This year too, TCL will be supporting "Team Aikawa Sho"

FLEX SHOW AIKAWA Racing, where actor Sho Aikawa serves as general manager and driver, is pleased to announce the team that will be driving the rally in 2024.

As a driver, I am happy to be able to take on the challenge of rallies again this year.

I am used to driving FF vehicles, so I will do my best.

We appreciate your support. Thank you!!

Sho Aikawa

Rally Team Announcement Part 1
2024 Aikawa Sho FLEX SHOW AIKAWA Racing

Participating in the Rally Challenge with e-voting FLEX Sho ORC Yaris
Going to Hokkaido for the first time in a while with the Driving Library‼

Aikawa Sho will be driving the domestic rally, which was supported by Grant e-voting Co., Ltd., Ogura Clutch, and HAL Spring, who also supported him last year, and this year he will be participating in the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) Rally Challenge as the e-voting FLEX Sho ORC Yaris. He will aim for the top with the FF-driven Yaris that he is used to driving. This year in particular, he is scheduled to participate for the first time in the Ishikari tournament to be held in Hokkaido in July.

In the past, he has completed the WRC Rally Japan (class victory) and Rally Hokkaido, and will be driving on the gravel course unique to Hokkaido that he is familiar with.

The first race will be the TGR Rally Challenge Yatsugatake Chino on April 20th-21st. The co-driver will be Atsushi Nakatani, who led the team to class victory in the Rally Hokkaido XCR Sprint Cup (Director: Sho Aikawa, Driver: Masato Kawabata) last year as “FLEX SHOW AIKAWA Racing with TOYO TIRES” and has been Sho Aikawa’s co-driver every year.

Sho Aikawa’s “e-Voting FLEX SHOW ORC Yaris” will demonstrate its presence, showcasing the team and the fun of rallies to many rally fans and local residents around the country, and will strive to achieve high rankings.

Rally team announcement part 2
2024 FLEX SHOW AIKAWA Racing with TOYO TIRES

FLEX SHOW AIKAWA Racing with TOYO TIRES will participate in the Asia Cross Country Rally (AXCR) for the first time in five years!
The team and Masato Kawabata are aiming for their long-awaited class victory!!

Masato Kawabata won his class at the 2023 “XCR Sprint Cup” and “Rally Hokkaido”, and while his driving has been honed, he came in second in the AXCR class in 2019, which was a bitter result. In order to get revenge, Director Sho Aikawa and driver Masato Kawabata will drive the TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 150 PRADO FLEX Racing SPEC (hereinafter PRADO) and aim for the class victory and overall top ranking that Sho Aikawa and the team have longed for on the scorching hot land of Thailand-Malaysia (Goal Kuala Lumpur).

The co-driver is Dechapon Toicharoen (POND), who is participating in the D1 Grand Prix.
Taking advantage of his fluent Japanese and his background as a native of the host country, Thailand, he will aim to win the class together with Kawabata.