Hiroshi Aoyama is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, born on 25 October 1981 in Ichihara, Chiba, and the current team principal of Honda Team Asia. He is best known for winning the 2009 250cc World Championship title, which made him the last winner of that class before Moto2 replaced it in 2010. He first raced in MiniMoto at the age of four, won the All-Japan 250cc championship with Honda in 2003 and joined the 250cc World Championship full-time in 2004, taking nine victories in six seasons. In 2010 he moved up to the premier class with Interwetten Racing and stopped competing in MotoGP after the 2014 season. He is the older brother of Shuhei Aoyama, a former 250cc and World Superbike rider.
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