Top Secret Co., Ltd. is a Japanese automobile tuner and parts manufacturer. The company was founded by Japanese automotive engineer and driver, Kazuhiko "Smokey" Nagata.
The company is mainly known for its body kits and performance engineering. Top Secret is also known for its illegal Wangan high speed runs, professional Drifting, Circuit, and Drag Racing. A recognizable feature of many Top Secret tuned cars are their gold paint schemes. Only cars that Nagata deem to be his best work receive this paint scheme.
Ryuji Miki won Round 5, and ultimately won the 2004 Japanese D1GP championship in a Nissan Siliva S15 racing for Top Secret. In 2005 Miki won an exhibition round at Silverstone Circuit in the UK in a Nissan Fairlady Z.
In 2007 Yoichi Imamura took 3rd place at Round 3 and 6 at Suzuka and Autopolis respectively. Imamura also won an exhibition round at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the same year.
Top Secret won the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon Championship with its "Final Evolution" V12 twin turbo Toyota Supra.
At the 2017 Tokyo Auto Salon, Top Secret debuted an R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R that had been transplanted with the engine, driveline, and interior of the newer R35 Nissan GT-R. The tuning company dubbed this car the "Skyline VR32 GT-R".
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"Smokey" Nagata
Kazuhiko Nagata grew up in the northern most Hokkaido province of Japan working on his parent's farm. Nagata became interested in automobiles and started working as a mechanic at the local Toyota dealership. It was there that Nagata began modifying cars and street racing.
Nagata moved to Tokyo and became a shop assistant for the aftermarket tuning company Trust. There he started working after hours in the motorsport division, creating parts for himself. Company executives caught him eventually and instead of reprimanding him, they were impressed by his skill and advised him to keep his activities "top secret". This became the inspiration for the name of his future company.
Nagata was thought to have been a member of the Mid Night Club, an infamous Japanese street racing club.
In 1999 Nagata famously shipped a Toyota Supra producing over 1000 horse power to England with the goal of going 200 mph on the A1 expressway. He managed to get to 197 mph on wet roads in the middle of the night before being pulled over by police. Nagata was jailed for the night and forced to pay a £190 fine. He was subsequently forced to leave the country the next day and banned from driving in England for 28 days.
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