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Atsushi Kuroi
Nationality	Japan
Date of birth	March 30, 1969 (1969-03-30) (age 40)
Related to	(list of notable relatives with line breaks)
2010 D1 Grand Prix
Debut season	2001
Current team	River Side
Wins	1
Best finish	13th in 2006
Previous series
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Atsushi Kuroi (黒井敦史, Kuroi Atsushi ^?, 30 March 1969, Osaka) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Toyo with River Side

He loved cars from and early age and dreamed of getting his license, when he did the first car he got was a four wheel drive as he was into WRC at the time. He enjoyed dirt driving but ran out of money for repairs to his car so he bought a Nissan Silvia (S13) and turned to drifting. He practiced a lot but as he mainly did it alone he couldn't tell whether he was any good, so he studied the drift bible and some other books on drifting to try to improve. Though he never knew whether he was any good until he began competing against other people. He is now the manager of the River Side Tuning Garage in the Osaka prefecture, so he sponsors himself.

He has been competing in the D1 Grand Prix series since it began in 2001. He has always used a Nissan Silvia (S13) as he loves the way they drift. The Silvias he uses in the D1GP are not usual, his old one had an RB26 from a Nissan Skyline GT-R and his current car has a 2JZ from a Toyota Supra, as he likes the bigger displacement engines. Recently he has been doing well though his car is not always reliable,and in 2007 he achieved his first victory.

Complete Drifting Results

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D1 Grand Prix

Source

• JDM Option
• D1 Grand Prix

External links

• D1 Supporter profile