Tomoyoshi Koyama

Tomoyoshi 'Tommy' Koyama (小山知良, Koyama Tomoyoshi, born March 19, 1983) is a professional motorcycle road racer who currently races in the Asia Road Race Championship SS600 class for T. Pro Yuzy Honda NTS riding a Honda CBR600RR.

Career

Koyama was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. After competing in Grand Prix races as a wild card since 2000 – having been the champion of the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship in 2000, and finished in the top five for three successive seasons in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship – Koyama joined the series full-time in 2005, with Ajo Motorsport. His best result of the season was 2nd at Phillip Island, and he also was best rookie of the season. 2006 wasn't as good for him, but after he moved to KTM in 2007, he scored his first victory at the 2007 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix. 2008 was much less successful for both Koyama and KTM with a best place of 6th his only top 10 finish in the first 10 races. He ends the 2008 season with 7th at Valencia and 17th in the final standings, four places behind the most successful KTM rider (Marc Márquez) in an unsuccessful year for the Austrian concern. For 2009 Koyama joined the smaller Loncin team, alongside Alexis Masbou, and struggled to score points. In 2010 Koyama rode an RS Aprillia for Racing Team Germany. Koyama finished eighth in the championship, taking a best placing of second at the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.

After failing to find a full-time Grand Prix ride for the 2011 season, he competed in both the Spanish Moto2 championship (where he finished third), and in the MFJ All Japan Road Race J-GP2 Championship, finishing eighth. Koyama also competed in three Grand Prix Moto2 races towards the end of the season; he replaced the injured Kenan Sofuoğlu at Misano and Aragón, as well as a wild-card appearance at Motegi,^[1] but failed to score points in any of the appearances. Koyama remained in the Spanish Moto2 championship in 2012, where he finished ninth overall. After Roberto Rolfo parted company with Technomag-CIP at Grand Prix level,^[2] Koyama completed the season with the team; in six races, he finished outside the points in them all.

Career statistics

By season

Season	Class	Moto	Races	Win	Podiums	Pts	Position
2000	125 cc	Yamaha	1	0	0	0	NC
2003	250 cc	Yamaha	2	0	0	0	NC
2004	125 cc	Yamaha	2	0	0	7	27th
2005	125 cc	Honda	16	0	2	119	8th
2006	125 cc	Malaguti	13	0	0	49	15th
2007	125 cc	KTM	17	1	6	193	3rd
2008	125 cc	KTM	16	0	0	41	17th
2009	125 cc	Loncin	16	0	0	17	24th
2010	125 cc	Aprilia	17	0	1	127	8th
2011	Moto2	Suter	3	0	0	0	NC
2011	Moto2	TSR	3	0	0	0	NC
2012	Moto2	Suter	6	0	0	0	NC
2014	Moto2	NTS	3	0	0	0	NC
2015	Moto2	NTS	1	0	0	3	26th
Total			113	1	9	556

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2000	125cc	Yamaha	RSA	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	BRA	PAC 16	AUS			NC	0
2003	250cc	Yamaha	JPN Ret	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC Ret	MAL	AUS	VAL			NC	0
2004	125cc	Yamaha	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	BRA	GER	GBR	CZE 22	POR	JPN 9	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL			27th	7
2005	125cc	Honda	SPA Ret	POR 6	CHN 5	FRA Ret	ITA 5	CAT 5	NED 7	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE Ret	JPN 4	MAL 10	QAT 14	AUS 2	TUR 3	VAL 6			8th	119
2006	125cc	Malaguti	SPA 12	QAT 15	TUR 9	CHN 9	FRA 13	ITA 15	CAT DNS	NED	GBR	GER 15	CZE 16	MAL Ret	AUS 12	JPN 7	POR 6	VAL 14			15th	49
2007	125cc	KTM	QAT 6	SPA Ret	TUR 3	CHN Ret	FRA 10	ITA 5	CAT 1	GBR 2	NED 6	GER 2	CZE 5	RSM 3	POR 7	JPN 14	AUS 6	MAL 2	VAL 9		3rd	193
2008	125cc	KTM	QAT Ret	SPA 13	POR 16	CHN 13	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 13	GBR 6	NED 13	GER Ret	CZE Ret	RSM 18	IND 19	JPN 11	AUS	MAL 11	VAL 7		17th	41
2009	125cc	Loncin	QAT 27	JPN 12	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 17	NED Ret	GER 10	GBR 11	CZE 21	IND 14	RSM Ret	POR Ret	AUS 21	MAL Ret	VAL 20			24th	17
2010	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 9	SPA 5	FRA 8	ITA 8	GBR 5	NED 14	CAT 6	GER 2	CZE 9	IND Ret	RSM 8	ARA 6	JPN 6	MAL 22	AUS 9	POR Ret	VAL 7		8th	127
2011	Moto2	Suter	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	CZE	IND	RSM 20	ARA 24						NC	0
2011	Moto2	TSR														JPN 28	AUS	MAL	VAL		NC	0
2012	Moto2	Suter	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	IND	CZE	RSM 20	ARA 23	JPN 22	MAL 16	AUS 21	VAL 18		NC	0
2014	Moto2	NTS	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN 23	AUS 24	MAL 23	VAL	NC	0
2015	Moto2	NTS	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN 13	AUS	MAL	VAL	26th	3

References

↑ "Moto2 thriller to continue in Japan". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). 26 September 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
↑ "Koyama replaces Rolfo at Technomag-CIP". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

External links

Official website (Japanese)

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