Sean Taro Ono Lennon (Japanese name Tarō Ono (小野 太郎 Ono Tarō); born October 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist and actor of English, Japanese and Irish Descent.

A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle which combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) propulsion system with an electric propulsion system.

In an interview in early February 2011, a Honda executive disclosed that Honda produces around 200,000 hybrids a year in Japan.

[Kyoto is] the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

Maiko (まいこ, マイコ) is a Japanese word for dancing girl and is an apprentice geisha.

A pulled rickshaw (or ricksha) is a mode of human-powered transport by which a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two persons.

Subaru (スバル) is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI).

A sumo wrestler leads a highly regimented way of life. The Sumo Association prescribes the behavior of its wrestlers in some detail. For example, in the wake of a serious car accident involving a wrestler the Association banned wrestlers from driving their own cars.

The Subaru Forester is an all-wheel drive station wagon, now crossover, manufactured since 1997 by Subaru. The Forester was designed and built with four-wheel drive (AWD) as standard equipment.

A car parking system (also referred to as multi-level stacked parking system, or car stacker) is a mechanical device that multiplies parking capacity inside a building or a parking lot. In Europe, Japan and Asia, hundreds of mechanical garages were built between the mid 1950’s and the late 1980s. Most are still in operation. It has only been recently that much more advanced car parking systems came into operation. The technology involved has been developing over the last 75 years, and has now reached the stage where it can be utilized on a wide scale.

Top Gear (referred to as Old Top Gear when mentioned on the present version of the show) was a car-based BBC television series produced by BBC Birmingham, and broadcast on BBC2 from 1977 to 2001.

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is a British Television presenter, journalist and writer who specialises in motoring.

A truck is a large motor vehicle, commonly for carrying goods and materials, and also sometimes as a platform for specialist equipment

The Dekotora or Decotora (デコトラ), an abbreviation for “Decoration Truck”, is a kind of loudly decorated truck most commonly found in Japan. Dekotora commonly have neon or ultraviolet lights, extravagant paints, and shiny stainless or golden exterior parts. These decorations can be found on both the cab and the trailer, and not only on the exterior but also in the interior. Dekotora may be created by workers out of their work trucks for fun, or they may be designed by hobbyists for special events. They are sometimes also referred to as Art Trucks (アートトラック).

A Musical road is a road, or part of a road, which when driven over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the car body in the form of a musical tune. [In Japan] there are three Melody Roads; one in Hokkaido, another in Wakayama (where, at 40km/h, a car can produce the Japanese ballad “Miagete goran yoru no hoshi wo” by Kyu Sakamoto), and a third in Gunma, which consist of 2,559 grooves cut into a 175 meter stretch of existing roadway and when driven over at 50 km/h, produce the tune of “Memories of Summer”.

Gunma Prefecture (群馬県, Gunma-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshū island. Its capital is Maebashi. One of only eight landlocked prefectures in Japan, Gunma is the northwestern-most prefecture of the Kantō plain.

[Eddie] Murphy has received Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of fictitious soul singer James “Thunder” Early in Dreamgirls, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role.

Through all generations, Celicas have been built around Toyota’s high-performance inline-4 engines, although some Celicas are powered by more economical, lower performance 4-cylinders.

While the [Honda] Civic is sold in largely the same form worldwide, differences in the name of the models exist between markets. In Japan, the hatchback Civic is just called “Civic” while the sedan model was called the “Civic Ferio” during the fifth and sixth generation. In Europe and the United States, “Civic” generically refers to any model, though in Europe the coupe is branded the “Civic Coupe”.

[Leonardo] DiCaprio was inspired to become an actor after Adam Starr (a stepson of his father’s from his father’s re-marriage), began appearing in commercials. DiCaprio began looking for an agent at the age of twelve, but was initially turned down several times.

Michael J. Fox (born Michael Andrew Fox on June 9, 1961) is an award-winning, Canadian-born film and television actor. His best known roles include Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy (1985-1990), Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties (1982-1989), and Mike Flaherty from Spin City (1996-2000).

Michael has been given one line, but it’s rather clever line: 「かっこインテグラ」(kakko integura). The first bit of the second word “Integra” is an almost sound-alike replacement for 「良い」(ii) in the Japanese expression 「こっこ良い」(kakko ii) “cool”, as in “This is so cool”. The result is a cool-sounding “Cool Integra”.

[Honda] is perhaps most notable for its automobiles and motorcycles, but it also produces a long list of other products: trucks, scooters, robots, jets and jet engines, ATV, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies.

“The Power of Love” is the title of a 1985 single by Huey Lewis & the News written for and featured in the film Back to the Future. It gave the band their first number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and later appeared on UK editions of the band’s fourth studio album, Fore!. The song was nominated for an Academy Award at the 58th Academy Awards.

Toshiba Corporation (株式会社東芝, Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba) is a multinational high technology electrical and electronics manufacturing firm, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the 7th largest integrated manufacturer of electric and electronic equipment in the world.

Aguri Suzuki (鈴木 亜久里) (born September 8, 1960 in Tokyo) is a former Formula One driver from Japan. He participated in 88 grands prix, and most notable achievement in racing was 3rd place at 1990 Japanese Grand Prix. Aguri is now the owner of Super Aguri F1 team, which has been participating in F1 since 2006.

Ichitaro (Japanese: 一太郎) is a Japanese word processor produced by Justsystems, a Japanese software company. It is the main product of the company.

Speed Racer is the title of an English adaptation of the Japanese anime Mach Go Go Go ([マッハ・ゴー・ゴー・ゴー)]which centered around automobile racing. The series is an early example of an anime becoming a successful franchise in the United States.