RHDJapan was founded and is run by two individuals, foreign born but Japan raised, Patrick Antell and Russell Hobbs. Collectively, RHDJapan's employees have experience driving, tuning, drifting and drag racing Japanese vehicles since the 1980's. During that time we have also developed and maintained relationships, both casual and professional, with people, companies, and tuning shops from all over the world.

Patrick Antell and Russell Hobbs were raised in Japan and went to an American school there during the same time (same school) as Ross Petty. Being Foreign in Japan we had the pleasure of coming up during the drift and race boom in Japan as it happened. While attending university in the US Pat and Russell often talked about the lack of parts, engines and overall Japanese FR race scene in the USA. During that time Pat was in Orlando working hard to graduate and get back to Japan. Russell on the other hand had already graduated and moved back to Japan and was in Tokyo laying the ground work for what was later to become the system foundation of the company RHDJapan. Once Pat finished up at school he moved to Tokyo and shared a cramped apartment with Russell where they cleaned used engine harnesses, polished used intercoolers and sold actively on Ebay. During this time RHDJapan was still being run after work in to the wee hours of the morning. Engine harnesses, turbos, injectors, tons of rare JDM goodies coming and going all while working day jobs to pay the bills. Pat and Russell slowly grew a dedicated customer base that grew and grew as the drift and engine swap boom took hold in the states.

The cramped apartment was now full of boxes and parts and living conditions were getting tight so the two moved to a 2 story house with a back yard and stock room and took up operations there. Soon enough the customer base doubled and the back yard looked like a JDM bone yard and store room was packed. By this time Pat had already quit his day job to pick up more hours for RHDJapan in order to ensure the best customer support possible. Russell was struggling between RHDJapan and his full time job (which provided his visa). After 2 years of almost non stop work the two decided to have a go at incorporation.

3 years of full time ebay selling and customer support, RHDJapan in December of 2004 incorporated, changing its status from a private export enterprise to an official business recognized by the Japanese Legal Affairs Bureau as a Limited Liability Corporation (YK). The two rented a two story office in Tokyo and started developing a website that would fully allow the best customer experience, the RHDJapan experience.

The first 3 years were difficult and used parts had to be put on hold till a future date. Pat and Russell continued doing what they did from the beginning which was getting the parts the customers wanted while providing the best support and customer service possible. 3 years of website revisions, inventory revamps and system changes brought them to 2007 and it was time for some new blood in the system. Pat and Russell had the privilege of meeting a young tall and lanky drifter by the name of Shawn who just happened to be from the same school but years down the line. Right off they knew that this guy was perfect for RHDJapan so in comes Shawn to help get parts up and take care of orders. Now with a team of 2 packers, 1 camera man/packer, 1 inventory controller and Shawn with Pat and Russell at the helm, RHDJapan starts picking up the pace and offering more rare JDM and a more individualized customer experience.

By March Pat and Russell decided Shawn needed some help so once again from the same school comes a new face by the name of Takeru. Pat and Russell quickly pulled Takeru on board knowing this guy was big. Takeru is well versed in the Japanese racing world having read just about every Option, Option 2, Carboy, Drift Tengoku and other Japanese car magazine ever published. He is the go to guy when in doubt on JDM fact or fiction. Now here they are in May 2008 with a service dream team of 4 Americans who all grew up in Japan in the JDM scene backed by 4 Japanese employees Kazuki, Maru-chan, Maa-kun and Nori (aka Cherry) who are all ready to take care of all your JDM needs.

RHDJapan has moved from used parts on ebay to new JDM, OEM parts, full brand new engines and missions, body kits and other rare hard to find JDM. These changes are evident when looking on the website. But one thing that has not changed is the fundamental principles that RHDJapan was started on, they cater to your needs and go out of their way to get you the parts you need when the others cant or wont. Stay tuned in 2008 for more rare JDM from the guys you know can get it to you!

Why we are the best

1.RHDJapan is located in the heart of Tokyo and is within one hours drive from Tomei, HKS, Jun, Trust, RE-Amemiya and most other major makers in Japan. This is very important because it means RHDJapan is in a position to get parts far faster than the competiton. While other guys are out in the sticks waiting for your goods to arrive from warehouses thousands of kilometers away RHDJapan is already boxing and sending your parts out to you.

2. RHDJapan holds contracts with qualified tuning mechanics who are also HKS Expert and Meister certified tuning shops. This means we have access to parts that cannot be sold by unqualified individuals. These parts include parts such as repair parts for HKS turbine kits, F Con V computers with base maps, custom tuned engines and OEM parts.

3. RHDJapan holds contracts with parts warehouses. Not only do we stock about 20,000,000 Yen worth of parts here with us when we don't have something we have about 5 other warehouses in the surrounding Tokyo area that we work with from which we can get your parts asap.

4. We hold contracts with shipping agents other than Japan Post. This means that we can ship you engines, containers, cars, body kits, transmissions and anything else you need. We are a export operation with qualified export agents in house so RHDJapan is not limited to what we can send via EMS.

5. We do not hide behind our website. You can get all our contact information on our contact us page. This includes google maps to our office. If you want to stop by please feel free to. If you want to call us no problem. Many of you have gotten phone calls from either Patrick or Russell to clarify your orders. Email is fine as well. Any way you would like to contact us, we are more than happy to help.

6.We are active participants, supporters and sponsors of motor-sports around the world. You can almost always find us at motor shows and races not only watching the races but hanging out with the garages and parts makers who tune and make the parts we sell. This give us direct access to most current parts as well as good tech support should you need help with your parts. We sponsor Pro drift driver Declan Hicks from England as well as Nicos forums, Zilvianet, and the GT-R register in the UK. We do this because we want to give back to the motor-sports community and help to raise the level of tuning for all around the world.

7. We securely pack your goods. You would be surprised to see that there are some who slap an EMS label on a blow off box without even covering the box with paper or properly packaging it. Do you want the world to see what you are purchasing? Rest assured that everything coming with the RHDJapan name on it will be securely, carefully and discretely packaged.

These are a few reasons why RHDJapan is the best out there. Some of our competition make their prices so cheap that you really get what you pay for. Nothing but the part and a shipping label. No support, no packaging, and no contact.

RHDJapan stands above the rest and is actively striving to better develop and professionalize the industry's export operation, including our own, to ensure that you the end user are guaranteed the absolute best quality service and supply of Japanese racing parts from Japan.

We at RHDJapan take motorsports and our customers very seriously and assure you that we will personally inspect all our merchandise, securely package it, promptly ship it, and stand behind it, not because it´s our job, but because it is our passion.