is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the

D1 Grand Prix The , abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled ''Professional Drift'', is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of '' Option'' magazine and Tokyo Auto Salon, and ...

series for Team DRoo-P and Yamasa. Even before he started drifting professionally he always used the

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. He first competed in the

in the first round of 2002 and has always scored points in every season. He got his first victory in Round 4 of the 2005 season at

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. His

Toyota Sprinter Trueno The is a series of compact sports coupés and liftbacks which were produced by Toyota from 1972 to 2000. The name ''trueno'' in Spanish means ''thunder''. In Japan, the Sprinter Trueno was exclusive to '' Toyota Auto Store'' locations. Its ...

(later switching to Hideo Hiraoka's Corolla Levin AE85 which was converted to an AE86 and a Sprinter Trueno) was normally aspirated and uses

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, which led to many collisions. In 2007 he had an average season being best of the AE86 drivers, finishing in 8th place overall. In 2008 he switched from his AE86 to a Lexus SC430, prepared by the renowned tuning garage Tom's.

Complete Drifting Results

D1 Grand Prix

External links

D1 Grand PrixTeam DRoo-PYamasa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshioka, Toshiki Japanese racing drivers Drifting drivers 1976 births Living people D1 Grand Prix drivers Formula D drivers Sportspeople from Hiroshima