Five minutes with Hironao Yokomaku from Veilside – Speedhunters

when Herono Yukomako Work began in a 16 -year -old French restaurant, and it was only known for its impact on the culture of Japan’s car in the following contracts.

Now is 63 years old, the Tsukuba is not exposed to any signs of slowdown after it is just unveiled it. New project side by side Fast and angry Actor Song Kang The Tokyo Motor Salon unveiled this year. Because nearly four decades ago, Yokomaku-SA led the famous Japanese brand Veilside.

Many younger readers will be aware Fasting and anger: Tokyo drifting. Almost 20 years later, Mazda RX-7 from Han’s Orange and Black Car remains a label for the entire movie concession. But a long time before Hollywood pushed the spotlight, he established itself as one of the most advanced ports of Japan, as building the fastest cars in the country with almost loud foreign women like their exhausts. Something Speedhunters It has been covered in the past here.

The distinctive Veilside look was originally inspired by the 1960s designed by George Barris Batmobile Among all things-the Yokomaku-SAN ​​was first placed at the time when he visited amusement in Los Angeles. Now it has become a synonym for Japanese car culture in the 1990s and the 1970s-Thinking of the Huge Backs sculpted, curved guns, and ankle.

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During this time, Yokomaku-SAN ​​wanted to create haircuts that they are “complete”, rather than focusing on one element, as most Japanese rolls were at that time. But the Veilside needed a strong performance, tackling a shipment, and ARO dedicated before you could wear the name “luck” or “fighting”, depending on the level of the work concerned.

The appearance not only inspired another Japanese tunnels. He even crossed the continents, with body groups adapting to the veil on European cars during Maximum strength A era, especially in the early first decade of the twentieth century. Everyone wanted a piece of Veilside pie. Although good times were felt as a permanent party, the difficult times that followed this brought the company to the brink of collapse.

Now, with Veilside enjoying the appearance of 2025, Yokomaku-SAN ​​is keen to remind the 35-year-old Veilside world.

“Initially, I started riding custom motor motorcycles, and of course I thought I was the fastest,” Yukomako San explains. But one day, it ran over a machine with a fully seized engine in Nissan Blubird and was easily lost. And that is when I knew that my life has started. When I started driving at the age of 18, I immediately got a job in a car store to feed my concern quickly. “

Car control in the eighties was not exactly the work it is today. As the owner of the S30 Nissan Fairlady Z, which was prepared for the cloud racing, Yokomaku-SAN ​​seized his engine by experimenting and error, which led to many rebuilding operations. At the age of 22, he sharpened his craft enough to create his own business – Yokomaku race – working tirelessly to build the faster S30 in Japan. Its Pièce De resistance was the L-Series engine, which immediately led to more victories while competing in Zeroyon (0-400m) Contests. Then, a year later, about his attention towards the new Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R.

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At the age of twenty -eight, Yukomako San was hitting the existing loyalties in almost every specialty. Equightened to show his skills to the time simply go quickly, Yokomaku race has become a veil – a name based on an English translation of his family name – “yoko” meaning side And “Mako” meaning veil.

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“Between 1990 and 1990, I set many Japanese records including the maximum speed, a cloud racing and the fastest time of 0-300 km/h from 13.72 seconds in R-1 Street Drag R32 Skyline GT-R,” Yukomako San adds. “Our cars were very distinctive, but also the fastest, many requests came to control the engine from owners all over Japan. But before a long time, I was reminded of the risk of control after repeated accidents in the cars seized all over Japan. I didn’t want to happen This, so I decided to create a car that could attract people’s attention without running at crazy speeds. For many years, Veilside and Look are very popular.

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while Tokyo drifting RX-7 may be the most famous in Veilside Fast and angry Car, the company’s Aero groups have been present in each of the franchise films since the first day. Do you remember Red Mazda RX-7 from Dominic Torito in the original movie? This is a veil. Oh, Suki’s Pink Honda S2000 from 2 Fast 2 Furious? Yes, this is also one.

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Unfortunately for Yokomaku-SAN, this popularity led to an overwhelming request, leaving Veilside unable to keep the offer. A long time ago, the cheap symmetrical versions of the international market were immersed, and with the control industry declining in mid -2000, Veilside found itself in a bad financial way.

“I wanted to create a car that could attract attention even while not running, the place from which the idea of ​​fighting above came from.” Explain. “I was honored to win the COMPLETE CAR GRAND Prix in the TOKYO AUTO 1993 salon in addition to the Grand Car Grand Prix and the best Grand Prix. veilThe same 3D Aero parts have become common throughout Japan. As a result of all this, the offer was unable to keep up with overwhelming demand. It was very difficult to increase the number of molds and employees to produce spare parts and increase the supply to meet the demand. We have also increased the number of product elements such as aluminum wheels, laxatives, engine spare parts and hanging as well. “

“During this time, Veilside moved away from the lights with a focus on survival,” Yukomako San adds. “Several manufacturers were bankrupt and the industry is in a stagnation. veil It was also affected by the collapse of this bubble, as the subcontractors went bankrupt one by one. Tukio Ingrup has not had a major influence around the world people began to remember the veil and expose a new generation of our designs. I learned for the first time about the Nissan L-Type engine in the Yokomaku race service, then I seized the GT-RS and SuPras with the veil before moving to Aero parts and appearing in movies. To remind a new generation of car lovers about the history of Veilside was a good feeling. “

With the final batch of Fast and angry The concession is scheduled to reach in 2026, and Yokomaku-SAN ​​hopes that his legacy will continue to inspire future generations after him.

“People ask me about the reason for the start of Veilside, and I think these are the bitter experiences that I faced as lovers and twar that led to the creation of the brand. I had a vision that others did not provide, and it was a privilege to make these dreams real through Veilside. But what I know now in 63 years is that veil Make cars for lovers – whether it is a few or a lot. For this year, I created it veil78 based on the S30, which united my thoughts with Sung Kang. It was a very influential car full of love that will remain part of the Veilside legacy. I would like to show the future of the auto industry, as cars made of high -level technology, beautiful design, and love of joint cars with customers in their hearts forever will remain valuable treasures. Because I don’t get any younger, but in the future, all I hope will be Veilside can continue to inspire the next generation of seizure fans, just like me for decades. “

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