Background
Tomokazu Hirota was born on the 20 August 1976 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Tomokazu Hirota was born on the 20 August 1976 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
In 2001 he chose a Toyota Verossa for his D1 competition car.
He competes in D1gp, and has competed in D1 United States.A. He drives for the Vertex T-and-East team Japan and currently uses a Lexus GS350 built by Team A.S Mori. Before He entered in 2001 Tomokazu was in a Japanese street team called Night Walkers.
This was an awkward choice to everyone else yet its 1JZ General Telephone and Electric was more than capable of delivering power in a D1 level The Vertex promotional Verossa can be seen in JDM insider Volume 2 drifting in Yokohama before it entered D1.
This is Tomokazu"s car, as it can be distinguished by the Night Walkers banner above the windscreen.
Tomokazu Drove the Verossa for nine years in before changing to a Lexus GS350. He drove the Verossa to one second place position at Round 4.Okayama in 2008. The reason for his choice of unusual car is not clear but he has been named "D1"s best Verossa Drifter" by Kiiechi Tsuchiya at previous D1 events.