Yojiro Terada

Yojiro Terada driving the T2M Motorsport Dome-Mader during the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans. is a Japanese former racing driver from Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

Racing career Terada began his racing career in a Honda S600 in 1969, before he was taken on as Mazda's factory driver, a position he held through the 1990s including participating in the World Sportscar Championship and All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

Terada also took class wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona on two occasions, including in the Mazda RX-7's debut race in 1979, scoring a GTU class win at fifth place overall. The other occasion was a fourth place overall finish and a GTO class win in 1982.

Terada is known for holding the record for the second most participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans without an overall win (behind Bob Wollek), having run on 29 occasions (28 of which were consecutive) since . He is also third behind Henri Pescarolo and Bob Wollek for the drivers with the most participations. He scored class victories at the event in 1983, 1988, 1990 and 1996, while his best overall finish was seventh in .

Business interests When he is not racing, Terada runs the Tokyo-based AutoExe tuning business, specialising in tuning parts and accessories for Mazda. and instructs on driving at NATS (Nihon Automobile High Technical School)

Family Terada is the father of voice actress Haruhi Nanao.

24 Hours of Le Mans results