Keiichi Tsuchiya (土屋圭市, Tsuchiya Keiichi, born January 30, 1956) is a Japanese 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.

May 12, 2020 · The brief appearance of real-life Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya in The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift is more than a mere reference to the drifting motif in the movie.

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.

Jul 15, 2006 · Initial D meets The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift in Keiichi Tsuchiya, the real Drift King. Tsuchiya, the technical supervisor of the popular anime Initial D, is also Tokyo Drift's...

Jul 2, 2024 · Explore the legendary career of Keiichi Tsuchiya, the Drift King, and his impact on drifting and motorsport history.

Jul 7, 2024 · There is erroneous information available on the internet about Keiichi Tsuchiya death, he is still alive but his mentor Kunimitsu Takahashi according to Facebook official page was declared dead on 16th March 2022 who was the father of drift.

Keiichi Tsuchiya was born on 30 January 1956. He is an actor and producer, known for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Doraibingu Hai! (1993) and Initial D: Third Stage (2001).

Dec 14, 2021 · The drifting culture is loosely based on the exploits of the original Drift King, Keiichi Tsuchiya, a figure worshipped by JDM (Japanese domestic market) enthusiasts around the globe.

Oct 30, 2023 · In today’s world, we know Keiichi Tsuchiya brought sliding cars into the mainstream we all know as drifting. However, it was not him who actually discovered this …

Keiichi Tsuchiya (born January 30, 1956) is a Japanese professional race car driver. He is known as the Drift King for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events and his role in popularizing drifting as a motorsport.