(Born : 20 November,1948) The name of Shinozuka is greatly respected in Japanese motor sport circles. Having begun his career in 1968, in 1976 he became the first Japanese driver to finish the Kenyan Safari Rally. 15 years later, he again made history when he won a round of the World Rally Championship, the 1991 Ivory Coast-Bandama Rally, thus becoming the first Japanese to do so. In 1997, he got another first for Japan when he won the 19th "Dakar", which that year was called the Dakar-Agades-Dakar Rally, In 1998 and 1999, he has competed in the World Cup for Cross Country Rallies series (sponsored by PIAA Corporation), and was runner-up in the drivers two years in a row.

Recent results :
1992	Paris - Cape Town	3rd overall
1993	Paris-Dakar	5th overall
1994	Baja Spain	5th overall
1995	Granada-Dakar	3rd overall
1997	Dakar-Agades-Dakar	1st overall
1998	Paris-Granada-Dakar	2nd overall
	Italian Baja	2nd overall
	Tunisia Rally	2nd overall
	Atlas Rally	2nd overall
	Baja Portugal	11th overall
	UAE desert Challenge	3rd overall
1999	Granada-Dakar	4th overall
	Italian Baja	1st overall
	Tunisia Rally	2nd overall
	Por Las Pampas	2nd overall
	UAE desert Challenge	2nd overall