| Ai Ogura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Ogura at the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 2001 Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Trackhouse Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ai Ogura (小椋藍, Ogura Ai, born 26 January 2001) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer who will be competing in MotoGP for Trackhouse Racing in 2025. He was recently crowned 2024 Moto2 World Champion with MT Helmets – MSi, being the first japanese to win a world championship in fifteen years since Hiroshi Aoyama in 2009.[2]
He previously competed in Moto2 and Moto3 for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, finishing as championship runner-up in 2022.
Ogura is the first Asia Talent Cup graduate to make it to MotoGP, alongside Somkiat Chantra.[3]
- ^ "Ogura, Ai". Asia Talent Cup. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Moto2 Thailand: Ahead of MotoGP, Ogura ends 15-year wait for Japan". paddock-gp.com. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "History made: Ogura becomes first ATC graduate to earn MotoGP™ seat". asiatalentcup.com. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.