Super GT in 2005. Having previously raced for Team Taisan in 2007/08 he has returned to Amemiya in 2009. After RE Amemiya's withdrawal at the end of 2010 season, he moved to Goodsmile Racing using a BMW Z4 GT3 which also ends his drought of GT300 Champion title in 2011 season. Again with the BMW Z4 GT3, Taniguchi captured 3rd place in the 2014 season finale at Twin Ring Motegi, secured 78 points in total for his season, narrowly winning the GT300 Champion title again with no points difference but only 1 more race victory. In 2017 in second year of using Mercedes-AMG GT3 he wins his third GT300 title again alongside Tatsuya Kataoka and both have the most titles in GT300 categories. He made his World Touring Car Championship debut with Proteam Motorsport at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, at the Okayama International Circuit. He has won the 2009 Super Taikyu Championship with his team mate Masataka Yanagida and Fariqe Hairuman in Petronas Syntium Team BMW Z4M Coupé. He also won the A5 petrol class and second overall in 2010 Dubai 24 Hour with his team mate Fariqe Hairuman, Masataka Yanagida and Johannes Stuck in Petronas Syntium Team BMW Z4M Coupé. Other work Taniguchi appears in many DVD series, such as Video Option, Drift Tengoku, Best Motoring, Rev Speed Video and Hot Version. He now lives in an apartment in Yokohama opposite his friend and former employer Ueno. Youtube On 24 March he created his own Youtube channel called NOBチャンネル and uploaded his first video on 3 April and has since regularly uploading every Friday, his content including a car review, his project cars and many motorsport related videos. As of August 2022 he has over 200,000 subscribers. Complete Drifting Results D1 Grand Prix Racing record Complete JGTC/Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress. References External links Official Site Drift Japan » Nobuteru "NOB" Taniguchi - Driver Profile, History and Overview Video featuring Taniguchi's HKS CT230R Mitsubishi Evolution 53.589 second lap record D1 Supporter profile Japanese racing drivers Drifting drivers 1971 births Living people D1 Grand Prix drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers Super GT drivers Sportspeople from Hiroshima Asian Le Mans Series drivers Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers