Toshi Arai

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Toshi Arai
Born	(1966-12-25) 25 December 1966 (age 57)
Related to	Hiroki Arai (son)
World Rally Championship record Active years 1997–2010, 2022 Co-driver Toshio Omizo Hiroshi Suzuki Roger Freeman Glenn MacNeall Tony Sircombe Daniel Barritt Naoya Tanaka Teams Privateer, Subaru Rallies 87 Championships 0 Rally wins 0 Podiums 0 Stage wins 0 Total points 11 First rally 1997 Rally Australia Last rally 2022 Rally Japan

Toshihiro 'Toshi' Arai (新井敏弘, Arai Toshihiro, born December 25, 1966) is a Japanese rally driver and team owner. He is the first Japanese FIA world champion.^[1]

Arai was born in Isesaki, Gunma. He made his debut in 1987 and drove for the Subaru World Rally Team in the Group N World Rally Championship from 1997 to 2000 and 2002–2003, and in the Group A Championship in 2000–2001.

In 2004 he established his own team, Subaru Team Arai, and won the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship for Drivers in 2005 and 2007 driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI, which made him the first Japanese FIA world champion.^[2] He scored class victories in Turkey, Japan and Australia on his way to the title.

He was also the winner of the short-lived FIA Teams' Cup in 2000.