Saitama Prefecture: 12 people
Ryota Ogiwara (Japanese: 荻原 羚大, Hepburn: Ogiwara Ryōta; born 7 September 2008) is a Japanese motorcycle racer who…
Ryota Ogiwara (Japanese: 荻原 羚大, Hepburn: Ogiwara Ryōta; born 7 September 2008) is a Japanese motorcycle racer who competes in the Moto3 Junior World Championship and Red Bull Rookies Cup. In 2025, Ogiwara was crowned Asia Talent Cup champion.
Yuki Okamoto (Japanese: 岡本 裕生, Hepburn: Okamoto Yūki; born 23 July 1999) is a Japanese motorcycle racer who competes in…
Yuki Okamoto (Japanese: 岡本 裕生, Hepburn: Okamoto Yūki; born 23 July 1999) is a Japanese motorcycle racer who competes in the Supersport World Championship for Yamaha Ten Kate Racing, having raced for the same team in 2025. Okamoto is the 2024 All Japan Road Race JSB1000 champion, as well as the 2018 and 2020 ST600 champion.
Takumi Takahashi (高橋 巧, Takahashi Takumi; born 26 November 1989) is a Japanese motorcycle racer. He recently competed…
Takumi Takahashi (高橋 巧, Takahashi Takumi; born 26 November 1989) is a Japanese motorcycle racer. He recently competed in the British Superbike Championship on a factory-supported Honda Fireblade. Takahashi has raced in the All Japan Road Race Championship in the GP125 class, in the GP250 class, where he was champion in 2008, and in the JSB1000 class, where he was champion in 2017. He won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2010 with Ryuichi Kiyonari and Takaaki Nakagami and in 2013 and 2014 with Michael van der Mark and Leon Haslam. A test rider for Honda Racing Corporation, Takahashi in 2015 made a wild card appearance in his home race in the MotoGP World Championship.
Kouki Takahashi (高橋江紀, Takahashi Kōki; 3 September 1987 – 24 April 2011) was a Japanese professional motorcycle racer.…
Kouki Takahashi (高橋江紀, Takahashi Kōki; 3 September 1987 – 24 April 2011) was a Japanese professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing as a wildcard entrant in three Japanese Grand Prix (2005, 2006 & 2010). He died on Sunday April 24, 2011 following a road traffic accident in Saitama, Japan. He was the younger brother of former Moto2 race winner, Yuki Takahashi.
Yuki Takahashi (高橋 裕紀, Takahashi Yūki; born July 12, 1984) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently…
Yuki Takahashi (高橋 裕紀, Takahashi Yūki; born July 12, 1984) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently races in the All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship aboard a Honda CBR1000RR. For 2009 he made his debut in the MotoGP class, with the Scot Racing Honda team but was subsequently dropped by the team after just seven rounds of the 2009 season due to financial issues. Until that point, he had spent his entire career with Honda.
Yusuke Teshima is a former Japanese motorcycle rider. In 2009 he won the Superstock 600 class in the All Japan Road…
Yusuke Teshima is a former Japanese motorcycle rider. In 2009 he won the Superstock 600 class in the All Japan Road Race Championship. He retired after the 2012 season and set up his own team CLUB PLUSONE with T.Pro Innovation, running Tomoyoshi Koyama and Satoru Iwata on Honda CBR600RRs.
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Japanese: 清成 龍一, Hepburn: Kiyonari Ryūichi; born September 23, 1982 in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese…
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.
Daigo Saito (斎藤 太吾, Saitō Daigo; 7 March 1980, Saitama) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing…
Daigo Saito (斎藤 太吾, Saitō Daigo; 7 March 1980, Saitama) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series and Formula Drift Japan. He formerly competed in Formula DRIFT USA and World Championship series for Achilles Radial. He is the first and only driver to win the two drifting majors, D1GP in 2008 and 2016 and Formula D in 2012. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest drift drivers of all time. Saito has won the D1 Grand Prix Championship in 2008 and 2016, and additionally winning its Tanso (Solo Run) Championship in 2011 and 2016. Abroad, he has won the 2012 Formula D Championship, and the Formula D Asia Championship for three consecutive years in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Daijiro Kato (加藤 大治郎, Katō Daijirō; 4 July 1976 – 20 April 2003) was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, the…
Daijiro Kato (加藤 大治郎, Katō Daijirō; 4 July 1976 – 20 April 2003) was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, the 2001 250cc world champion, and the 2000 and 2002 Suzuka 8 Hours winner. He died as a result of injuries sustained after a crash during the 2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit, Japan.
Tatsuya Yamaguchi (山口 辰也, Yamaguchi Tatsuya; born 11 February 1976) is a Japanese motorcycle racer. He currently races…
Tatsuya Yamaguchi (山口 辰也, Yamaguchi Tatsuya; born 11 February 1976) is a Japanese motorcycle racer. He currently races in the MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 class aboard a Honda CBR1000RR. He has also competed in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship, the MFJ All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship (where he was champion in 2002), the MFJ All Japan Road Race J-GP2 Championship, Asia Road Race SS600 Championship and the MFJ All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship, where he was champion in 2010 and 2011.
Hideyuki Fujino (藤野 秀之, Fujino Hideyuki; born 26 June 1974, Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese professional drifting…
Hideyuki Fujino (藤野 秀之, Fujino Hideyuki; born 26 June 1974, Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese professional drifting driver. He currently competes in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Toyo Tires Drift, and is the 2017, 2023 and 2025 series champion. He is the oldest winner and champion in D1GP. Fujino ran his own shop, Wisteria based in Fukaya.
Masami Kuwashima (桑島 正美; born 14 September 1950) is a former racing driver from Japan. Kuwashima was initially supposed…
Masami Kuwashima (桑島 正美; born 14 September 1950) is a former racing driver from Japan. Kuwashima was initially supposed to drive a Brabham BT44 in the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix with the RAM team, but the car was unavailable after it had been impounded at the German Grand Prix in August. Kuwashima subsequently found a seat for the race with the then-struggling Wolf–Williams Racing team, driving a Wolf–Williams FW05. Kuwashima took part in the first two qualifying sessions for the race, and posted a time of 1:17.90 in the first session on the Friday morning, which was 23rd fastest of the 26 entrants, ahead of Hans-Joachim Stuck, Tony Trimmer and Harald Ertl. In the afternoon session, he was unable to improve, posting a time of 1:19.27. Trimmer and Masahiro Hasemi did not participate in this second session, so Kuwashima placed 24th, the slowest runner in the session. Stuck and Ertl improved their times, so overall, Kuwashima was lying 25th of the 26 entrants at the end of Friday's running, ahead only of Trimmer. This caused Kuwashima's sponsors to withdraw their financing of the Williams deal, and Frank Williams promptly replaced him with Austrian Hans Binder for the third qualifying session and the race itself. Binder had previously driven for Ensign at the Austrian Grand Prix that year. In the third qualifying session, Binder posted a time of 1:17.36, just over half a second faster than Kuwashima, but still placed 25th overall. With only 24 entrants due to start the race, Williams had to ask permission from the other teams for Binder to take part, which he received, although the car retired from the race on lap 49 with a wheel bearing failure. Kuwashima was not to have another chance in Formula One, and he returned to the Japanese Formula 2000 and Formula Two series where he spent the rest of his career. Continuing to struggle for sponsorship, he ended his single-seater career in 1979. He later worked as a team director in the Japanese GT Championship in the early 2000s, and worked as a stunt driver for films and television.