Tatsuya Sakuma
Tatsuya Sakuma (佐久間達也, Sakuma Tatsuya, born 4 July 1974, in Miyagi) is a former Japanese professional drifting driver. He retired from drifting after 2015 D1 Grand Prix season. He 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 2 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.[citation needed] However, in 2011, he won the exhibition match in Centrair, defeated his teammate Masato Kawabata. This was his first win.[citation needed] He 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.[citation needed] Complete Drifting results
D1 Grand Prix
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