| Masahiko Kageyama | |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Birth Date: | 8 August 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Kanagawa Prefecture |
| Retired: | 2002 |
| Related To: | Masami Kageyama (brother) |
| First Year: | 1993 (JGTC GT1) |
| Starts: | 56 |
| Wins: | 6 |
| Best Finish: | 1st |
| Year: | 1993 - 1995 |
| Prev Series: | Formula Nippon Japanese Touring Car Championship All-Japan Formula Three |
| Prev Series Years: | 1990-2001 1990-1996 1987-1989 |
| Title Years: | 1993 - 1995 |
is a former racing driver from Japan. He participated in the Japanese Grand Touring Car series in the top category between 1993 and 2002.
Kageyama won the inaugural Japanese Grand Touring Car championship, in the Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, before winning the next two championships.
He also won the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 1989, and the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1993.
Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third-place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1]
Kageyama is the CEO of M-Proto Inc., a supplier of brake pads, based in Fujisawa, Kanagawa.[2] His younger brother is Masami Kageyama, who also competed in JGTC and at Le Mans.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Stellar International | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | 20th | 1 | ||
| 1991 | Stellar International | SUZ | AUT | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | 31st | 0 | |
| 1993 | Nakajima Racing | SUZ | SUZ | MIN | SUZ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | 10th | 7 | |
| 1994 | Nakajima Racing | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | 13th | 2 | ||
| 1995 | Navi Connection Racing | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | TOK | FUJ | SUZ | 12th | 5 | |||
| 1996 | Navi Connection Racing | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | TOK | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | FUJ | 14th | 4 | ||
| 1997 | Team Impul | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | MIN | MOT | FUJ | SUZ | 7th | 16 | ||
| 1998 | Maziora Team Impul | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | MOT | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | 4th | 21 | ||
| 1999 | Speedmaster Mooncraft | SUZ | MOT | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | 18th | 1 | ||
| 2001 | Takagi B-1 Car Club | SUZ | MOT | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | 20th | 0 |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Object T | Ford Sierra RS500(Rd.1~4) Nissan Skyline GT-R(Rd.5，6) | JTC-1 | NIS | SUG | SUZ | TSU | SEN | FUJ | 6th | 84 | ||||
| 1991 | Object T | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | SUG | SUZ | TSU | SEN | AUT | FUJ | 7th | 98 | ||||
| 1992 | Impul | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | AID | AUT | SUG | SUZ | MIN | TSU | SEN | FUJ | 7th | 78 | ||
| 1993 | Impul | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | MIN | AUT | SUG | SUZ | AID | TSU | TOK | SEN | FUJ | 1st | 134 |
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Nismo | Nissan Sunny | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | TOK 1 | TOK 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | MIN 1 | MIN 2 | AID 1 | AID 2 | TSU 1 | TSU 2 | SEN 1 | SEN 2 | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | 22nd | 10 | |
| 1996 | Nismo | Nissan Primera Camino | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | MIN 1 | MIN 2 | SEN 1 | SEN 2 | TOK 1 | TOK 2 | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | 5th | 63 |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Hoshino Racing | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT1 | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | SUG | MIN | 1st | 70 | ||||
| 1995 | Hoshino Racing | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT1 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | SUG | MIN | 1st | 67 | |||
| 1996 | Team Impul | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | SUG | MIN | 4th | 54 | |||
| 1997 | Nismo | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | MIN | SUG | 19th | 10 | |||
| 1998 | Nismo | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | MOT | MIN | SUG | 8th | 29 | ||
| 1999 | Toyota Team Sard | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | MIN | FUJ | TAI | MOT | 22nd | 5 | ||
| 2000 | Toyota Team Sard | Toyota Supra | GT500 | MOT | FUJ | SUG | FUJ | TAI | MIN | SUZ | 12th | 25 | ||
| 2001 | Toyota Team Sard | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI | FUJ | SUG | FUJ | MOT | SUZ | MIN | 21st | 8 | ||
| 2002 | Kraft | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI | FUJ | SUG | SEP | FUJ | MOT | MIN | SUZ | 25th | 3 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 |  NISMO | Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki | Nissan Skyline GT-R LM | GT1 | 157 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1996 | NISMO | Aguri Suzuki Masahiko Kondo | Nissan Skyline GT-R LM | GT1 | 209 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1997 | Nissan Motorsport TWR | Kazuyoshi Hoshino Érik Comas | Nissan R390 GT1 | GT1 | 294 | 12th | 5th | |
| 1998 | Nissan Motorsports TWR | Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Nissan R390 GT1 | GT1 | 347 | 3rd | 3rd | |
| 2000 | TV Asahi Team Dragon | Toshio Suzuki Masami Kageyama | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | LMP900 | 340 | 6th | 6th |