Masataka Yanagida
{{short description|Japanese racing driver|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
Masataka Yanagida (born 4 June 1979, in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver.
Career
The son of successful racing driver Haruhito Yanagida, a runner-up in the Japanese Touring Car Championship, Masataka began his career in karting in 1993. In 1997 he raced in Formula Renault Campus in France, before stepping up to the main French Formula Renault Championship in 1998. He moved on to Formula Dream in 1999, taking five victories in the 2000 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.teampetronas.com/a_standard.asp?cid=66772578&aid=165807661|title=Meet the drivers - STES08: 2008 Driver Profile: Masataka Yanagida - Cool, Calm and Collected|access-date=2023-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716195859/http://www.teampetronas.com/a_standard.asp?cid=66772578&aid=165807661|archive-date=2011-07-16}}
In 2001 he began racing in Japanese F3 and Japanese GT. He finished seventh in the F3 standings and fourth in the GT300 class in Japanese GT, where he raced with Yuji Ide. He improved to finish third in GT300 in 2002, before winning the class in 2003. He returned to F3 in 2004, but could only finish 10th. He moved up to the GT500 class of Super GT in 2005, finishing fifth in the standings, sharing with Michael Krumm.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
He made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama for the Wiechers-Sport team.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
Racing record
=Career Summary=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Season ! Series ! Team Name ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! Position |
rowspan="2" |2001
|align="left"|All-Japan Formula Three |align="left"|Toda Racing | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 7th |
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align="left"|All-Japan GT - GT300
|align="left"|Hasemi Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 4th |
2002
|align="left"|All-Japan GT - GT300 |align="left"|Hasemi Motorsport | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 |bgcolor='#FFDF9F'|3rd |
rowspan="2"|2003
|align="left"|All-Japan Formula Three |align="left"|Threebond Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17th |
align="left"|All-Japan GT - GT300
|align="left"|Hasemi Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 77 |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
rowspan="5"|2004
|align="left"|All-Japan Formula Three |align="left"|Threebond Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 10th |
align="left"|All-Japan GT - GT300
|align="left"|Team Daishin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 6th |
align="left" rowspan="2"|Super Taikyu - Class3
|align="left"|RS Nakaharu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
align="left"|C-West Labs
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 |bgcolor='#DFDFDF'|2nd |
align="left"|Suzuka 1000km
|align="left"|Nismo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
2005
|align="left"|Super GT - GT500 |align="left"|Nismo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 5th |
rowspan="3"|2006
|align="left"|Formula Nippon |align="left"|Kondo Racing | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14th |
align="left"|Super GT - GT500
|align="left"|Kondo Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 13th |
align="left"|Tokachi 24 Hours
|align="left"|C-West Labs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A |bgcolor='#FFDF9F'|3rd |
rowspan="3"|2007
|align="left"|Formula Nippon |align="left"|Kondo Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
align="left"|Super GT - GT500
|align="left"|Hasemi Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12th |
align="left"|Super Taikyu - ST1
|align="left"|Petronas Syntium Team | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5th |
rowspan="2"|2008
|align="left"|Super GT - GT500 |align="left"|Nismo | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 7th |
align="left"|Super Taikyu - ST1
|align="left"|Petronas Syntium Team | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 127 |bgcolor='#DFDFDF'|2nd |
rowspan="3"|2009
|align="left"|Super GT - GT300 |align="left"|MOLA | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 7th |
align="left"|Super Taikyu - ST1
| rowspan="2" align="left" |Petronas Syntium Team | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 128 |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
align="left"|MMER 12 Hours
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A |bgcolor='#DFDFDF'|2nd |
rowspan="4"|2010
|align="left"|Super GT - GT300 |align="left"|Hasemi Motorsport | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64 |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
align="left"|Super Taikyu - ST1
| rowspan="2" align="left" |Petronas Syntium Team | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 142 |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
align="left"|Dubai 24 Hour
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A |bgcolor='#DFDFDF'|2nd |
align="left"|World Touring Car Championship
|align="left"|Wiechers-Sport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
rowspan="3"|2011
|align="left"|Super GT - GT500 |align="left"|MOLA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 90 |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
align="left"|Super Taikyu - ST1
| rowspan="2" align="left" |Petronas Syntium Team | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 136 |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
align="left"|MMER 12 Hours
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
rowspan="3"|2012
|align="left"|Super GT - GT500 |align="left"|MOLA | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 93 |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
align="left"|Super Taikyu - GT3
| rowspan="2" align="left" |Petronas Syntium Team | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 |bgcolor='#DFDFDF'|2nd |
align="left"|MMER 12 Hours
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |bgcolor='#FFFFBF'|1st |
2013
|align="left"|Super GT - GT500 |align="left"|Nismo | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 6th |
rowspan="2"|2014
|align="left"|Super GT - GT500 |align="left"|MOLA | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 11th |
align="left"|Spa 24 Hours
|align="left"|Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 38th |
rowspan="2"|2015
|align="left"|Super GT - GT500 |align="left"|MOLA | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 6th |
align="left"|Super Taikyu - ST-X
|align="left"|GTNET Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.5 | 8th |
2015-16
|align="left"|Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 |align="left"|Team AAI | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 |bgcolor='#FFDF9F'|3rd |
rowspan="3"|2016
|align="left"|Super GT - GT500 |align="left"|Kondo Racing | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 7th |
align="left"|Super Taikyu - ST-X
|align="left"|Endless Sports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 116.5 |bgcolor='#DFDFDF'|2nd |
align="left"|Inter Proto Series
|align="left"|B-Max Racing Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | ? |
2025
| align="left" |Super Taikyu - ST-Z | align="left" |Team ZeroOne | | | | | | | |
=Complete Japanese Formula 3 results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Team ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! DC ! Pts |
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2001
|bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|SUZ1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SUZ2 |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|TSU1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|TSU2 |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|FUJ1 |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|FUJ2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MIN1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MIN2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MOT1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MOT2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SUZ |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SUG1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SUG2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SEN1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SEN2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|TAI1 |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|TAI2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MOT1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MOT2 |bgcolor=''| ! 7th ! 80 |
2003
