Hiroshi Aoyama
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Aoyama at the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix.
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 Japanese
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October 25, 1981 Ichihara, Chiba (Japan) |
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| Current team | Honda Racing Corporation (test rider) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | hiro-aoyama.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hiroshi Aoyama (青山 博一 Aoyama Hiroshi?, born October 25, 1981) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider, Shuhei Aoyama.
In his six seasons in the 250cc World Championship, he raced Honda and KTM machinery in an Aprilia-dominated class. He took eight victories and never finished lower than seventh overall. He won the 2009 250cc World Championship, becoming the last ever winner of this class before its replacement by the Moto2 class in 2010. In 2010 Aoyama moved up to the premier class with Interwetten Racing. He stopped competing in MotoGP after the 2014 season and took on the role of HRC test rider and advisor to riders in the Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup.
Born in Ichihara, Chiba, Aoyama first raced in MiniMoto at the age of 4, racing against Yuki Takahashi, who he has raced against for most of his career. In 2008 he referred to Takahashi as a "respected rival".
He rode in the All-Japan Road Racing Championship until 2003, when he won the 250cc championship with Honda. He also rode a couple of events as wildcard rider in the Grand Prix World Championships, finishing 2nd in the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
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