Photos courtesy of the AUTO SALON Official web Site

Yokomo will be exhibiting at the Fukuoka Auto Salon, held 2/17(Fri)-19(Sun) at the Fukuoka Yahoo!JAPAN Dome. Yokomo will be providing demonstration runs at booth no.4 located near the 1st base area, in front of a row of special show vehicles. Please come visit us!

Name: Fukuoka Auto Salon 2006 Presented by STONE MARKET
Dates: 2006/2/17 (Fri) through 2/19 (Sun)
Times: 9:00-18:00 (17th Only 10:00-18:00)
Location: Fukuoka Yahoo!JAPAN Dome (2-2-2 Jigyohama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City)
Organizer: RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation, Tokyo Auto Salon Association
Special Cooperation: STONE MARKET Corporation
Sponsors: San-Ei Shobo Corporation, OPTION, OPTION2, OPTION WAGON, VIDEO OPTION, Drift Tengoku, GENROQ, AUTOSPORT, The Car, Magazine X, Shinshaou (In no particular order)
Co-sponsored by: NTT West Japan
Admission/Advanced Purchase: Adults ¥1,600  Children ¥500
Admission/Purchased Day of Event: Adults ¥2,000  Children ¥700
(On sale at Lawson Ticket / L Code: 88000)
Management: Fukuoka Auto Salon Association TEL:092-844-8837
Event Info:
• Tuning/Dress-Up Product Display
• Custom Car Display
• Automotive Product Display
• Events: Various events held by the exhibitors and sponsors, on stage events by the organizers, and car show contests.

For further details, please visit the Official Auto Salon Web Site.

Photo of popular japanese TV personality Terry Ito and RC car World Champion Masami Hirosaka. After watching the drift car demonstration runs, Terry Ito repeatedly commented on how cool and interesting they were.

5 new members of the ORC Racing Ladies debuted at this Tokyo Auto Salon.

The Yokomo Ladies handed out mini-magazines edited by Drift Tengoku called Dori-Raji Tengoku. This comprehensive booklet covers topics from purchasing a Drift Package, to modifying and drift techniques! Includes reprints of three articles from Drift Tengoku's "RC Drifter Training School" series.

Dori-Ten's event at the Yokomo booth featured an appearance by D1/drift drivers Yoshinori "King Koguchi" Koguchi, Drift Samurai(Imamura), as well as animated commentary by Bomber Yamamoto.

The "Super Drifter Raji-Dori Freak Fest" put on by Drift Tengoku. Each brought along a Drift Package to have a contest to see who was best, judged by the crowd. Contest participants included the chief editor of JDM Option, Bomber Yamamoto, Meri Sakikawa, the Welc store manager, and D1 drivers.

This Dori-Ten spec Skyline belongs to Drift Tengoku's chief editor Kawasaki. The full size version was also on display.

Nine of Yokomo's D1 version cars! Ten if you include the Top Secret S15. Four Street version cars also available.

From left, D1 drivers Kuniaki Takahashi, Youichi Imamura, Manabu Orido, Nobuteru Taniguchi, Ken Nomura. Each of the special guests held a photo session holding their R/C car replicas.

From left, Nobuteru Taniguchi, Nobushige Kumakubo, Manabu Orido, and Youichi Imamura. These superstars of the D1 world are unable to walk the show floor without being stopped for an autograph or photo.

Males from left, Ken Nomura, Yasuyuki Kazama, Youichi Imamura, and the ORC Racing Ladies. Kazama was crowned the 2005 D1 Grand Prix Series Champion.

A little extra from Nomuken!

Imamura's facial expression is known to get serious when he picks up a transmitter. Here Kazama has the crowd in laughter as he tries to break his concentration. Imamura was the D1 Grand Prix Series Champion in 2003!

D1 and GT500 driver Manabu Orido grabs the mic to provide some commentary for the R/C drift cars, just as he did in the D1 Grand Prix.

Holding the mics are Nobushige Kumakubo(left) and Youichi Imamura(right). Kumakubo commented on how he "waited two years for the Yuke's Impreza to come out".

Here is ORC Racing Lady Manami Sumiya providing a demonstration. She is a past participant of the Yokomo Drift Meeting series.

On the mics are Ken Nomura and Nobuteru Taniguchi. Both provided fun commentary for the show audience.

The crowd grew instantly when Nobuteru Taniguchi(left) and Manabu Orido(right) picked up transmitters.

The huge Yokomo logo placed on the Yokomo booth.

