is a Japanese

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driver.

Career

Taguchi began rallying in 1994.http://www.ralliart.com/katsu/profile/index.html He based most of his rallying in Australia and New Zealand, competing in his first

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event on

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in 1995. In 1999 he won the

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(APRC). In 2001 he competed on the

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as part of the factory

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team. He finished eighth overall on the

2007 Rally Japan The 2007 Rally Japan was the 14th round of the 2007 World Rally Championship. It took place between 26 and 28 October 2007. Report Ford Mikko Hirvonen took the lead on Friday afternoon after overtaking Jari-Matti Latvala. Hirvonen then led the r ...

, winning the

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category and scoring one WRC point. In 2010, he won the APRC title again.

References

External links

Official websiteProfile at eWRC-results.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taguchi, Katsuhiko Living people 1972 births Sportspeople from Okayama Prefecture Japanese rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers