The announcement was made on Friday by Toyota and his Cerumo team, for which the 48-year-old has driven continuously since the 1999 season.
In that time, he scored three GT500 titles in 2001, '05 and '13 while racking up 19 wins, putting him second to Tsugio Matsuda in the all-time list, and 24 pole positions, an outright series record.
