Masahiko Kageyama

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Masahiko Kageyama
NationalityJapanese
Born (1963-08-08) August 8, 1963 (age 58)
Kanagawa Prefecture
Retired2002
Related toMasami Kageyama (brother)
Debut season1993 (JGTC GT1)
Starts56
Wins6
Best finish1st 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.

Racing record[]

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship/Formula Nippon results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1990 Stellar International SUZ
15 		FUJ
DNQ 		MIN
6 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
11 		FUJ
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
DNS 		SUZ
9 		20th 1
1991 Stellar International SUZ
Ret 		AUT
17 		FUJ
11 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
13 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
16 		SUZ
13 		FUJ
C 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
DNQ 		31st 0
1993 Nakajima Racing SUZ
12 		SUZ
8 		MIN
6 		SUZ
Ret 		AUT
C 		SUG
2 		FUJ
C 		FUJ
8 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
11 		10th 7
1994 Nakajima Racing SUZ
16 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
11 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
9 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
5 		FUJ
Ret 		FUJ
11 		SUZ
8 		13th 2
1995 Navi Connection Racing SUZ
3 		FUJ
C 		MIN
8 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
6 		TOK
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		12th 5
1996 Navi Connection Racing SUZ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		TOK
Ret 		SUZ
16 		SUG
12 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
9 		SUZ
7 		FUJ
3 		14th 4
1997 Team Impul SUZ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
5 		SUZ
2 		SUG
3 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
15 		MOT
Ret 		FUJ
12 		SUZ
3 		7th 16
1998 Maziora Team Impul SUZ
1 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		MOT
8 		SUZ
1 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
C 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
6 		4th 21
1999 Speedmaster Mooncraft SUZ
Ret 		MOT
12 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
13 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
13 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
6 		MOT
12 		SUZ
13 		18th 1
2001 Takagi B-1 Car Club SUZ
12 		MOT
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
DNS 		SUG
14 		FUJ
16 		MIN
Ret 		MOT
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		20th 0

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results[]

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC pts
1994 Nismo Nissan Sunny AUT
1 		AUT
2 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		TOK
1 		TOK
2 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		MIN
1 		MIN
2 		AID
1
21 		AID
2
10 		TSU
1
Ret 		TSU
2
3 		SEN
1
Ret 		SEN
2
DNS 		FUJ
1
14 		FUJ
2
18 		22nd 10
1996 Nismo Nissan Primera Camino FUJ
1
7 		FUJ
2
Ret 		SUG
1
8 		SUG
2
9 		SUZ
1
4 		SUZ
2
6 		MIN
1
4 		MIN
2
1 		SEN
1
7 		SEN
2
6 		TOK
1
Ret 		TOK
2
18 		FUJ
1
3 		FUJ
2
7 		5th 63

Complete JGTC results[]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
1994 Hoshino Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1 FUJ
1 		SEN
2 		FUJ
2 		SUG
4 		MIN
4 		1st 70
1995 Hoshino Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1 SUZ
1 		FUJ
10 		SEN
2 		FUJ
7 		SUG
2 		MIN
3 		1st 67
1996 Team Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
8 		FUJ
5 		SEN
5 		FUJ
1 		SUG
2 		MIN
Ret 		4th 54
1997 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
5 		FUJ
Ret 		SEN
14 		FUJ
9 		MIN
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		19th 10
1998 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
C 		SEN
2 		FUJ
7 		MOT
11 		MIN
5 		SUG
9 		8th 29
1999 Toyota Team Sard Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
16 		FUJ
15 		SUG
Ret 		MIN
7 		FUJ
10 		TAI
13 		MOT
Ret 		22th 5
2000 Toyota Team Sard Toyota Supra GT500 MOT
10 		FUJ
Ret 		SUG
6 		FUJ
2 		TAI
Ret 		MIN
8 		SUZ
16 		12th 25
2001 Toyota Team Sard Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
7 		FUJ
7 		SUG FUJ MOT SUZ MIN 21th 8
2002 Kraft Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
17 		FUJ
10 		SUG
Ret 		SEP
12 		FUJ
10 		MOT
15 		MIN
10 		SUZ
12 		25th 3

24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "1998 24 Hours of Le Mans results". experiencelemans.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. ^ 会社情報 [Corporate Information]. M-Proto official website (in Japanese). Japan: M-Proto Inc. 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.

External links[]

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


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