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    Kunimitsu Takahashi (Shinjitai: 高橋 国光, Takahashi Kunimitsu, 29 January 1940 – 16 March 2022) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer, racing...
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    Team Kunimitsu is a racing team founded in 1992 by Kunimitsu Takahashi. The team has competed in the Super GT Series (formerly known as the All-Japan...
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  • long-distance runner Kunimitsu Takahashi (高橋 国光, born 1940), Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver Shintōgo Kunimitsu (新藤五 国光), a Japanese...
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    problems, before finishing 11th and two laps down in the 1977 event. Kunimitsu Takahashi entered a single race, the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix, where he finished...
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  • Kuniaki Takahashi (高橋 邦明, born 1972), Japanese drifting driver Kunihiko Takahashi (高橋 邦彦, born 1969), Japanese pool player Kunimitsu Takahashi (高橋 国光,...
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  • to drive the number 6 Esso Toyota Supra for Toyota Team LeMans. Kunimitsu Takahashi retired from his racing career at the end of the season at aged 59...
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  • early years of formula racing in Japan were led by drivers such as Kunimitsu Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Masahiro Hasemi, Keiji Matsumoto, and Satoru...
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    2025 as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Among drivers, Kunimitsu Takahashi holds the all-time record with four overall victories at the Suzuka...
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  • Takahashi retired from racing in 1997.[citation needed] Takahashi died of liver cirrhosis on 1 January 2005; he was 58 years old. Kunimitsu Takahashi...
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    races and promotional purposes. Team Kunimitsu raced an SSR-sponsored Honda NSX piloted by Kunimitsu Takahashi, Keiichi Tsuchiya, and Ryo Michigami in...
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    Keiichi Tsuchiya (category Team Kunimitsu drivers)
    overtakes Takumi as he was en route to an invitation battle with Ryosuke Takahashi; and in the Final Stage, he meets Takumi in person while the latter spectates...
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    Touring Car Championship races. Famous motorcyclist turned driver Kunimitsu Takahashi was the foremost creator of drifting techniques in the 1970s. This...
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    Meiritsu Racing Team Tyrrell-Ford 007 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 D 50 Kunimitsu Takahashi 17 Kojima Engineering Kojima-Ford KE009 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8...
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  • Le Mans for Kremer Racing with teammates Sarel van der Merwe and Kunimitsu Takahashi, Gartner's Porsche 962 suffered a mechanical failure at 2:10 am on...
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  • 1989 champion was the #25 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi. All races were held in Japan. ^1 – Round 4 at the Suzuka Circuit...
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    Monterey". RACER. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021. "Kunimitsu Takahashi Honoured By Japanese Government For Lifelong Sporting Achievements...
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    Prix is the first world championship race held outside of Europe. Kunimitsu Takahashi wins the 1961 250cc German Grand Prix to become the first Asian competitor...
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    races on the Honda 2RC143 that year were: Luigi Taveri, Jim Redman, Kunimitsu Takahashi and Mike Hailwood. 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1961...
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    McLaren (running on a synthetic-alcohol fuel distilled from beets) and Kunimitsu Honda in GT2, had to start from the pit-lane because of last minute issues...
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    gearbox failure. Car 84, driven by Keiichi Tsuchiya, Akira Iida, and Kunimitsu Takahashi, finished 8th overall winning the GT2 class after completing 275...
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    was the Formula One World Championship debut for Japanese driver Kunimitsu Takahashi. This was the 5th fastest lap set by a South African driver. This...
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  • footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Lille OSC, Yugoslavia national team). Kunimitsu Takahashi, 82, Japanese racing driver, motorcyclist, and team owner, four-time...
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  • Kunimitsu Tezuka (手塚 国光, Tezuka Kunimitsu) is a fictional character in the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis. He was created by Takeshi Konomi...
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    SBK) Original Circuit (1975–1986) Length 2.600 km (1.616 miles) Turns 6 Race lap record 0:47.110 ( Kunimitsu Takahashi, Porsche 962 C, 1985, Group C)...
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    ownership are Masahiro Hasemi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Aguri Suzuki, and Kunimitsu Takahashi, with the latter being a former President of the GT Association,...
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  • Andskär 3 Giovanni Lavaggi 5 Jürgen Barth 8 Tomas Lopez 9 Y D 11 Kunimitsu Takahashi 1 Kazuo Mogi 1 Anthony Reid 2–4, 6–7 Anders Olofsson 2, 4, 7 Eje...
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    vertical fin, driven by Bruno Giacomelli and Japanese champions Kunimitsu Takahashi and Hideki Okada. Vern Schuppan was running in a works car, but his...
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    won by the Nissan Factory backed Datsun 1300 of Moto Kitamo and Kunimitsu Takahashi. Class B was taken out by an 1100cc version of the Mini Cooper. 1967...
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  • 1985 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 1986 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 1987 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 1988 Hideki Okada Porsche 1989 Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche...
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  • 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship with Kunimitsu Takahashi in a Porsche 962C. In 1992, Mogi tested the HKS 300E V12 engine intended...
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