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Hiroshi Aoyama

Japanese motorcycle racer

Summary

Japanese motorcycle racer

Field	Value
name	Hiroshi Aoyama
image	Hiroshi Aoyama.jpg
caption	Aoyama at the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix
nationality	Japanese
birth_date
birth_place	Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
MotoGP Active years	–
MotoGP Manufacturers	Honda, BQR, FTR
MotoGP Championships	0
MotoGP Race Starts	70
MotoGP Race Wins	0
MotoGP Podiums	0
MotoGP Poles	0
MotoGP Fastest laps	0
MotoGP Total Points	241
MotoGP Last season	2017
MotoGP Last position	30th (0 pts)
250 Active years	–
250 Manufacturers	Honda, KTM
250 Championships	1 ()
250 Race Starts	104
250 Race Wins	9
250 Podiums	27
250 Poles	8
250 Fastest laps	11
250 Total Points	1112
250 Last season	2009
250 Last position	1st (261 pts)
SBK Active years
SBK Manufacturers	Honda
SBK Championships	0
SBK Race Starts	27
SBK Race Wins	0
SBK Podiums	0
SBK Poles	0
SBK Fastest laps	0
SBK Total Points	61.5
SBK Last season	2012
SBK Last position	18th (61.5 pts)
website	hiro-aoyama.com

Hiroshi Aoyama is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, and current team principal of Honda Team Asia. Aoyama is best known for winning the 2009 250cc World Championship title. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider, Shuhei Aoyama.

In his six seasons in the 250cc World Championship, Aoyama raced Honda and KTM machinery in an Aprilia-dominated class. He took nine victories and never finished lower than seventh overall. By winning the 2009 250cc World Championship, Aoyama become the last winner of this class before its replacement by the Moto2 class in 2010. In 2010 he moved up to the premier class with Interwetten Racing. He stopped competing in MotoGP after the 2014 season and took on the role of HRC test rider and advisor to riders in the Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup.

Career

Early career

Born in Ichihara, Chiba, Aoyama first raced in MiniMoto at the age of 4, racing against Yuki Takahashi, who he has raced against for most of his career. In 2008 he referred to Takahashi as a "respected rival".

Aoyama rode in the All-Japan Road Racing Championship until 2003, when he won the 250cc championship with Honda. He also rode a couple of events as wildcard rider in the Grand Prix World Championships, finishing 2nd in the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

125cc, 250cc & MotoGP World Championship

In 2004, Aoyama joined the 250cc World Championship full-time, still racing for Honda. His debut season gave him two third places and 6th place in the championship. In the following year he scored his maiden victory in his home race at Motegi and finished the championship in 4th place.

However, Aoyama was not able to stay on at Honda, so he moved to KTM for 2006 season. He brought them victories in Istanbul and Motegi, the first two for the manufacturer in the class. For the second year in row, he was 4th in overall standings.

Aoyama ended the 2007 season in sixth place in the 250 championship with victories in Germany and Malaysia. He remained with KTM for the 2008 season and finished the season in seventh place with two second-place finishes.

After KTM's withdrawal from 250cc class, Aoyama returned to Honda with Team Scot replacing his rival Yuki Takahashi who briefly moved up to MotoGP class. The 2009 season went well as he scored 4 wins, 3 second places and finished every other race in the points. At last race of the season Aoyama became the world champion.

Aoyama stepped up to MotoGP in 2010 on board the Emmi-Caffè Latte Team Honda RC212V. In initial testing the team (which is itself new to MotoGP) opted not to use the electronic rider aids, despite the bikes being designed around them. The team's technical director Tom Jojic explained that he wanted Aoyama to experience the bike's true nature, and believes that he is good enough to be competitive on it. His season was wrecked by a fractured vertebra sustained in a practice crash at Silverstone, eliminating him for much of the season.

Aoyama was a consistent race finisher in 2011, mainly finishing in the bottom end of the top ten, but finished fourth in the Spanish Grand Prix. Aoyama also replaced Dani Pedrosa on the factory-spec Repsol Honda bike for the Dutch TT in Assen, after Pedrosa's injury at the French Grand Prix. Aoyama moved to World Superbikes for the season, joining Jonathan Rea at Castrol Honda.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
250cc	Honda NSR250	Team Harc-Pro	1	0	0	0	0	8	28th	–
250cc	Honda NSR250	Team Harc-Pro	2	0	0	0	0	3	28th	–
250cc	Honda NSR250	Team Harc-Pro	2	0	0	0	0	9	27th	–
250cc	Honda NSR250	Team Harc-Pro	2	0	1	1	1	31	15th	–
250cc	Honda RS250RW	Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc	16	0	2	0	0	128	6th	–
250cc	Honda RS250RW	Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc	16	1	4	2	0	180	4th	–
250cc	KTM 250 FRR	Red Bull KTM 250	16	2	7	1	4	193	4th	–
250cc	KTM 250 FRR	Red Bull KTM 250	17	2	4	1	2	160	6th	–
250cc	KTM 250 FRR	Red Bull KTM 250	16	0	2	1	0	139	7th	–
250cc	Honda RS250RW	Scot Racing Team 250cc	16	4	7	2	4	261	1st	1
MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	12	0	0	0	0	53	15th	–
MotoGP	Honda RC212V	San Carlo Honda Gresini	17	0	0	0	0	98	10th	–
Repsol Honda Team
MotoGP	BQR	Avintia Blusens	1	0	0	0	0	3	25th	–
MotoGP	FTR MGP13	Avintia Blusens	16	0	0	0	0	13	20th	–
MotoGP	Honda RCV1000R	Drive M7 Aspar	18	0	0	0	0	68	14th	–
MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	4	0	0	0	0	5	25th	–
Honda RC213V-RS	AB Motoracing
MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	2	0	0	0	0	1	25th	–
MotoGP	Honda RC213V	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	1	0	0	0	0	0	30th	–
			175	9	27	8	11	1353		1

