Nobushige Kumakubo

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Nobushige Kumakubo (熊久保信重, Kumakubo Nobushige^?, born February 10, 1970, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan) is a drifting driver from Japan who competes in the D1 Grand Prix series and is the owner of the Ebisu circuit, which is why D1 originated from there, and is also why he tends to perform strongly in tsuiso (twin run) rounds.

As the lead driver of Team Orange, as his car has always been orange, he started at the D1GP series in a Nissan Silvia, in 2005 he switched to the Subaru Impreza which unlike newer models, his performance would pay off as for the 2006 season, he had beaten Ken Nomura by just 1 points.

He also runs the Big X the invitation only outdoor show that combines drifting, FMX, supermoto, car stunts and other extreme sports featuring the experts from each field.

Big X's drifting squad is called DriftXtreme, which the well known drivers of the D1GP are invited to join including team mate Kazuhiro Tanaka and Naoto Suenaga.