Noriyuki Haga

Noriyuki Haga is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer, born on 2 March 1975 in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya. He won 43 Superbike World Championship races during a 25-year career, making him one of the most accomplished competitors never to have won the title: he was runner-up three times and finished third four times. His 43 victories rank sixth all time in the series, and his 313 career starts rank fourth. He began in the Japanese Superbike Championship in 1993 on a Ducati, moved to Yamaha in 1995 and won the national championship in 1997. In 1996 he won the Suzuka 8 Hours with Colin Edwards. He raced full time in World Superbike from 1998 with the number 41, winning three of the first four races that year, and last competed in the 2018 CIV Supersport 600 Championship on a Yamaha YZF-R6.