Driver Profile


Driver: Satoru Ito
Country: Japan
Co-Driver: Hiroko Takahashi
Country: Japan
Team:

Satoru ITO (Japan)
SATORU ITO
I write my driver profile below
I am eye surgeon and my family are wife and one daughter.
My  house is Amagasaki near Kobe.
I was born from 1966 (Toshi Arai same age) October 17(Kimi Raikkonen same day)
and forty-three years old.
My first rally was local small area rally I was medical university student.
I liked Rally Finland and Juha Kannkunen.
In my university rally club member My nickname was Juha ITO-nen.
Then I start working eye surgeon.
And I compete many Japanese regional championship rally.
1998 My rally life was big change.
I go to WRC Rally Australia as service crew,
I much want to compete big rally like WRC,APRC and challenge long ,high speed special stage.
My rally base change Canberra in Australia from Japan in 1999.
I start compte Australian rally championship(ARC)and APRC rally of Canberra,WRC Rally Australia
from 1999 to 2006.
2007 My rally base return to Japan from Australia and compete APRC Rally Hokkaido and WRC Rally Japan.
I hope  TOP TEN finish in Rally Hokkaido this year,and want to do Fastest Flying doctor in Japan 
(some doctor rally driver entry Rally Hokkaido).
I am thinking the next APRC is Rally Whangarei or ASIA event.
MAIN  sponser KOIZUMI international rally factory in KYOTO
result
2009 / APRC Rally Hokkaido 2009 / mitsubishi lancer evolution 9 / N4 / 11th / 11th 
2008 / WRC Rally Japan / mitsubishi lancer evolution 9 / N4 / 29th / 20th
2005 / WRC Rally Australia / mitsubishi lancer evolution 7 / N4 / 22th / 13th /
2002 / APRC Rally of Canberra / mitsubishi lancer evolution 6 / N4 / 10th / 7th / 
2008 / APRC Rally Whangarei / mitsubishi lancer evolution 8 / N4 / 22th / 21th / 
2006 / WRC Rally Australia / mitsubishi lancer evolution 7 / N4 / 36th / 28th /
2001 / APRC Rally of Canberra / mitsubishi lancer evolution 6 / N4 / 18th / 14th / 
2001 / ARC Rally of Melbourne / mitsubishi lancer evolution 6 / N4 / 24th / 20th / 
1999 / ARC Rally of Melbourne / mitsubishi lancer evolution 3 / N4 / 28th / 24th / 
2005 / WRC Rally Australia / mitsubishi lancer evolution 7 / N4 / finished / /
2006 / APRC Rally of Canberra / mitsubishi lancer evolution 7 / N4 / finished / / 
2005 / APRC Rally of Canberra / mitsubishi lancer evolution 7 / N4 / finished / /
2003/APRC Rally Hokkaido/mitsubishi lancer evolution 7/N4/finished// 
2002/APRC Rally Hokkaido/mitsubishi lancer evolution 6/N4/finished//