Akira Yanagawa

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| name = Akira Yanagawa

| image=

| caption =

| nationality = Japanese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|07|15}}

| birth_place = Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

| Current team = Team GREEN

| Bike number = 87

| website =

| MotoGP Active years = {{MGP|2002}}–{{MGP|2003}}, {{MGP|2007}}

| MotoGP Manufacturers = Kawasaki

| MotoGP Championships =

| MotoGP Race Starts = 4

| MotoGP Race Wins = 0

| MotoGP Podiums = 0

| MotoGP Poles = 0

| MotoGP Fastest laps = 0

| MotoGP Total Points = 0

| MotoGP Last season = 2007

| MotoGP Last position = NC (0 pts)

| SBK Active years = {{SBK|1994}}, {{SBK|1996}}–{{SBK|2002}}, {{SBK|2010}}

| SBK Manufacturers = Kawasaki

| SBK Championships =

| SBK Last season = 2010

| SBK Last position = NC (0 pts)

| SBK Race Starts = 121

| SBK Race Wins = 3

| SBK Podiums = 23

| SBK Poles = 2

| SBK Fastest laps = 6

| SBK Total Points = 1207

}}

{{nihongo|Akira Yanagawa|柳川明|Yanagawa Akira|born 15 July 1971}} is a Japanese former professional motorcycle road racer. He won three World Superbike Championship races and finished on the podium on 20 further occasions.

Career

He started racing on mini-bikes before becoming Japan's 250cc champion in 1989. He moved to his homeland's Superbike championship in 1993. By {{SBK|1997}} Kawasaki considered him ready for the Superbike World Championship.

Initial testing displays{{Cite web |url=http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcdaily97/day0454.html |title=Motorcycle Online: Daily News 4/15/97 |access-date=17 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507110455/http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcdaily97/day0454.html |archive-date=7 May 2006 |url-status=dead }} and results suggested that they were not wrong. At the A1-Ring, Yanagawa became the first Japanese rider to win a Superbike World Championship race outside his homeland, also winning Sugo later in the year to come 4th overall. {{SBK|1998}} was dominated by two huge crashes. At Monza the bike hurtled through the gravel at the Ascari Chicane before catching fire due to a burst fuel line, with Yanagawa nowhere near it. At Laguna Seca he was running 2nd when Doug Chandler's wild card Kawasaki went out of control on the run into the Corkscrew corner and harpooned Yanagawa. It was a frightening moment, yet Yanagawa only missed one further round. He was classified 2nd in that race, as the restart was abandoned following another pile-up. On his return he took two 4th places, and followed this with two podium results at Sugo. This was good for 7th overall.

In {{SBK|1999}} and {{SBK|2000}} he came 5th overall, with a win at Sugo and five third places in {{SBK|1999}}. He was 9th in {{SBK|2001}}, crashing on lap 1 of his 100th WSBK race at Sugo but scoring two 3rds at Monza,{{Cite web |url=http://www.motorcycledaily.com/13may01monzawsbfinal.html |title=Bayliss Doubles at Monza WSB |access-date=17 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508184158/http://www.motorcycledaily.com/13may01monzawsbfinal.html |archive-date=8 May 2006 |url-status=dead }} as Kawasaki gradually lost interest in the Superbike World Championship, focusing instead on developing a MotoGP bike for 2002.{{Cite web |url=http://www.motorcycledaily.com/05october02welcome.html |title=Welcome Back, Kawasaki |access-date=17 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110161554/http://www.motorcycledaily.com/05october02welcome.html |archive-date=10 November 2006 |url-status=dead }} Yanagawa raced in Japan's Superbike series while testing this, and briefly raced it before returning to a testing role.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22akira+yanagawa%22|title="akira yanagawa" - Google Search|website=www.google.com}} He continued in the All-Japan series, leading it in 2007 before losing out to Atsushi Watanabe, and also entered for a one-off MotoGP round at Motegi in 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2007/Yanagawa+to+join+de+Puniet+and+West+at+Motegi|title = Yanagawa to join de Puniet and West at Motegi | MotoGP™}}

