Bornto compete.

The NSX GT1 and GT2 cars raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans were built from factory NSX-R shells.

Won the inaugural Suzuka 1000 km in 1966.

Won the 24 Hours of Fuji and the Fuji 1000 km in 1967.

In 1968 Mazda entered the Cosmo in the 84-hour Marathon de la Route at the Nürburgring, with engines limited to 130 PS for durability; it was the Cosmo's only racing outing.

The Mazda 787B No. 55, driven by Johnny Herbert, Volker Weidler and Bertrand Gachot, won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans; it was the first Le Mans win by a Japanese manufacturer and remains the only win by a car without a reciprocating engine.

Took the overall win at the 1991 Spa 24 Hours.

A 787B driven by Johnny Herbert, Volker Weidler and Bertrand Gachot won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Gazoo Racing entered LF-As in the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2008 and 2009; in 2009 car No. 14 finished 4th in the SP8 class.

Toyota won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in a row from 2018 to 2020 with the TS050 Hybrid, and again in 2021 and 2022 with the GR010 Hybrid.

It was the first Le Mans win by a Japanese manufacturer (the only one until Toyota in 2018) and remains the only win by a car without a reciprocating engine.

Mitsubishi's Dakar record with the Pajero totals 12 overall car-class wins and 150 stage wins.

A Datsun 240Z driven by Shekhar Mehta won the 21st East African Safari Rally in 1973.

Shekhar Mehta won the 1973 East African Safari Rally (WRC) in a Datsun 240Z.

Mitsubishi's Dakar Rally record, begun with a Pajero class win in 1983 and ending with its final wins in 2007, totals 12 overall wins in the cars category.

Andrew Cowan won his class in a Pajero at the 1983 Paris–Alger–Dakar, beginning the Pajero's Dakar Rally record.

Carlos Sainz won the 1990 World Rally Championship drivers' title in a Toyota Celica, Toyota's first world championship title, and won again in 1992.

In 1993 Juha Kankkunen won the WRC drivers' title and Toyota won the manufacturers' championship, the first Japanese manufacturer to do so; Toyota repeated the manufacturers' title in 1994 with Didier Auriol as drivers' champion.

Colin McRae scored Subaru's first overall WRC win in a Group A Legacy at the 1993 Rally New Zealand.

Carlos Sainz gave the Impreza its first WRC win at the 1994 Acropolis Rally.

Subaru won the WRC manufacturers' championship in 1995, 1996 and 1997, and its drivers won the drivers' title in 1995 (Colin McRae), 2001 (Richard Burns) and 2003 (Petter Solberg).

The Impreza won Subaru three consecutive WRC constructors' titles (1995–1997) and the 1995 drivers' title for Colin McRae.

Tommi Mäkinen won four consecutive WRC drivers' titles from 1996 to 1999 in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and Mitsubishi won the manufacturers' title in 1998.

Toyota won the WRC manufacturers' title in 1999, its final season before withdrawing from the series.

After returning to the WRC in 2017, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT won the manufacturers' title in 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; its drivers' champions were Ott Tänak (2019), Sébastien Ogier (2020, 2021) and Kalle Rovanperä (2022, 2023).

Kaoru Hoshino won the 1985 Division 1 class championship of the All Japan Touring Car Championship in a Corolla Levin.

Chris Hodgetts won the British Touring Car Championship in 1986 and 1987 driving an AE86.

In 1986 the AE86 won the European Touring Car Championship manufacturers' title with 267 points.

Won all 29 Japanese Touring Car Championship races it entered, taking the series title every year from 1990 to 1993 (Group A).

Won the Bathurst 1000 in 1991 and 1992.

Group A Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) cars won the Japanese Touring Car Championship four years in a row and recorded 29 consecutive Group A wins.

Honda won its first Formula One race at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix, with Richie Ginther driving the RA272 and leading every lap.

Finished third in the 1966 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji.

Kiyoshi Misaki took a class win at the 1972 Macau Grand Prix in a 1600GT.

A limited NSX-R GT road version was approved to support homologation of the NSX race car in the JGTC/Super GT series.

John Morton won the SCCA C Production national title in 1970 and 1971 in a Brock Racing Enterprises 240Z.

Mazda's 1989 GTUs limited edition commemorated the RX-7's eight straight IMSA GTU class wins from 1980 to 1987.

The GT-R won the GT500 class of the 2008 Super GT season.

At the 1968 12 Hours of Suzuka, the No. 25 S800 of Racing Service Center finished 3rd overall and 1st in the GT-1 class.

The Skyline 2000 GT-R (PGC10/KPGC10) reached its 50th overall race win in March 1972; the frequently cited '49 consecutive wins' figure is disputed among sources.

The 787B debuted at the 1991 430 km of Suzuka.

Akira Kameyama won the Open Class for production cars at the 1996 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in an R33.

An LF-A prototype won the SP8 class at a Nürburgring 4-hour VLN race on 10 May 2008, finishing 77th overall.