Masahiko Kageyama

is a former racing driver from Japan. He participated in the Japanese Grand Touring Car series in the top category between 1993 and 2002.

Kageyama won the inaugural Japanese Grand Touring Car championship, in the Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, before winning the next two championships.

Kageyama also won the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 1989, and the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1993.

Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Kageyama drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third-place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Kageyama is the CEO of M-Proto Inc., a supplier of brake pads, based in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. His younger brother is Masami Kageyama, who also competed in JGTC and at Le Mans.

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship/Formula Nippon results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (-1993) results

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC pts 1994 Nismo Nissan Sunny AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 TOK1 TOK2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MIN1 MIN2 AID1 AID2 TSU1 TSU2 SEN1 SEN2 FUJ1 FUJ2 22nd 10 1996Nismo Nissan Primera Camino FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG1 SUG2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MIN1 MIN2 SEN1 SEN2 TOK1 TOK2 FUJ1 FUJ2 5th 63

Complete JGTC results

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1995 NISMO Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki Nissan Skyline GT-R LM GT1 157 DNF DNF 1996 NISMO Aguri Suzuki Masahiko Kondo Nissan Skyline GT-R LM GT1 209 DNF DNF 1997 Nissan Motorsport TWR Kazuyoshi Hoshino Érik Comas Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 294 12th 5th 1998 Nissan Motorsports TWR Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 347 3rd 3rd 2000 TV Asahi Team Dragon Toshio Suzuki Masami Kageyama Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP900 340 6th 6th