Manabu "MAX" Orido is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the Super GT series for Team apr Racing, driving a Toyota GR86 GT300, where he became a two-time JGTC/Super GT GT300 class champion, and in the Super Taikyu, driving an Aston Martin Vantage GT4. Orido is the owner of the Ridox Aero Parts in partnership with Varis, and Monkichi was featured in the 110th Volume of the Video Option Magazine, where his personal life and his trials and tribulations in his racing career chronicled