, notable Impul drivers include Masahiko Kageyama (1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship winner), Satoshi Motoyama (2001, 2003 and 2005 Formula Nippon champion), Benoît Tréluyer (2006 Formula Nippon champion), Tsugio Matsuda (2007 and 2008 Formula Nippon champion), Yuji Ide, and Kohei Hirate. Its primary sponsor since 1996 is auto parts supplier Calsonic.

Racing results

Complete JGTC results

Sources:^[5]^[6]

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

Year	Car	Tyres	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos	Pts
1994	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT1	1	Masahiko Kageyama	FUJ 1	SEN 2	FUJ 2	SUG 4	MIN 4				1st	70
1995	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT1	1	Masahiko Kageyama Kazuyoshi Hoshino	SUZ 1	FUJ 10	SEN 2	FUJ 7	SUG 2	MIN 3			2nd	67
1996	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT500	1	Masahiko Kageyama Kazuyoshi Hoshino	SUZ 8	FUJ 5	SEN 5	FUJ 1	SUG 2	MIN Ret			3rd	54
1996	Nissan Silvia	B	GT300	12	Satoshi Motoyama Yuji Ide Fuminori Mizuno	SUZ	FUJ	SEN Ret	FUJ Ret	SUG 12	MIN 7			NC	4
1997	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT500	12	Satoshi Motoyama Kazuyoshi Hoshino Fuminori Mizuno	SUZ Ret	FUJ 5	SEN 15	FUJ 4	MIN 6	SUG 14			7th	24
1998	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT500	12	Takuya Kurosawa Kazuyoshi Hoshino Michael Krumm	SUZ 11	FUJ C	SEN 5	FUJ 3	MOT 2	MIN 7	SUG 4		4th	49
1999	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT500	12	Masami Kageyama Kazuyoshi Hoshino	SUZ 10	FUJ 3	SUG 5	MIN 6	FUJ 5	OKA 10	MOT 7		5th	40
2000	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT500	12	Satoshi Motoyama Kazuyoshi Hoshino	MOT 17	FUJ 5	SUG 5	FUJ 3	OKA 6	MIN 1	SUZ 3		3rd	66
2001	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT500	12	Satoshi Motoyama Naoki Hattori Kazuyoshi Hoshino	OKA 15	FUJ Ret	SUG 7	FUJ 7	MOT 3	SUZ 11	MIN 5		10th	28
2002	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT500	12	Tetsuya Tanaka Kazuyoshi Hoshino Benoît Tréluyer	OKA 14	FUJ Ret	SUG 8	SEP 14	FUJ NC	MOT 11	MIN 13	SUZ 17	12th	4
2003	Nissan Skyline GT-R	B	GT500	12	Yuji Ide Benoît Tréluyer	OKA 12	FUJ 2	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	FUJ 16	MOT 6	AUT 11	SUZ 1	5th	64
2004	Nissan Fairlady Z	B	GT500	12	Yuji Ide Benoît Tréluyer	OKA 8	SUG 10	SEP Ret	TOK 11	MOT Ret	AUT 5	SUZ 1		9th	35

