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Biography
Tatsuya Sakuma (佐久間達也, Sakuma Tatsuya, born 4 July 1974 in Miyagi) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Toyo.
He has competed in the D1GP series since the very beginning, starting out in a Nissan Silvia PS13 He did not do very well, scoring only 2 points in his first four years. His big break came when he was signed by Aviation Performance Products, who gave him a new Nissan Silvia S15 to drive. In 2005, his first year with APP, he scored 41 points, getting a third and second place and finishing ninth overall. The year after he did even better, finishing seventh overall; this led to him moving to Team Toyo in 2007. Since then he hasn't done so well, Team Toyo S15 obviously not suiting his driving style.
Complete Drifting results
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D1 Grand Prix
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Nissan Silvia PS13 | EBS | NIK DNQ | BHH | EBS TAN | NIK | - | 0 | ||||
| 2002 | Nissan Silvia PS13 | BHH | EBS 10 | SGO TAN | TKB DNQ | EBS DNQ | SEK | NIK TAN | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2003 | Nissan Silvia PS13 | TKB | BHH | SGO DNQ | FUJ DNQ | EBS DNQ | SEK | TKB | - | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Nissan Silvia PS13 | IRW | SGO | EBS | APS | ODB | EBS 16 | TKB DNQ | - | 0 | ||
| 2005 | APP | Nissan Silvia S15 | IRW | ODB TAN | SGO 3 | APS 8 | EBS TAN | FUJ 16 | TKB 2 | 9 | 41 | |
| 2006 | APP | Nissan Silvia S15 | IRW 7 | SGO 16 | FUJ 4 | APS TAN | EBS TAN | SUZ 3 | FUJ 7 | IRW 10 | 7 | 53 |
| 2007 | Team Toyo | Nissan Silvia S15 | EBS 9 | FUJ TAN | SUZ 16 | SGO TAN | EBS TAN | APS 4 | FUJ 10 | 15 | 23 | |
| 2008 | Team Toyo | Nissan Silvia S15 | EBS TAN | FUJ 15 | SUZ 12 | OKY DNQ | APS TAN | EBS | FUJ | 22 | 7 |