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Kunimitsu Takahashi

1940 - 2022

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Kunimitsu Takahashi (Shinjitai: 高橋 国光, Takahashi Kunimitsu; 29 January 1940 – 16 March 2022) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer, racing driver, and team manager. Nicknamed "Kuni-san", he is known as the "father of drifting". His racing career lasted from 1958 to 1999. He competed on motorcycles between 1958 and 1963, during which he became the first Japanese rider to win a World Grand Prix, taking four world-level wins in total. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kunimitsu Takahashi is the 185th most popular racing driver (down from 138th in 2019), the 910th most popular biography from Japan (down from 759th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

Kunimitsu Takahashi is a former Japanese motorcycle racer who is considered a pioneer in the sport of motorcycle road racing. He is particularly well-known for his success in the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, which he won six times, and for being the first Japanese rider to win a Grand Prix motorcycle race.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 185 out of 1,080. Before him are Martin Brundle, George Eaton, Hans Stuck, Brett Lunger, Carel Godin de Beaufort, and Alejandro de Tomaso. After him are Pedro de la Rosa, Divina Galica, Eddie Irvine, Nino Vaccarella, Roberto Moreno, and Didier Auriol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 219. Before him are Ali Nasir Muhammad, Christoph Blocher, Wim Ruska, Marcelino Martínez, Jack Nicklaus, and Dallas Long. After him are Gérard Larrousse, Jana Brejchová, Silvio Marzolini, Gösta Pettersson, Tommy Lawrence, and Endre Szemerédi. Among people deceased in 2022, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 199. Before him are Herman Van Springel, Fred Brooks, Eugene Parker, Kitten Natividad, Dominique Lapierre, and Maarten Schmidt. After him are Elza Soares, Barbara Walters, Jüri Tarmak, Alec John Such, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, and Jimmy Wang Yu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 910 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshito Usui (1958), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hidetoki Takahashi (1916), Yūko Tsushima (1947), Kenzo Yokoyama (1943), and Hiroshi Yoshida (1958). After him are Takayoshi Yamano (1955), Koichi Kudo (1909), Kodama Gentarō (1852), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Kabayama Sukenori (1837), and Nobuko Yoshiya (1896).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 2. Before him are Satoru Nakajima (1953). After him are Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), 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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