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Tohru Ukawa

1973 - Today

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Tohru Ukawa (宇川 徹, Ukawa Tōru; born 18 May 1973) is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Ukawa began his Grand Prix career in 1994, racing in the 250cc world championships. He finished second to Valentino Rossi in the 1999 World Championship. In 2002, he moved up to the MotoGP class, riding for the factory Repsol Honda Grand Prix team, finishing third overall behind teammate Rossi, with a win at Phakisa in South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Tohru Ukawa is the 909th most popular racing driver, the 2,779th most popular biography from Japan and the 28th most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

Tohru Ukawa is most famous for being a Japanese motorcycle racer who competed in the MotoGP World Championship. He is known for his achievements in the 500cc class and for riding with the Honda team during his career.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tohru Ukawa ranks 909 out of 1,080. Before him are Nani Roma, Marco Werner, Johnny Boyd, Toni Elías, Scott Speed, and Bob Said. After him are Pietro Fittipaldi, Roberto Merhi, Roberto Locatelli, Skip Barber, Gábor Talmácsi, and Julien Ingrassia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Tohru Ukawa ranks 649. Before him are Josh Shapiro, Carlo Calenda, Tobias Billström, Takafumi Ogura, Khaled Badra, and Mario Lopez. After him are Rachel Maddow, Laia Marull, Florian Lukas, Fleur Pellerin, Nikos Dabizas, and Ilia Averbukh.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tohru Ukawa ranks 2,779 out of 6,245. Before him are Yutaro Masuda (1985), Takafumi Ogura (1973), Yasutaka Nomoto (1986), Rikizo Matsuhashi (1968), Tomoaki Makino (1987), and Masahiro Tanaka (1988). After him are Kazuya Kamenashi (1986), Kiyoshi Okuma (1964), Takayuki Yamada (1983), Yuji Hashimoto (1970), Yushi Ozaki (1969), and Shuji Fujimoto (1988).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Tohru Ukawa ranks 28. Before him are Kazuto Sakata (1966), Toranosuke Takagi (1974), Noriyuki Haga (1975), Shoya Tomizawa (1990), Hideki Noda (1969), and Hiroshi Masuoka (1960). After him are Toshi Arai (1966), Hiroshi Aoyama (1981), Shinya Nakano (1977), Makoto Tamada (1976), Haruchika Aoki (1976), and Ayumu Iwasa (2001).

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