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Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver (–)
Kunimitsu Takahashi (Shinjitai: 高橋 国光, Takahashi Kunimitsu, 29 January – 16 March ) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer, racing driver, and team manager.
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Nicknamed "Kuni-san", he is known as the "father of drifting".
His racing career lasted from to [1] He competed on motorcycles between and , during which he became the first Japanese rider to win a World Grand Prix, taking four world-level wins in total.
Injuries sustained in a crash in led to him switching to four-wheels in , after which he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in class, become a four-time All-Japan Sports Prototype Champion, and won in Japanese Top Formula, JTC, and JGTC.
His final victory as a driver came in at the age of
His racing team, Team Kunimitsu, has won multiple championships in Super GT. He was the chairman of the GT Association, the organizers of the Super GT series, from to
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