Tomokazu Hirota
Drifter
Tomokazu Hirota is a Japanese drifter. He competes in D1gp, and has competed in D1 U.S.A .
He drives for the Vertex T-and-E team Japan and currently uses a Lexus GS350 built by Team A.S Mori.
Hirota was born on 20 August 1976 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Before He entered D1GP in 2001 Tomokazu was in a Japanese street team called Night Walkers. In 2001, he chose a Toyota Verossa for his D1 competition car. This was an awkward choice to everyone else yet its 1JZ GTE was more than capable of delivering power in a D1 level. The Vertex promotional Verossa can be seen in JDM insider Volume 2 drifting in Yokohama before it entered D1; this is Tomokazu's car, as it can be distinguished by the Night Walkers banner above the windscreen.
D1GP
Hirota drove the Verossa for nine years in D1GP before changing to a Lexus GS350. He drove the Verossa to one second-place position at Round 4.Okayama in 2008.
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