会社概要 — About
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JDM Hunt is a Japanese car import and export company built for enthusiasts who want better access to Japan’s automotive market. With our sourcing desk in Nagoya, Japan, and customer operations in Irvine, California, we bridge the gap between Japanese auction houses and buyers across the United States. We specialize in sourcing JDM sports cars, rare Japanese vehicles, vintage classics, and performance cars from trusted auction houses and dealer networks throughout Japan. Whether you're hunting for a Nissan Skyline GT-R, Toyota Supra, Mazda RX-7, Honda/Acura NSX, or something much harder to find, our team searches based on your requirements rather than trying to sell you a car we already own.
Buying and importing a car from Japan should be straightforward, but for many U.S. buyers, the process can feel unnecessarily complicated. The auctions, inspections, international shipping, and customs procedures are established systems—the real challenge is having clear visibility into what is happening thousands of miles away.
JDM Hunt was created to close that gap. Instead of giving buyers a single unexplained “all-in” price, we believe you should understand exactly what you're buying and where your money is going. That means access to available Japanese auction sheets and translations, clear vehicle information, and separate breakdowns for costs such as freight, duties, and our sourcing fee.
You also control the budget. You set the maximum bid for the vehicle, and we work within that limit. Our goal is to make sourcing JDM cars from Japan feel less like taking a chance overseas and more like making an informed purchase.
By combining local knowledge in Japan with customer support in the United States, we're working to establish JDM Hunt as a leading exporter of JDM sports cars and a trusted choice for enthusiasts looking for reliable JDM car exporters in Japan.
JDM Hunt operates as a two-country Japanese vehicle sourcing and import operation, with our sourcing desk in Nagoya, Japan, and our U.S. customer team based in Irvine, California.
Our Nagoya team works directly within Japan's automotive market, sourcing vehicles through established Japanese car auctions and dealer networks. Having people on the ground gives us the ability to evaluate opportunities beyond what can be seen in a handful of online listing photos.
On the U.S. side, our Irvine team handles customer communication, invoices, import coordination, documentation, and title-related paperwork during U.S. business hours. This structure gives customers both on-the-ground vehicle sourcing in Japan and accessible support in the United States.
We also don't operate around a large inventory of cars that we need to move. Our approach starts with what the customer actually wants. Tell us the model, generation, specification, condition, and budget you're looking for, and we'll hunt for suitable options.
The crew
Sourcing director — Nagoya
Eleven years buying at USS and TAA, six of them for Japanese dealers. Reads a sheet faster than anyone we've met and is comfortable walking away from a car other people would talk you into.
Co-founder — Irvine, CA
Imported his own R32 in 2016, got most of it wrong, and spent the next four years learning the parts that went wrong. Handles the U.S. side end to end and answers the phone on auction nights.
Logistics & compliance
Ex-freight forwarder. Runs the relationship with our licensed customs broker, tracks every vessel, and knows which state DMVs need what before they ask for it.
Partners
Bidding accounts at USS, TAA, JAA and HAA through our licensed Japanese exporter partner, plus dealer and private consignment channels that never reach a public lane.
All U.S. entries are filed by a licensed customs broker, not by us. Their licence number appears on every entry summary you receive.
RoRo bookings through a Japanese NVOCC on the Nagoya and Yokohama services; container consolidation for cars where it's warranted.
Independent pre-shipment inspection available on any car, carried out by a third party we don't control and don't pay per result.
Enclosed and open carriers nationwide from Long Beach, Tacoma, Baltimore and Jacksonville.
Climate-controlled storage in Southern California for buyers who aren't ready to take delivery, or who are still working through state registration.
Clients
Six weeks, four cars they told me to pass on, and then the right one. The fact they talked me out of three cars is the reason I trusted the fourth.
Marcus D. — Austin, TX — R34 GT-R V-specMy Evo VI got flagged for random inspection at Long Beach and sat there nine days. Sarah called me every single one of them, including the days there was nothing to report.
Priya R. — Seattle, WA — Lancer Evolution VI TMEI'm in California, which everyone warned me about. They told me the honest version on the first call instead of taking a deposit and figuring it out later. It took longer than I wanted. It worked.
Alan W. — Sacramento, CA — Mazda RX-7 Type RS