Naoto Suenaga
# Naoto Suenaga

Naoto Suenaga (末永直登, Suenaga Naoto, born 23 July 1976, Kagoshima Prefecture) is a Japanese professional drifting driver and the older brother of D1 Grand Prix driver Masao Suenaga. He currently competes in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team ORANGE. In addition to competitions, he teaches a drift school and works for Ebisu Circuit.

## Complete Drifting Results

| Colour | Result |
| - | - |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Last 4 [Semi-final] |
| Blue | Last 8 [Quarter-final] |
| Purple | Last 16 (16) [1st Tsuiou Round OR Tandem Battle] (Numbers are given to indicate Top 10 finish) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) (Given to indicate that the driver has been stripped of their position through disqualification) |
| White | First Round (TAN) [Tansou OR Qualifying Single Runs] |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |

* When driver's position are highlighted in blue, this indicates either the driver earned 100pt or 100pt tansou (solo run) bonus has been awarded, with the latter being in use for Pre-2005.

### D1 Grand Prix

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | | Nissan PS13 | IRW DNQ | ODB 16 | SGO TAN | APS DNQ | EBS 6 | FUJ DNQ | TKB DNQ | ⇨ | 19 | 11 |
| 2006 | Team Orange | Subaru GC8 | IRW TAN | SGO 16 | FUJ DNQ | APS 16 | EBS TAN | SUZ TAN | FUJ TAN | IRW | 28 | 2 |
| 2007 | Team Orange | Subaru GC8 | EBS 16 | FUJ 11 | SUZ R | SGO TAN | EBS TAN | APS DNQ | FUJ DNQ | ⇨ | 27 | 3 |
| 2008 | Team Orange | Subaru GC8 | EBS T-20 | FUJ Q-27 | SUZ Q-32 | OKY Q-24 | APS Q-22 | EBS Q-28 | FUJ Q38 | ⇨ | - | 0 |
| 2009 | Team Orange | Mitsubishi CT9A | EBS 12 | APS T-26 | OKY T-27 | OKY T-25 | EBS Q-42 | EBS Q-31 | FUJ Q-21 | FUJ Q-30 | 28 | 5 |
| 2010 | YUKE'S CUSCO TEAM ORANGE with ADVAN | Mitsubishi CT9A | EBS T-25 | APS T-17 | OKY T-28 | OKY 12 | EBS 6 | EBS 3 | FUJ T-19 | ⇨ | 13 | 36 |
| 2011 | YUKE'S TEAM ORANGE with BEAST EYE | Mitsubishi CT9A | ODB 8 | ODB 10 | APS 10 | SUZ 18 | OKY 9 | EBS 13 | EBS 11 | FUJ 13 | 11 | 100 |
| 2012 | YUKE'S TEAM ORANGE with BEAST EYE | Mitsubishi CZ4A | ODB 24 | SUZ Q-17 | APS 12 | EBS 1 | EBS 13 | CSC 14 | ODB 1 | ⇨ | 8 | 67 |
| 2013 | YUKE'S TEAM ORANGE with BEAST EYE | Nissan S15 | MSI 22 | SUZ 1 | EBS 3 | EBS 4 | HBR 9 | ODB 3 | ⇨ | ⇨ | 2 | 92 |
| 2014 | YUKE'S TEAM ORANGE | Nissan S15 | FUJ 5 | SUZ 7 | APS 14 | EBS 16 | EBS 15 | ODB 12 | ⇨ | ⇨ | 9 | 78 |
| 2015 | YUKE'S TEAM ORANGE | Nissan S15 | ODB 3 | SUZ 3 | EBS 16 | TKB 13 | MSI 4 | ODB 15 | ⇨ | ⇨ | 5 | 113 |
| 2016 | YUKE'S Team ORANGE | Nissan S15 | ODB 11 | FUJ 9 | TKB R | TKB R | EBS 7 | EBS 8 | ODB 20 | ⇨ | 9 | 52 |
| 2017 | YUKE'S Team ORANGE | Nissan S15 | ODB 8 | ODB Q-22 | TKB Q-17 | MSI 6 | EBS 4 | EBS 6 | ODB 4 | ⇨ | 6 | 87 |
| 2018 | YUKE'S Team ORANGE | Nissan S15 | MSI 10 | MSI 6 | APS 2 | TOK 2 | TKB 3 | EBS DSQ | EBS 14 | ODB 9 | 3 | 118 |

## Sources

* D1 Grand Prix
* Suenaga's D1 Profile
