Yoshihide Muroya

Yoshihide "Yoshi" Muroya (born 27 January 1973) is a Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot[1] of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. He started glider flight training in 1991 because it was an inexpensive way to fly. Muroya went to the United States privately to earn his airplane license at the age of twenty.

Yoshihide Muroya
Born (1973-01-27) 27 January 1973
Nationality Japan
Websiteyoshi-muroya.jp

After that, he worked long hours to earn enough money to get his training in the United States for a period of two months a year. At the same time, he continued glider training in Japan and learned long-distance flight techniques in Australia.

In 2009 he participated in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship as first Japanese and first Asian pilot. Special Team Mate Robert Fry joined as Team coordinator. In the final race in Barcelona, Spain he took 6th place. In 2017 he became Red Bull Air Race's World Champion.

Until now, he has held some 170 air-shows over 12 years without incident.

Racing record

Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Yoshihide Muroya at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Rank
2009
13th
11th
14th
12th
10th
6th		 9 0 14h
2010
10th
9th
12th
DNS

12th
CAN
CAN		 5 0 12th
Series not held between 2011 and 2013
2014
9th
3rd
10th
12th
6th
9th
9th
9th		 10 0 9th
2015
6th
8th
10th
9th
3rd
10th
3rd
4th		 23 0 6th
2016
7th
14th
1st
5th
8th
14th
5th
CAN		 31.50 1 6th
2017
13th
1st
1st
3rd
13th
6th
1st
1st		 74 4 1st
2018
2nd
4th
14th
11th
8th
2nd
12th
5th		 40 0 5th
2019
1st		 28 1 1st

Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not take part * DNS: Did not start * DSQ: Disqualified

See also

References
  1. "Duel continues: Arch blasts Bonhomme in Rovinj". Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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