Hideshi Matsuda

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

Racing career
He has most notably raced 20 seasons of Super GT from 1993-2012, and also raced in 6 seasons of Super Formula (then Japanese Formula 2) from 1985 to 1991. He has also raced in several 24-hour races, including Daytona and LeMans, 4 times in the Indianapolis 500, in 1994-1996 and 1999, usually for Beck Motorsports, and raced in three CART Championship Car races, 1 of which at Twin Ring Motegi in his native Japan.