Ukyo Katayama

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ukyo Katayama
Occupation	Racing Automobile Driver
Date Of Birth	May 29, 1963(1963-05-29)
Age	61
Birthplace	Tokyo
Country	Japan
Birth City	Tokyo
Horoscope	Gemini

Ukyo Katayama Biography

Ukyo Katayama is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on May 29, 1963 in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Ukyo Katayama (片山 右京 , Katayama Ukyō, born 29 May 1963) is a Japanese former racing driver and team manager, most notable for competing for six years in Formula One. He participated in 97 Grands Prix, debuting on 1 March 1992. He scored a total of five championship points, all of them for the Tyrrell team in 1994. He also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 2nd overall and 1st in the GTP class. He currently serves as the team manager for Goodsmile Racing in Super GT’s GT300 class.

He stayed on with Tyrrell for the next two seasons, but suffered a loss of form, with two 7th places in high-attrition races his best results, thus scoring no points whilst being outpaced by rookie team-mate Mika Salo. During these years he was highly disadvantaged by the regulation changes which led to higher cockpit sides, a response to the death of Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino GP.

1994 was to see a considerable turnaround for Tyrrell and Katayama. He impressed with the new 022, with three points-scoring finishes, a number of good qualifying performances, and generally being faster than his more experienced and acclaimed team-mate Mark Blundell. He was consistently a top-6 runner, but the car proved to be unreliable, leading him to 12 retirements, including the German GP, in which he was running 3rd before his throttle stuck open. However, in the four races that he did finish, he scored two 5th places, one 6th, and one 7th, good enough for 5 World Championship points. 1994 was the only year Katayama earned World Championship points.

He is now a commentator of Formula One in Japan, for Fuji TV. He also co-hosts the motoring program Samurai Wheels for NHK World. In 1996 he was a guest judge on Iron Chef.

Japan Tobacco managed to arrange a switch to Tyrrell for 1993, but the team were at a nadir, with the interim 020C essentially three years old, and the new 021 proving uncompetitive. 10th place at the Hungarian GP was his best result.

Ukyo Katayama Net Worth

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

Born in Tokyo, Katayama first raced in Europe in 1986 in France before returning home to win the Japanese F3000 series in 1991.

His sponsors, Japan Tobacco, arranged a Formula One seat for Katayama in 1992 with Cabin brand, with the Larrousse team. The car was unreliable and a distinct midfielder, with team-mate Bertrand Gachot getting the lion’s share of the team’s meagre resources. However, Katayama impressed by running in 5th at the Canadian GP until his engine blew, but was eventually left with a brace of 9th places as his best result.

After his 1994 performance, he was allegedly offered a contract with a top team for the 1995 season, but in Katayama’s words, “he couldn’t sign it”. It would later emerge that in 1994 he had been diagnosed with cancer in his back; while non-threatening, it was painful, and his Grand Prix commitments delayed treatment. Katayama did not announce this until he retired from Formula One, not wanting anyone’s sympathy to make excuses for him.

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In 2008, he was one of several retired F1 drivers to compete in the new Speedcar Series.

Facts & Trivia

Ukyo Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Ukyo Katayama celebrates birthday on May 29 of every year.

As of the end of 2010, Katayama summited five of the Seven Summits: Mont Blanc (climbed in 1996), Kilimanjaro (1998), Elbrus (1998), Denali (2008), Aconcagua (2009), and Vinson Massif (2010)