Takazumi Katayama
Japanese motorcycle racer
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| Intro | Japanese motorcycle racer | |
| Places | South Korea | |
| is | Motorcycle racer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 16 April 1951, Kōbe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Kansai region, Japan | |
| Age | 73 years |
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Takazumi Katayama (片山敬済, born April 16, 1951) is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion.
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.
Motorcycle Grand Prix Results
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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| 1974 | 250cc | Yamaha | YZR250 0W17 | GER - | NAT - | IOM - | NED - | BEL 3 | SWE 1 | FIN 5 | CZE 2 | YUG - | ESP - | 43 | 4th | 1 | |||
| 1976 | 250cc | Yamaha | TZ250C | FRA - | NAT 2 | IOM 2 | NED 2 | BEL 3 | SWE 1 | FIN 2 | CZE 3 | GER 7 | ESP - | 73 | 2nd | 1 | |||
| 350cc | Yamaha | TZ350C | FRA 4 | AUT - | NAT 10 | YUG 3 | IOM 9 | NED - | FIN - | CZE 11 | GER 4 | ESP - | 28 | 7th | 0 | ||||
| 500cc | Yamaha | TZ354C | FRA - | AUT WD | NAT - | IOM 4 | NED - | BEL - | SWE - | FIN - | CZE - | GER - | 8 | 26th | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | 250cc | Yamaha | TZ250D | VEN - | GER - | NAT 8 | ESP 1 | FRA 8 | YUG 2 | NED 6 | BEL 2 | SWE 4 | FIN - | CZE - | GBR - | 58 | 4th | 1 | |
| 350cc | Yamaha | TZ350D/YSK3 | VEN - | GER 1 | NAT 3 | ESP 3 | FRA 1 | YUG 1 | NED - | SWE 1 | FIN 1 | CZE - | GBR - | 95 | 1st | 5 | |||
| 1978 | 350cc | Yamaha | TZ350E | VEN 1 | AUT 3 | FRA - | NAT 3 | NED - | SWE 3 | FIN 2 | GBR - | GER 1 | CZE - | YUG - | 77 | 2nd | 2 | ||
| 500cc | Yamaha | YZR500 0W35B | VEN - | ESP 3 | AUT - | FRA - | NAT - | NED 4 | BEL 6 | SWE 3 | FIN 2 | GBR 9 | GER 5 | 53 | 5th | 0 | |||
| 1979 | 500cc | Honda | NR500 | VEN - | AUT - | GER - | NAT - | ESP - | YUG - | NED - | BEL - | SWE - | FIN - | GBR NC | FRA - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 1980 | 500cc | Suzuki | RG500 MkV | NAT 6 | ESP 4 | FRA 6 | 18 | 10th | 0 | ||||||||||
| Honda | NR500 | NED - | BEL - | FIN - | GBR 15 | GER 12 | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | 500cc | Honda | NR500 | AUT 13 | GER - | NAT - | FRA - | YUG - | NED NC | BEL - | RSM - | GBR - | FIN - | SWE - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 1982 | 500cc | Honda | NS500-A | ARG 6 | AUT 9 | FRA - | ESP 7 | NAT 7 | NED 8 | BEL - | YUG 5 | GBR NC | SWE 1 | RSM NC | GER 4 | 48 | 7th | 1 | |
| 1983 | 500cc | Honda | NS500-B | RSA NC | FRA - | NAT 5 | GER 2 | ESP 3 | AUT 4 | YUG 5 | NED 2 | BEL 4 | GBR 6 | SWE 3 | RSM - | 77 | 5th | 0 | |
| 1984 | 500cc | Honda | NS500-C | RSA - | NAT - | ESP - | AUT - | GER - | FRA - | YUG - | NED 8 | BEL - | GBR 8 | SWE 4 | RSM NC | 14 | 13th | 0 | |
| 1985 | 500cc | Honda | NS500-D | RSA - | ESP NC | GER 11 | NAT - | AUT 14 | YUG NC | NED NC | BEL 8 | FRA - | GBR - | SWE - | RSM - | 3 | 17th | 0 |