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Katsuyuki Nakasuga Claims Record-Setting Tenth Career All Japan Road Race Championship Premier-Class Title

Katsuyuki Nakasuga Claims Record-Setting Tenth Career All Japan Road Race Championship Premier-Class Title

July 19, 2021—On July 18, 2021, Round 5 of the 2021 All Japan Road Race Championship was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan, as the 53rd Motorcycle Federation of Japan Grand Prix (MFJGP). The Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga took the win in Race 2 in dominating style with his YZF-R1, thereby clinching the tenth JSB1000 premier-class title of his career.
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Katsuyuki Nakasuga Defends Title with 9th All Japan JSB1000 Championship Win

Katsuyuki Nakasuga Defends Title with 9th All Japan JSB1000 Championship Win

November 5, 2019—The final round of the All Japan Road Race Championship was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on November 3, 2019 as the 51st Motorcycle Federation of Japan Grand Prix (MFJGP). In the premier JSB1000 class, the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga rode his YZF-R1 to victory in Race 1 and finished 2nd in Race 2 to seal a second consecutive title win and bring h

Katsuyuki Nakasuga Wins 8th All Japan JSB1000 Title and Adds Greater Glory to the YZF-R1’s 20th Anniversary

Katsuyuki Nakasuga Wins 8th All Japan JSB1000 Title and Adds Greater Glory to the YZF-R1’s 20th Anniversary

November 5, 2018—Round 9 of the All Japan Road Race Championship’s JSB1000 class was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on November 4, 2018. It was a special round, as it marked the 50th holding of the Motorcycle Federation of Japan Grand Prix (MFJGP). The Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga, who contests the championship aboard a YZF-R1, took 2nd in Race 1 and in doing so sec

Yamaha Factory Racing Team to Enter Round 9 of the 2018 All Japan Road Race Championship Series, the 50th MFJGP, with Special-Color YZF-R1 20th Anniversary Livery

Yamaha Factory Racing Team to Enter Round 9 of the 2018 All Japan Road Race Championship Series, the 50th MFJGP, with Special-Color YZF-R1 20th Anniversary Livery

September 29, 2018—The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will enter Round 9 of the 2018 All Japan Road Race Championship, the 50th MFJGP at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on November 3–4 with riders Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Kohta Nozane riding machines sporting special red and white coloring commemorating the YZF-R1’s 20th anniversary.
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Katsuyuki Nakasuga to Make Wild Card Entry at the Grand Prix of Japan Aboard a Special Red and White YZR-M1

Katsuyuki Nakasuga to Make Wild Card Entry at the Grand Prix of Japan Aboard a Special Red and White YZR-M1

September 20, 2018—Katsuyuki Nakasuga will make a wild card entry in the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, Round 16 of the 2018 FIM MotoGP World Championship. He will ride a YZR-M1 with the same special anniversary red and white colors that the YZF-R1 sported at the Suzuka 8 Hours this year. He will ride for the Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing team in the race at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Tochigi

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