Toshiki yoshioka - DrooP's AE86

[dansam]

my ae86 hero is toshiki yoshioka.

[dansam]

DrooP's AE86

[robokill]

blacktop 20V with nos. and alot of spare engines 300 hp

[ToyotaTs]

Great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM-g7gmd0i8

[Roku_trueno]

AMAZING sound....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGnwIHeZd...re=related

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Driver



Toshiki Yoshioka (吉岡稔記, Yoshioka Toshiki?, 21 December 1976, Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series and formula d series for Team DRoo-P and Yamasa.

Even before he started drifting professionally he always used the Toyota AE86.

He first competed in the D1 Grand Prix in the first round of 2002 and has always scored points in every season. He got his first victory in Round 4 of the 2005 season at Autopolis. His Toyota Sprinter Trueno is very fast as it is normally aspirated and uses nitrous oxide, this leads to him being feared by the other competitors and also many crashes. In 2007 he had an average season being best of the AE86 drivers, finishing in 8th place overall.
source -wilkipedia

[dansam]

Toshiking in D1 GRAND PRIX with top ae86 drivers.

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here is some thoughts of Antonio Alvendia.


I've often said that Yoshioka is the top AE86 driver in the world. Why would I say such a strong statement?! ...because there isn't another AE86 driver in the world who can drift at speeds as high as he can, and nobody else has achieved 1st Place podium finishes at both D1GP and at Formula D competition round events! Yoshioka's the man! Keep living the 86 life Yoshi, you're raising the bar for 86 drivers, and also raising the value of red AE86s everywhere! +1 for red AE86s. =)

Next, I thought I'd post a series of photos of drivers' faces, as they sit in the car. Notice the difference when you look at the drivers, it's very noticeable... their smiles, their eyes, their posture and attitude are all different.







You might think that a high ranked Japanese driver like Toshiki Yoshioka would be difficult to approach, but that couldn't be further from the truth! Surprisingly, Yoshioka is incredibly humble, friendly, and down to earth! ...and he's trying his best to learn more English so he can talk to more drifting fans in the USA. I think his English isn't perfect yet, but his vocab is pretty good! (And pretty funny, because when he's in LA, he always hangs out with 4th generation Japanese thugs from LA and the A-Spec staff, who only speak their own brand of A-spec/SGV slang. Nobody outside of the A-spec building understands what they're talking about.

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Toshiki yoshioka's personal hatch from 2002

the article which was published in the Round 3 Program (held at Suzuka circuit)

[JEssE]

It's true he is a good driver. But to my eyes, UEO IS THE BEST!!!^^
One thing is for sure though, go ae86 drifters!!!!