Osamu Miyazaki

Osamu Miyazaki (born 23 January 1966 in Yamaguchi, Japan) is a Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Osamu Miyazaki
Yamaha TZ250 similar to that which Miyazaki rode
Nationality	Japanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1991 - 2002 First race 1991 250cc Japanese Grand Prix Last race 2002 250cc Japanese Grand Prix First win 2002 250cc Japanese Grand Prix Team(s) Aprilia, Yamaha Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 47 1 1 0 1 129

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 finishing 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

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Pts
1991	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 16	AUS	USA	SPA	ITA	GER	AUT	EUR	NED	FRA	GBR	RSM	CZE	VDM	MAL			-	0
1992	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 24	AUS	MAL	SPA	ITA	EUR	GER	NED	HUN	FRA	GBR	BRA	RSA					-	0
1993	250cc	Aprilia	AUS	MAL	JPN Ret	SPA	AUT	GER	NED	EUR	RSM	GBR	CZE	ITA	USA	FIM				-	0
1995	250cc	Aprilia	AUS	MAL	JPN 6	SPA	GER	ITA	NED	FRA	GBR	CZE	BRA	ARG	EUR					24th	10
1996	250cc	Aprilia	MAL 15	INA Ret	JPN 13	SPA 15	ITA 20	FRA Ret	NED 8	GER 12	GBR 12	AUT Ret	CZE Ret	IMO 16	CAT 15	BRA Ret	AUS NC			20th	22
1997	250cc	Yamaha	MAL 11	JPN Ret	SPA 12	ITA 15	AUT Ret	FRA 10	NED 8	IMO 9	GER 18	BRA Ret	GBR Ret	CZE 14	CAT 10	INA 13	AUS 11			13th	47
1998	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 14	MAL 15	SPA 10	ITA Ret	FRA Ret	MAD	NED NC	GBR	GER	CZE 18	IMO 18	CAT 14	AUS 15	ARG 14				24th	14
2000	250cc	Yamaha	RSA	MAL	JPN 8	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	BRA	PAC DSQ	AUS		27th	8
2001	250cc	Yamaha	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC 13	AUS	MAL	BRA		29th	3
2002	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 1	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL		16th	25

References

1. "Osamu Miyazaki". Speed of Japan. 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
2. "Profile". miyazaki72 (in Japanese). 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
3. "Miyazaki wins 250 race full of late developments". MotoGP. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
4. "Miyazaki wins 250cc race for Yamaha". crash.net. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
5. "Miyazaki and Sakai keep up the tradition of wildcard Japanese success". MotoGP. 4 April 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
6. "Osamu Miyazaki signs with Ito Racing". Speed of Japan. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
7. "Race Results". miyazaki72. 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2018.