Kazuto Sakata

Sakata began his Grand Prix career in 1991 and by the 1993 season, finished second to Dirk Raudies in the 125cc class on a Honda. In 1994, he became the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory when he signed with the Aprilia factory. He repaid them by winning the 125cc championship that year. He repeated as champion in 1998 after a tight points battle with Tomomi Manako and Marco Melandri. He retired after the 1999 season.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Team	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points	Rank	Wins
1991	125cc	ELF Kepla-Meiko Honda	RS125	JPN Ret	AUS 16	USA	SPA DNS	ITA Ret	GER 10	AUT Ret	EUR 14	NED 11	FRA 7	GBR 8	RSM 8	CZE Ret	VDM	MAL 2		55	13th	0
1992	125cc	F.C.C./T.S. Venus-Honda	RS125	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL 6	SPA 4	ITA Ret	EUR	GER Ret	NED 6	HUN 7	FRA 4	GBR 6	BRA 14	RSA Ret				42	11th	0
1993	125cc	F.C.C. Technical Sports-Honda	RS125	AUS 2	MAL 2	JPN 2	SPA 1	AUT 2	GER 2	NED 2	EUR Ret	SMR 2	GBR 2	CZE 1	ITA 2	USA 2	FIM 3			266	2nd	2
1994	125cc	Semprucci-Aprilia	RS125R	AUS 1	MAL 2	JPN 2	SPA 1	AUT 5	GER 2	NED 4	ITA 2	FRA 3	GBR 4	CZE 1	USA Ret	ARG 9	EUR 7			224	1st	3
1995	125cc	Team Krona-Aprilia	RS125R	AUS 2	MAL 10	JPN 3	SPA 6	GER Ret	ITA 5	NED 4	FRA 12	GBR 1	CZE 1	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	EUR 4				140	2nd	2
1996	125cc	Aprilia	RS125R	MAL 10	INA 14	JPN Ret	SPA 5	ITA 3	FRA 8	NED 7	GER 11	GBR 5	AUT 9	CZE 4	IMO 12	CAT 3	BRA 11	AUS Ret		113	8th	0
1997	125cc	Aprilia	RS125R	MAL 2	JPN 2	SPA 7	ITA 6	AUT 6	FRA Ret	NED 3	IMO 3	GER Ret	BRA 5	GBR Ret	CZE 9	CAT 2	INA 2	AUS 2		179	4th	0
1998	125cc	Aprilia	RS125R	JPN 1	MAL 6	SPA 1	ITA 4	FRA 1	MAD 4	NED 2	GBR 1	GER 7	CZE 2	IMO 4	CAT 9	AUS 4	ARG 5			229	1st	4
1999	125cc	Honda	RS125	MAL 10	JPN 8	SPA 13	FRA 9	ITA 8	CAT 7	NED 10	GBR 13	GER 19	CZE Ret	IMO Ret	VAL 12	AUS 13	RSA 15	BRA 17	ARG Ret	56	14th	0

References

^ Kazuto Sakata career statistics at MotoGP.com

125cc Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – N. Pagani

1950 – B. Ruffo
1951 – C. Ubbiali
1952 – C. Sandford
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – R. Hollaus
1955 – C. Ubbiali
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – T. Provini
1958 – C. Ubbiali
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – T. Phillis
1962 – L. Taveri
1963 – H. Anderson
1964 – L. Taveri
1965 – H. Anderson
1966 – L. Taveri
1967 – B. Ivy
1968 – P. Read
1969 – D. Simmonds

1970 – D. Braun
1971 – Á. Nieto
1972 – Á. Nieto
1973 – K. Andersson
1974 – K. Andersson
1975 – P. Pileri
1976 – P. Bianchi
1977 – P. Bianchi
1978 – E. Lazzarini
1979 – Á. Nieto

1980 – P. Bianchi
1981 – Á. Nieto
1982 – Á. Nieto
1983 – Á. Nieto
1984 – Á. Nieto
1985 – F. Gresini
1986 – L. Cadalora
1987 – F. Gresini
1988 – J. Martínez
1989 – À. Crivillé

1990 – L. Capirossi
1991 – L. Capirossi
1992 – A. Gramigni
1993 – D. Raudies
1994 – K. Sakata
1995 – H. Aoki
1996 – H. Aoki
1997 – V. Rossi
1998 – K. Sakata
1999 – E. Alzamora

2000 – R. Locatelli
2001 – M. Poggiali
2002 – A. Vincent
2003 – D. Pedrosa
2004 – A. Dovizioso
2005 – T. Lüthi
2006 – Á. Bautista
2007 – G. Talmácsi
2008 – M. Di Meglio
2009 – J. Simón

2010 – M. Márquez
2011 – N. Terol

Persondata
Name	Sakata, Kazuto
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Date of birth	1966
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