Aisan Racing Team

Aisan Racing Team

Team information
UCI code	AIS
Registered	Japan
Founded	2006 (2006)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Koji Sawada
Team manager(s)	Kenji Nakane Takumi Beppu Tomohiro Hayakawa Taiji Nishitani Nana Watarai
Team name history
2006–	Aisan Racing Team (AIS)

Aisan Racing Team (愛三工業レーシングチーム, Aisan Kōgyō Rēshingu Chīmu, UCI team code: AIS) is a Japanese UCI Continental cycling team managed by Takumi Beppu and sponsored by Aisan Industry Co. Ltd..

It was previously formed in 1976 as the bicycle club for the employees of Aisan Industry. The club started racing in earnest in 1987 after registering in the Japan Industrial Track & Field Association.

Team roster

As of 16 September 2023.

Rider Date of birth Masahiro Ishigami (JPN) (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 Keigo Kusaba (JPN) (1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 Keito Nishio (JPN) (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 Hayato Okamoto (JPN) (1995-06-01) 1 June 1995 Ken Sato (JPN) (1999-11-19) 19 November 1999

Rider Date of birth Yuzuru Suzuki (JPN) (1985-11-06) 6 November 1985 Hayato Tobaru (JPN) (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 Ayumu Watanabe (JPN) (1998-03-08) 8 March 1998 Shotaro Watanabe (JPN) (1994-08-29) 29 August 1994 Kentaro Yamamoto (JPN) (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997

Major wins

2006

Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani

Prologue, Kazuhiro Mori

Stage 3, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, Satoshi Hirose

2007

Stage 7 Tour de Taiwan, Satoshi Hirose

Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani

Stages 7 & 8 Tour of South China Sea, Taiji Nishitani

2008

Stage 3 Tour de East Java, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Satoshi Hirose

Stages 2 & 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Kazuhiro Mori

Stage 6 Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani

2009

Japan Road Race Championships, Taiji Nishitani

Japan Time Trial Championships, Kazuhiro Mori

Stage 6 Jelajah Malaysia, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 3b Tour de Singkarak, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Kazuhiro Mori

2010

Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi, Taiji Nishitani

Prologue Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani

Overall Tour of South China Sea, Kazuhiro Mori

2011

Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi, Takeaki Ayabe

Stage 8 Tour de Taiwan, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Shinpei Fukuda

Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 4 Tour de Singkarak, Yasuharu Nakajima

Stage 2 Tour of Hainan, Yasuharu Nakajima

Overall Tour de Okinawa, Kazuhiro Mori

2012

Stage 5 Tour of Japan, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 1 Tour de Singkarak, Masakazu Ito

Stage 6 Tour de Singkarak, Yasuharu Nakajima

Stage 4 Tour of China I, Taiji Nishitani

2013

Stages 1 (ITT) & 6 Tour of Japan, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 3 Tour de Ijen, Shinpei Fukuda

2014

Overall Tour of Thailand, Yasuharu Nakajima

Stage 6, Taiji Nishitani

Stage 1 Tour de East Java, Yasuharu Nakajima

2015

Asian rider classification Tour de Langkawi, Tomohiro Hayakawa

Overall Tour of Thailand, Yasuharu Nakajima

2017

Points classification Tour de Hokkaido, Hayato Okamoto

Stage 2, Hayato Okamoto

2018

Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Hayato Okamoto

Stage 3 Tour de Lombok, Shiki Kuroeda

Young rider classification Tour de Kumano, Sora Nomoto

2019

Stage 3 Tour de Ijen, Kakeru Omae

2022

Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Hayato Okamoto

2024

Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Hayato Okamoto

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Aisan Racing Team's Team List in Cycling Fever