Keiichi Tsuchiya
- January 9, 2024
- Driver
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Keiichi Tsuchiya Biography
| Name | Keiichi Tsuchiya |
| Birthday | Jan 30 |
| Birth Year | 1956 |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Keiichi Tsuchiya is one of the most popular and richest Driver who was born on January 30, 1956 in Japan. Keiichi Tsuchiya (土屋圭市 , Tsuchiya Keiichi, born January 30, 1956) is a 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. He is also known for touge (mountain pass) driving.
He went on to score a class win and an 8th place overall at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Honda NSX. In 1999 of the same race, this time in a Toyota GT- One, during the last hour while co-driver Ukyo Katayama was building up pace to the leading BMW V12 LMR he was forced into the grass by a backmarker privateer’s BMW LMP, blowing the tire out. They survived the ordeal and went on to score the fastest lap but were forced to settle for second.
In 2006, he made a cameo as a fisherman in the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in which he served as a stunt coordinator and stunt man.
After his retirement, he remained in racing and is now an official Drift Muscle judge after quitting D1 in January 2011 and was Team Director for both GT500 for one year and GT300 Class of ARTA JGTC Team until the team disbanded their GT300 operation at the end of the 2005 season. He owned the aftermarket company Kei Office until he sold the business in the end of 2005 to form DG-5. His trademark color is jade green which appears on his overalls and helmet and is the adopted color of the former company. It was also the colour of the D1 Grand Prix Kei Office and DG-5 S15 Silvia of driver and employee Yasuyuki Kazama who also wears a suit similar in pattern.
After 1995, he sometimes appeared as a Formula One guest commentator in Japanese Fuji TV.
Keiichi Tsuchiya Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Driver |
| House | Living in own house. |
Keiichi Tsuchiya is one of the richest Driver from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Keiichi Tsuchiya 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Tsuchiya started his career through the Fuji Freshman series in 1977. Unlike many drivers who came from wealthy families or motorsport backgrounds, he honed his skills from street racing and became an underground legend.
He has been an editorial supervisor on the televised anime Initial D and Wangan Midnight. He also appeared in the semi biographical film Shuto Kousoku Trial 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 was also featured in the Super GT magazine show in Japan. His life in driving is parallel to that of the Initial D main character, Takumi, as both of them started exploring their local touge while doing regular deliveries for their family businesses. He makes a number of cameos in the series: in the First Stage, he briefly converses with Takumi’s father; in the Third Stage, a motorcycle rider wearing a similar racing suit overtake Takumi as he was en route to an initiation battle with Ryosuke Takahashi; and in the Final Stage, he meets Takumi in person while the latter spectates a circuit race in the end credits. The color of Tomo’s racing suit from the Initial D 4th Stage is jade green and has a similar pattern to Tsuchiya’s suit. He also made an appearance opposite Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson in a Motorworld in Japan special showing drifting competition in the mid 1990s in Japan.
He has raced in NASCAR-sanctioned exhibition races at Suzuka Circuit (Suzuka Thunder 100) and at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway for the 1998 NASCAR- sanctioned exhibition and 1999 NASCAR Grand National Division, AutoZone West Series races at the circuit, both named the Coca-Cola 500K.
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Who is Keiichi Tsuchiya Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
Keisuke Ranked on the list of most popular Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Keiichi Tsuchiya celebrates birthday on January 30 of every year.
Is Initial D based on Keiichi Tsuchiya?
The acclaimed manga TV series Initial D, which ran throughout the 1990s tells the story of a Japanese delivery driver who serves up Tofu in the day, and races across mountain passes by night, is said to be loosely based on Keiichi Tsuchiya’s life.
Did Keiichi Tsuchiya create drifting?
The Original Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya is the man behind the crazy popularity of drifting , and along with street racing, he perfected his driving by “touge running”, as in driving on the mountains, earning the attention and respect of the other street racers, the “hashiriya”.
Did Keiichi Tsuchiya drive in Tokyo drift?
Character Information Keiichi Tsuchiya is a professional race car driver known as the Drift King. He portrays a Fisherman in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and was also a stunt driver for the film.
Is Keiichi Tsuchiya rich?
Net Worth:$30 Million
Date of Birth:| 1956-01-30
Gender:| Male
Profession:| Race car driver, Actor
Nationality:| Japan
Why is Keiichi called K1?
By taking apart his full name and combining the definitions of each separate character, Keiichi’s name could literally mean, “The One and Only K1”, which can be a reference to his unmatched dynamic and hot-blooded personality that he is famous for in Hinamizawa and Okinomiya for (also a reference to his famous …