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts
2000–2009	2000 Pacific	2003 Japan	2005 Japan	104	9	27	8	11	1112	1
2010–2017	2010 Qatar			71	0	0	0	0	241	0
			175	9	27	8	11	1353	1

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
RSA	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	BRA	PAC
8	AUS
JPN
13	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC
21	AUS	MAL	BRA
JPN
12	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC
11	MAL	AUS	VAL
JPN
2	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC
5	MAL	AUS	VAL
RSA
11	SPA
Ret	FRA
4	ITA
9	CAT
6	NED
10	BRA
6	GER
4	GBR
9	CZE
7	POR
9	JPN
3	QAT
3	MAL
Ret	AUS
7	VAL
DSQ
SPA
Ret	POR
6	CHN
3	FRA
6	ITA
7	CAT
4	NED
4	GBR
Ret	GER
3	CZE
5	JPN
1	MAL
5	QAT
6	AUS
6	TUR
3	VAL
6
SPA
6	QAT
5	TUR
1	CHN
3	FRA
4	ITA
Ret	CAT
6	NED
9	GBR
3	GER
8	CZE
3	MAL
Ret	AUS
3	JPN
1	POR
2	VAL
Ret
QAT
Ret	SPA
6	TUR
Ret	CHN
9	FRA
Ret	ITA
21	CAT
7	GBR
3	NED
5	GER
1	CZE
6	RSM
2	POR
Ret	JPN
8	AUS
4	MAL
1	VAL
10
QAT
16	SPA
4	POR
5	CHN
2	FRA
7	ITA
8	CAT
7	GBR
6	NED
6	GER
8	CZE
13	RSM
Ret	INP
C	JPN
9	AUS
Ret	MAL
2	VAL
5
QAT
4	JPN
2	SPA
1	FRA
8	ITA
6	CAT
2	NED
1	GER
4	GBR
1	CZE
4	INP
2	RSM
4	POR
4	AUS
7	MAL
1	VAL
7			1st	261
QAT
10	SPA
14	FRA
11	ITA
11	GBR
DNS	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	INP
12	RSM
12	ARA
13	JPN
10	MAL
7	AUS
13	POR
12	VAL
14
QAT
10	SPA
4	POR
7	FRA
8	CAT
Ret	GBR
9	NED
8	ITA
11	GER
15	USA
10	CZE
9	INP
9	RSM
11	ARA
11	JPN
9	AUS
Ret	MAL
C	VAL
12
QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	INP	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL
13
QAT
15	AME
17	SPA
18	FRA
19	ITA
Ret	CAT
WD	NED	GER
17	USA
16	INP
15	CZE
14	GBR
18	RSM
14	ARA
14	MAL
11	AUS
20	JPN
17	VAL
16
QAT
11	AME
12	ARG
10	SPA
12	FRA
14	ITA
14	CAT
15	NED
16	GER
12	INP
10	CZE
13	GBR
14	RSM
12	ARA
8	JPN
13	AUS
8	MAL
11	VAL
15
QAT	AME
11	ARG
Ret	SPA
Ret	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER
Ret	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN
15	AUS	MAL
16	VAL
QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN
18	AUS	MAL	VAL

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	Total
Honda CBR1000RR	Honda World Superbike Team	27	0	0	0	0	61.5	18th
		27	0	0	0	0	61.5

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	2012	Honda	18th	61.5
AUS
8	AUS
9	ITA
18	ITA
Ret	NED
12	NED
13	ITA
C	ITA
11	EUR
17	EUR
10	USA
17	USA
Ret	SMR
16	SMR
12	SPA
14	SPA
15	CZE
Ret	CZE
Ret	GBR
13	GBR
14	RUS
13	RUS
Ret	GER
10	GER
15	POR
8	POR
Ret	FRA
Ret	FRA
14

References

(2010-01-04). "Aoyama 'electronics-off' strategy explained". Crash Media Group.
(2010-08-02). "Aoyama recovering, but no word on return". Crash Media Group.

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Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	2012	Honda	18th	61.5
AUS
8	AUS
9	ITA
18	ITA
Ret	NED
12	NED
13	ITA
C	ITA
11	EUR
17	EUR
10	USA
17	USA
Ret	SMR
16	SMR
12	SPA
14	SPA
15	CZE
Ret	CZE
Ret	GBR
13	GBR
14	RUS
13	RUS
Ret	GER
10	GER
15	POR
8	POR
Ret	FRA
Ret	FRA
14

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	2012	Honda	18th	61.5
AUS
8	AUS
9	ITA
18	ITA
Ret	NED
12	NED
13	ITA
C	ITA
11	EUR
17	EUR
10	USA
17	USA
Ret	SMR
16	SMR
12	SPA
14	SPA
15	CZE
Ret	CZE
Ret	GBR
13	GBR
14	RUS
13	RUS
Ret	GER
10	GER
15	POR
8	POR
Ret	FRA
Ret	FRA
14

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	2012	Honda	18th	61.5
AUS
8	AUS
9	ITA
18	ITA
Ret	NED
12	NED
13	ITA
C	ITA
11	EUR
17	EUR
10	USA
17	USA
Ret	SMR
16	SMR
12	SPA
14	SPA
15	CZE
Ret	CZE
Ret	GBR
13	GBR
14	RUS
13	RUS
Ret	GER
10	GER
15	POR
8	POR
Ret	FRA
Ret	FRA
14