Drift Tengoku — October 2013
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188 available scans from Drift Tengoku — October 2013, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 92 — English draft translation
This is summer! A swimsuit matches a racing suit perfectly! Mio Tsumura / age 23 [Osaka Prefecture] / Beginner class / Silvia [S13]. She matched her whole outfit to her car with pink from head to toe. Her racing suit, based on a ¥4,000 suit, was customized at her regular shop, Nagano Kobo, with her name embroidered on it. The alteration cost ¥3,000. She even wore a swimsuit underneath specially for the shoot. Driving outfit…
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MI (fragment)
Miho Omatsu
Age 28 [Osaka Prefecture] / Beginner class / 180SX [RPS13]
ω (as printed)
Ultimate (fragment)
ACHSE racing suit (¥7,000) / unbranded (Don Quijote: ¥3,000) / : ¥6,090 / : ¥5,000
Outerwear
Helmet
Gloves
Shoes
Racing suits are part of the fashion too!
epgnco (as read)
She wears her racing suit to the circuit so she can drive as soon as she arrives. If it gets hot, she takes the top half off; when it is time to drive, she just pulls it back on, which she says is convenient.
Midsummer…
Charging into the Gal Run! Today’s drift girls
Asuka Komori
August 31, Suzuka Twin…
Fashion
Age 21 [Nara Prefecture] / Beginner class / Silvia [S14]
The contrast between a maid outfit and a racing suit is irresistible!
Check
Unknown
Driving outfit…
Racing suit
Driving outfit…
Unbranded (Don Quijote: ¥3,000) / Sparco (¥8,000) / Adidas (¥2,000)
Gloves
Helmet
Shoes
BRIDGESTONE (gift from a tire shop) / OGK (about ¥20,000) / : ¥6,090 / Converse-style sneakers (¥2,000)
Racing suit
Helmet
Gloves
Shoes
She said she was embarrassed to change, so she brought a maid outfit. She had also appeared at the Exciting Car Showdown, and her 180SX has gullwing doors—she really loves standing out. Her racing suit is , and she attached an Astro Products patch herself. She got the Yuras gloves signed by Nomuken when she went to Osaka Auto Messe.
Who is the most impressive drift girl?
Noriko Yamamoto
Girls-only
They probably heard that matching outfits were coming, too!
Do you belong to a team?
Both
1 person
Many votes went to D1LL drivers. Miki Yabuuchi was at the event that day and put on an impressive series of runs. Organizer Hitomi Okada was still as skilled as ever. Yui Yamakawa received four votes; she won the beginner class at this year’s MSC Challenge and is a well-known drift driver at Suzuka Twin.
Kiyomi: 1 vote
1 person
…on the team
T-shirt (fragment)
Team… (fragment)
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Girls-only: 6 (fragment)
No answer
5 votes
1 person
Chiho
When asked what they thought about it, most said, ‘It looks fun.’
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Unaffiliated: 15 people
Miki Yabuuchi: 7 votes
Drift girls
Now… (fragment)
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Mixed-gender: 9 people
Saori Ishikawa
Total: 33 people
Multiple answers allowed
Everyone: 3 votes
Others gave positive responses such as, ‘That’s cool,’ or said mixed-gender teams allow a wider range of activities. Some also commented that women…
5 votes
Miki Yabuuchi appeared as a guest and performed a demo run. She is currently second in the D1LL ranking.
Yui Yamakawa
4 votes
Okada
Hitomi
Some negative responses said it would be awkward unless you were also a drift girl. In girls-only teams, social events such as girls’ gatherings and meetups for mothers are also popular, in addition to driving.
…is a drift girl.
Sumika Kubokawa: 3 votes
2 votes
Akiwa Iwamoto: 1 vote
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