All eyes were on the twin drift demo performances put on by the Yokomo staff. 'Under car neon lights' and '10-bulb light units' were installed on these cars.

The crowd was ready with their cameras for the D1 driver photo session at the Yokomo booth. The number of flashes going off was simply amazing.

From beginning to end, huge crowds gathered around the Yokomo booth to watch the demonstrations. The crowds grew even bigger when the D1 drivers arrived.

The R/C Drift cars were really popular with the kids and women.

The Kunny'z Chaser - Kuniaki Takahashi Version held by this ORC Racing Lady is scheduled for release in March.

The ORC Z33 - Ryuji Miki Version held by this ORC Racing Lady is scheduled for release in February.

Announced at this event were four new releases. From left, The ORC Z33 - Ryuji Miki Version, RS•R Supra, Yuke's Impreza, Kunny'z Chaser - Kuniaki Takahashi Version.

At the front counter, Yokomo's staff of R/C experts answered a barage of questions from the crowd.

The cars held by the Yokomo Ladies are the RS•R Supra - Manabu Orido Version(left) and Yuke's Impreza - Nobushige Kumakubo Version(right), both scheduled for release in March.

Located near the entrance of hall no.5, the Yokomo booth at the Auto Salon is now complete.
Tomorrow, Saturday, is the opening day for the public.
Yokomo will be announcing four new drift releases, the ORC Z33, RS•R Supra, Yuke's Impreza, and Kunny's Chaser.
The booth will feature demonstrations by Team Yokomo members, a demo by Youichi Imamura, and special appearances by D1 drivers such as Yasuyuki Kazama, Nobuteru Taniguchi, Manabu Orido, Nobushige Kumakubo, Kuniaki Takahashi, and Youichi Imamura, for photo sessions.
In addition, new members of the 2006 ORC Racing Ladies will also be making an appearance!

Yokomo products will be available for sale at the Welc and D1 Official stores located in the same no.5 hall at the Auto Salon show.

↑ Yokomo booth event schedule. Click on the images for a larger view. ↑

Event Schedule:
1/14 (Sat) Open to the general public 9:00-18:00
1/15 (Sun) Open to the general public 9:00-17:00

Location: Makuhari Messe (Japan Convention Center) International Exhibit Hall 1-8 & Event Hall

Event Organizer: Tokyo Auto Salon Association

Entry Fee:
• Premium Ticket (Purchased day of event: ¥3,000)(Advanced purchase: ¥2,500)
• General Admission Ticket (Purchased day of event: Adults ¥1,800 Middle/High School Students ¥1,200)(Advanced purchase: Adults ¥1,500 - Adults only)
• Admission is free for elementary students and younger children.
• Discounted tickets are available for the handicapped.
• Advanced purchase tickets are sold at Lawson, 7-Eleven, Three F, Family Mart, Circle K, and Thanks convenience stores.

For further details please visit the Official Auto Salon Web Site at www.e-autosalon.net.

Please direct any questions regarding the show to:
Tokyo Auto Salon Association, San-Ei Shobo Publishing Tel:03-5155-3171

The last Yokomo event of 2005, the Yokomo Touring Car Championship welcomed 100 participants from all over Japan. We would like to sincerely thank all of the racers for their participation. We will be working hard towards an even better event next year

The Yokomo Staff

During the lunch break, a drift exhibition was provided by Team Yokomo Drivers Hirosaka, Maruyama, Yokoyama and Matsukura. Things got exciting when D1 Grand Prix driver Ryuji Miki arrived just in time to join the mix.

The person able to most accurately guess Masami Hirosaka's lap time was presented with his SD-LCG. Masami's car was watched intensely, as spectators hoped to guess it's lap time. One person was able to guess the lap time, and unbelievably, it was correct to the thousandths!

Hirosaka's single attempt at the time attack was over 5 laps. People crowded the drivers stand for a good view.

80 people participated in the one lap time attack with an MB4. Mr. Kobayashi set the fastest lap, shown here being presented with a brand new MB4 as his winning prize.

Every year, great prizes are provided at the Yokomo Touring Car Championship. RC and home electronic prizes valued at over ¥1,000,000 are handed out.

42 trophies are presented. Trophies go to the top 10 in each class, as well as the winner of each lower main.

The beginner class featured the most participants at the 2005 Yokomo Touring Car Championship. The top 10 in this class displayed very impressive driving.

