Nobuteru 'NOB' Taniguchi is a Japanese racing driver and drifting driver who currently competes in the Super GT racing series. Taniguchi is commonly nicknamed "NOB" or "The Pimp" as a reference to his
Taniguchi in 2002
HKS' GT86 Taniguchi drove in 2014 D1GP season
Taniguchi driving Goodsmile Racing BMW Z4 GT3 in 2014
Taniguchi's class championship-winning #1 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 (right) in 2012
The D1 Grand Prix, abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift, is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founde
Nobuteru Taniguchi
…to his S15 Silvia which he is best known for. Taniguchi is a three-time Super GT GT300 class champion, eight-time Super Taikyu class champion, and D1 Grand Prix champion. Taniguchi began his motorsport career when he was racing minibikes and won a Honda sponsored All Japan Mini Bike race, which took place at…
Yoshinori Koguchi drifting the Koguchi Power 180SX at D1GP Fuji Speedway 2007
A Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 adorning an official D1GP sunvisor during a practice run
A Nissan GTS-R used in D1 Lights at Tsukuba Circuit
Masato Kawabata's, Nissan Silvia S15