Drift King: Tsuchiya Keiichi

If you're a fan of Initial D, I believe you should've heard Initial D was based on someone in real life. Well, that person is actually Tsuchiya Keiichi a.k.a Drift King in Japan. He was actually an illegal racer who turned pro just like Takumi Fujiwara in Initial D (Takumi is not pro yet). If you have already watched Too Fast Too Furious: Tokyo Drift, Tsuchiya Keiichi is actually the fisherman who said that the red Evo's drift sucked (the part where the main character learns how to drift)


Remember the gumtape death match in the First Stage of Initial D? I think it was based on this clip.


This is the TRD AE86 which is almost the same as the one Takumi drives in Initial D except that this one is on a Levin chassis instead of Trueno.

If you liked Initial D, you can try out Shuto Kousoku Trial which is a movie based on him too and an alternate anime similar to Initial D called Wangan Midnight. Well, most car stuff movie/anime are based on him anyway since they worship him like god haha.


This is a basic drift lesson from Tsuchiya Keiichi using a Silvia S14


This is the second part of the clip with advanced drifting techniques.

"It's so fast, it will make a dead man scream"
-Tsuchiya Keiichi's comment on Mines R34 Skyline GTR-