Kunimitsu Takahashi: Japanese racing driver (1940-2022)
Kunimitsu Takahashi (Shinjitai: 高橋 国光, Takahashi Kunimitsu, 29 January 1940 – 16 March 2022) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer, racing driver, and team manager.
He was known as the "father of drifting". Takahashi was born in Tokyo, Japan. His racing career lasted from 1958 to 1999. He competed on motorcycles between 1958 and 1963. He became the first Japanese rider to win a World Grand Prix.
Takahashi was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2020. He died from the disease in Tokyo on 16 March 2022, aged 82.
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