Tsuyoshi Tezuka

is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Yokohama TOYOPET X 俺だっ!レーシング.

Background Tezuka developed a love for cars from an early age, his first was a Toyota Crown but to start with he was more interested in drag racing than drift. That soon changed as he found out how much it cost to make a fast drag car. One of his co-workers were interested in drifting and he decided to give it a go, even though his car was automatic and everyone said it would not work. He got hooked and found out how expensive drifting was often spending more than $800 a month on petrol. He used many different cars over this time from a Nissan Laurel (C33), Toyota Mark II and Toyota Chaser (JZX81) to a Toyota Cresta (JZX90), though all of them were 4-door. He chose these cars as he likes big displacement and big power, also the sound of straight 6 engines.

Career Tezuka works as the manager at a used car dealership called Kids Heart in the Aichi Prefecture. It is well known largely for the Nissan approved conversion of the Sileighty and many of the cars it sells are sought after by racers. He also runs a car graphics shop and website which he set up called T2 Koubou, as he enjoys working on computers and makes his own websites.

Tezuka started drifting professionally at the first round of the D1 Grand Prix, he was very happy that his family approved of this career choice, even more so when they come to cheer him on. In 2005 he was signed by Bee*Racing a tuning firm renowned for their Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) known as the B324R. Since then his driving has come along a lot, finishing ninth in the 2006 season, fourth in the 2007 season, and gaining his first win in the third round of the 2008 series.

Complete Drifting Results

D1 Grand Prix Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Position Points Toyota Chaser JZX81 EBS3 11 20 Toyota Chaser JZX81 NIKTAN BHH9 EBSTAN Toyota Mark II JZX81 NIKTAN Toyota Mark II JZX81 BHH6 EBSTAN SGOTAN TKB8 EBSDNQ SEKTAN NIKTAN 20 16 Toyota Mark II JZX81 TKBDNQ BHHDNQ SGODNQ FUJ7 EBSTAN SEKDNQ TKBDNQ 19 8 Toyota Mark II JZX81 IRW SGO16 EBSDNQ APSDNQ ODBDNQ EBSDNQ TKBDNQ - 0 Bee*Racing Nissan Skyline HCR32 IRWTAN ODBDNQ SGO16 APSDNQ EBS3 FUJ10 14 19 Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 TKBTAN Bee*Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 IRW16 SGO16 FUJDNQ APS8 EBS5 SUZTAN FUJ2 IRW7 9 49 Bee*Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 EBS4 FUJ9 SUZ8 SGO12 EBS3 APS7 FUJ7 4 61 Bee*Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 EBS11 FUJ3 SUZ1 OKYTAN APS10 EBS FUJ 5 60