Keiichi Kitagawa

is a retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. He was Japanese Champion in the 1993 F1 All-Japan Road Racing Championship on Kawasaki, 2001 in S-NK All-Japan Road Racing Championship on Suzuki and 2003 JSB1000 All-Japan Road Racing Championship on Suzuki. He won the Superbike World Championship round at Sugo as a wild card rider for Suzuki. Kitagawa coming 16th in the season's overall standings. He was a semi-regular in the Superbike World Championship in , finishing 17th overall with a best finish of fourth, on a Kawasaki. Kitagawa finished second in the Suzuka 8 Hours race, teamed with Akira Ryo. He was also a three-time winner of the Bol d'Or endurance race. He retired from racing at the end of 2006, after winning the 2005 and 2006 Endurance World Championship.

Career statistics Superbike World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1991 Kawasaki GBR GBR SPA SPA CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT RSM RSM SWE SWE JPNRet JPNRet MAL MAL GER GER FRA FRA ITA ITA AUS AUS NC 0 1992 Kawasaki SPA SPA GBR GBR GER GER BEL BEL SPA SPA AUT AUT ITA ITA MAL MAL JPN7 JPN7 NED NED ITA ITA AUS AUS NZL NZL 30th 18 1993 Kawasaki IRL IRL GER GER SPA SPA SMR SMR AUT AUT CZE CZE SWE SWE MAL MAL JPN2 JPN2 NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR20th34 1994 Kawasaki GBR GBR GERRet GER5 ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT INA INA JPNRet JPN3 NED NED SMR SMR EUR EUR AUS AUS 24th 26 1995 Kawasaki GER5 GER12 SMR SMR GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT USA USA EUR EUR JPN4 JPN6 NED NED INA INA AUS AUS 17th 38 1996 Suzuki SMR SMR GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA CZE CZE USA USA EUR EUR INA INA JPN12 JPN10 NED NED SPA SPA AUS AUS 30th 10 1997 Suzuki AUS AUS SMR SMR GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED SPA SPA JPN4 JPNRet INA INA 32nd 13 1998 Suzuki AUS AUS GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA GER GER SMR SMR RSA RSA USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED JPN1 JPN5 16th 36 1999 Suzuki RSA RSA AUS AUS GBR GBR SPA SPA ITA ITA GER GER SMR SMR USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED GER GER JPN4 JPN3 22nd 29 2000 Suzuki RSA RSA AUS AUS JPN6 JPN8 GBR GBR ITA ITA GER GER SMR SMR SPA SPA USA USA EUR EUR NED NED GER GER GBR GBR 31st 18 Grand Prix motorcycle racing Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts 500cc Suzuki JPNRet MAL ESP ITA FRA MAD NED GBR GER CZE IMO CAT AUS ARG NC 0 FIM Endurance World Championship By team Year Team Bike Rider 2005 Suzuki Castrol Suzuki GSX-R1000 Keiichi Kitagawa Vincent Philippe Matthieu Lagrive 1st 2006 Suzuki Castrol Suzuki GSX-R1000 Keiichi Kitagawa Vincent Philippe Matthieu Lagrive 1st