Akira Yanagawa
- January 10, 2024
- Motorcycle Racer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Akira Yanagawa |
| Occupation | Motorcycle Racer |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 15, 1971(1971-07-15) |
| Age | 53 |
| Birthplace | Kagoshima |
| Country | Japan |
| Birth City | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
Akira Yanagawa Biography
| Name | Akira Yanagawa |
| Birthday | Jul 15 |
| Birth Year | 1971 |
| Place Of Birth | Kagoshima |
| Home Town | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Akira Yanagawa is one of the most popular and richest Motorcycle Racer who was born on July 15, 1971 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Akira Yanagawa (柳川 明 , Yanagawa Akira, born 15 July 1971) is a motorcycle road racer from Japan. He won three World Superbike Championship races and finished on the podium on 20 further occasions.
In 1999 and 2000 he came 5th overall, with a win at Sugo and five third places in 1999. He was 9th in 2001, crashing on lap 1 of his 100th WSBK race at Sugo but scoring two 3rds at Monza, as Kawasaki gradually lost interest in the Superbike World Championship, focusing instead on developing a MotoGP bike for
- Yanagawa raced in Japan’s Superbike series while testing this, and briefly raced it before returning to a testing role. He continued in the All- Japan series, leading it in 2007 before losing out to Atsushi Watanabe, and also entered for a one-off MotoGP round at Motegi in 2007.
Akira Yanagawa Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Motorcycle Racer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Akira Yanagawa is one of the richest Motorcycle Racer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Akira Yanagawa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He started racing on mini-bikes before becoming Japan’s 250cc champion in
- He moved to his homeland’s Superbike championship in 1993. By 1997 Kawasaki considered him ready for the Superbike World Championship.
Initial testing displays and results suggested that they were not wrong. At the A1-Ring, Yanagawa became the first Japanese rider to win a Superbike World Championship race outside his homeland, also winning Sugo later in the year to come 4th overall. 1998 was dominated by two huge crashes. At Monza the bike hurtled through the gravel at the Ascari Chicane before catching fire due to a burst fuel line, with Yanagawa nowhere near it. At Laguna Seca he was running 2nd when Doug Chandler’s wild card Kawasaki went out of control on the run into the Corkscrew corner and harpooned Yanagawa. It was a frightening moment, yet Yanagawa only missed one further round. He was classified 2nd in that race, as the restart was abandoned following another pile-up. On his return he took two 4th places, and followed this with two podium results at Sugo. This was good for 7th overall.
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Naela Ranked on the list of most popular Motorcycle Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Akira Yanagawa celebrates birthday on July 15 of every year.