Masami Kageyama

Quick Facts

Full Name	Masami Kageyama
Occupation	Racing Automobile Driver
Date Of Birth	May 2, 1967(1967-05-02)
Age	57
Birthplace	Fujisawa
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kanagawa Prefecture
Horoscope	Taurus

Masami Kageyama Biography

Masami Kageyama is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on May 2, 1967 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Masami Kageyama (Ying Shan Zheng Mei , Kageyama Masami, born on May 2nd 1967) is a Japanese racer born in Kanagawa Prefecture. His elder sister is Masahiko Kageyama, who was an accomplished racer in the same classes.

The team was unable to complete. In 1997, Kageyama was second in JGTC-GT500 in a Supra team run by Toyota Team SARD. He also made a return in Formula Nippon (formerly Japanese F3000) and placed fifth in the championship in 1997.

In the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans Kageyama’s Team Dragon squad finished sixth overall in their Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S. Kageyama also rebounded in JGTC and finished second in points in his Skyline GT-R. In 2001 Kageyama fell to seventh in JGTC and returned to Formula Nippon, finishing ninth in points. 2002 was a very disappointing JGTC season with Kageyama only finishing 28th in points. In 2003 however, he rebounded to fifth in points in his NISMO Skyline GT-R. In 2004 he stayed with the NISMO team as they switched cars to the new Nissan Fairlady Z. Kageyama finished ninth in points. In 2005 he dropped down to the GT300 class still driving a Fairlady Z, but switched teams to Endless Sports. He finished sixth in GT300. He improved to fourth in 2006 in the same car, team, and class. The same combination finished fifth in points in 2007.

Kageyama returned to Le Mans for the 2008 race but the Tōkai University Courage-Oreca LC70 he drove failed to finish. He switched teams in JGTC-GT300 to a Hankook-fielded Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and fell to 21st in points. The team improved to ninth in points in 2009 and also made two starts in the Asian Le Mans Series. The team and Kageyama fell back to 17th place in JGTC-GT300 in 2010, however they rebounded to finish third in 2011 and second in 2012. However, they fell back to 19th in 2013 and Kageyama left the team in 2014 for an APR Nissan GT-R GT3.

In 1995, Kageyama was a full-time racer in two championships: Japanese F3000, where he placed 13th in points for Advan Sport Pal. Advan Sport Pal team, and also in the Japanese Touring Car Championship where he placed 10th in points while driving the Toyota. In 1996, Kageyama was only racing in JGTC with the Nissan 300ZX, and in JTCC with an EXiV Toyota Corona, however he also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in the Toyota Supra.

Masami Kageyama Net Worth

Masami Kageyama is one of the richest Racing Automobile Driver from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Masami Kageyama 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kageyama started his professional career with the first Formula Toyota championship. In 1991, he was promoted into the All-Japan Formula Three Championship and placed fourth with a single victory. He started a full-time touring car racing in 1992. He raced on the All Japan Touring Car Championship Class 3 in the Honda Civic, finishing 9th. The race continued with Japanese F3 but did not be a top finisher in the points.

He continued with the same teams and series in 1993 He finished 11th in JTCC C3 as well as 15th overall in F3 Japan. 1994 was his year of breakthrough with Japanese F3 where he drove for the famed Tom’s team. He placed second in the points standings with two poles, one win , and six podium results. He also raced for the All Japan GT Championship (JGTC) and had two starts on the track in Japanese Formula 3000 in 1994.

1998 was a tremendously successful year for Kageyama, he finished second in Formula Nippon, finished tenth in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans in a factory- backed Nissan R390 GT1 and was the JGTC-GT500 champion in a factory Nissan Skyline GT-R. In 1999 his fortunes turned as he only managed ninth in points in his JGTC-GT500 Skyline and only competed in one Formula Nippon race.

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Masami Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Masami Kageyama celebrates birthday on May 2 of every year.