Osamu Miyazaki
Osamu Miyazaki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yamaha TZ250 similar to that which Miyazaki rode | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality |
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Osamu Miyazaki (born 23 January 1966 in Yamaguchi, Japan) is a Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Motorcycling career
Miyazaki started racing when he was 23, when he entered the All Japan Road Race Championship riding 250 cc motocycles, and won his first race three years later.[1] Following this success, he joined the Aprilia team, which at the time was not well known in Japan.[2] He moved to Italy in 1996 to race in the Grand Prix.[1] He was the second Japanese rider at the Championships and the first Japanese contender to participate in the championship full time.[2]
He achieved his first win at the 2002 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix at Suzuka while racing with Motorex Daytona Yamaha.[3] He started at eighth place and finshing almost ten seconds ahead of the next competitor.[4] He entered as a Japanese wildcard.[5]
In 2004, he moved to racing 600 cc motorcycles in the All Japan Road Race Championships.[1] He started his own team in 2008 and took pole position the following year at Autopolis, but suffered a serious injury at the end of the season.[6] He subsequently raced in 2010 and 2011.[7]
Legacy
Miyazaki was involved in the development of the Yamaha TZ250 and Yamaha YZF-R6.[1] He worked with Dunlop Tyres in tyre R&D in 2004 and coached Chinese competitors in 2009.[2]
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Osamu Miyazaki". Speed of Japan. 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Profile". miyazaki72 (in Japanese). 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Miyazaki wins 250 race full of late developments". MotoGP. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Miyazaki wins 250cc race for Yamaha". crash.net. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Miyazaki and Sakai keep up the tradition of wildcard Japanese success". MotoGP. 4 April 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Osamu Miyazaki signs with Ito Racing". Speed of Japan. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Race Results". miyazaki72. 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2018.