What's the story with Noriyaro?

[@SONGOKOMETA]

Honestly the best part of the video is the colection of cars in certified noriyaro fungus patina colour

[@paul66766]

Noriyaro-off-white

[@Marbeary]

It might be scuffed but it has a soul.

[@faizfrez2729]

Ah yes. Noriyaro loves Rasty's work so much he made his own brand called Rusty

[@acidronin5730]

He has one red one!

[@sunshinemybrain9042]

For real xD bros style is timeless

[@Wyndorn]

RIP car forums. A true loss to civilization.

[@Asterix1022]

they still exsist and are quite used for 2hand repairs at least in europe

[@yourgrandmasjzexboyfriend]

Just got done looking through the forums to fix my car lol. They’re alive and well

[@agimb2381]

Different type of carhead entirely but a bunch of old guys still push on Jeep forums specifically for Wrangler posting

[@benridesbikes6975]

Yeah I miss those days, so much good banter and technical information floating around. Often from people who had done the work too, so you'd get these little tidbits you'd never get from like a workshop manual or how-to guide. I remember countless times where I'd be like, how tf do I get to that bolt, and then someone on the forum had like a 12 step process to get to that one specific bolt already written up.

[@tamatikaa]

Skylines Downunder is a treasure trove of RFB knowledge that's still in-use today 😅

[@solarispo]

This camera setup looks like "The Council of Noriyaro has come to Judge You." Always love the content, look forward to more.

[@chickenfliq1174]

I'm only one minute in, but this camera setup with your cars in the workshop as a background looks absolutely sick. Can't wait to see the evergrowing collection of car parts, posters and other stuff being added in the future

[@StickPeopleAndPuff]

Its funny you mention dramatizations because a BIG reason I like to watch your content is because its *real* . I feel like other channels do things for the "meme" or are too clickbait-y, or just regurgitate the same old facts and features we all know. I feel like, like you said, go and seek out the niche and interesting but also like you genuinely _want_ to share it with us because its interesting, not because "Oh this will get me views!!!1", your videos feel very relatable and honest

[@Holeecrab]

that AE86 video 9 years ago is my first gateway to your stuff. I am 18 back then but now I am 51. Keep making cool stuff man

[@keiadam]

hi crabman

[@omnidirectionalhuntergodradar]

9 years ago you were 18 and now you are 51 :D?

[@wilfredmartinez4795]

​@omnidirectionalhuntergodradar time flies right? 😀

[@AKL89]

@omnidirectionalhuntergodradar prolly meant 31, atleast looking at the videos he makes.

[@RagaThrone]

bro is solid snake 😭

[@radracer8777]

"What's The Storiyaro With Noriyaro?" FTFY

[@HairSuitGentleman]

What’s the Storyaro Morning Gloryaro?

[@QESTize]

"wouldnt you like to know?" insert balamory intro

[@wokka6554]

Gotta love this guy for staying on the grind for so long

[@Cheap_Steeze]

I literally started reading all the Noriyaro blog in year 8 high school (age 13), I remember flipping between Noriyaro and Speedhunters at any chance I could get. Couldn't count the amount of times I got pulled off the computers or put in detention or sent out of class when I got caught. Fast forward to now, almost 26, I haven't missed a single Noriyaro or Noriyaro2 video since then. I had a small chat with you at QLD Raceway for 1JZ meeting and honestly man, you're supremely humble, extremely friendly and just an all around brilliant person to and for the car community in general. I know you were probably running on 3hrs sleep, no water, a servo pie and some chips, had to vlog, drive, sign stuff, interact with EVERYONE there - but you still had a chat. Cheers for being a massive inspiration man, you and your content has brought a whole load of joy into my life. I can heavily relate to being isolated when it came to liking cars at school - there were the usual blokes who liked their supercars and knew about the "JDM hero cars" from pop culture/media, but couldn't find anyone really into drifting and all of the oddball stuff I really got into until the later years of HS. Me and the few mates I did find started bringing our RC Drift cars to school, teachers didn't seem to mind us using them at lunch and after school time on school grounds as long as we didn't damage stuff. It all snowballed from that 😂

[@Charlie-Charlot]

There’s plenty of car channels and car related content creators nowadays, but your channel is different. You mentioned being a big consumer of magazines when younger and it shows through your work. There’s always something professional and akin to a real journalist but with a lot of relatability and a sort of humbleness in your videos. It gives me a similar feeling to watching old top gear with Clarkson, Hammond and May. There’s a genuine passion that exudes from your videos and that’s really what makes me coming back to watch every video with the same joy as it was to first find your channel almost 10 years ago now.

