Youichi Imamura

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name = Youichi Imamura


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nationality = JPN
date of birth = Birth date and age|1976|5|11
place of birth = Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture
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current series = D1 Grand Prix
first year = d1|2001
current team = Auto Produce Boss with Potenza
former teams = Top Secret with ORC, Apex'i
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wins = 8
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titles = 1
title years = d1|2003
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award years = nihongo|Youichi Imamura|今村陽一|Imamura Yôichi|11 May 1976, Yamanashi is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for team [http://www.apboss.com/ Auto Produce Boss] with [http://www.bridgestone.co.jp/ Bridgestone Potenza] .

He has always enjoyed driving, so drifting was a natural thing for him. His other passion is flowers as his parents ran a florist and he has always helped them out. So he has always known that he'd be a florist, when he isn't drifting he is working in a florists in Yamanashi called Silky House. His favourite time of the week is when he and his wife drive out to collect stock, Sometimes he cannot make it as he's at a photo shoot or a D1 event, so he uses the internet to check up.

He has been competing in the D1 Grand Prix series since it began in October 2000. His best year so far was the D1|2003 season where he won the series title in his [http://www.apexi.com/ Apex'i] Mazda RX-7 (FD3S). After Apex'i left the series he switched to ORC and has been working with the team to improve the performance of the Nissan Fairlady Z coming in sixth in the D1|2007 series. In 2008, he switched to the newly formed team Auto Produce Boss with Potenza D-1 Project, driving their Nissan Silvia S15. He also has the most wins of any D1 driver with eight, one more than Nobushige Kumakubo.

Like rival drifter who he was team mate to, Ryuji Miki, he also competed in the Net'z Cup, a one make series for the Toyota Altezza between 2005 and its final season in 2006 [ja icon [http://www.battlegear.net/news/race_and_event9.html BATTLEGEAR.NET レース＆イベントレポート ] ] , his racing antics was documented twice on Video Option.

Complete Drifting Results

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D1 Grand Prix

ource

* [http://www.jdm-option.com/eng/column/06_07/imamura.html JDM Option]
* [http://www.d1gp.co.jp/ D1 Grand Prix]
* [http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~npo/ Silky House Flower Boutique]
* [http://www.carplay.net/doripuri/dori_top.html Home page]
* [http://www.apboss.com/ Auto Produce Boss]