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THE LEGEND OF THE OSAKA ONEVIA: Atsushi Kuroi memorial gallery

By in 04-02-2010 1:56 am

I heard a rumour the day before yesterday from a friend who lives down in Kansai that drifting pioneer Atsushi Kuroi had somehow died. I didn’t want to say anything on here just in case it wasn’t true.

Unfortunately, the news was confirmed yesterday on Kuroi’s Mixi (Japanese Facebook) by his wife. He had died from massive injury after a scooter accident.

Rather than just post a single pic with a few standard words of condolence below it, I thought I’d go back through my archives and post up the best Kuroi photos I had as a tribute.

日本の偉大なドライバー黒井敦史さんがなくなりました。とてもざんねんです。ここに彼の思い出を連ねます。ご冥福を祈ります。

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