Drift Tengoku — September 2004 · Page 81
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Nomuken fills in on the order line between filming. A customer recognizes his voice and gets excited. After ordering a video, the customer talks with him for ten minutes. V-OPT Vol. 119.
Office worker and drifter Loose Kobayashi calls the order line in his wrinkled shirt. Even with only ¥10,000 monthly spending money, he gets friendly service. Drift Tengoku Video Vol. 18.
Who's that lonely figure seen from behind?
VHS
A temporary operator!?
Video and DVD magazine
Vol. 23: a youthful drifting anniversary
Drift King calls V-OPT mail order, but seems confused, holding a suspicious leaflet. He appears to have mistaken it for a telephone dating service; a white rose as the meeting signal hints at long experience. V-OPT Vol. 112.
A call has come in!
NOB hears about a new staff member and immediately asks the order woman for her address, but this time his attempt fails. V-OPT Vol. 120.
National championship
Ikasu Hashiriya Team Tengoku
Only confident drivers enter the national championship. This time it is at Rally Kids Ina, Nagano, with a succession of spectacular crashes.
Ninth edition
Drift King mistakes it for a telephone dating service
Joshinetsu and Hokuriku regional event
91st edition
Cloudy weather turns into heavy rain at Nihonkai Maze Circuit. A wet circuit means...
Kazama orders while performing his rodeo drifting routine, mobile in hand. Managing a video order during an already dangerous stunt astonished the V-OPT staff. Drift Tengoku Video Vol. 22.
Tohoku drifter Perotan is dissatisfied after driving at Tsukuba and decides to study with V-OPT. The call gets him overexcited. Drift Tengoku Video Vol. 20.
A little too excited...
Ultimate D1 techniques, part 2
Following the popular previous episode, this installment focuses on Taniguchi's and Kazama's pedal work.
Kazama style rodeo ordering
Loose Kobayashi's
Drift technique master
N USA
After training secretly with Nomuken in the previous episode, Kobayashi finally enters ADM. Will a miracle happen?
Nomuken appears with an unfamiliar foreign man under the Florida sky. The two are standing side by side relieving themselves. V-OPT Vol. 124.
Marukatsu president Inoue, known for dirt oval racing, looks tough but is shy with the mail order woman. He lets Kaneko make the call and takes the best part at the end.
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An excited caller suddenly starts doing doughnuts during the call, only realizing an hour later that the line had disconnected. V-OPT Vol. 118.
AUTOBACS
With the mail order woman...
August 21–22, Saturday and Sunday
Round 4: Autopolis
Autopolis hosts its first D1GP. Entry speeds...
A must see!
Tickets: Daiei stores; Lawson Ticket, L code; Seven-Eleven and FamilyMart via Ticket Pia. [Codes are in separate labels.]
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No. 4: On Board Camera Special. Relive memorable moments of the 2003 D1GP series through in car footage, including previously unseen material, extraordinary technique and dramatic crashes. A treat for D1 fans.
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No. 3: Mito Natto Racing
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Junior high school age and younger enter free
Akira and Orido form Mito Natto Racing and face successive challengers. Their AE86s are anything but ordinary. This car documentary follows their growth through competition. Contents...
September 18–19, Saturday and Sunday
Round 5: Odaiba
Odaiba heats up again. Saturday is the main event; Sunday is scheduled for an all star competition. Spectator seating will be provided this time.
TSUKUBA
Round 1
CONTENTS
Round 2 Bihoku; Round 3 Sugo; Round 4 Fuji; Round 5 Ebisu; Round 6 Sekia; Round 7 Tsukuba; extra: drift car super lap
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S seats
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The bullet fast drag racing AE86
Facing archrival Nishikawa Racing; Akira's AE86 mountain road lesson; the 300 km/h monster AE86
Episode 1
Episode 3
Episode 2: N2 racer, the white AE86
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Episode 4
Episode 5
Finally arrives on DoCoMo!
D1GP mobile game
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Explosive acceleration with rotary power
Episode 7
Episode 6: east versus west AE86 showdown
Episode 8: four wheel independent suspension excels on mountain roads. Episode 9: the metropolitan AE86 driver. Episode 10: the world AE86 championship. Extra: Orido discusses Mito Natto behind the scenes.
Good news for DoCoMo users: the official D1GP mobile game becomes available in September. Registered users can win a ride with a D1 driver or even a complete car.
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About this issue
ドリフト天国 (Drift Tengoku), September 2004, is a Japanese drifting magazine. This archive preserves 316 scanned pages in their original right-to-left reading order, including the covers.
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