Masahiko Kageyama

Masahiko Kageyama
Masahiko Kageyama
Nationality	Japanese
Born	August 8, 1963 (age 60); Kanagawa Prefecture
Retired	2002
Related to	Masami Kageyama (brother)
Debut season	1993 (JGTC GT1)
Starts	56
Wins	6
Best finish	1st in 1993–1995
Previous series
1990-2001; 1990-1996; 1987-1989	Formula Nippon; Japanese Touring Car Championship; All-Japan Formula Three

Masahiko Kageyama (影山正彦, Kageyama Masahiko, born August 8, 1963 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former racing driver from Japan. He participated in the Japanese Grand Touring Car series in the top category between 1993 and 2002.

Kageyama won the inaugural Japanese Grand Touring Car championship, in the Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, before winning the next two championships.

He also won the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 1989, and the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1993.

Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third-place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[1]

Kageyama is the CEO of M-Proto Inc., a supplier of brake pads, based in Fujisawa, Kanagawa.^[2] His younger brother is Masami Kageyama, who also competed in JGTC and at Le Mans.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1995	NISMO	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	GT1	157	DNF	DNF
1996	NISMO	Aguri Suzuki Masahiko Kondo	Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	GT1	209	DNF	DNF
1997	Nissan Motorsport TWR	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Érik Comas	Nissan R390 GT1	GT1	294	12th	5th
1998	Nissan Motorsports TWR	Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan R390 GT1	GT1	347	3rd	3rd
2000	TV Asahi Team Dragon	Toshio Suzuki Masami Kageyama	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	LMP900	340	6th	6th

References

^ "1998 24 Hours of Le Mans results". experiencelemans.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
^ 会社情報. M-Proto official website (in Japanese). Japan: M-Proto Inc. 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Masahiko Kageyama career summary at DriverDB.com
Nissan driver profile Template:Ja icon

Sporting positions
Preceded by none	JGTC (GT1) Champion 1993–1994–1995	Succeeded by David Brabham John Nielsen

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[1] "1998 24 Hours of Le Mans results". experiencelemans.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

[2] 会社情報. M-Proto official website (in Japanese). Japan: M-Proto Inc. 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Japan