All Japan Road Race Championship Explained

All Japan Road Race Championship
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Sport:Motorcycle sport
Founded:1967
Country:Japan
Champion: Katsuyuki Nakasuga (JSB1000)
Kazuma Watanabe (ST1000)
Haruki Noguchi (ST600)
Hiroki Ono (J-GP3)

The is the premiere motorcycle road racing championship in Japan. It is run by the Motorcycle Federation of Japan (MFJ) (日本モーターサイクルスポーツ協会) – the Japanese affiliate of the FIM.

History

The MFJ was formed in 1961 and held its first motorcycle road race in 1967.

The Championship's premiere class for a number of years had been the 500ccm class but it was replaced by a superbike class in 1994. During the 2002 season the championship was used by some manufacturers to test their MotoGP prototypes. The prototypes usually won the races but were not eligible for points. The series now runs a small seven round schedule but has a large field of Japanese riders and bikes. Similar to Spain's CEV championship, Moto3 motorcycles are used in Japan.

Champions

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1967Mitsuo ItohYasunori ShigenoTsunehiro MasudaTakashi Matsunaga
1968Yoshiaki KamiyaTadao BabaMasahiro WadaTakashi Matsunaga
1969Yutaka OdaMorio SumiyaHideo KanayaMorio Sumiya
1970Eiji KondohYutaka OdaToshio OhwakiHiroyuki Kawasaki
1971Hideo KanayaIzumi SugimotoToshio OhwakiHideo Kanaya
1972Yutaka OdaYutaka Oda
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1973Shinji SumiyaKen Nemoto
1974Tatsumi AokiIkujiro Takaï
1975Tadashi EzakiTadao Asami
1976Yoshikazu MouriJunzoh SatohIkujiro Takaï
1977Hiroyuki IidaOsamu SuzukiYoshikazu Mouri
1978Koji UedaKoji UedaIwao IshikawaShin'ichi Ueno
1979Mitsuo SaitohKeiji KinoshitaMasaru Mizutani
1980Noriaki IchinoseTadahiko TairaOsamu Suzuki
1981Noriaki IchinoseYasuaki FujimotoKeiji Kinoshita
Year 125 cm3 250 cm3 500 cm3 TT-F1 TT-F3
1982Noriaki IchinoseTeruo FukudaMasaru Mizutani
1983Jiroh Kuriya (Honda)Mitsuo Saito (Yamaha)Tadahiko Taira (Yamaha)
1984Jiroh Kuriya (Honda)Masaru Kobayashi (Honda)Tadahiko Taira (Yamaha)Shunji Yatusushiro (Honda)Tadashi Ezaki (Yamaha)
1985Hisashi Unemoto (Honda)Masaru Kobayashi (Honda)Tadahiko Taira (Yamaha)Satoshi Tsujimoto (Suzuki)Yoichi Yamamoto (Honda)
1986Kenichi Yoshida (Honda)Shinji Katayama (Yamaha)Keiji Kinoshita (Honda)Satoshi Tsujimoto (Suzuki)Yoichi Yamamoto
1987Hisashi Unemoto (Honda)Masahiro Shimizu (Honda)Norihiko Fujiwara (Yamaha)Yukiya Ohshima (Suzuki)Masumitsu Taguchi
1988Masayuki Hirose (Honda)Toshihiko Honma (Yamaha)Norihiko Fujiwara (Yamaha)Shoji Miyazaki (Honda)Toshinobu Shiomori (Yamaha)
1989Fuyuki Yamazaki (Honda)Tadayuki Okada (Honda)Norihiko Fujiwara (Yamaha) Doug Polen (Suzuki) Doug Polen (Suzuki)
1990Kazuto Sakata (Honda)Tadayuki Okada (Honda)Shinichi Ito (Honda)Ken'ichiro Iwahashi (Honda)Ryuji Tsuruta (Kawasaki)
1991Masafumi Ono (Honda)Tadayuki Okada (Honda) Peter Goddard (Yamaha)Shoji Miyazaki (Honda)nowrapKatsuyoshi Takahashi (Yamaha)
1992Akira Saito (Honda)Tetsuya Harada (Yamaha) Daryl Beattie (Honda)nowrapShoichi Tsukamoto (Kawasaki)
1993Yoshiaki Katoh (Yamaha)Tohru Ukawa (Honda)Norick Abe (Honda)Keiichi Kitagawa (Kawasaki)
Year 125 cm3 250 cm3 S-NK Superstock 600
1994Ken Miyasaka (Honda)Tohru Ukawa (Honda)Wataru Yoshikawa (Yamaha)
1995Youichi Ui (Yamaha)Noriyasu Numata (Suzuki)Takuma Aoki (Honda)
1996Masao Azuma (Honda)Noriyasu Numata (Suzuki)Takuma Aoki (Honda)
1997Takashi Akita (Yamaha)Daijiro Kato (Honda)Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha)
1998Hideyuki Nakajoh (Honda)Shinya Nakano (Yamaha)Shinichi Ito (Honda)
