Toshi Arai

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.

Toshi Arai
Born	(1966-12-25) 25 December 1966
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

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. 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.

Career results

Arai driving for Chevrolet at Suzuka during the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
1997	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza 555	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	IDN	ITA	AUS 16	GBR			NC	0
1998	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL EX	FIN	ITA						NC	0
	Toshihiro Arai													AUS Ret	GBR Ret
1999	Subaru Allstars Endless Sport	Subaru Impreza WRC 98	MON	SWE	KEN	POR Ret	ESP 21	FRA 16	ARG	GRE 9									NC	0
	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza WRX									NZL 13	FIN
	STi Club Rally Team												CHN 7	ITA
	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza 555													AUS 8	GBR
2000	Spike Subaru Team	Subaru Impreza WRC 99	MON	SWE	KEN 6	POR	ESP 16	ARG	GRE 4	NZL Ret	FIN	CYP 9	FRA	ITA		GBR Ret			13th	4
		Subaru Impreza 555													AUS 13
2001	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC 01	MON	SWE	POR Ret	ESP	ARG 8	CYP 4	GRE Ret	KEN Ret	FIN	NZL 14	ITA Ret	FRA Ret	AUS Ret	GBR 10			18th	3
2002	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza 555	MON	SWE 25	FRA	ESP													NC	0
	Spike Subaru Team	Subaru Impreza WRX					CYP Ret	ARG 11		KEN Ret	FIN			NZL Ret	AUS 14	GBR
	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC 02							GRE 13			GER Ret	ITA
2003	Subaru Production Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE Ret	TUR	NZL 11	ARG 9	GRE	CYP 9	GER	FIN	AUS Ret	ITA	FRA 17	ESP	GBR			NC	0
2004	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE 26	MEX 13	NZL 15	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG Ret	FIN	GER 18	JPN 9	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS 8	30th	1
2005	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE 17	MEX	NZL 14	ITA	CYP 21	TUR 14	GRE	ARG	FIN	GER	GBR	JPN 12	FRA	ESP	AUS 9	NC	0
2006	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX 9	ESP	FRA	ARG 30	ITA	GRE 21	GER	FIN		CYP 22	TUR	AUS Ret	NZL 30	GBR	25th	3
	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC 06											JPN 6
2007	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE 23	NOR	MEX 11	POR	ARG 10	ITA	GRE 15	FIN	GER	NZL 13	ESP	FRA	JPN 29	IRE	GBR	NC	0
2008	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N14	MON	SWE 15	MEX	ARG Ret	JOR	ITA	GRE Ret	TUR Ret	FIN	GER	NZL Ret	ESP	FRA	JPN 12	GBR		NC	0
2009	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N14	IRL	NOR Ret	CYP 13	POR	ARG 12	ITA	GRE 10	POL	FIN	AUS Ret	ESP	GBR 13					NC	0
2010	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N15	SWE	MEX 11	JOR	TUR	NZL 26	POR	BUL	FIN	GER 34	JPN Ret	FRA 23	ESP	GBR 30				NC	0
2022	Toshi Arai	Citroën C3 Rally2	MON	SWE	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN Ret				NC	0

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Points
2002	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza 555	SWE 2	FRA								4th	22
	Spike Subaru Team	Subaru Impreza WRX			CYP Ret	ARG 2	KEN Ret	FIN	NZL Ret	AUS 1
2003	Subaru Production Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX	SWE Ret	NZL 1	ARG 1	CYP 1	GER	AUS Ret	FRA 2			2nd	38
2004	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE 6	MEX 2	NZL 5	ARG Ret	GER 4	FRA	AUS 2			2nd	30
2005	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE 1	NZL 2	CYP 7	TUR 1	ARG	GBR	JPN 1	AUS 1		1st	50
2006	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	MEX 1	ARG 8	GRE 5	JPN	CYP 6	AUS Ret	NZL 9		6th	18
2007	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE 6	MEX 2	ARG 2	GRE 1	NZL 1	JPN 10	IRE	GBR		1st	39
2008	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N14	SWE 6	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	TUR Ret	FIN	NZL Ret	JPN 3	GBR		12th	9
2009	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N14	NOR Ret	CYP 4	POR	ARG 3	ITA	GRE 3	AUS Ret	GBR 2		5th	25
2010	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N15	SWE	MEX 2	JOR	NZL 4	FIN	GER 6	JPN Ret	FRA 3	GBR 9	5th	55

IRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2010	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N15	MON	BRA	ARG	CAN	ITA	YPR Ret	AZO	MAD	ZLI	ITA	SCO	CYP		NC	0
2011	Stohl Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4	MON	CAN	COR 13	UKR	YPR	AZO Ret	ZLI	MEC 18	SAN	SCO 9	CYP 7			17th	15
2012	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi R4	AZO	CAN	IRL	COR 14	ITA	YPR	SMR Ret	ROM	ZLI 11	YAL	SLI	SAN		10th	30
		Subaru Impreza TMR R4													CYP 3

European Rally Championship results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	Stohl Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4	JÄN	LIE	CAN	AZO	COR	YPR	ROM 38	ZLÍ Ret	POL 13	CRO	SAN 19	VAL	21st	23

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2011	Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	BRA 1	BRA 2	BEL 1	BEL 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1	POR 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	JPN 1 13	JPN 2 15	CHN 1	CHN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0

Complete Global Rallycross results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	GRC	Points
2016	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	PHO1	PHO2	DAL	DAY1	DAY2	MCAS1	MCAS2†	DC	AC	SEA	LA1 13	LA2 13	19th	4

^†Race cancelled.

External links

• Official website
• Profile at World Rally Archive
• Profile and results at Rallybase