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 236,574 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kunimitsu Takahashi is the 138th most popular racing driver (up from 208th in 2019), the 759th most popular biography from Japan (up from 911th in 2019) and the 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 138 out of 1,080. Before him are Camille Jenatzy, Hans Stuck, Mika Salo, Geki, David Coulthard, and John Watson. After him are Giancarlo Fisichella, Alex Zanardi, Alejandro de Tomaso, Stefan Bellof, Eddie Irvine, and Sandro Munari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 182. Before him are Tony Sheridan, Anthony Fauci, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Macha Méril, Jill St. John, and Vito Acconci. After him are Georgi Ivanov, Anna Chromý, Dan Hedaya, Michael Parks, Vyacheslav Ivankov, and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. Among people deceased in 2022, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 162. Before him are Mino Raiola, Philip Baker Hall, Elza Soares, Bernd Bransch, Ivanka Khristova, and Jimmy Wang Yu. After him are Birju Maharaj, Patrick Demarchelier, Fred Brooks, Maryan Wisniewski, Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Fidel Ramos.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 759 out of 6,245. Before him are Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Michihiro Ozawa (1932), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), and Ōmura Sumitada (1533). After him are Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Mitsuo Kamata (1937), Isao Inokuma (1938), Masao Takada (null), and Tadao Kobayashi (1930).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Kunimitsu Takahashi ranks 1. After him are Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), Satoru Nakajima (1953), Aguri Suzuki (1960), Takuma Sato (1977), Toshio Suzuki (1955), Kazuyoshi Hoshino (1947), Hiroshi Fushida (1946), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Daijiro Kato (1976), and Yuji Ide (1975).

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