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Tsuchiya is known as the ”founder of drift,” the pioneer of a subculture that began in the 80's when the now 67 year old was also given the name, “The Drift....
Keiichi Tsuchiya (b.
Keiichi Tsuchiya
Japanese professional race car driver
Keiichi Tsuchiya (土屋圭市, Tsuchiya Keiichi, born January 30, ) is a Japanese professional race car driver. 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 All 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 AE
He was a consultant for the popular manga and anime series, Initial D, of which the main character Takumi Fujiwara is a character which desc