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

Riders

Yoshimi Katayama (photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Eric Koch for Anefo · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · 1967 · Wikimedia Commons

Yoshimi Katayama

Nationality
Japan Japan
Bike
Suzuki
Born
May 15, 1940(age 86)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Suzuka in 1964.

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In 125cc (1964): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 50cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1966–1967): 7 starts, 1 wins, 5 podiums. In 50cc (1967): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Suzuka 1964 (125cc). First win: Hockenheim 1967 (125cc).

In all, 13 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 8 podiums (within the official results database).

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

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1965 125cc (TT) / 1967 50cc (TT)

Season by season

125cc250cc50cc ★ Champion

151019641965196619671964 125cc: P12 / 4 pts / 0 wins1966 125cc: P6 / 14 pts / 0 wins1967 125cc: P4 / 19 pts / 1 wins125cc1965 250cc: P14 / 6 pts / 0 wins250cc1966 50cc: P5 / 10 pts / 1 wins1967 50cc: P2 / 28 pts / 2 wins50cc

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

Scope: official results DB, 1964–1967 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

50cc1966–1967
Win rate50.0%
Podium rate83.3%
Average finish (when classified)avg P2.0

38 pts · Poles 0

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

125cc1964–1967
Win rate11.1%
Podium rate77.8%
Average finish (when classified)avg P2.8

43 pts · Poles 0

250cc1965–1965
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

6 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1964–1967 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1964. Of the 49 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)

All classes 17 races · 50cc / 125cc / 250cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim125cc 1avg P1.0
Fuji125cc 1 · 50cc 1avg P1.5
Clermont-Ferrand125cc 1 · 50cc 1avg P2.0
Sachsenring125cc 1avg P2.0
Montjuïc125cc 1 · 50cc 1avg P2.5
Spa250cc 1 · 50cc 1avg P3.0
Suzuka125cc 1avg P3.0
Assen250cc 1 · 125cc 2 · 50cc 2avg P3.2
Imatra125cc 1avg P5.0

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.

50cc 6 races · 1966–1967

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Fuji1 racesavg P1.0
Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P1.0
Spa1 racesavg P2.0
Montjuïc1 racesavg P2.0
Assen2 racesavg P3.0

50cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

125cc 9 races · 1964–1967

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim1 racesavg P1.0
Fuji1 racesavg P2.0
Sachsenring1 racesavg P2.0
Assen2 racesavg P3.0
Suzuka1 racesavg P3.0
Montjuïc1 racesavg P3.0
Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P3.0
Imatra1 racesavg P5.0

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

250cc 2 races · 1965

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Assen1 racesavg P4.0
Spa1 racesavg P4.0

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1964–1967 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Every race

66.7%Start rate (4/6)
1Longest run of absences (races)
3Longest run of starts (races)
13.3Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1967 50cc P2 · 28 pts

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? 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, 1964–1967 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

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