RACING DRIVER

Satoru Nakajima

1953 - Today

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Satoru Nakajima (Japanese: 中嶋 悟, Hepburn: Nakajima Satoru, born 23 February 1953) is a Japanese former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1987 to 1991. Born and raised in Okazaki, Aichi, Nakajima began his racing career at the Suzuka Circuit in 1973. He progressed to Japanese Formula Two in 1977, winning a then-record five titles between 1981 and 1986, with 21 victories across 10 seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satoru Nakajima has received more than 219,131 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Satoru Nakajima is the 213th most popular racing driver (up from 247th in 2019), the 960th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,011th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Satoru Nakajima ranks 213 out of 1,080Before him are Andrea de Adamich, Pedro de la Rosa, Harry Schell, Lee Wallard, Olivier Gendebien, and Felice Bonetto. After him are Richard Robarts, Kurt Adolff, Jutta Kleinschmidt, Jean Ragnotti, Giovanna Amati, and Érik Comas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Satoru Nakajima ranks 194Before him are Richard Bremmer, Francis Cabrel, Serginho Chulapa, Ian Khama, Zoran Janković, and Gérard Krawczyk. After him are Edward Lowassa, Salvatore Garau, Midge Ure, Robert Wisdom, Dragan Kićanović, and Andreas Vollenweider.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Satoru Nakajima ranks 960 out of 6,245Before him are Itō Noe (1895), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), On Kawara (1932), Tsuru Aoki (1892), Ryozo Suzuki (1939), and Chieko Baisho (1941). After him are Kanō Motonobu (1476), Kafū Nagai (1879), Yukio Endo (1937), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Shiro Misaki (null), and Yoshiichi Watanabe (1954).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Satoru Nakajima ranks 3Before him are Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940), and Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956). After him are Aguri Suzuki (1960), Takuma Sato (1977), Toshio Suzuki (1955), Kazuyoshi Hoshino (1947), Hiroshi Fushida (1946), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Daijiro Kato (1976), and Yuji Ide (1975).