Yukio Kagayama

Yukio Kagayama is a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer, born in Yokohama on 4 May 1974. He began racing in 1990 and competed for many years in the All Japan Road Race Championship, finishing fourth in 2001, and he contested four 250cc World Championship races in 1997 and 1998, finishing in the top eight in all four. He raced in the British Superbike Championship for Rizla Suzuki in 2003, winning three races before a heavy crash at Cadwell Park, and finished third in the championship in 2004. He also raced in the Superbike World Championship and rode Suzuki motorcycles for the majority of his career.