Koudai Sobagiri
Drift legend · Japan
The metronome of the single run.
Sobagiri won the 2025 D1 Grand Prix solo-run (tanso) championship in a Shibata Toyota GR86 and led the overall standings until the final round, finishing runner-up by a single point.
Koudai Sobagiri contests D1 Grand Prix in a Shibata-built Toyota GR86 (ZN8), a program run on Rydanz tires. His strength is the tanso, the judged single run, where consistency and line control decide the score.
In 2025 he took the annual solo-run championship on 126 points, ahead of Hideyuki Fujino's 119, dominating the discipline that rewards precision over head-to-head chaos.
He carried that form into the overall title fight and led the standings into the final round, but was overhauled to finish second overall on 169 points, one point behind the champion, while also placing runner-up in the tandem battle.
At a glance
- Role: D1GP solo-run champion
- Region: Japan
Career highlights
- 2025: D1GP Solo Run (Tanso) Champion. Won the annual single-run championship on 126 points to Fujino's 119.
- 2025: D1GP Series Runner-up. Finished second in the overall drivers' championship on 169 points, one point behind Hideyuki Fujino.
- 2025: Tandem Battle Runner-up. Placed second in the 2025 D1GP tandem battle standings.