Ken block vs keiichi tsuchiya biography

          I met the drift king himself, Mr. Keiichi Tsuchiya - AND I gave him a ride through the Gymkhana course in my Ford Fiesta HFHV!!

          Keiichi Tsuchiya

          Japanese professional race car driver

          Keiichi Tsuchiya (土屋圭市, Tsuchiya Keiichi, born January 30, 1956) is a Japanese professional race car driver.

          We get the scoop on drifting legend Keiichi Tsuchiya, from teenage tearaway to Drift King.

        1. We get the scoop on drifting legend Keiichi Tsuchiya, from teenage tearaway to Drift King.
        2. In the late s, Keiichi Tsuchiya began a professional career that took him from Formula 3 and Touring cars in Japan to some impressive.
        3. I met the drift king himself, Mr. Keiichi Tsuchiya - AND I gave him a ride through the Gymkhana course in my Ford Fiesta HFHV!
        4. While Takahashi is referred to as the Father of Drift, drifting was largely popularized by a driver named Keiichi Tsuchiya, also known as the.
        5. Keiichi Tsuchiya, sometimes called the 'Drift King', had an animated character from the Japanese cartoon series Initial D based on him.

          6. He is known as the Drift King (ドリキン, Dorikin) for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events and his role in popularizing drifting as a motorsport. In professional racing, he is a two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner and the 2001All Japan GT Championship runner-up.

          He is also known for touge driving.

          The car he drives, a Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno, has become one of the most popular sports cars; the car is also known as "Hachi-Roku" in Japan (hachi-roku meaning "eight-six"); his car is also called "The Little Hachi that could." A 2-part video known as 'The Touge' produced by Pluspy (styled as +P) documents Tsuchiya's touge driving with his AE86.

          He was a consultant for the popular manga and anime series, Initial D, of which the main character Takumi Fujiwara is a character