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

Riders

Akira Yanagawa

Nationality: Japan
Number: 87
Team (2007 MotoGP): Kawasaki Racing Team
Bike: Kawasaki
Born: July 15, 1971(age 55)
Birthplace: Kagoshima

Photos (9)

2016
Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
2018
Rikita · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in MotoGP at Motegi in 2002.

In MotoGP (2002–2007): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Kawasaki Racing Team.

In all, 4 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)

Season by season

MotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 2002–2007 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

MotoGP2002–2007

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P17.5

0 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2002–2007 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 2002. Of the 40 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

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)

MotoGP 4 races · 2002–2007

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Motegi2 racesavg P17.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P18.0

Catalunya1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Multiple suppliers era; Dry races only; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2002–2007 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 428 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 139 laps

Time on the bike: at least 4 hours (0.2 days)
Average 133.4 km/h, top 282.5 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2007–2007, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 13,075 miles
0.5× around the Earth · at least 1.2 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, 2002–2007 (the rider's racing years)

2002	Motegi	grid 18	DNF
2003	Suzuka	grid 18	18
2003	Catalunya	grid 16	Out on lap 1
2007	Motegi	grid 19	17