is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, radio personality, actor, businessman, triathlete, and racing driver. He is the president of Be Company. His full name is . While Be Company is from Production Jin Riki-sha, Hiromi is represented with Tanabe Agency and later Production No Title since 2008. His wife is singer

Iyo Matsumoto , married name , was a pop idol in the early '80s. She is now a Japanese TV personality, singer and actress, and is currently signed to Production No Title. Early life Matsumoto was born in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. She attended from kindergarten ...

. Hiromi's eldest son is

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Ryo Kozono.

Auto racing

Hiromi made his debut in the

Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...

championship in 2004 as one of Team Gaikokuya's drivers in the GT300 class, partnering former GT300 champion

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in the team's

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. He failed to score a championship point and secured a best finish of 18th place in the fifth round at

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. Two years later in February 2006, he announced his return to the series as part of the 06H Project, driving one of 's

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in the GT300 class for the full-season. He once again failed to score a championship point in 2006, scoring a best finish of 14th in the fourth round at

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Racing records

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

(

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

Filmography

TV series

Current appearances

Regular programmes Special programmes

Former appearances

Regular programmes Specials

Radio

TV drama

Films

Internet series

Direct-to-video

Works

DVD

Discography

Bibliography

References

External links

Be Company
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