is a Japanese

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driver and team owner. He is the first Japanese FIA world champion. Arai was born in

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. He made his debut in 1987 and drove for the

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in the

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from 1997–2000 and 2002–2003, and in the

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Championship in 2000–2001. In 2004 he established his own team, Subaru Team Arai, and won the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship for Drivers in 2005 and 2007 driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI, which made him the first Japanese FIA world champion.RallyBase
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, Japan and Australia on his way to the title. He was also the winner of the short-lived FIA Teams' Cup in 2000.

Career results

WRC results

PWRC results

IRC results

European Rally Championship results

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Global Rallycross results

Supercar

Race cancelled.

References

External links

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Profile at World Rally Archive

Profile and results at Rallybase
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arai, Toshi 1966 births Living people Japanese rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers Global RallyCross Championship drivers European Rally Championship drivers