New Zealand driver Emma Gilmour has accepted an invitation to contest the motor rally of Japan on October 25-28.
She will compete in the world championship event as a guest driver for Subaru, joining teammate and reigning Japanese champion Noriyuki Katsuka.
"Top Australians Cody Crocker and Dean Herridgehave both taken up the offer in the past, and this year I am delighted to do the same," said Gilmour, of Dunedin.
Gilmour and her regular co-driver Glenn Macneall will drive a production class Impreza STI in the rally.
While Gilmour has never contested Japan's world championship event before, she has previously competed in Japan.
"Actually, my first ever rally as a driver outside of New Zealand was a rally in Japan," she said.
"It was a tarmac event, though, whereas Rally Japan is a gravel event, held mainly in forests on the country's northern island of Hokkaido."
Gilmour has competed in three world championship event outside of New Zealand.
