Keiichi Kitagawa

Keiichi Kitagawa (北川圭一, Kitagawa Keiichi, born 24 March 1967 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture) is a retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. He was Japanese Champion in the 1993 F1 All-Japan Road Racing Championship on Kawasaki, 2001 in S-NK All-Japan Road Racing Championship on Suzuki and 2003 JSB1000 All-Japan Road Racing Championship on Suzuki. He won the 1998 Superbike World Championship round at Sugo as a wild card rider for Suzuki.^[1] Kitagawa coming 16th in the season's overall standings. He was a semi-regular in the Superbike World Championship in 1995, finishing 17th overall with a best finish of 4th, on a Kawasaki. Kitagawa finished 2nd in the Suzuka 8 Hours race, teamed with Akira Ryo. He was also a three-time winner of the Bol d'or endurance race. He retired from racing at the end of 2006, after winning the 2005 and 2006 Endurance World Championship.^[2]

Keiichi Kitagawa
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1967-03-24) March 24, 1967 (age 55) Kyoto, Japan
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1998 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 Superbike World Championship Active years 1991–2000 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 24 1 5 0 1 222

References

1. . Archived from the original on 17 December 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2006.
2. . Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• MotoGP.com profile