Toshi Arai

Toshi Arai

Arai with a Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2006 Rally Japan.
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	December 25, 1966 (1966-12-25)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1997–2010
Teams	Privateer, Subaru
Rallies	86
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	11
First rally	1997 Rally Australia
Last rally	2010 Wales Rally GB

Toshihiro 'Toshi' Arai (新井敏弘, Arai Toshihiro, born Isesaki-shi, Gunma, December 25, 1966) is a Japanese rally driver and team owner. He made his debut in 1987, and drove for the Subaru World Rally Team in the Group N World Rally Championship from 1997–2000 and 2002–2003, and the Group A Championship in 2000–2001.

In 2004 he established his own team, Subaru Team Arai, winning the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship for Drivers in 2005 and 2007 behind the wheel of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. 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.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1997	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza 555	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN	IDN	ITA	AUS 16	GBR			NC	0
1998	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL EX								NC	0
	Toshihiro Arai											FIN	ITA	AUS Ret	GBR Ret
1999	Subaru Allstars Endless Sport	Subaru Impreza WRC 98	MON	SWE	KEN	POR Ret	ESP 21	FRA 16	ARG	GRC 9									NC	0
	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza WRX									NZL 13	FIN
	STi Club Rally Team												CHN 7
	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza 555												ITA	AUS 8	GBR
2000	Spike Subaru Team	Subaru Impreza WRC 99	MON	SWE	KEN 6	POR	ESP 16	ARG	GRC 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															NC	0
	Spike Subaru Team	Subaru Impreza WRX			FRA	ESP	CYP Ret	ARG 11		KEN Ret	FIN		ITA	NZL Ret	AUS 14	GBR
	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC 02							GRE 13			GER Ret
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	34th	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	GRC 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					NC	0
		Subaru Impreza STi													GBR 30

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	PWRC	Points
2002	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza 555	SWE 2									4th	22
	Spike Subaru Team	Subaru Impreza WRX		FRA	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	WDC	Points
2010	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N15	MON	BRA	ARG	CAN	ITA	BEL Ret	AZO	MAD	CZE	ITA	SCO	CYP	NC	0

Circuit Racing Results

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	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

† Season in progress

External links

• ToshiArai.com, official website
• Profile of Arai, World Rally Archive
• Profile and results of Arai, Rallybase.nl