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 (motorsport), drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of ''Option (car magazine), O ...

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 models within the front-engine/front-wheel-drive fifth generation Corolla (E80) range—marketed by Toyota from 1983 to 1987 in co ...

. 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

Autopolis is a international racing circuit located near Kamitsue village in Ōita Prefecture, Japan on the Northeast of Kumamoto. Nippon Autopolis">F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Nippon Autopolis/ref> Tsurumaki ordered 30 Buic ...

. His

Toyota Sprinter Trueno The is a series of compact sports coupés and hot hatches 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, later renamed '' ...

(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 The is a grand tourer that was retailed by Lexus (a luxury vehicle division of Toyota), and built from 1991 until 2010. It features a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive design and seating for up to four passengers. The first-generation SC debuted as ...

, prepared by the renowned tuning garage Tom's.

Complete Drifting Results

D1 Grand Prix

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshioka, Toshiki Japanese racing drivers Drifting drivers 1976 births Living people D1 Grand Prix drivers Formula D drivers