Diego Higa

Born in Santos, Brazil, a coastal city and major port hub in Latin America, Higa begun in BMX.when he was 10 years old.[5] At the age of 13, he started into Motorsport, first in go-karting, then changed to Drifting by influence of his father, who wad contact with Drift when he lived in Japan. Diego's first Drift Car was a Chevrolet Omega Suprema.[6] Despite being a wagon not properly suited to Drifting, he managed to master the base skills and quickly moved to more suitable cars, reaching his favourite and still actual Nissan 350Z.

As a teenager, Higa started working with his parents, Neto and Karen Higa, at their NSC garage, focused in tuning cars for Drifting. There, Diego learned how to setup his own on cars and started competing in Drifting Championships. His first major championship was the 2015 SuperDrift Brasil, the top tier league in Latin America, at the age of 18. In the following year, the came second in the World Championship (King of Nations Drift),[7] in which he entered a Nissan R34 Skyline. In 2016, also he clinched his first Brazilian Championship, certified by the Brazilian Automobile Confederation (CBA).

In 2019, aged only 21, Diego was invited to take part in Netflix upcoming Drift-based series, called Hyperdrive.

Diego entered the competition running a #69 2006 Ford Mustang V8, sponsored by NSC Garage, Rodera and FuelTech, coached by his father. After a fierce competition, Diego qualified in his battery at first and managed to keep the best pace to clinch the title in an awesome run against Axel François and Fielding Shredder.[8][9]

Diego did a lot of exhibitions with famous people or to the public places, like with the Brazilian Red Bull ProSkater Letícia Bufoni,[10] or with the YouTuber, Influencer and Gamer Nyvi Estephan, in a campaign for the launch of Riot Games' new WildRift.[11] He also has a viral video Drifting inside a gas station, between the pumps, sponsored by Portal de Santos.[12] He also practices and regularly uses a private racetrack in the city of Registro, in the southern part of the State of São Paulo, where his Drifting School is based.[13]