|bgcolor=''|SUZ1 |bgcolor=''|SUZ2 |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|FUJ1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|FUJ2 |bgcolor=''|TAI1 |bgcolor=''|TAI2 |bgcolor=''|MOT1 |bgcolor=''|MOT2 |bgcolor=''|SUZ1 |bgcolor=''|SUZ2 |bgcolor=''|SUG1 |bgcolor=''|SUG2 |bgcolor=''|TSU1 |bgcolor=''|TSU2 |bgcolor=''|SUG1 |bgcolor=''|SUG2 |bgcolor=''|MIN1 |bgcolor=''|MIN2 |bgcolor=''|MOT1 |bgcolor=''|MOT2 ! 17th ! 2 |
2004
|bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|SUZ1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SUZ2 |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|TSU1 |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|TSU2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|TAI1 |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|TAI2 |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|MOT1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MOT2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SUZ1 |bgcolor='#FFDF9F'|SUZ2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SUG1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SUG2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MIN1 |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|MIN2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|SEN1 |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|SEN2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MIN1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MIN2 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MOT1 |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MOT2 ! 10th ! 58 |
=Complete Formula Nippon results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Team ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! DC ! Pts |
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2006
! Toyota |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|FUJ |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|SUZ |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|MOT |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|SUZ |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|AUT |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|FUJ |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|SUG |bgcolor='#DFFFDF'|MOT |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|SUZ ! 14th ! 1 |
2007
! Toyota |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|FUJ |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|SUZ |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|MOT |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|OKA |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|SUZ |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|FUJ |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|SUG |bgcolor='#CFCFFF'|MOT |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|SUZ ! NC ! 0 |
=Complete Super GT results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! DC ! Pts |
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2001
!Hasemi Motorsport !GT300 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TAI |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MIN | | !4th !53 |
2002
!Hasemi Motorsport !GT300 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TAI |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SUG |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SEP |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SUZ | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3rd |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|70 |
2003
!Hasemi Motorsport !GT300 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TAI |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUG |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUZ | |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|77 |
2004
!Team Daishin !GT300 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|TAI |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|TOK |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ | | !6th !33 |
2005
!GT500 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|OKA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ | !5th !57 |
2006
!GT500 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|AUT |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FUJ !13th !34 |
2007
!Hasemi Motorsport !GT500 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ !12th !30 |
2008
!GT500 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|OKA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ !7th !57 |
2009
!MOLA !GT300 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OKA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT !7th !62 |
2010
!Hasemi Motorsport !GT300 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SUZ |style="background:#FFFFFF;"|FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|MOT | |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|64 |
2011
!MOLA !GT500 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|AUT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|MOT | |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|90 |
2012
!MOLA !GT500 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SEP |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SUG |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|AUT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|MOT | |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|93 |
2013
!GT500 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|OKA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SUG |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT | !6th !50 |
2014
!MOLA !GT500 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OKA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUZ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|BUR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT | !11th !31 |
2015
!MOLA !GT500 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CHA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MOT | !6th !50 |
2016
!GT500 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SUG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MOT | ! 7th ! 43 |
2017
! Audi {{Interlanguage link|Team Hitotsuyama|ja|一ツ山レーシング|WD=}} ! GT300 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT | ! 20th ! 5 |
2018
! Runup Sports ! GT300 |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| CHA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SUG |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| MOT | ! NC ! 0 |
2020
!{{Interlanguage link|Cars Tokai Dream28|ja|3=ホンダカーズ東海}} !GT300 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FUJ (1) |style="background:#ffffbf;"| FUJ (2) |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SUZ (1) |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MOT (1) |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ (3) |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ (2) |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT (2) |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ (4) | !10th !31 |
2021
! Arnage Racing !GT300 | bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |OKA | bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |FSW | bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |SUZ | bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |TRM | bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |SUG | bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |AUT | bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |TRM | bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |FSW | ! NC ! 0 |
2022
! BUSOU Drago Corse !GT300 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | ! 20th ! 12.5 |
2023
!GT300 | OKA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFDFDF"| FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | ! 10th ! 35 |
=Complete Asian Le Mans Series=
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Year
! Team ! Machine ! Engine ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! DC ! Pts |
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2015-16
! Team-AAI ! ADESS-03 ! Nissan ! LMP3 |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|FUJ |bgcolor='#DFDFDF'|SEP |bgcolor='#DFDFDF'|BUR |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|SEP |bgcolor='#FFDF9F'|3rd |bgcolor='#FFDF9F'|37 |
2019-20
! Eurasia Motorsport ! Gibson ! LMP2 |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|SHA |bgcolor=''|BEN |bgcolor='#EFCFFF'|SEP |bgcolor=''|BUR ! 11th ! 1 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Masataka Yanagida}}
- [http://www.masataka-yanagida.com/ Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{DriverDB driver|masataka-yanagida}}
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{{s-sports}}
{{succession box|title=Super GT (GT500) Champion |before=Takashi Kogure
Loïc Duval|after= Kohei Hirate
Yuji Tachikawa|years=2011–2012 with:
Ronnie Quintarelli}}
{{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yanagida, Masataka}}
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