Pictured: The top 10 of the Beginner Class, with winners from each of the lower mains.
Winner & TQ - Hiroyuki Negishi, Runner up - Tsukasa Ohbuchi, 3rd Place - Kohei Morita

The Senior Class enjoyed the highest level of participation in the history of the event. Rather than focusing on just results, these guys really seemed to be enjoying the themselves.

Pictured: The top 10 of the Senior Class, with winners from each of the lower mains.
Winner & TQ = Masaki Ken, Runner up - Hiroshi Miyamoto, 3rd Place - Ryuei Dobashi

Still in elementary school, newly crowned Japanese Sportsman National Champion, Daisuke Tamate started from 3rd on the grid, but quickly moved to the lead after the start. The ensuing battle between Tamate nad 2nd qualifier Matsumoto was intense, keeping the crowd in suspense until the finish.

Pictured: The top 10 of the Expert Class, with winners from each of the lower mains.
Winner - Daisuke Tamate, Runner up - Takeshi Matsumoto, 3rd Place - Kazumi Baba

Expert Class TQ, Shosuke Chiba came all the away from the Iwata prefecture.

DVD of the 2005 Yokomo Touring Car Championship will be made available. Features footage from both A and B finals of each class.

Enjoy the additional footage of Masami Hirosaka and crew team drifting.(Approx. 57 minutes)

(Filmed & Edited by Masami Hirosaka)

DVD-05Y 2005 Yokomo Touring Car Championship ¥1,000(Tax not included)

Team Yokomo's Masami Hirosaka and current Japanese National Champion Shinya Kimura will be attending the Offroad Winter Championship held this weekend at Yatabe Arena. Both will be driving Yokomo's new 4WD offroad buggy, with Yoshihiro Kawashima and Naoto Matsukura of Team Yokomo also participating.

The release of the new Yokomo 4WD offroad buggy is approaching soon, and our R&D staff have just wrapped up final testing to allow one last test to be done on the race track under race conditions. Main improvements include wider belts and stronger drivetrain components. Please come out to Yatabe this weekend to watch, as we hope to showcase it's aggressive yet stable handling performance.

Pictures of the track are as of 4pm on 11/29 (Tue). The track is scheduled to be ready by the 30th.

The following race details are also posted on the Yatabe Arena bulletin board.

Offroad Winter Championship

Hosted by: Yatabe Arena

Event date: 12/4 (Sun)

Number of classes: 7

[Vintage Class]
• Open to 1/10 offroad cars made prior to 1980
• Motor: 2WD(ProStock 27T), 4WD(ProStock 30T) Only marked motors allowed.

[Small Car Class]
• Any 1/16 or 1/18 offroad vehicle! (Brushless motors not allowed)
• Single lap dash (scored by points) format. Transponders not required.

[Truck Class]
• For offroad vehicles using 1/10 truck bodies and big tires.

[Stock Class]
• Mixed runnig of both 2WD and 4WD
• Motor: 2WD (ProStock 27T), 4WD (ProStock 30t)
• Open to people who have never participated in a Japanese National event.

[2WD Class]
• Tires: Pro-Line Hole Shot M3 and R3 controlled tires
• Any front tire may be used.

[4WD Class]
• Tires: Pro-Line Hole Shot M3 and R3 controlled tires (front & rear)

[Hi Jump Class]
• Objective: Fly higher and farther than anybody else.

Race Details
• Qualifying: 5 min heats with staggered starts for Truck, 2WD and 4WD classes. 4 min heats with heads-up starts for Stock and Vintage classes. (Not applicable to Small Car and Hi Jump classes.)
• Finals: 5 min races with heads-up starts (4 min races for Stock and Vintage classes. Not applicable to Small Car or Hi Jump classes.)

Entry Fee: ¥1000 per class
• Each person may enter up to 4 classes.
• Entries accepted before or at the event.

Entry Method: Go to the on-track shop at Yatabe Arena. Entries by FAX also accepted(pre-entries must be accompanied by payment).
• Pre-entries include reserved pit seating! (Not available for FAX entries)
• The following information is required with each entry: name, address, telephone number, name of class to be entered in, frequencies used, Yatabe Arena member number(if a member), personal transponder number(rental transponders are available for ¥300. Not required for Small Car or Hi-Jump Classes.)

Race Schedule:
• Gates Open: AM 6:30
• Registration: AM 7:30 - 8:30
• Drivers Meeting: AM 9:00 -
• Race Start: AM 9:30 -

Please contact Yatabe Arena(Tel 0298-36-0914) for further details.