Hiroki Arai Explained

Hiroki Arai
Birth Date:	2 August 1993
Related To:	Toshi Arai (father)
Career Template1:	Subbox: yes Years: –, –present Races: 15 Championships: 0 Wins: 0 Podiums: 0 Stagewins: 0 First Race: 2016 Rally Finland

is a Japanese rally driver.

Biography

Hiroki Arai is the son of former Japanese rally driver Toshi Arai.^[1] In 2015, He was selected by Toyota Gazoo Racing to join their Rally Challenge Program, alongside Takamoto Katsuta, and made his WRC debut in .^[2] After over two years of absence in WRC, he returned at the 2021 Croatia Rally.^[3] In November 2023, Akai scored his first point in the WRC, after finishing 10th at the 2023 Rally Japan in a Peugeot 208 Rally4.^[4]

Rally results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	CHN	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	NC	0
	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS		NC	0
	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS		NC	0
	Hiroki Arai	Ford Fiesta Rally2	MON	ARC	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ			NC	0
	Ahead Japan Racing Team	Peugeot 208 Rally4	MON	SWE	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN		NC	0
	Ahead Japan Racing Team	Peugeot 208 Rally4	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		28th	1

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Hiroki Arai's e-wrc profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hiroki Arai. eWRC-results.com. 19 November 2023.
2. News: ポルトガルの国内戦で新井大輝と勝田貴元が1-2フィニッシュ. rallyplus.net. Japanese. 10 May 2017. 19 November 2023.
3. News: Pontus. Lindroos. Hiroki Arai Returns to WRC with Stohl Racing. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 8 April 2023. 19 November 2023.
4. Web site: Barry . Luke . 2023-11-19 . Evans wins Rally Japan in Toyota 1-2-3 . 2023-11-19 . DirtFish . en-US.