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Kenjiro Shinozuka

1948 - 2024

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Kenjiro Shinozuka (篠塚 建次郎, Shinozuka Kenjirō; November 20, 1948 – March 18, 2024) was a Japanese rally driver. After his debut in 1967, his greatest successes were as a works driver for Mitsubishi Motors. Behind the wheel of a Galant VR-4 he won the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in 1988 and scored consecutive victories in the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire Bandama in 1991 and 1992, when it was a round of the World Rally Championship, making him the first Asian and Japanese competitor to win a WRC event. He was also of note for his success in the Dakar Rally, where he became the first Japanese winner of the world's most famous endurance rally in 1997 driving a Mitsubishi Pajero. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenjiro Shinozuka is the 1,824th most popular athlete (down from 1,487th in 2024), the 1,734th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,547th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 1,824 out of 6,025. Before him are Jesse Mashburn, John Hunter, Stan Vickers, Romy Müller, Justin Gatlin, and Herman Rouwé. After him are Gunnar Åkerlund, Ron Freeman, Tatyana Talysheva, Markus Rühl, Franz Keller, and Imre Farkas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 628. Before him are Marcia Strassman, Alfred Sant, Django Sissoko, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Persis Khambatta, and Jeremy Spencer. After him are Claude Vivier, Adolfas Šleževičius, Lisbeth Korsmo, Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Gustavo de Simone, and Kiyomi Kato. Among people deceased in 2024, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 444. Before him are David Seidler, Robert Dill-Bundi, Richard M. Sherman, Phil Donahue, Janusz Majewski, Mustapha Moussa, and David Bordwell. After him are Achim Müller, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Yamini Krishnamurthy, José Carlos de Almeida, and Steve Albini.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 1,734 out of 6,245. Before him are Kaori Nagamine (1968), Satoru Mochizuki (1964), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Hiromasa Azuma (1977), and Shota Tajima (1992). After him are Akira Amano (1973), Naotaka Takeda (1978), Nana Mizuki (1980), Nariyasu Yasuhara (1968), Daichi Shibata (1990), and Masahiko Kimura (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Kenjiro Shinozuka ranks 28. Before him are Akitsugu Konno (1944), Masao Harada (1912), Naohiro Ikeda (1940), Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), Takao Sakurai (1941), and Haruki Uemura (1951). After him are Yoshihiro Akiyama (1975), Kim Eui-tae (1941), Masushi Ouchi (1943), Shunkichi Hamada (1910), Mayumi Aoki (1953), and Toru Goto (1934).

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