Manabu Orido

[1] He made his professional racing debut in 1990, where, sponsored by the Bandoh Chain of Commerce, Orido entered a drift contest organized by the automobile magazine CARBOY.

[citation needed] In 1992, Orido made his debut in the Fuji Freshman race for Yokohama Rubber.

[2] In 2000, Orido moved up to GT500, racing for Team Tsuchiya Engineering [ja] in the Toyota Supra alongside Mitsuhiro Kinoshita.

[3][4] When Bandoh Racing Project announced its intention to compete with a Lexus SC430 in the GT500 class the following year, Orido moved to Team JLOC, a team known for their Lamborghini race cars in Super GT, Orido was put in the #87 Gallardo RG-3 with Atsushi Yogo.

The 2013 season for Orido was a disappointing one, with two retirements at Okayama and Fuji, and only three points scoring finishes at Sepang, Suzuka and Motegi.

2014 showed further disappointing performances, with the Lamborghini Gallardos lacking pace compared to most of the GT300 field, with one retirement at Fuji and finishes outside the points for six of eight races, the only positive performance came in the fifth round in Sugo, where a clever tire strategy by the JLOC team brought Orido's #88 MANEPA Lamborghini its first race victory.

[3][4] For the 2018 season, Orido announced he would be departing Team JLOC and taking a sabbatical from Super GT.

[6] Orido replaced Kota Sasaki at Team apr Racing [ja] near the end of the 2018 season from Round 6 at Sugo onwards, but scored no points.

[3][4] As one of the first judges of the D1 Grand Prix since 2001, Orido entered the 2005 championship as a driver for Team RS-R, driving a Toyota Supra JZA80.

[3][4] In the 2009 Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race, Orido won the overall victory with the Petronas Syntium Team driving a BMW Z4 M Coupé, finishing in 1st place after 306 laps.

[3][4] In 2010, Orido joined the Petronas Syntium team in the 24H Series, driving a BMW Z4 M Coupé in the A5 class.

In 2023, Orido participated in the GT World Challenge Asia championship series, driving a BMW M4 GT4 for the YZ Racing with Studie Team alongside Masaki Kano.

[3][4] At Round 5 in Okayama, Orido made headlines after exiting his M4 GT4 and pushing it across the finish line, after running out of fuel on the final corner of the race which he had been leading until that point.

[26][27][28] Orido and the YZ Racing with Studie team went on to win the 2023 GT4 class championship, as well as the Japan Cup title for the 2023 season.

[29][30][31] Outside his racing activities, Orido currently teaches safety driving at NATS (Nihon Automobile Technical High School).

[32] He is also famous for being one of the three main hosts of the Hot Version segments of the long running Best Motoring DVD series, his co-hosts fellow racing drivers Nobuteru Taniguchi and Keiichi Tsuchiya.

[33] Orido's RIDOX Supra is regarded as one of the best looking Supras in the tuning community[34] and has been featured in several Hot Version segments, and video games, most notably as a rival car named Orimabu (a reference to Orido's name) in Genki's Tokyo Xtreme Racer series of video games.

These kits emphasize a casual and timeless styling to complement the car's original design, and are offered unpainted, painted, or in carbon fiber.

Orido's 2003 DENSO SARD Supra GT500
Orido's GT300 championship winning #19 Lexus IS 350 in 2009
Orido driving the JLOC Gallardo RG-3 in 2011 at Fuji Speedway
The #30 apr GR86 GT300 raced by Orido at the 2022 Suzuka 300km.
Orido's #77 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR racing in the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Orido drifting a Toyota Supra
Z4 M Coupé raced by Orido at the 2008 Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race
Orido's #47 Aston Martin Vantage GT8R at Suzuka in 2022