RACING DRIVER

Keiichi Tsuchiya

1956 - Today

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Keiichi Tsuchiya (土屋圭市, Tsuchiya Keiichi; born January 30, 1956) 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 2001 All Japan GT Championship runner-up. He is also known for touge driving. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keiichi Tsuchiya is the 225th most popular racing driver (down from 178th in 2019), the 988th most popular biography from Japan (down from 867th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Keiichi Tsuchiya ranks 225 out of 1,080. Before him are Ignazio Giunti, Kenny Roberts, Stéphane Peterhansel, Harald Ertl, Marc Márquez, and Johnny Servoz-Gavin. After him are Felice Bonetto, Charles de Tornaco, Wayne Rainey, Alan Rees, Emilio de Villota, and Jean Ragnotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Keiichi Tsuchiya ranks 183. Before him are Elie Hobeika, Deborah Birx, Philip Kerr, Sinan Sakić, Adriana Barraza, and Anil Kapoor. After him are Blackie Lawless, Herbert Grönemeyer, Hanni Wenzel, Rainer Woelki, Nikolai Noskov, and Lisa Niemi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Keiichi Tsuchiya ranks 988 out of 6,245. Before him are Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), Kirin Kiki (1943), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Kafū Nagai (1879), and Naomi Osaka (1997). After him are Yuko Shimizu (1946), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Koichi Tohei (1920), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), and Mikio Sato (1928).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Keiichi Tsuchiya ranks 3. Before him are Satoru Nakajima (1953), and Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940). After him are Aguri Suzuki (1960), Takuma Sato (1977), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Toshio Suzuki (1955), Kazuyoshi Hoshino (1947), Hiroshi Fushida (1946), Kamui Kobayashi (1986), and Noritake Takahara (1951).

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