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Shoya Tomizawa

1990 - 2010

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Shoya Tomizawa (富沢 祥也, Tomizawa Shōya) (10 December 1990 – 5 September 2010) was a Japanese motorcycle racer. After a successful career in the All Japan Road Race Championship, he switched to MotoGP and competed in the 250cc class during 2009. In the 2010 season, he rode in the newly created Moto2 class. Tomizawa won the first race of the new class, at Losail in Qatar, winning by nearly five seconds from Alex Debón and Jules Cluzel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Shoya Tomizawa is the 882nd most popular racing driver (down from 833rd in 2024), the 2,627th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,997th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Shoya Tomizawa ranks 882 out of 1,080. Before him are Enrico Bertaggia, Monisha Kaltenborn, Jonathan Rea, Franck Montagny, Gianmaria Bruni, and Dani Sordo. After him are Nicholas Latifi, Norberto Fontana, Don Branson, Carl Fogarty, Tina Thörner, and Yvan Muller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Shoya Tomizawa ranks 282. Before him are Lucas Till, Christophe Lemaitre, Wendie Renard, Kostas Sloukas, Romarinho, and Roy Smith. After him are Luis Advíncula, Mário Fernandes, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Masahiro Ishikawa, Jonny Brownlee, and Kirsten Zien. Among people deceased in 2010, Shoya Tomizawa ranks 483. Before him are Helen Wagner, Barbara Billingsley, Yvette Vickers, Teena Marie, Harry Schwarz, and Janusz Kurtyka. After him are Massamasso Tchangai, Edwin Morgan, Orlando Zapata, Bill Dixon, Adele Mara, and Nalini Jaywant.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shoya Tomizawa ranks 2,627 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroki Azuma (1966), Fumiya Suzuki (1998), Eisuke Nakanishi (1973), Rimi Natsukawa (1973), Genki Haraguchi (1991), and Daizen Maeda (1997). After him are Masashi Oguro (1980), Kentaro Sawada (1970), Kana Ueda (1980), Nobuhiro Ishizaki (1958), Kairi Sane (1988), and Saori Hara (1988).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Shoya Tomizawa ranks 25. Before him are Masami Kuwashima (1950), Shinji Nakano (1971), Tetsuya Harada (1970), Kazuto Sakata (1966), Toranosuke Takagi (1974), and Noriyuki Haga (1975). After him are Hideki Noda (1969), Tohru Ukawa (1973), Toshi Arai (1966), Hiroshi Aoyama (1981), Shinya Nakano (1977), and Makoto Tamada (1976).

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