Takuma Aoki

Japanese motorcycle and rally racer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroJapanese motorcycle and rally racer
PlacesJapan
isMotorcycle racer Engineer Racecar driver
Work fieldEngineering Sports
Gender
Male
Birth24 February 1974, Tokyo, Japan
Age50 years
Family
Siblings:Nobuatsu Aoki Haruchika Aoki
The details

Biography

Takuma Aoki (青木 拓磨, Aoki Takuma, born February 24, 1974 in Tokyo) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. He began his Grand Prix career in 1993. From 1994 to 1996, Aoki competed in the World Superbike Championship, winning one race in that series. He returned to Grand Prix racing with Honda in 1997, enjoying his best season when he finished fifth in the 500cc world championship. A spinal injury in a 1998 motorcycle crash left him paralyzed below the waist. Aoki has continued to work with Honda, helping them develop cars for disabled people. He is the brother of Grand Prix racers, Nobuatsu and Haruchika Aoki.

Aoki has recently been involved in motorsports again. Using specially-modified 4-wheel drive vehicles, he has been involved in many cross country rallies, notably the Dakar Rally and the Asia Cross Country Rally.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

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

YearClassBike123456789101112131415Pos.Pts
1993125ccHondaAUSMALJPN
8
SPAAUTGERNEDEURRSMGBRCZEITAUSAFIM24th8
1994125ccHondaAUSMALJPN
5
SPAAUTGERNEDITAFRAGBRCZEUSAARGEUR20th11
1995500ccHondaAUSMALJPN
3
SPAGERITANEDFRAGBRCZEBRAARGEUR23rd16
1996500ccHondaMALINAJPN
Ret
SPAITAFRANEDGERGBRAUTCZEIMOCATBRAAUSNC0
1997500ccHondaMAL
5
JPN
4
SPA
4
ITA
Ret
AUT
Ret
FRA
5
NED
Ret
IMO
3
GER
3
BRA
DNS
GBR
10
CZE
6
CAT
7
INA
7
AUS
2
5th134

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

YearMake123456789101112Pos.Pts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
1994HondaGBRGBRGERGERITAITASPASPAAUTAUTINAINAJPN
7
JPN
8
NEDNEDSMRSMREUREURAUSAUS31st17
1995HondaGERGERSMRSMRGBRGBRITAITASPASPAAUTAUTUSAUSAEUREURJPN
Ret
JPN
7
NEDNEDINAINAAUSAUS31st9
1996HondaSMRSMRGBRGBRGERGERITAITACZECZEUSAUSAEUREURINAINAJPN
11
JPN
1
NEDNEDSPASPAAUSAUS19th30
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