Tohru Ukawa

Tohru Ukawa
Nationality	Japanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1994–2005 First race 1994 250cc Japanese Grand Prix Last race 2005 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix First win 1999 250cc French Grand Prix Last win 2002 MotoGP South African Grand Prix Team(s) Honda Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 127 5 39 3 5 1416

Tohru Ukawa (宇川 徹, Ukawa Tōru) (born May 18, 1973) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan.

Ukawa began his Grand Prix career in 1994, racing in the 250cc world championships. He finished second to Valentino Rossi in the 1999 World Championship. In 2002, he moved up to the MotoGP class, riding for the factory Repsol Honda Grand Prix team, finishing third overall behind teammate Rossi, with a win at Phakisa in South Africa.^[1] In 2003, he finished seventh overall for the Sito Pons Pramac team before returning to a factory testing role.^[2] Ukawa won five Grand Prix races during his career and is a five-time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.