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
Toyota AE86
The AE86 series of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno are small, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, front-engine/rear-wheel-drive models within the mostly Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout, front-engine/front-wheel-drive ...
. He first competed 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 ...
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
Autopolis
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Tsurumaki ...
. 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
nitrous oxide
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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
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Japanese racing drivers
Drifting drivers
1976 births
Living people
D1 Grand Prix drivers
Formula D drivers
Sportspeople from Hiroshima