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Kazuto Sakata

Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1966)

Field	Value
image	Kazuto Sakata 1994 Japanese GP.jpg
caption	Kazuto Sakata at the 1994 Japanese GP
name	Kazuto Sakata
nationality	Japanese
GP Active years	1991 - 1999
GP Teams	Honda, Aprilia
GP Race Starts	126
GP Championships	125cc - 1994, 1998
GP Race Wins	11
GP Podiums	41
GP Total Points	687
GP Poles	29
GP Fastest laps	19
GP First race	1991 125cc Japanese Grand Prix
GP First win	1993 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
GP Last win	1998 125cc British Grand Prix
GP Last race	1999 125cc Argentine Grand Prix

Kazuto Sakata is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1991 to 1999. Sakata is notable being a two-time F.I.M. 125cc world champion.

Motorcycle racing career

Sakata began his Grand Prix career in 1991 and by the 1993 season, finished second to Dirk Raudies in the 125cc class on a Honda. In 1994, he became the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory when he signed with the Aprilia factory. He repaid them by winning the 125cc championship that year. He repeated as champion in 1998 after a tight points battle with Tomomi Manako and Marco Melandri. He retired after the 1999 season.

After retirement, Sakata has become a motorcycle coach and trainer, for the next generation of racers. He is the principal of the MFJ Road Race Academy. In 2018, Sakata participated in the All Japan Road Race Championship at Tsukuba Circuit in the J-GP3 class. It was his first return to the All Japan Championship in 13 years. His participation in the race was at the behest of his students.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Machine	1	2	3
JPN
Ret	AUS
16	USA
ESP
DNS	ITA
Ret	GER
10	AUT
Ret	EUR
14	NED
11	FRA
7	GBR
8	RSM
8	CZE
Ret	VDM
MAL
2
JPN
Ret	AUS
Ret	MAL
6	ESP
4	ITA
Ret	EUR
GER
Ret	NED
6	HUN
7	FRA
4	GBR
6	BRA
14	RSA
Ret
AUS
2	MAL
2	JPN
2	ESP
1	AUT
2	GER
2	NED
2	EUR
Ret	RSM
2	GBR
2	CZE
1	ITA
2	USA
2	FIM
3		2nd	266	2
AUS
1	MAL
2	JPN
2	ESP
1	AUT
5	GER
2	NED
4	ITA
2	FRA
3	GBR
4	CZE
1	USA
Ret	ARG
9	EUR
7		1st	224	3
AUS
2	MAL
10	JPN
3	ESP
6	GER
Ret	ITA
5	NED
4	FRA
12	GBR
1	CZE
1	BRA
Ret	ARG
Ret	EUR
4			2nd	140	2
MAL
10	INA
14	JPN
Ret	ESP
5	ITA
3	FRA
8	NED
7	GER
11	GBR
5	AUT
9	CZE
4	IMO
12	CAT
3	BRA
11	AUS
Ret
MAL
2	JPN
2	ESP
7	ITA
6	AUT
6	FRA
Ret	NED
3	IMO
3	GER
Ret	BRA
5	GBR
Ret	CZE
9	CAT
2	INA
2	AUS
2
JPN
1	MAL
6	ESP
1	ITA
4	FRA
1	MAD
4	NED
2	GBR
1	GER
7	CZE
2	IMO
4	CAT
9	AUS
4	ARG
5		1st	229	4
MAL
10	JPN
8	ESP
13	FRA
9	ITA
8	CAT
7	NED
10	GBR
13	GER
19	CZE
Ret	IMO
Ret	VAL
12	AUS
13	RSA
15	BRA
17	ARG
Ret

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