Tatsuya Sakuma

is a former Japanese professional drifting driver. He retired from drifting after 2015 D1 Grand Prix season.

Sakuma has competed in the D1GP series since the very beginning, starting out in a Nissan Silvia PS13 He did not do very well, scoring only two points in his first four years. His big break came when he was signed by Aviation Performance Products, who gave him a new Nissan Silvia S15 to drive. In 2005, his first year with APP, he scored 41 points, getting a third and second place and finishing ninth overall. The year after he did even better, finishing seventh overall; this led to him moving to Team Toyo in 2007. Since then he hasn't done so well, Team Toyo S15 obviously not suiting his driving style.

However, in 2011, Sakuma won the exhibition match in Centrair, defeated his teammate Masato Kawabata. This was his first win.

Sakuma had competed in D1GP until 2015. Since 2016, he is not participating in it because he wants to focus on company management, his principal occupation.

Complete Drifting results

D1 Grand Prix Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Position Points Nissan Silvia PS13 EBS NIKDNQ BHH EBSTAN NIK - 0 Nissan Silvia PS13 BHH EBS10 SGOTAN TKBDNQ EBSDNQ SEK NIKTAN 30 2 Nissan Silvia PS13 TKB BHH SGODNQ FUJDNQ EBSDNQ SEK TKB - 0 Nissan Silvia PS13 IRW SGO EBS APS ODB EBS16 TKBDNQ - 0 APP Nissan Silvia S15 IRW ODBTAN SGO3 APS8 EBSTAN FUJ16 TKB2 9 41 APP Nissan Silvia S15 IRW7 SGO16 FUJ4 APSTAN EBSTAN SUZ3 FUJ7 IRW10 7 53 Team Toyo Nissan Silvia S15 EBS9 FUJTAN SUZ16 SGOTAN EBSTAN APS4 FUJ10 15 23 Team Toyo Nissan Silvia S15 EBSTAN FUJ15 SUZ12 OKYDNQ APSTAN EBS FUJ 22 7