Tadayuki Okada

Tadayuki Okada, known as Taddy and born on 13 February 1967, is a Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 250cc All Japan Road Race Championship in three successive years from 1989 to 1991 for Honda, which entered him into the 250cc World Championship in 1993; he was runner-up in 1994 and fourth in 1995. He stepped up to 500cc in 1996, helping develop the V-twin Honda NSR500V, claimed his first 500cc win in Indonesia in 1997 and finished second to Mick Doohan, and finished third in the championship in 1999 with wins at Assen, Brno and Phillip Island. He switched to the Superbike World Championship in 2001, retired at the end of that year, and made a one-off wildcard appearance at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.