1999Hideyuki Nakajoh (Honda)Naoki Matsudo (Yamaha)Wataru Yoshikawa (Yamaha)Manabu Kamada (Suzuki)
2000Tomoyoshi Koyama (Yamaha)Shinichi Nakatomi (Honda)Hitoyasu Izutsu (Kawasaki)Ryuji Tsuruta (Kawasaki)
2001Hideyuki Nakajoh (Honda)Taro Sekiguchi (Yamaha)Akira Ryo (Suzuki)Keiichi Kitagawa (Suzuki)Yuichi Takeda (Honda)
Year 125 cm3 250 cm3 JSB/S-NK Superstock 600
2002Hideyuki Nakajoh (Honda)Tekkyu Kayoh (Yamaha)Atsushi Watanabe (Suzuki)Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Honda)Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda)
Year 125 cm3 250 cm3 JSB1000 GP-Mono Superstock 600
2003Shuhei Aoyama (Honda)Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda)Keiichi Kitagawa (Suzuki)Yoshiteru Konishi (Honda)
2004Hideyuki Nakajoh (Honda)Yuki Takahashi (Honda)Hitoyasu Izutsu (Honda)Takeshi Tsujimura (Honda)
2005Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Honda)Shuhei Aoyama (Honda)Shinichi Ito (Honda)Takashi Yasuda (Honda)
2006Takaaki Nakagami (Honda)Ryuji Yokoe (Yamaha)Shinichi Ito (Honda)Tasuku Yamashita(Yamaha)Takashi Yasuda (Honda)
2007Hiroomi Iwata (Honda)Youichi Ui (Yamaha)Atsushi Watanabe (Suzuki)Takayoshi Mori (Honda)Yoshiteru Konishi (Honda)
2008Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Honda)Takumi Takahashi (Honda)nowrapKatsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Yasutomo Nomura (Honda)Yoshiteru Konishi (Honda)
2009Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Honda)Youichi Ui (Yamaha)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Kazuki Hanafusa (Yamaha)Yusuke Teshima (Honda)
Year J-GP3 J-GP2 JSB1000 GP-Mono Superstock 600
2010Hikari Okubo (Honda)Yoshiteru Konishi (Honda)Kousuke Akiyoshi (Honda)Kenta Fujii (Honda)Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Honda)
2011Kenta Fujii (Honda)Takaaki Nakagami (Honda)Kousuke Akiyoshi (Honda)Tetsuta Nagashima (Honda)Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Honda)
2012Masaki Tokudome (Honda)Kazuki Watanabe (Kawasaki)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha) Decha Kraisart (Yamaha)
2013Sena Yamada (Honda)Kohta Nozane (Honda)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Kazuma Watanabe (Honda)
2014Sena Yamada (Honda)Yuki Takahashi (Moriwaki)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Ryuta Kobayashi (Honda)
2015Ryo Mizuno (Honda)Yuki Takahashi (Moriwaki)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Ryuji Yokoe (Yamaha)
2016Masaki Tokudome (Honda)Naomichi Uramoto (Suzuki)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Ikuhiro Enokido (Honda)
2017Yuta Date (Honda)Ryo Mizuno (HARC-PRO)Takumi Takahashi (Honda)Keisuke Maeda (Yamaha)
2018Genki Nakajima (Honda)Ryosuke Iwato (Moriwaki)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Yuki Okamoto (Yamaha)
2019Sho Hasegawa (Honda)Teppei Nagoe (HARC-PRO)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Tomoyoshi Koyama (Honda)
Year J-GP3 (Moto3) Superstock 1000 JSB1000 (Superbike) Superstock 600
2020Takeru Murase (Honda)Yuki Takahashi (Honda)Kohta Nozane (Yamaha)Yuki Okamoto (Yamaha)
2021Hiroki Ono (Honda)Kazuma Watanabe (Honda)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Haruki Noguchi (Honda)
2022Hiroki Ono (Honda)Kazuma Watanabe (Honda)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Kouta Arakawa (Honda)
2023Hiroki Ono (Honda)Kazuma Watanabe (Honda)Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)Keito Abe (Yamaha)
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MFJ Road Race Results. motoracing-japan.com. 13 November 2015. 30 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151230152413/http://www.motoracing-japan.com/result/jrr/index.html. dead.