To the saga Full Throttle o Fast and Furious has not improved over the years, quite the opposite. They have gone from being films focused on the passion for tuning, street racing and urban culture to a nonsense that seems to bring together all the bad ideas of films like Mission Impossible and 007. Despite everything, we veterans remember the original stories with great affection.
Tokio Drift of 2006 was the third installment of Full Throttle and it completely changed what we had seen until now. From the American motor culture in Los Angeles and Miami, represented by the iconic Drags or acceleration races, we went to Tokyo to discover Drift. The film was so popular that it even influenced franchises such as Need for Speed. Even so, the film hides much more.
Remember the fishermen watching Sean Boswell learn to drift in order to take on DK Takashi? What if we told you that one of them is the real Drift King in real life? His name is Keiichi Tsuchiya and he is known to anyone who loves car culture, specifically drifting.
Keiichi Tsuchiya is a Japanese pr ofessional racing driver born in 1956. He was a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and runner-up in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship in 2001. He has also participated in NASCAR and street racing. His most recognizable car is the Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno
Although he was not the only one responsible for creating drifting, he did end up becoming the most representative figure of this modality. He was responsible for popularizing it throughout the world. His style when descending the winding mountain roads of Japan inspired many people. Keiichi Tsuchiya not only appeared in Tokio Drift as a cameo, he also collaborated in the making of the film. You will never see this curious fisherman in the same way again.
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