As of round 17 Race · updated 10/13/2026, 07:18 PM (Japan time)

Riders

Yukio Kagayama

Nationality: Japan
Bike: Suzuki
Born: May 7, 1974(age 52)
Birthplace: Kanagawa

Photos (13)

2007
Chris Ssk · CC BY 3.0
2007
Smudge 9000 · CC BY 2.0
2007
jaggat racing from Selangor, malaysia · CC BY 2.0
2008
Smudge 9000 · CC BY 2.0
2008
christianb_7 · CC BY-SA 2.0
2008
christianb_7 · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
bluXgraphics(motorcycle design Japan)=Midorikawa from shirakawa ,fukushima, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
bluXgraphics(motorcycle design Japan)=Midorikawa from shirakawa ,fukushima, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2016
Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
2016
Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
2016
Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Phillip Island in 1997.

In 500cc (1997): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1998): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1998–2001): 5 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In MotoGP (2002–2004): 5 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 12 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

Year	Event	Class	Grid	Qualifying
1998	French GP	500cc	11	1'22.604

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 2004 MotoGP (RIO)

Season by season

250cc500ccMotoGP ★ Champion

The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine

Scope: official results DB, 1997–2004 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1997–1998

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

20 pts · Poles 0

1 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

500cc1997–2001

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P11.7

34 pts · Poles 0

1 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

MotoGP2002–2004

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.3

11 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2004 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1997. Of the 73 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Max Biaggi 4 world titles
12 races together: ahead 3, behind 9, both out 0

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

All classes 14 races · 250cc / 500cc / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Suzuka250cc 2avg P6.0

Johor500cc 1avg P6.0

Phillip Island500cc 1avg P7.0

Motegi500cc 2avg P11.0

LusailMotoGP 1avg P11.0

DoningtonMotoGP 1avg P12.0

Sepang500cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P12.5

Mugello500cc 1avg P17.0

Jerez500cc 1avg P19.0

AssenMotoGP 1—

SachsenringMotoGP 1—

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

MotoGP 5 races · 2002–2004

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Lusail1 racesavg P11.0

Donington1 racesavg P12.0

Sepang1 racesavg P14.0

Assen1 races—

Sachsenring1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

500cc 7 races · 1997–2001

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 4–6	5.0 → 6.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 10–15	12.0 → 13.2	0 wins / 5 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Johor1 racesavg P6.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P7.0

Motegi2 racesavg P11.0

Sepang1 racesavg P11.0

Mugello1 racesavg P17.0

Jerez1 racesavg P19.0

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records.

250cc 2 races · 1997–1998

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 4–6	5.0 → 6.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 10–15	14.0 → 6.0	0 wins / 1 races

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2004 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 952 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 313 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 40,894 miles
1.6× around the Earth · at least 3.7 days

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length.A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.

Every race

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2004 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

2002	Sachsenring	grid 11	DNF
2003	Assen	grid 15	DNF
2003	Donington	grid 17	12 +4
2004	Lusail	grid 17	11 +5
2004	Sepang	grid 20	14 +2

1997	Phillip Island	grid 11	7 +9
1998	Johor	grid 5	6 +10
1998	Jerez	grid 15	19
1998	Mugello	grid 12	17
1999	Sepang	grid 10	11 +5
1999	Motegi	grid 12	12 +4
2001	Motegi		10 +6