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Daijiro
Kato
(1976 - 2003) Japan
WORLD 250cc MOTORCYCLE CHAMPION |
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4
July 1976 |
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1985 |
- wins
Japanese pocket-bike championship; age 9
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1988 |
- wins
Japanese mini-bike championship; age 12
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1989 |
- wins
Japanese mini-bike championship; age 13
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1990 |
- wins
Japanese mini-bike championship; age 14
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1991 |
- wins
Japanese mini-bike championship; age 15
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| 1992 |
- moved
up to road racing championship
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| 1994 |
- Japanese
250cc championship
- finished
championship runner-up
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wildcard ride in world
250cc GP (Japanese GP Suzuka); finish 3rd
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| 1996 |
- Japanese
250cc championship
- championship
runner-up
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wildcard ride in world
250cc GP (Japanese GP Suzuka); finish 3rd
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| 1997 |
- wins
Japanese 250cc championship; Honda
- wins
world 250cc GP in Japan as a wildcard rider
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1998 |
- Japanese
250cc championship
- finish
8th overall
- wins
world 250cc GP in Japan
as a wildcard rider
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1999 |
- Japanese
250cc championship
- championship
runner-up
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| 2000 |
- world
250cc GP full season;
Honda
- 4
wins; finish 3rd overall
- wins
SUZUKA 8 HOUR with Tohru Ukawa; Honda
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| 2001 |
- wins
world 250cc championship; Honda NSR250
- record
11 wins
- highest
ever points total in 250cc class
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| 2002 |
- MotoGP
debut, Honda NSR500 2 stroke
- Rookie
of the year
- wins
SUZUKA 8 HOUR with Colin Edwards; Honda VTR1000SPW
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| 2003 |
- MotoGP,
Honda RC211V,
4 stroke
**
killed after an accident during the
opening round at Suzuka ** |