Career statistics

=Superbike World Championship=

==Races by year==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
valign="middle" rowspan=2\| Year !valign="middle" rowspan=2\| Make !colspan=2\| 1 !colspan=2\| 2 !colspan=2\| 3 !colspan=2\| 4 !colspan=2\| 5 !colspan=2\| 6 !colspan=2\| 7 !colspan=2\| 8 !colspan=2\| 9 !colspan=2\| 10 !colspan=2\| 11 !colspan=2\| 12 !colspan=2\| 13 !rowspan=2\| {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Championship position}} !rowspan=2\| 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
1994 ! Suzuki \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| ITA \| ITA \| SPA \| SPA \| AUT \| AUT \| INA \| INA \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 11 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| JPN 18 \| NED \| NED \| SMR \| SMR \| EUR \| EUR \| AUS \| AUS \| \| \| \| ! 47th ! 5
1996 ! Kawasaki \| SMR \| SMR \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| ITA \| ITA \| CZE \| CZE \| USA \| USA \| EUR \| EUR \| INA \| INA \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| JPN Ret \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| JPN DNS \| NED \| NED \| SPA \| SPA \| AUS \| AUS \| \| ! NC ! 0
1997 ! Kawasaki \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 4 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| AUS Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SMR Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SMR 5 \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| GBR DNS \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| GBR DNS \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 8 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| GER 2 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 8 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ITA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 4 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| AUT 2 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| AUT 1 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 8 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 4 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 4 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *JPN* 1 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| JPN Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| INA 4 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| INA 2 \| \| ! 4th ! 247
1998 ! Kawasaki \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 5 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GBR 16 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ITA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 13 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 4 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SMR 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SMR 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| RSA 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| RSA 5 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| USA 2 \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| USA DNS \| EUR \| EUR \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUT 4 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUT 4 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 4 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| JPN 2 \| \| ! 7th ! 210
1999 ! Kawasaki \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| RSA 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| RSA 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 4 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| SPA 2 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| SPA 2 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GER Ret \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| GER 3 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| SMR 3 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| SMR 3 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| USA 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 12 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 5 \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| AUT DNS \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| AUT DNS \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 4 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| GER 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 4 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| JPN 3 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| JPN 1 ! 5th ! 308
2000 ! Kawasaki \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| RSA DNS \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| RSA DNS \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 6 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| JPN Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 5 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| ITA 3 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| ITA 3 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| GER 2 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GER Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SMR 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SMR 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 12 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 6 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| NED 2 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 4 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| GER 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 7 ! 5th ! 247
2001 ! Kawasaki \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 8 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| RSA 5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| RSA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 4 \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| AUS C \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| JPN Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 11 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| ITA 3 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| ITA 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 14 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 8 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 12 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SMR 5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SMR Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 8 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 8 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 4 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 8 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 6 \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| ITA DNS \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| ITA DNS ! 9th ! 170
2002 ! Kawasaki \| SPA \| SPA \| AUS \| AUS \| RSA \| RSA \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 6 \| ITA \| ITA \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| SMR \| SMR \| USA \| USA \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| NED \| NED \| ITA \| ITA ! 23rd ! 20
2010 ! Kawasaki \| AUS \| AUS \| POR \| POR \| SPA \| SPA \| NED \| NED \| ITA \| ITA \| RSA \| RSA \| USA \| USA \| SMR \| SMR \| CZE \| CZE \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GBR 19 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GBR 19 \| GER \| GER \| ITA \| ITA \| FRA \| FRA ! NC ! 0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

valign="middle" rowspan=2| Year

!valign="middle" rowspan=2| Make

!colspan=2| 1

!colspan=2| 2

!colspan=2| 3

!colspan=2| 4

!colspan=2| 5

!colspan=2| 6

!colspan=2| 7

!colspan=2| 8

!colspan=2| 9

!colspan=2| 10

!colspan=2| 11

!colspan=2| 12

!colspan=2| 13

!rowspan=2| {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

!rowspan=2| 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

1994

! Suzuki

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

| SPA

| AUT

| INA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN
11

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JPN
18

| NED

| SMR

| EUR

| AUS

|

! 47th

! 5

1996

! Kawasaki

| SMR

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

| CZE

| USA

| EUR

| INA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN
Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| JPN
DNS

| NED

| SPA

| AUS

|

! NC

! 0

1997

! Kawasaki

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
4

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR
5

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| GBR
DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
8