[@acrain7]

I've been watching Noriyaro since 2015 or so, and it's been wild to see your progression both as a presenter and a driver. Hearing your story really inspired me; I'd often approached life with the mindset that you have to know exactly where you'll end up in advance, in order to aptly plan for the present. Hearing you talk about all the different avenues you explored, and the journey it took to end up where you are today, really helps motivate me to keep pushing through uncertainties. Perhaps the world is less linear and strict than I previously thought. Thank you man, please keep sliding.

[@kazkajiya]

I remember stumbling across your "Fixing and drifting a Skyline at Ebisu Circuit" video when it came out, and I was hooked ever since. It's clear to see your enjoyment for the cars and everything around it, which makes your videos so much more authentic as well. Your video work has improved immensely over the years since, and while I do enjoy the occasional wild car showcases, what keeps me coming back are the down to earth rip-and-repair videos with you and your cars. Appreciate you, and keep up the good work!

[@user-ef8lg3xc4f]

LOL "my friends bought me a defensive driving course", that's hilarious

[@spaceonix_5882]

The aura of that garage is so amazing.

[@sixeight8683]

The backdrop for this video is so cool looking, especially at the beginning how bright it is.

[@TimMyles]

I was obsessed with those magazines back then; Fast Fours, High Performance Imports, Zoom, and to a lesser extent, Hot 4s. I couldn't wait to pick up the latest issue at the local newsagent and sink my teeth into the JDM content. Thanks for all the cool stuff you've released over the years Alexi, I hope you keep going for many more years.

[@joz1751]

How cool was Zoom. Full backyard builds but the custom parts to make stuff work back then was great to see. I beleive these magazines influenced so many ppl to try the impossible !

[@DeadBeatDex]

I love your videos because it's kept the same, or at least similar, structure from 10 years ago. You never adopted that drastic "Mr. Beast Era" change that many bigger car channels did where everyone was just doing the craziest or most expensive things that they could think of. It's always felt simple and clean with a semi-professional style to it and there's just something really endearing about it.

[@WannaBeMx]

Super interesting video! I feel like I’ve heard so many of these stories through years of watching but getting the full timeline is neat. Keep up the great work and keep doing exactly what you want to do! We’ll keep loving it

[@flyingnacho27]

When I discovered your channel, it was kind of a replacement for a dying The Grand Tour. Absolutely love the similar slow pace, car reporter style of your channel, keep it up!

[@Olde_Spice]

Lol wow "VCD" damn that makes me feel old.

[@AnonymousAccount-xm1wt]

I got a few dori ten vcds off of eBay back in the day. You could tell they were all bootleg copies. Have some options stuff on VHS from back then too. Man I miss the tangible excitement of that era. Yep we are old now 😭

[@M3420AM]

Been following for so long and very proud how ur Channel grew in following but the energy never changed

[@_autoverse]

Excellent video, thanks for taking the time to make it. I’m one of the countless folks who read your blog back in the day and it’s neat to see you’ve still got the passion.

[@LuckyKnightJP]

Norilore!!! Let's go! Twitch stream condensed

[@Brennanan]

this would've been a 40 hour stream

[@okoyej08]

I've been along for the ride since the start of the noriyaro blog. One of my favorite youtubers for sure. One of the posts that stood out to me was Yuuta Onodera in his eunos roadster, keep on rocking out man and hope to see more good content from you.

