RACING DRIVER

Masami Kuwashima

1950 - Today

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Masami Kuwashima (桑島 正美; born 14 September 1950) is a former racing driver from Japan. Kuwashima was initially supposed to drive a Brabham BT44 in the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix with the RAM team, but the car was unavailable after it had been impounded at the German Grand Prix in August. Kuwashima subsequently found a seat for the race with the then-struggling Wolf–Williams Racing team, driving a Wolf–Williams FW05. Kuwashima took part in the first two qualifying sessions for the race, and posted a time of 1:17.90 in the first session on the Friday morning, which was 23rd fastest of the 26 entrants, ahead of Hans-Joachim Stuck, Tony Trimmer and Harald Ertl. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Masami Kuwashima is the 717th most popular racing driver (down from 660th in 2024), the 2,011th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,676th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Masami Kuwashima ranks 717 out of 1,080. Before him are Jack Fairman, Sakon Yamamoto, Sam Hanks, Antônio Pizzonia, André Lotterer, and Álvaro Bautista. After him are Chanoch Nissany, Johnny Thomson, Philippe Bugalski, Peter Broeker, Jay Chamberlain, and Andrea Dovizioso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Masami Kuwashima ranks 633. Before him are Joan Armatrading, Palhinha, Jurelang Zedkaia, Andy Powell, Xu Rongmao, and Carlos Borja. After him are Rod Milburn, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Mario Soto, Jenny Beavan, Rumyancho Goranov, and Phil Alden Robinson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masami Kuwashima ranks 2,011 out of 6,245. Before him are Shinya Chiba (1983), Masakazu Morita (1972), Takeshi Motoyoshi (1967), Tsutomu Fujihara (1980), Noriaki Sugiyama (1974), and Keitaro Koga (1991). After him are Alan Hale (1958), Makoto Sugiyama (1960), Tsubasa Oshima (1983), Takahiro Kimura (1957), Tetsuya Abe (1983), and Miyuki Izumi (1975).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Masami Kuwashima ranks 19. Before him are Yuji Ide (1975), Daijiro Kato (1976), Yuki Tsunoda (2000), Kazuki Nakajima (1985), Norifumi Abe (1975), and Sakon Yamamoto (1982). After him are Shinji Nakano (1971), Tetsuya Harada (1970), Kazuto Sakata (1966), Toranosuke Takagi (1974), Noriyuki Haga (1975), and Shoya Tomizawa (1990).

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