2027 World Car Awards Juror

MANABU KAWAGUCHI

JAPAN


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After graduating from university in 1993, he started working as a freelance automobile journalist and has a career of 32 years.

Member of Automobile Journalists Association of Japan (AJAJ) since 1997

Japan Car of the Year selection committee since 2002

Auto Color Award Japan selection committee since 2024

As an automobile journalist, contributed to specialized magazines, general magazines, newspapers, websites, etc. At the same time, he appeared on radio and television.

Participated from the launch of Sony PlayStation's software "Gran Turismo" and was in charge of vehicle commentary.

Starting a YouTube channel in 2008, he became a pioneer of Japanese automobile video media, and continues to this day.