Hiroshi Aoyama

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Hiroshi Aoyama
Hiroshi Aoyama
Nationality	Japanese
Date of birth	October 25, 1981 (1981-10-25) (age 26)
Place of birth	Ichihara, Japan
Website	hiro-aoyama.com
250cc World Championship Record
Current team	Red Bull KTM 250
Bike number	4
World Championships	0
Race starts	74
Race Wins	5
Podium finishes	18
Pole positions	5
Fastest laps	7

2008 Championship position	5th (61pts)

Hiroshi Aoyama (born October 25, 1981 in Ichihara) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He rode in the All-Japan Road Racing Championship until 2003, when he won the 250cc championship with Honda. He also rode couple of events as wildcard rider in the Grand Prix World Championships, finishing 2nd in 2003 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

In 2004 he joined 250cc World Championship full-time, still racing for Honda. His debut season gave him two third places and 6th place in the championship. In the following year he scored his maiden victory in his home race at Motegi.

However, he wasn't able to stay on Honda, so he moved to KTM for 2006 season. He brought them victories in Istanbul and Motegi, the first two for manufacturer in the class. For the second year in row, he was 4th in overall standings.

Aoyama ended the 2007 season in sixth place in the 250 championship with victories in Germany and Malaysia.