, known as "Boss", is a Japanese drift driver.
MazdaUSA site He first became a pro driver at the age of 18, racing

Honda Civic The is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1972. Since 2000, the Civic has been categorized as a compact car, while previously it occupied the subcompact class. , the Civic is positioned between the Honda Fit/City and Honda Acc ...

s in the Civic and Mirage race divisions in Japan. He set track records at the Suzuka track in Japan which stood for a number of years. At 20 he opened a tuning shop called Garage-S to focus on the technical side of race tuning, and would later become more widely known after establishing himself in the Japan Drift and tuning scene. From the mid-1990s onwards he focused his time tuning and racing the

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powered Nissan S13

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and

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GTS-t

or RB20DET powered versions, as well developing his own line of aero body kits and sportswear line. Seigo Yamamoto is currently racing a Toyota Chaser with an OS Giken built

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powered in the 2006

Formula D Formula Drift (also known as Formula D) is a United States-based motorsport drifting series. Formula Drift, Inc. was co-founded by Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage in 2003 as a sister company to Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that int ...

series.

Falken Tires Falken Tire is a brand of passenger car, light truck, and medium truck tires owned by the Japanese company Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI). It was launched in its native country of Japan in 1983, and was introduced to the North American marke ...

, OS Giken, K&N, Wise Sports,

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, Tein, Garage-S and Skye Service SPL are current sponsors.

Complete Drifting Results

D1 Grand Prix

Formula D

References

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