For those that keep up with D1 or not, Heres a few drivers from Japan that have confirmed to drift for the D1GP USA series: Daigo Saito (#1 Ranked Driver - 2008 D1 Champion), Yoichi Imamura (#2 Ranked Driver), Ken Nomura (#4 ranked D1 driver), Takahiro Ueno (#8 ranked D1 driver), Toshiki Yoshioka (#9 ranked D1 driver)

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ken nomura, smallest man in the sport with the largest car, i can still remember going to help out down in NJ for D1GP, 5 am in the morning listening to that R34 reving up and warming up the tires..