TOMOYA SUZUKI—BETTER KNOWN AS “MUSH”—EARNED HIS NICKNAME FROM KEIICHI TSUCHIYA, WHO SAW A RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN SUZUKI AND ACTOR MUSH KAMAY. THE NAME STUCK, AND NEARLY 30 YEARS LATER, IT HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE STYLES IN DRIFTING.
TOMOYA’S JOURNEY DIDN’T BEGIN IN A CAR—IT STARTED ON MOTORCYCLES. IN HIS EARLY 20S, HE MADE THE TRANSITION INTO DRIFTING, PICKING UP AN AE86 AS HIS FIRST CAR. LIKE MANY LEGENDS, HIS ROOTS TRACE BACK TO JAPAN’S STREET SCENE. DESPITE GROWING UP AROUND ICONIC TOUGE ROADS, HIS EARLIEST DRIFTING TOOK PLACE IN THE TOKYO BAY AREA, WHERE HE DEVELOPED THE RAW, EXPRESSIVE STYLE THAT WOULD LATER DEFINE HIM.
