is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the
D1 Grand Prix series fo
Team Orangean
Yuke’s
Like many of the drivers in the D1GP he is the owner of his own tuning shop called Proshop Rapid, and so has worked on many of his cars himself.
He began competing in the
D1 Grand Prix in the first round in 2000, earning second place in round 4 of that year and so showing that he had what it takes. Over the years he has competed in many different cars from a
Toyota Corolla Levin AE85 for Team Droo-P, which was converted to a
Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 and later used by his teammate
Toshiki Yoshioka in 2005,
Toyota Chaser and
Nissan Silvia S15 for
Greddy and even a year in a
Nissan 350Z
:
The Nissan 350Z (known as Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33) in Japan) is a two-door, two-seater sports car that was manufactured by Nissan Motor Corporation from 2002 until 2009 and marks the fifth generation of Nissan's Z-car line. The 350Z entered prod ...
once again for Team Droo-P. In 2006, he went back to the Nissan Silvia S15, sponsored by Wisesquare (previously driven by Makoto Sezaki) with which he had much success, getting his first win with that machine, and again, driving Team M.O.V.E.'s second S15 (which
Kazama is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese sport wrestler
*, Japanese martial artist and actor
*Kensuke Kazama, photographer
* Sadao Kazama (born 1940), Greco-Roman wrestler
*Shinji Kazama, motorcyclist
*Shunsuke K ...
used for D1GP 2006 Silverstone and D1GP 2006 Las Vegas) while his friend and teammate at the time,
Katsuhiro Ueo
is a Japanese professional drifting driver, whose currently competing in D1 Grand Prix with a Nissan Silvia S15, well known for formerly using the Toyota AE86 in the series. He is also known as, Therefore, it is (デスカラデスネ/ですか ...
drove the first S15, which was Kazama's 2005 championship car, and to become the fourth member of Team Orange, driving
Nobushige Kumakubo
is a drifting driver from Japan who competes in the D1 Grand Prix series and racetrack and land owner. Nicknamed ''Kuma'', he is commonly referred to as one of the pioneers of drifting.
Born to a wealthy family who owned a large portion of la ...
's 2006 championship winning
Subaru Impreza. So far he has been doing well adapting to the new car, as he has done so often before, though he had a large accident at the Tokyo Drift exhibition match in early 2008.
Complete Drifting Results
D1 Grand Prix
Sources
D1 Grand Prix
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Japanese racing drivers
Drifting drivers
1971 births
Living people
D1 Grand Prix drivers