Three LEGENDS Who Shaped JDM Car Culture and How They Did it | Capturing Car Culture

Larry Chen visits some of the legendary drivers and builders from Japan's Tuning Golden Age, who are arguably the individuals who shaped JDM car culture into what it is today. First, he takes a quick ride along and attends a car meet with Nobuteru Taniguchi, also known as "Nob," which stands for "No One Better." During this time with Nob, they also meet Maaya Orido, the daughter of the legendary racer Max Orido. Naturally, they decide to visit Max's shop. Finally, they have an exciting experience at Daigo Saito's shop, where he has a personal drift course for himself and his friends to enjoy when they need a break from work. Daigo Saito is arguably Japan's most famous drifter and car builder today. It's said that he and his team can transform a complete car into a full-fledged factory drift car in just under three months.

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[rideepicdriveepic]

Max Orido, Taniguchi Nob, Keiichi Tsuchiya. The three musketeers who probably impacted and influenced every petrolheads life, especially if you're a JDM fan.

[bruno_mcd]

Keiichi Tsuchyia, Max Orido, Nobuteru Taniguchi, Tatsuru Ichishima, Yoshiharu Fujita, Junichi Umemoto, Kazuhiko "Smokey" Nagata, some of the names that really shaped the JDM culture for me, countless hours checking videos, builds, magazines. All together it made me a massive JDM fan.

[LarryChenPhoto]

Thank you guys so much for watching. This was a fun one to make. For more content like this check out my personal YouTube channel.

[Xonda_]

shoutout to the Best Motoring crew and Noriyaro, gotta be one of my favorite JDM car scene celebrities

[Zoko]

The driver I can remember before these three was Kurosawa Motoharu which goes by the name as "Gan-san". His racing history, skills and style had shown how brave and guts he was on track. Tsuchiya Keiichi called him "Jii-sama" in the past for knowing his racing behavior on track. One of the example was suprising brave late-braking overtaking technique which caused other drivers shocked and scared. And other was fierce blocking technique in which the opponent had to brake because too scared to pass on the inside and not enough room to overtake.

[MttQaib]

Grew up watching these videos. Classics!

[cmbp]

I love how real they are; no it's a secret hype stuff. You walk in, ask what they are working on, and they get excited, and run over to show you their new cool thing.

[crypto_que]

Hagerty is the new best auto format. You guys are bringing in the experts who know Best & Option DVD & are speaking the culture!

[DriveBack-lnnd]

Such a grate coincidence, Nobuteru aka NOB. He was born to be champion.

[Dou.]

12:07 I would have given him a hug for the people. I CANT WAIT TO SEE THANK YOU!

[Shiba_Inu_Des]

Epic Larry, just Epic! Such an awesome journey covering the JDM culture.

[vded]

Man this is getting one of my favourites YouTube series!! Totally love learning about new to me car cultures! Best regards from 🇬🇷!

[nayminthu]

that smile on Daigo Saito's face after the drift!! that is life!

[aaroncobb]

Dai's place is bonkers. Those orange Skylines are some of the sickest builds I've ever seen anywhere. Great taste in Ferraris, too. What a legend.

[UncleManuel]

Yepp, Larry really did enjoy the drifting session in the Miata... 😂😁🤟

[amirmeric]

This is such a pleasure, thank you Hagerty! To be able to see these legends, ultimate legends, is so wild. They are such huge influence in the car world. Hats off to Hagerty for sharing this 😊

[rickharper]

Thanks Larry, you never disappoint us with your videos!!

[oregonfelder]

It is so great to be a part of the resurgence in the JDM car culture. Thank you Hagerty and Larry Chen for continuing this legacy.

[konholio]

MAX and NOB are one of my favorites. Also Hattori, Kurosawa (father and son), Kinoshita, Kazama and so many more. Just couldnt get enough of Best Motoring. Its not just the cars, but it felt like friends doing what they love.

[DeeOneLight]

Nob and Keiichi are my JDM hero...I learned so much about performance driving from them.