[@Aminmotors]

I am glad to have found this video, I've always wanted to hear the whole story. Thanks for the 2am upload, just got back home from a rainy cruise around the city :)

[@blnkerfluid]

40 minutes of nice noriyaro content, nice start to february 🙌🏼

[@Ozonewi]

Fastest 40minutes in my life, that was enjoyable video. Thank you alexi

[@cyclonicleo]

Here from the start and glad for it. Well done Alexi!

[@LifeOfACyborg]

NORIYARO LORE DUMP!!

[@putzstuck]

When this dropped on Patreon yesterday, I started watching while wearing a General Mayhem t-shirt. I've followed you for over 10 years and Freiburger for at least six. The beercan makes so much sense now! Don't get it right, just get it running. Thanks for sharing your origin story, loved this!

[@hc61295]

Being 29 and just moving to Japan this past year the story of you jumping around jobs before taking the dive and moving out here resonates so much with me and it was really cool to hear!

[@S147]

Remember a lot of these stories, but had no idea where they went in the timeline of the NCU (Noriyaro Cinematic Universe™), Getting a 40min lore dump really cleared it up!

[@pizzamonstamatt]

I've been a subscriber for years, and always wandered about the backstory of your journey to get where you are, so I definitely had to watch this all the way through. As a lifelong creative, designer, artist, car obsessive, dreamer of experiencing many aspects of Japanese culture, and always dreaming of living a life in car culture like you've lived, I'm so envious of your life and career and everything you've done and achieved and where you're at now. You definitely deserve to be having the success and living the life you are. Keep up the great work and enjoy living the dream for those of us that will never be able to, we'll keep watching and supporting from afar!

[@7_nth]

The backstory on the animation and magazine work makes a lot of things make sense! One of my favourite channels, thanks for sharing!

[@belterheadin3570]

Love everything you do man, its amazing how many Aussies still dont know about you, im spreading the word here in the drift scene of Western Australia.

[@leftLoosely]

Noriyaro is one of my favorite car you tubers out there. His content is be very distinct from other youtubers. Looking forward to your future videos

[@rellew7300]

Awesome mate, first met you in 2013 when you were judging a g1 gp at ebisu, time flys, glad your able to keep scratching that itch, always look forward to your vids ✌️

[@BobbyLowedesign]

Thanks for sharing, Alexi! So much nostalgia in this one-feels like a time capsule of peak car culture. Loved hearing the stories and seeing all the old-school goodness!"

[@sixeight8683]

The beer can skyline in the snow and red ae86 videos are actually my favorites of yours. Ive rewatched the ae86 one I dont know how many times

[@vextaaw]

The fact that you got to go all around the world because you make videos about cars on youtube is so amazing. You're such a wholesome guy, keep pushin!

[@Element0145]

Please never stop doing what you do , you make my life living as I am bareable because I can live vicariously through you as you put ur vids out

[@elmalortio4830]

Magazines, initial D, forums. If you’re relating to this, how’s your back pain today? 😭

[@swisscourthustle]

Not great 😅 haha

[@anthonyestevez118]

I know what you mean! The back feels good "today."

Its fascination how peak Top Gear and Roadkill (peak Motortrend youtube I guess) went beyond borders and niches of car culture. Keep up the great work, I think I've been here for 10 years and also thanks to all the patreons.

[@danielholland4520]

the itasha scene coverage is peak, please keep going with that!

[@NTGaming00]

you’re the man! Have been watching for probably a decade and you shaped basically every car choice I’ve had over the years from your videos. Thanks for everything Alexi!

