is a former Japanese racing driver, and the co-founder of

TOM'S is a factory supported racing team and tuner of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The name stands for Tachi Oiwa Motor Sport. Their head office is located in Tokyo, Japan. They are currently heavily involved with Super GT, Super Formula and Super Form ...

, a Japanese racing team and tuner for

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and

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. His son,

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was also a racing driver.

Career

Racing career

Tachi was born in Suzuka,

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. Kenji Mimura, the founder of Maki, has been his friend since their high school years. Originally, Tachi did not like automobiles because he would become carsick. But the influence of his friend led him to automobile racing. Tachi began car racing in 1965 and became a factory-driver for

from 1971. In 1974, Tachi founded

with ex-Toyota dealer, Kiyoshi Oiwa. The name of "TOM'S" is an abbreviation of "Tachi", "Oiwa", and "MotorSports". He continued his career as a racing driver until 1982. After retirement, he occasionally returned to race but has usually concentrated on management of his company.

Political career

On May 21, 2010,

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announced that Tachi would represent the party as a proportional candidate in the 2010 House of Councillors election.

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