Nickname	Yuya
Date of birth	21st/Aug/1976
Place of birth	Komaki, Aichi
Job	R&D factory, Carrosser Co., Ltd.
Horoscope	the Lion
Blood type	B+
Own	Impreza
Hobby	Mountain biking
Favorite food	spring roll
Favorite rally event	Rallies in Hokkaido

Target in 2005: Winning an honor platform in JRC(all Japan Rally Championship) in some events, and keep constantly in 6th position or higher is our target this year.

Dreams in childhood: to work in the car business field, and to attend motor sport competition, so the dreams came true. Now going higher is my current dream.

High school days: Loved the cars, but of course cannot drive under 17-years-old. So, I was deeply in the Radio controlled cars. That now works for me on tuning and setting of the car, how to stand toward the race, and I was mentally trained during that days. (Peter Sorberg, the champion of WRC 2004 used to be a RC car champion in Norway) I regret not studying English in my high school days.

How he met Motorsport: His father has been a driver in Dirt Trial field, and went together to the event with his father, And experienced motor sport on his father’s passenger seat since his childhood. So, it was very natural, or normal that he wanted to start Motorsport. And began when he was 19years old.

How he became a JRC driver: He won the JDC(all Japan Dirt trial Championship) in 2001, when he was 25years old, and late Yuji Kase, the ex-president of Carrosser asked to him to join the Rally team of Carrosser. He had chosen to move and become a staff of Carrosser, and started Rallying in his new environment.

Being a Carrosser staff: I believe it was very good choice becoming a Carrosser staff. As a rally driver I can go testing whenever I want, and as an employee, I can learn a lot, and doing many interesting job.

About Carrosser products: I have been working in wholesale dealer before coming to Carrosser, and was selling Carrosser products to customers by myself. Through then, I had learned Carrosser/CUSCO were very good in service, and their products were very good in quality and wide range of lineups. I was using CUSCO LSD and many other parts, when I won the JDC champion. So I had chosen to be a Carrosser staff without any doubt when Mr.Kase had asked me.

Vehicle Subaru	GDB Impreza WRX Sti specC
Footwork	Shock absorber: KYB　/　Spring: CARROSSER
LSD	Front/Rear: CUSCO Type-RS　/　Center: DCCD
Clutch	Disc: CUSCO　/　Cover: OE
Transmission	CUSCO 6MT Dog Gear(Proto Type)
Brake	ENDLESS
Intercooler	OE
Exhaust	OE
Bushing	Sti
Tire/Wheel	Tire: ADVAN A035(205/65-15)　/　Wheel: ADVAN RC-II 7J-15
Body kit	Rear Spoiler
Roll cage	SAFETY21(ASN homologated for GroupN)
Seat	Bride ZetaIII
Seat harness	TAKATA 340R

Nickname	Yanagi
Date of birth	10th/Nov/1969
Place of birth	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Job	R&D factory, Carrosser Co., Ltd.
Horoscope	the Scorpion
Blood type	A+
Own	Impreza
Hobby	Gymkhana
Favorite food	Sushi
Favorite rally event	Rallies in Hokkaido, and Rally Montre in Gunma.

Target in 2005: As this is the 2nd year of CUSCO World Rally team, winning an honor platform in WRC(World Rally Championship) or APRC(Asia Pacific Rally Championship) is our target this year.

Dreams in childhood: To be a truck driver, especially the dump truck. Because, his father and grandfather were truck drivers.

High school days: Loved music, and was taking part of drums in the band. Had many live concerts, but only the families and friends were the audience. Not being a good student, he regrets he should have studied at least English racing Internationally in WRC and APRC.

How he met Motorsport: As soon as he gets the driving license, he began to follow his elder brother driving in winding roads. After sitting in the passenger seat of Rally car of his friend’s brother’s, and experiencing the Drifting, he could not help starting the rally racing by himself.

How he became a WRC driver: Practiced and practiced. I hate losing, so I had done any effort I could do to drive faster and to win.

Being a Carrosser staff: To learn more about the cars, and to rally more professionally in mind are the reason of becoming a staff of Carrosser as an employee.
Developing the coilover kits is his major job, and still learns many new things everyday.
Being able to feedback his experience in rally racing, into the products, he is very honored and happy with his job. And working in Carrosser, that participates in many categories of competition and developing the products from there, he is proud of it not only as a rally driver, but also as a member of society.

Vehicle Subaru	Subaru GDB Impreza WRX Sti specC
Footwork	Shock absorber: Ohlins　/　Spring: CARROSSER
LSD	Front/Rear: Sti　/　Center: DCCD
Clutch	Cover: OE　/　Disc: CUSCO
Transmission	CUSCO 6MT Dog Gear(Proto Type)
Brake	ENDLESS
Intercooler	OE
Exhaust	CUSCO
Bushing	Sti
Tire/Wheel	Tire: ADVAN A035e(205/65-15)　/　Wheel: ADVAN RC-II 7J-15
Body kit	OE
Roll cage	SAFETY21(ASN homologated for GroupN)
Seat	Bride ZetaIII / GARDIS III
Seat harness	MPH-350R