Hideo Kanaya

Hideo Kanaya
Hideo Kanaya c. 1973
NationalityJapanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1967, 1972 - 1973, 1975
First race1967 125cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last race1975 500cc Italian Grand Prix
First win1972 250cc German Grand Prix
Last win1975 500cc Austrian Grand Prix
Team(s)Kawasaki, Yamaha
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
21 3 15 2 1 207

Hideo Kanaya (Shinjitai: 金谷 秀夫, Hideo Kanaya, February 3, 1945 – December 19, 2013)[1] was a Japanese professional motorcycle racer and motorcycle racing team manager. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world championships from 1967 to 1975.[2] He dominated Japanese road racing in the early 1970s and was the first Japanese rider to win a world championship 500cc Grand Prix race.[3] Although Kanaya was a competitive racer, he was never allowed to compete in a full season in the world championships as, his main responsibility was as a test rider in Japan.[3]

  1. ^ Porta, Alberto (December 20, 2013). "Il Motomondiale piange Kanaya" (in Italian). Mediaset. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Hideo Kanaya MotoGP statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Weeink, Frank; Burgers, Jan (2013), Continental Circus: The Races and the Places, the People and the Faces : Pictures and Stories from the Early Seventies, Mastix Press, ISBN 978-90-818639-5-7