Satoshi Motoyama
- January 10, 2024
- Japanese Racing Driver
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Satoshi Motoyama |
| Occupation | Japanese racing driver |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 4, 1971(1971-03-04) |
| Age | 53 |
| Birthplace | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Satoshi Motoyama Biography
| Name | Satoshi Motoyama |
| Birthday | Mar 4 |
| Birth Year | 1971 |
| Place Of Birth | Tokyo |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Satoshi Motoyama is one of the most popular and richest Japanese racing driver who was born on March 4, 1971 in Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi Motoyama (本山哲 – Motoyama Satoshi; born March 4, 1971) is a Japanese former professional racing driver, best known for racing in the Super GT Series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) as a factory driver for Nissan, and for racing in the Formula Nippon Championship (now known as the Super Formula Championship). He is a three-time champion of the GT500 class of Super GT, and a four-time Formula Nippon/Super Formula champion, making him one of the most successful Japanese racing drivers of all-time. On February 9, 2019, Motoyama announced his retirement as a GT500 driver, ending his top-flight racing career in Japan. He was named as the Executive Advisor of the Nismo GT500 racing program the same day.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Motoyama began his karting career at 13 years old in
- He won the A1 class All-Japan Karting Championship in 1986, and the A2 class titles in 1987 and 1989.
Satoshi Motoyama Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Japanese racing driver |
| House | Living in own house. |
Satoshi Motoyama is one of the richest Japanese racing driver from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Satoshi Motoyama 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In the final year of Motoyama and Tréluyer’s partnership at Nismo, they won three races, at Fuji, Autopolis, and Motegi, and finished runner-up in the GT500 championship. The win at Autopolis was notable for Motoyama sprinting from 12th on the grid to the lead of the race in just 26 laps, in a race that they needed to win in order to keep their championship hopes alive going into the Motegi finale.
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Motoyama made his debut in the All-Japan GT Championship in the third round of the 1996 season at Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, driving a GT300 class Nissan Silvia S14 owned by Kazuyoshi Hoshino. He took GT300 class pole position in his debut race, and also scored pole position in the fifth round at Sportsland Sugo.
Facts & Trivia
Sayan Ranked on the list of most popular Japanese racing driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Satoshi Motoyama celebrates birthday on March 4 of every year.
Motoyama has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times, making his debut in 1998 with NISMO and Tom Walkinshaw Racing in one of four factory Nissan R390 GT1s. Motoyama, Masami Kageyama, and Takuya Kurosawa drove the #33 JOMO R390 GT1 to a tenth-place overall finish, ninth in the GT1 category. Motoyama returned the following year in 1999 with NISMO, driving the new Nissan R391 Le Mans prototype. Motoyama and co-drivers Érik Comas and Michael Krumm ran as high as fourth place overall in the #22 R391, before retiring after 110 laps with an electrical issue.