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Nationality: Japanese
Date of Birth: 15th July 1971
Place of Birth: Kagoshima
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 64 kg
Maritial Status: married to Emi, one son, Showtaro
Resides: Fukuoka
Career:
1987 First mini-bike race on a Honda NSR 50 mid-way throug that season
1988 Mini-bike races, winning 10 events in his first full-season of competition
1989
2nd in 250cc Sports Production Championship behind team mate Tohru Ukawa, 1st
in
3-hour endurance race with Ukawa
1990 1st in Formula 3, 250cc Production and 250cc Club Championships, 20 race wins
1991 competed in Japanese 250cc Championship, with a best result of 5th
1992
6th in Japanese TT-F1 Championship for the factory Suzuki Team
1st in Championship race at Fuji
1993
5th in Japanese TT-F1 Championship ( factory Suzuki Team)
1st in Championship race at Suzuka
1994
10th in Japanese Superbike Championship (factory Suzuki Team)
10th in Suzuka 8-Hour race
1995
6th in Japanese Superbike Championship (Kawasaki Racing Team)
3rd in Suzuka 8-Hour race
1996
9th in Japanese Superbike Championship after early-season wrist injury
5th in Suzuka 8-Hour race
1997
4th in World Superbike Championship(factory Kawasaki Racing Team), including
two
race wins at Sugo(Japan) and A1 Ring (Austria)
7th in Suzuka 8-Hour race
1998 7th in World Superbike Championship for Kawasaki Racing Team
1999
5th World Superbike Championship with 9 podium finishes
including one victory at Sugo/Jpn (factory Kawasaki Racing Team)
3rd in Suzuka 8-Hour race
2000 5th World
Superbike Championship (Kawasaki Racing Team) after breaking collar bone
in first race of the 2000 season.
2001 Kawasaki
Racing Team World Superbike Championship