1. Kousuke Akiyoshi is a Japanese motorcycle road racer.
11 Facts About Kousuke Akiyoshi
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Kousuke Akiyoshi is a two-time champion in the All-Japan Superbike Championship, and has competed sporadically in the MotoGP World Championship.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi is known in his native Japan as a competitor in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship, and most notably the All Japan Superbike championship, where he has enjoyed success with the Yoshimura Suzuki team riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi finished in 24th in his first season, before improving to 10th the following season.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi won the championship in 2010 and 2011, riding a Honda CBR1000RR.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi has competed in a number of Grands Prix of the MotoGP series.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi came 17th at the Spanish race, and had a good run in Japan where he was running 7th behind Casey Stoner, but retired four laps from the finish.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi retired on lap 1 after going down at the first corner.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi competed in two races for the team, finishing 15th at the Dutch TT in Assen and 13th at the Catalan Grand Prix in Catalunya.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi was then replaced by San Marinese rider Alex de Angelis.
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Kousuke Akiyoshi replaced Aoyama at the Gresini Racing team for the 2011 Dutch TT, however not through injury, as Aoyama himself replaced the injured Dani Pedrosa at Repsol Honda.