is a Japanese professional drifting driver, who competes in the

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series for

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Koguchi Power
Like many of the other D1 drivers, he owns his own tuning garage called Koguchi Power. Yoshinori does all of the work on his car himself. He has a following of

Nissan 180SX The Nissan 180SX is a fastback automobile that was produced by Nissan Motors between 1988 and 1998. It is based on the S13 chassis from the Nissan S platform with the variants receiving an R designation (ex. PS13 and RPS13), and was sold exclusiv ...

enthusiasts as he is one of the top 180SX drivers, also his car is the same one that he started out in. His car uses mostly off the shelf parts. His nickname is 'Emperor'. He has been competing in D1 since it began in 2001 and scored points in his

in the first three seasons. He then switched to a

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sponsored by tuning firm High Power Improvement, he did not do well in the car or the

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he used after. So in 2007 he changed back to his 180SX and has done well. Usually if he makes it into the top 16 he will score big points, gaining his first win in round 2 of the 2008 season.

Drifting results

D1 Grand Prix

Sources

D1 Grand Prix
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