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RACING DRIVER

Kunimitsu Takahashi

1940 - 2022

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Kunimitsu Takahashi (Shinjitai: 高橋 国光, Takahashi Kunimitsu, 29 January 1940 – 16 March 2022) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer, racing driver, and team manager. Nicknamed "Kuni-san", he is known as the "father of drifting". His racing career lasted from 1958 to 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kunimitsu Takahashi has received more than 219,063 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Kunimitsu Takahashi is the 208th most popular racing driver (down from 182nd in 2019), the 914th most popular biography from Japan (down from 851st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

Kunimitsu Takahashi is a former Japanese motorcycle racer who is considered a pioneer in the sport of motorcycle road racing. He is particularly well-known for his success in the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, which he won six times, and for being the first Japanese rider to win a Grand Prix motorcycle race.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 208 out of 888. Before him are Tony Brise, Marcus Grönholm, Peter Revson, Sergio Pérez, Peter Gethin, and Nick Heidfeld. After him are Romain Grosjean, Marc Surer, Jackie Oliver, Umberto Maglioli, Leo Kinnunen, and Kurt Adolff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 239. Before him are Yozhef Sabo, Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Peter Gethin, Peter C. Doherty, John Mahoney, and Teruki Miyamoto. After him are Ali Nasir Muhammad, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Stan Mikita, James Herbert Brennan, Lainie Kazan, and Vincenzo Cerami. Among people deceased in 2022, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 208. Before him are Edgar Savisaar, Christopher Alexander, Yi-Fu Tuan, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Fidel Ramos, and John Aniston. After him are William Klein, Milutin Šoškić, Herman Van Springel, Kazuki Takahashi, Estelle Harris, and Ivanka Khristova.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 914 out of 6,048. Before him are Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Kazuhisa Kono (1950), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Tetsuya Chiba (1939), and Teruki Miyamoto (1940). After him are Ennin (793), Akira Matsunaga (1948), Minoru Kobata (1946), Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), and Hiratsuka Raichō (1886).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 2. Before him are Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956). After him are Satoru Nakajima (1953), Takuma Sato (1977), Aguri Suzuki (1960), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Toshio Suzuki (1955), Kazuyoshi Hoshino (1947), Hiroshi Fushida (1946), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Kamui Kobayashi (1986), and Norifumi Abe (1975).

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