Complete Super GT results

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

Year	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Points
2005	Nissan Z	GT500	12	Yuji Ide Benoît Tréluyer	OKA Ret	FUJ 15	SEP 8	SUG 5	MOT 3	FUJ 13	AUT 4	SUZ 9		11th	35
2006	Nissan Z	GT500	12	Kazuki Hoshino Benoît Tréluyer Jérémie Dufour	SUZ 13	OKA 6	FUJ 5	SEP 3	SUG 6	SUZ 1	MOT 13	AUT 4	FUJ 12	8th	67
2007	Nissan Z	GT500	12	Kazuki Hoshino Benoît Tréluyer Jérémie Dufour	SUZ 11	OKA 8	FUJ 10	SEP 3	SUG 7	SUZ Ret	MOT Ret	AUT Ret	FUJ 2	11th	34
2008	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Tsugio Matsuda Sébastien Philippe Dominik Schwager	SUZ Ret	OKA 2	FUJ 9	SEP 14	SUG 12	SUZ 1	MOT 11	AUT 10	FUJ 1	4th	61
2009	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Tsugio Matsuda Sébastien Philippe	OKA 4	SUZ 3	FUJ 15	SEP 7	SUG 8	SUZ 5	FUJ 15	AUT Ret	MOT 7	10th	36
2010	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	SUZ Ret	OKA 4	FUJ 6	SEP 1	SUG 4	SUZ 12	FUJ C	MOT 5		5th	47
2011	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Tsugio Matsuda João Paulo de Oliveira	OKA 1	FUJ 14	SEP 15	SUG 13	SUZ 3	FUJ 2	AUT 10	MOT 9		5th	49
2012	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Tsugio Matsuda João Paulo de Oliveira	OKA 10	FUJ 5	SEP 5	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	FUJ 1	AUT 10	MOT 10		4th	45
2013	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Tsugio Matsuda João Paulo de Oliveira	OKA 6	FUJ 5	SEP 1	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	FUJ 6	AUT Ret	MOT 13		9th	46
2014	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda	OKA 3	FUJ 1	AUT 3	SUG 9	FUJ 8	SUZ 10	BUR 3	MOT 13		5th	60
2015	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda	OKA 7	FUJ 2	CHA 4	FUJ 3	SUZ 3	SUG 11	AUT 2	MOT 4		2nd	74
2016	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda	OKA 5	FUJ 11	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	SUZ Ret	CHA 4	MOT 7	MOT 8		8th	43
2017	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Hironobu Yasuda Jann Mardenborough	OKA 8	FUJ 14	AUT 7	SUG 11	FUJ 5	SUZ 11	CHA 14	MOT 7		13th	17
2018	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Jann Mardenborough Daiki Sasaki	OKA 14	FUJ 6	SUZ 4	CHA 6	FUJ 12	SUG 3	AUT 11	MOT 11		11th	29
2019	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Daiki Sasaki James Rossiter Katsumasa Chiyo	OKA 3‡	FUJ 12	SUZ 10	BUR 8	FUJ 5	AUT 12	SUG 14	MOT Ret		13th	17.5
2020	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Daiki Sasaki Kazuki Hiramine	FUJ Ret	FUJ 11	SUZ 12	MOT 12	FUJ 8	SUZ 2	MOT 9	FUJ 7		13th	24
2021	Nissan GT-R	GT500	12	Kazuki Hiramine Nobuharu Matsushita	OKA 10	FUJ 9	MOT 11	SUZ 6	SUG 1	AUT 7	MOT 3	FUJ 9		8th	45
2022	Nissan Z	GT500	12	Kazuki Hiramine Bertrand Baguette	OKA 7	FUJ 3‡	SUZ Ret	FUJ 2	SUZ 1	SUG 5	AUT 6	MOT 2		1st	70.5

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

References

^ "Teams". F-Nippon (F-Japan). Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
^ Tutu, Andrei (14 January 2011). "Infiniti M Becomes Impul 651S". AutoEvolution. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
^ Radu, Mihnea (7 June 2011). "Tuning Overkill: Impul Gives Nissan Juke a Mugen Look". AutoEvolution. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
^ "Calsonic/Team Impul Fairlady Nissan 350Z". Turbo Magazine. Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
^ "SUPERGT.net | JGTC RACE ARCHIVE". supergt.net. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

External links

Official website

[1] "Teams". F-Nippon (F-Japan). Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

[2] Tutu, Andrei (14 January 2011). "Infiniti M Becomes Impul 651S". AutoEvolution. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

[3] Radu, Mihnea (7 June 2011). "Tuning Overkill: Impul Gives Nissan Juke a Mugen Look". AutoEvolution. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

[4] "Calsonic/Team Impul Fairlady Nissan 350Z". Turbo Magazine. Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

[5] "SUPERGT.net | JGTC RACE ARCHIVE". supergt.net. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

[6] "World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

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