Youichi Imamura

Who is Youichi Imamura?

Youichi Imamura is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for team Auto Produce Boss with Bridgestone Potenza.

He has always enjoyed driving, so drifting was a natural thing for him. His other passion is flowers as his parents ran a florist and he has always helped them out. So he has always known that he'd be a florist, when he is not drifting he is working in a florists in Yamanashi called Silky House. His favourite time of the week is when he and his wife drive out to collect stock, Sometimes he cannot make it as he's at a photo shoot or a D1 event, so he uses the internet to check up.

He has been competing in the D1 Grand Prix series since it began in October 2000. His best year so far was the 2003 season where he won the series title in his Apex'i Mazda RX-7. After Apex'i left the series he switched to ORC and has been working with the team to improve the performance of the Nissan Fairlady Z coming in sixth in the 2007 series. In 2008, he switched to the newly formed team Auto Produce Boss with Potenza D-1 Project, driving their Nissan Silvia S15. In 2009 he won the championship in this car, making him the only two time D1 champion ever. He also has the most wins of any D1 driver with ten.