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
4

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| JPN
1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INA
4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| INA
2

|

! 4th

! 247

1998

! Kawasaki

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
5

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
16

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
13

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA
5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| USA
2

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| USA
DNS

| EUR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN
4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JPN
2

|

! 7th

! 210

1999

! Kawasaki

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
Ret

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GER
3

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SMR
3

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
5

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| AUT
DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GER
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| JPN
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| JPN
1

! 5th

! 308

2000

! Kawasaki

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| RSA
DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
6

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NED
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GER
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
7

! 5th

! 247

2001

! Kawasaki

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
4

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| AUS
C

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN
11

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
14

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
6

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ITA
DNS

! 9th

! 170

2002

! Kawasaki

| SPA

| AUS

| RSA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN
6

| ITA

| GBR

| GER

| SMR

| USA

| GBR

| GER

| NED

| ITA

! 23rd

! 20

2010

! Kawasaki

| AUS

| POR

| SPA

| NED

| ITA

| RSA

| USA

| SMR

| CZE

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
19

| GER

| ITA

| FRA

! NC

! 0

=Grand Prix motorcycle racing=

==By season==

class="wikitable" style=text-align:right !Season !Class !Motorcycle !Team !Number !Race !Win !Podium !Pole !FLap !Pts !Plcd
{{MGP\|2002}} \| MotoGP \| Kawasaki \| Kawasaki Racing Team \| 48 \| 1 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| NC
{{MGP\|2003}} \| MotoGP \| Kawasaki \| Kawasaki Racing Team \| 48 \| 2 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| NC
{{MGP\|2007}} \| MotoGP \| Kawasaki \| Kawasaki Racing Team \| 87 \| 1 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| NC
Total \| \| \| \| \| 4 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \|

class="wikitable" style=text-align:right

!Season

!Class

!Motorcycle

!Team

!Number

!Race

!Win

!Podium

!Pole

!FLap

!Pts

!Plcd

| MotoGP

| Kawasaki

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| 48

| 1

| 0

| NC

| MotoGP

| Kawasaki

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| 48

| 2

| 0

| NC

| MotoGP

| Kawasaki

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| 87

| 1

| 0

| NC

Total

|

| 4

| 0

|

==Races by year==

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Championship position}} ! Pts
2002 ! MotoGP ! Kawasaki \| JPN \| RSA \| SPA \| FRA \| ITA \| CAT \| NED \| GBR \| GER \| CZE \| POR \| BRA \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| PAC Ret \| MAL \| AUS \| VAL \| \| ! NC ! 0
2003 ! MotoGP ! Kawasaki \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| JPN 18 \| RSA \| SPA \| FRA \| ITA \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| CAT Ret \| NED \| GBR \| GER \| CZE \| POR \| BRA \| PAC \| MAL \| AUS \| VAL \| \| ! NC ! 0
2007 ! MotoGP ! Kawasaki \| QAT \| SPA \| CHN \| TUR \| FRA \| ITA \| CAT \| GBR \| NED \| GER \| USA \| CZE \| RSM \| POR \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| JPN 17 \| AUS \| MAL \| VAL ! NC ! 0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Year

! Class

! Bike

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

2002

! MotoGP

! Kawasaki

| JPN

| RSA

| SPA

| FRA

| ITA

| CAT

| NED

| GBR

| GER

| CZE

| POR

| BRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAC
Ret

| MAL

| AUS

| VAL

|

! NC

! 0

2003

! MotoGP

! Kawasaki

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JPN
18

| RSA

| SPA

| FRA

| ITA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT
Ret

| NED

| GBR

| GER

| CZE

| POR

| BRA

| PAC

| MAL

| AUS

| VAL

|

! NC

! 0

2007

! MotoGP

! Kawasaki

| QAT

| SPA

| CHN

| TUR

| FRA

| ITA

| CAT

| GBR

| NED

| GER

| USA

| CZE

| RSM

| POR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JPN
17

| AUS

| MAL

| VAL

! NC

! 0

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20130411095449/http://www.motogp.com/it/riders/profiles/Akira+Yanagawa Akira Yanagawa on MotoGP.com]
{{WorldSBK.com|Akira+Yanagawa}}

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