[@dsubversion]

The definitive Nori video. Found your blog around 2009 and then later on YT. Keep on sending it brotha ✌

[@StanleyKubick1]

this isn't exactly the shop content I've been begging for, but I'll take it gratefully. shop looks sicj

[@BrickMuffin]

My baby girl has been wanting to play. Been watching in chunks, not done yet; but you have no idea how motivational and nostalgic this video has been for me. Thank you. By the way, your set up in the background is beautiful. Keep on keepin on my brudda

[@LF-Productions]

I’ve been subbed for years and always knew you came from magazines but wow the lore dump was much needed

[@lilshr00m69]

I loved this video. I remember watching your stuff in highschool back in 2013-2014 and now here I am about to be 27 years old and getting closer and closer to my dream of owning a drift car and being able to travel to Japan

[@WagwanHappyPappyHapPap]

Helllllll yeah dude thank you for this! Looking forward to many years of goodness

[@eathanolsen1064]

You are truly one of the best to do this mate

[@gunplahunter8287]

This was the best Noriyaro video ive seen to date

[@VincentS327]

Keep doing what you do… no need to change… people follow you for you man

[@DClubGP]

Been watching since the beginning, by far the best Japanese content. We just need more!!!

[@alexclark9645]

That was an interesting recap of everything, I remember landing on the noriyaro blog and that was one of the only places we could find regular jdm car photos and the celica video I still remember like it was yesterday ! I would say one important thing for me was also your branding and I guess that came from your magazine experience? But it made things feels like there was a real magazine or something behind it. Not to mention the watermark on every photo that would lead us straight to your blog !

[@gapmoeenthusiast]

Been following you for many years, get mildly amused to occasionally see you in Jelly's streams. Keep putting out good content man

[@shoya_dori]

You are a good human being! I'm really happy for you and all the things that worked out for you the way they did. A true success story! I hope you keep making videos with the same enthusiastic energy you always had. Lots of love from Hungary! ❤

[@ghost.of.aleksz.salad.]

you are a g for sharing the special stuff that we might have never seen without your videos. that special flavor we crave

[@usiiotv]

Thank you for everything you've done for the community and the culture !

[@maxros91]

I‘ve always wondered about your backstory, that was a wonderful video, another great and very personal one from the „man ramblin bout car in garage“ section

[@antoncasejp]

Very interesting episode, it’s awesome to hear the history of creating NoryYaro⭐️ Wathing you since 2017!

[@JapboxJacob]

Listening to your story arch has really got me thinking about where I've been going and my journey up until now. I appreciate you sharing this journey with us 😄 cheers Alexi 🤙

[@crookedandfilthy5828]

I watched the video of you and Darren in Japan countless times. Darren and I took my brother and friends to their formal. I remember him drifting around me entering the freeway. This was when competition cars were street registered. I had your video on how to drift. It was a different vibe back then. You had to look for drift content, whereas today it is pushed to you. So much style those days.

[@BrunoVentura22]

I saw the beercan snow drifting video. That video was so much fun. It makes you think that you are there living that progression too. When i got my degree, one of my objectives was to go to japan for a drift trip. I gave myself a deadline to make that happen. Can't wait. Your videos kind of fill that hole in my guts for now kkkkkkk

[@willnzsurf]

Cool to hear your origin story, pretty sure I've got one of those hot4s DVDs in a box somewhere, and might even remember that first car feature in the mag. I moved to NZ twenty years ago from the US & can relate to you moving overseas.🤙

[@Allwayskind6]

Thank you for this video! You’ve always been pretty thoughtful about what you put out and I’ve always appreciated your objective based approach. I don’t follow many other JP youtubers because of that

[@FoundingStockNZ]

You should totally get a bike, my son's been riding pit bikes etc for nearly 10yrs and now we ride old japanese 'sport' bikes together on the road 👌

[@SuperMatiz]

I was featured at Nori blogspot in "fanmade stickers" post. Such a honor till infinity 😊 funny that I thought I'm kinda newbie in fanbase, because photos with noriyaro watermark were floating in interwebs for a while. No one was even dreamed back then what NY gonna be. Looks like I'm one of oldschool fanbase heh 😮 Was honor to swap some mails back in the days Alexi. That was big thing for me. An penfriend in japan heh 😁 still waltching. Best wishes! P.s I still own this GF8😉

[@Tornike.Suladze]

Funny thing you mentioned Roadkill, I went from watching Tony Angelo's latest video(with the similar vibes) I don't remember how I stumbled upon Noriyaro blog but I remember scrolling through the posts daily to find ones with videos attached 😄 You have come a long way, keep up the good work, IMHO you have the smoothest and most enjoyable POV drift videos out there still.

