RACING DRIVER

Hiroshi Aoyama

1981 - Today

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Hiroshi Aoyama (青山 博一, Aoyama Hiroshi; born October 25, 1981) is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, and current team principal of Honda Team Asia. Aoyama is best known for winning the 2009 250cc World Championship title. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider, Shuhei Aoyama. In his six seasons in the 250cc World Championship, Aoyama raced Honda and KTM machinery in an Aprilia-dominated class. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Hiroshi Aoyama is the 922nd most popular racing driver (down from 876th in 2024), the 2,880th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,108th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Hiroshi Aoyama ranks 922 out of 1,080Before him are Jack Miller, Brendon Hartley, Joey Logano, Olivier Jacque, Toshi Arai, and José María López. After him are Alex Fiorio, Alex Yoong, Shinya Nakano, Kenan Sofuoğlu, Sam Posey, and Max Papis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Hiroshi Aoyama ranks 582Before him are Sol Gabetta, Dylan Ryder, Matthieu Delpierre, Kwak Tae-hwi, Aline Lahoud, and Igor Kunitsyn. After him are Stefan Schumacher, Gautier Capuçon, Scooter Braun, Alex Vincent, Tatiana Totmianina, and Eda-Ines Etti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Aoyama ranks 2,880 out of 6,245Before him are Suzuka Nakamoto (1997), Yuta Abe (1974), Shugo Kawahara (1980), Aya Shimokozuru (1982), Junichi Watanabe (1973), and Madoka Haji (1988). After him are Shinya Nakano (1977), Tsukasa Shiotani (1988), Kazuhiko Takemoto (1955), Yōsuke Mori (1985), Yasuyuki Kishino (1958), and Takayuki Yoshida (1977).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Hiroshi Aoyama ranks 29Before him are Toranosuke Takagi (1974), Noriyuki Haga (1975), Shoya Tomizawa (1990), Hideki Noda (1969), Tohru Ukawa (1973), and Toshi Arai (1966). After him are Shinya Nakano (1977), Makoto Tamada (1976), Haruchika Aoki (1976), Ayumu Iwasa (2001), Nobuharu Matsushita (1993), and Marino Sato (1999).