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Ryuichi Kiyonari
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Japanese: 清成 龍一, Hepburn: Kiyonari Ryūichi; born September 23, 1982 in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
Kiyonari previously rode a Honda CBR1000RR in the MFJ All-Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship. He was the 2006, 2007 and 2010 British Superbike champion and enjoys fame and popularity amongst British motorcycle race fans due to his success and personality. He raced for Honda Asia in 2012.
Kiyonari won the 2008 Suzuka 8-Hour race, teamed with his former WSBK teammate Carlos Checa.
Kiyonari first raced in 1988 in motocross, which he later stated that he did not especially enjoy. He began circuit racing in 1996, and first raced in the All-Japan 125cc Championship in 1998. He continued in this class until 1999 and spent the 2000 and 2001 season in the All-Japan 250cc Championship, with a shortage of big results, other than 9th place in the 2000 Suzuka 8 Hours race.
In 2002, Kiyonari switched to the All-Japan ST600 championship, which he won with four victories. He also took an All-Japan Superbike Championship victory at TI Aida.
Throughout 2002 and 2003, Kiyonari was employed by the Honda Racing Corporation as their official test rider. Main rider Daijiro Kato was killed in the 2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, meaning Gresini Racing would need a second rider. Kiyonari received a telephone call from team principal Fausto Gresini to move to MotoGP started from 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix until the remainder of the season. There were eight minor points finishes, leaving him 20th overall with a best of 11th.
After coming 6th overall in the British Superbike Championship in 2004, Kiyonari won the first four races of 2005, before injuring his ankle in a heavy crash in round 5. He was back for round 9, and retook the championship lead from teammate Michael Rutter, but eventually was overhauled by the improving Ducati of Lavilla and he finished the season runner up. Kiyonari also raced in the Valencia Grand Prix for Sito Pons' Camel Honda team, finishing in the points.
In 2006, a double victory at Silverstone in the penultimate round kept Kiyonari in close contention for the title. However, in the double point final round at Brands Hatch, after a win in race one (he was leading when Shane Byrne's heavy crash caused a stoppage. Kiyonari only needed to finish third in the final race. Kiyonari finished 2nd in the shortened race behind Haslam, thus winning the championship by eight points.
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Ryuichi Kiyonari
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Japanese: 清成 龍一, Hepburn: Kiyonari Ryūichi; born September 23, 1982 in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
Kiyonari previously rode a Honda CBR1000RR in the MFJ All-Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship. He was the 2006, 2007 and 2010 British Superbike champion and enjoys fame and popularity amongst British motorcycle race fans due to his success and personality. He raced for Honda Asia in 2012.
Kiyonari won the 2008 Suzuka 8-Hour race, teamed with his former WSBK teammate Carlos Checa.
Kiyonari first raced in 1988 in motocross, which he later stated that he did not especially enjoy. He began circuit racing in 1996, and first raced in the All-Japan 125cc Championship in 1998. He continued in this class until 1999 and spent the 2000 and 2001 season in the All-Japan 250cc Championship, with a shortage of big results, other than 9th place in the 2000 Suzuka 8 Hours race.
In 2002, Kiyonari switched to the All-Japan ST600 championship, which he won with four victories. He also took an All-Japan Superbike Championship victory at TI Aida.
Throughout 2002 and 2003, Kiyonari was employed by the Honda Racing Corporation as their official test rider. Main rider Daijiro Kato was killed in the 2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, meaning Gresini Racing would need a second rider. Kiyonari received a telephone call from team principal Fausto Gresini to move to MotoGP started from 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix until the remainder of the season. There were eight minor points finishes, leaving him 20th overall with a best of 11th.
After coming 6th overall in the British Superbike Championship in 2004, Kiyonari won the first four races of 2005, before injuring his ankle in a heavy crash in round 5. He was back for round 9, and retook the championship lead from teammate Michael Rutter, but eventually was overhauled by the improving Ducati of Lavilla and he finished the season runner up. Kiyonari also raced in the Valencia Grand Prix for Sito Pons' Camel Honda team, finishing in the points.
In 2006, a double victory at Silverstone in the penultimate round kept Kiyonari in close contention for the title. However, in the double point final round at Brands Hatch, after a win in race one (he was leading when Shane Byrne's heavy crash caused a stoppage. Kiyonari only needed to finish third in the final race. Kiyonari finished 2nd in the shortened race behind Haslam, thus winning the championship by eight points.
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