Masahiko Kageyama

Masahiko Kageyama
NationalityJapanese
Born (1963-08-08) August 8, 1963 (age 61)
Kanagawa Prefecture
Retired2002
Related toMasami Kageyama (brother)
Debut season1993 (JGTC GT1)
Starts56
Wins6
Best finish1st in 19931995
Previous series
1990-2001
1990-1996
1987-1989
Formula Nippon
Japanese Touring Car Championship
All-Japan Formula Three

Masahiko Kageyama (影山 正彦, Kageyama Masahiko, born August 8, 1963 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former racing driver from Japan. He participated in the Japanese Grand Touring Car series in the top category between 1993 and 2002.

Kageyama won the inaugural Japanese Grand Touring Car championship, in the Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, before winning the next two championships.

He also won the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 1989, and the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1993.

Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third-place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1]

Kageyama is the CEO of M-Proto Inc., a supplier of brake pads, based in Fujisawa, Kanagawa.[2] His younger brother is Masami Kageyama, who also competed in JGTC and at Le Mans.

  1. ^ "1998 24 Hours of Le Mans results". experiencelemans.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. ^ "M-Proto" 会社情報 [Corporate Information]. M-Proto official website (in Japanese). Japan: M-Proto Inc. 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.