[@Overlyhung]

love this video and the story, is very relatable in a certain way. I'm also glad that noriyaro raw 3 was the first video i ever saw of yours and have been watching ever since, pity i was late to the first 2😂 and i remember that celica video! i was absolutely frothing over the stretched wheels, will always tune into noriyaro x

[@deathtdow]

Your channels the one that got me into cars.

[@steet2]

Been watching for almost 10 years, love the content, thank you for everything! 😊

[@luckylucson]

I'm 100% counting this as a Probox video and I love it even more for that (Please make more videos about the probox)

[@SwitchFBproductions]

I, for one, think the story with Noriyarō is “get in”.

[@slyde1807]

I've been watching for over a decade now and it's crazy how far you have come. It's like watching a distant friend grow up and you cheer for them in the shadows 🤣

[@americanbystandard]

I learned all your background by watching the Trash Taste episode and I honestly love the story... what an inspiration.

[@makimaki500]

SAME

[@kdesikdosi5900]

same, this video was still interesting tho

[@quigonjay9]

Interesting journey you had to get here, really enjoyed the story

[@hardrockdude19]

you are a national tresure. thanks for all the amazing vids!

[@bullhaunts]

Always bring a smile to my face seeing a noriyaro video

[@FIREBIRDGOD]

Keep on keeping on!!!! I have enjoyed your videos since 2016!!!

[@IJaba27]

First time I see a Noriyaro video this early after it being published ( I usually let them stack so that I can enjoy them in bulk)

[@RedJitter]

Im old school so I’m always down for a good story telling. Thanks 🫡

[@DeadlyDuck]

I’ve only been watching for a couple years but your content is amazing and I love the stuff you do

[@Smokey7186]

You were my fav part of drift battle magazine i bought every one. Your black 180sx was so cool to see back then. Many moons ago now.

[@christophervillicana6553]

Magazines, forums, and word of mouth was the best times of the car community. Thanks for always keeping the true Japanese car culture alive.

[@DBolt-xb7sg]

The blog was so good. When I was at uni I would check it every morning.

[@D_D-m9v]

hey man keep doing what you are doing ! I love watching what you put out for us! im sure i speak for all of us when i say we would love to see you pump more content out!

[@matekomives3018]

remember watching the noriyaro raw videos on repeat showing my friends how cool it is, also the POV driving videos with the mark2 with the raw sounds damn didn't feel like it was 10 years ago

[@tougeattacksid]

LOVE YA ALEXI! Always gonna stick around as long as drifting exists, brother!

[@segopadang666]

the way u tell story is make me subs to you, im not good with english but i can understand you very good every time i watch u video, is like i watching a cool uncle with a cool story thx u

[@xlr8239]

The background is stunning, the lighting, the sun rays, the clapped out cars behind... Very nice 👍

[@benridesbikes6975]

Mega throwback, I remember spending hours on the nissansivlia forums before I had a car or a license, reading up how to do a engine swaps and transmission swaps on S13s. I was going to buy an SR20DE S13 since I couldn't afford a turbo S13, then add a turbo later. My dad would be like mate, you can't do that, it's too much work, we haven't go the space. Jokes on him, I blew up that SR20DE and he had to help me swap in a fresh one. He was right, it was a lot of work.

[@Masterkizz]

I still have a few High Performance Imports VHS tapes!

[@Leviathane]

This is great, because I've been watching Noriyaro for years and all I ever knew about the guy is that he's Australian and lives in Japan.

[@TurbineResearch]

Thanks for sharing you experience is rad

[@jessestout8646]

Its nice to see the Corolla in a garage! Great video by the way! 🙂

[@Marty17031]

Nearly had a heart attack for a second

[@ogscran2920]

Ain't no way we get a 40 + 1 minute video from noriyaro I asked, he listen ❤️‍🔥

[@tw2210]

Brilliant channel. Best wishes from the UK 👍🏻