Katsuhiko Taguchi
{{short description|Japanese rally driver (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox WRC driver
| name = Katsuhiko Taguchi
| image= Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution9 Rally car Katsuhiko Taguchi.JPG
| caption = Taguchi in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX on the 2007 Rally Japan, where he finished eighth.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|02|07}}
| nationality = {{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese
| Co-driver = {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Chris Clarke
{{flagicon|Lithuania}} Fred Gocentas
{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Roland Pickering
{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Ron Teoh
{{flagicon|UK}} Derek Ringer
{{flagicon|UK}} Bobby Willis
{{flagicon|Australia}} Mark Stacey
| Teams = Proton, Mitsubishi
| Races = 18
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Stagewins = 0
| Points = 1
| First race = 1995 Rally New Zealand
}}
{{Nihongo|Katsuhiko Taguchi|田口 勝彦|Taguchi Katsuhiko|born 7 February 1972 in Okayama Prefecture}} is a Japanese rally driver.
Career
Taguchi began rallying in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.ralliart.com/katsu/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628045949/www.ralliart.com/katsu/profile/index.html|archive-date=2018-06-28|title=Katsuhiko Taguchi}} He based most of his rallying in Australia and New Zealand, competing in his first World Rally Championship event on Rally New Zealand in 1995. In 1999 he won the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC). In 2001 he competed on the Cyprus Rally as part of the factory Mitsubishi Ralliart team. He finished eighth overall on the 2007 Rally Japan, winning the Group N category and scoring one WRC point. In 2010, he won the APRC title again.
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{{succession box | before = Yoshio Fujimoto | title = Asia-Pacific Rally Champion | years = 1999 | after = Possum Bourne}}
{{succession box | before = Cody Crocker | title = Asia-Pacific Rally Champion | years = 2010 | after = Alister McRae}}
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715152049/http://www.ralliart.com/katsu/ Official website]
- [http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?profile=499 Profile at eWRC-results.com]
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Category:Sportspeople from Okayama Prefecture
Category:Japanese rally drivers