Takazumi Katayama

Takazumi Katayama (片山敬済, born April 16, 1951) is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion.

Takazumi Katayama
Nationality	Japanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1974 - 1985 First race 1974 250cc Belgian Grand Prix Last race 1985 500cc Belgian Grand Prix First win 1974 250cc Swedish Grand Prix Last win 1982 500cc Swedish Grand Prix Team(s) Yamaha, Honda Championships 350cc - 1977 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 83 11 35 5 6

Motorcycle racing career

Born in Kobe, Japan, he was the first Japanese rider to win a motorcycle road racing world championship when he claimed the 1977 350cc world championship aboard a Yamaha. In 1979 he accepted an offer from Honda to develop their exotic oval-cylinder, four-stroke NR500 race bike. After retiring from competition, Katayama became a motorcycle Grand Prix racing team owner.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1974	250cc	Yamaha	GER	NAT	IOM	NED Ret	BEL 3	SWE 1	FIN 5	CZE 2	YUG Ret	SPA Ret			4th	43
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA DNQ	NAT 2	YUG Ret	IOM 2	NED 2	BEL 3	SWE 1	FIN 2	CZE 3	GER 7	SPA		2nd	73
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 4	AUT Ret	NAT 10	YUG 3	IOM 9	NED Ret	FIN DNS	CZE 11	GER 4	SPA			7th	28
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA	AUT DNS	NAT	IOM 4	NED	BEL Ret	SWE	FIN Ret	CZE	GER			26th	8
1977	250cc	Yamaha	VEN	GER Ret	NAT 8	SPA 1	FRA 8	YUG 2	NED 6	BEL 2	SWE 4	FIN Ret	CZE Ret	GBR Ret	4th	58
	350cc	Yamaha	VEN	GER 1	NAT 3	SPA 3	FRA 1	YUG 1	NED Ret	SWE 1	FIN 1	CZE Ret	GBR Ret		1st	95
	500cc	Yamaha	VEN	AUT DNS	GER	NAT	FRA	NED	BEL Ret	SWE	FIN	CZE	GBR		NC	0
1978	350cc	Yamaha	VEN 1	AUT 3	FRA Ret	NAT 3	NED Ret	SWE 3	FIN 2	GBR Ret	GER 1	CZE 6	YUG		2nd	77
	500cc	Yamaha	VEN Ret	SPA 3	AUT Ret	FRA Ret	NAT Ret	NED 4	BEL 6	SWE 3	FIN 2	GBR 9	GER 5		5th	53
1979	350cc	Yamaha	VEN	AUT Ret	GER	NAT	SPA	YUG	NED	FIN	GBR	CZE	FRA		NC	0
	500cc	Honda	VEN	AUT	GER	NAT	SPA	YUG	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	GBR Ret	FRA DNQ	NC	0
1980	500cc	Suzuki	NAT 6	SPA 4	FRA 6	NED Ret	BEL			GER 12					10th	18
		Honda						FIN DNS	GBR 15
1981	500cc	Honda	AUT 13	GER Ret	NAT Ret	FRA Ret	YUG	NED Ret	BEL	RSM	GBR	FIN	SWE		NC	0
1982	500cc	Honda	ARG 6	AUT 9	FRA DNS	SPA 6	NAT 7	NED 8	BEL Ret	YUG 5	GBR Ret	SWE 1	RSM Ret	GER 4	7th	48
1983	500cc	Honda	RSA Ret	FRA Ret	NAT 5	GER 2	SPA 3	AUT 4	YUG 5	NED 2	BEL 4	GBR 6	SWE 3	RSM DNS	5th	77
1984	500cc	Honda	RSA	NAT	SPA	AUT	GER	FRA DNS	YUG	NED 8	BEL	GBR 8	SWE 4	RSM Ret	13th	14
1985	500cc	Honda	RSA	SPA Ret	GER 11	NAT DNS	AUT 14	YUG Ret	NED Ret	BEL 8	FRA	GBR	SWE	RSM	17th	3