Ken Nomura

is a drifting driver from Japan. He made his debut in the D1 Grand Prix in the third round in 2001, driving the Blitz D1 Spec ER34 Skyline which he still drives. His nickname is Nomuken (のむけん) or Monkey Magic (as a reference to his company).

In his youth, Nomura was a baseball player and was very well known within his region, but his career never progressed any further through injury and turned to property developing. Once he gained his driving licence, he was dedicated to night-time street drag racing and then progressed to touge racing. and ran his last full-time race on Odaiba.

Complete Drifting Results

D1 Grand Prix Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Position Points 2001 Nissan 180SX EBSDNQ 0 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 NIK BHHTAN EBSTAN NIK⇨ 2002 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 BHHTAN EBS6 SGO3 TKB10 EBS10 SEK6 NIK2⇨ 3 58 2003 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 TKB6 BHH4 SGO9 FUJTAN EBS8 SEK6 TKB16 7 44 2004 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 IRW3 SGO3 EBS1 APS8 ODB7 EBS8 TKB16⇨ 4 72 2005 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 IRW8 ODBTAN SGO2 APS9 EBS16 FUJ4 TKB8⇨ 6 49 2006 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 IRW6 SGO1 FUJ10 APS1 EBS2 SUZ2 FUJ10 IRW3 2 109 2007 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 EBS6 FUJ16 SUZ7 SGO6 EBS1 APS7 FUJ11⇨ 5 57 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 EBS2 FUJ8 SUZ6 OKY6 APS2 EBS15 FUJ11⇨ 2 78 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 EBS1 APS2 OKY3 OKY10 EBS5 EBS7 FUJ7 FUJ18 3 106 Blitz Nissan Skyline ER34 EBS7 APS4 OKY2 OKY9 EBS2 EBS16 FUJ6 ⇨ 4 90 BLITZ DFellow Nissan Skyline ER34 ODB7 APS4 SUZ11 OKY10 EBS8 EBS12 FUJ8 ⇨ 6 140 BLITZ Dfellow Toyota GT86 ZN6 ODB15 SUZ16 APSQ-16 EBSQ-25 EBSQ-16 CSC6 ODB16 ⇨ 22 20 Blitz Toyota GT86 ZN6 MSIQ-28 SUZQ-30 EBSQ-22 EBSQ-23 HBRN ODBQ-31⇨ - - PACIFIC RACING TEAM with URAS Toyota GT86 ZN6 FUJQ-43 SUZQ-25 APSR EBSN EBSN ODBN⇨ - - PACIFIC RACING TEAM with URAS Nissan Skyline ER34 ODBPq-21 SUZQ-36 EBSQ-39 TKBQ-24 MSIQ-43 ODBN⇨ - - PACIFIC RACING TEAM with DUNLOP Nissan Skyline ER34 ODBQ-27 FUJ15 TKBQ-35 TKB12 EBS23 EBSQ-28 ODBN⇨ 27 16 PACIFIC RACING TEAM DUNLOP Nissan Skyline ER34 ODB22 ODBQ-21 TKBQ-36 MSIQ-30 EBSQ-22 EBS18 ODBN⇨ 34 2 PACIFIC RACING TEAM DUNLOP Nissan Skyline ER34 MSI8 MSI18 APSQ-20 TOKQ-18 TKB15 EBSQ-23 EBS23 ODB17 24 23