Few riders have more WSS racing and winning experience than ‘Kats’ and few also have a machine quite as capable of winning the championship in 2010. Both Kats and his team expect great things from the 2010 season, as the popular Japanese rider goes all out for podium places.
Name:
Katsuaki Fujiwara
Riding Number:
21
Class:
World Supersport
Date of birth:
27 March 1975
Place of birth:
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Hometown:
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:
Japanese
Weight:
61kg
Height:
1.73m
Marital status:
Married to Kiyomi
Fujiwara has a race-winning record in World Supersport that few riders can match. Victorious in six, he has a total of 21 podiums, and has placed inside the top five in the championship standings four times.
After a season of racing development on the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, and a winter spent testing and training hard, he is ready for another season in the top flight of 600cc racing.
His early career started, as it does for most Japanese competitors, in the mini-bike classes, but at the age of 16 he was allowed to obtain a professional licence, and soon won the prestigious 4-Hour Suzuka Race - a sort of mini Suzuka 8-Hour.
In 1995, by then a Kawasaki Superbike rider in the All-Japan series, he ended his season in the ZXR750R third overall, and also earned a podium in the Suzuka 8-Hour race, alongside legendary Kawasaki rider Akira Yanagawa.
His move to global racing coincided with the turn of the Millennium, and was made in the Superbike class, before Fujiwara initiated his successful shift to 600cc racing.
A career best of second in the championship came in 2002 and he is ready to get back to the upper echelons in partnership with Kawasaki and his new team-mate, Joan Lascorz.
Interested in fashion and photography, Fujiwara adds a dash of oriental flair to the European season, mixing Japanese sensibilities with cutting edge European couture.
Career Resume
2009:
10th in FIM Supersport World Championship
2008:
22nd in the World Supersport Championship
2007:
4th in the World Supersport Championship
2006:
13th in the World Supersport Championship
2005:
3rd in the World Supesport Championship
2004:
10th in World Supersport Championship
2003:
5th in World Supersport Championship
2002:
2nd in World Supersport Championship with Suzuki GSX-R600
2001:
12th in World Supersport Championship with Suzuki GSX-R600
2000:
9th in World Superbike Championship with Suzuki GSX-R750
1999:
9th in World Superbike Championship with Suzuki GSX-R750
1997:
2nd in all-Japan Superbike Championship with Suzuki GSX-R750
1995:
3rd in all-Japan Superbike Championship with KAWASAKI ZXR750R
1989:
1st in the Minibike Endurance Series Championship
