Kenjiro Shinozuka

Kenjiro Shinozuka ( Jap筱 冢 建 次郎, Kenjiro Shinozuka, born November 20, 1948 in Ōta, Tokyo ) is a Japanese rally driver.

He made his debut in 1967 in rallying. In 1976, at the Rally safari in Kenya 's first participation in a run of the World Rally Championship. In 1988, he won in the Mitsubishi Galant VR - 4, the Asia -Pacific Championship. In 1991 and 1992 he won the Rally Ivory Coast and was the first Japanese man who won a race of the World Rally championship.

This was Shinozuka also in the Dakar Rally, which he won in a Mitsubishi Pajero 1997 after finishing third in 1987, 1993 and 1995. The following year, he finished second behind his teammate Jean -Pierre Fontenay. Last year, Mitsubishi, in 2002, he closed the rally with third place from the podium.

Shinozuka moving in 2003 to Nissan. There, however, he had bad luck and could never achieve the goal of the Dakar Rally for the first four years. In 2003 he had a serious accident after he hit a small sandy hill, he rolled over several times. He wore several injuries and was briefly in a coma. Thierry Delli Zotti - His co-driver broke both legs. Next year, Shinozuka had an accident and could not complete the rally. In the following two years, a fire engine and electronics problems prevented its finish. After the 2006 Dakar Rally Shinozuka wanted to resign. However, he was also at the 2007 Dakar Rally again in the Nissan at the start and ended it as 59