# Tohru Ukawa

Tohru Ukawa (宇川 徹, Ukawa Tōru) (born May 18, 1973) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan.
Ukawa began his Grand Prix career in 1994, racing in the 250cc world championships. He finished second to Valentino Rossi in the 1999 World Championship. In 2002, he moved up to the MotoGP class, riding for the factory Repsol Honda Grand Prix team, finishing third overall behind teammate Rossi, with a win at Phakisa in South Africa. In 2003, he finished seventh overall for the Sito Pons Pramac team before returning to a factory testing role. Ukawa won five Grand Prix races during his career and is a five-time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.

## Career

Points system from 1993 onwards:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### By season

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
| 1994 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Honda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13th | – |
| 1995 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Honda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| 1996 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Honda | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 5th | – |
| 1997 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Honda | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 5th | – |
| 1998 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Benetton Honda | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 4th | – |
| 1999 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Benetton Honda | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 261 | 2nd | – |
| 2000 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Shell Advance Honda Team | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 239 | 4th | – |
| 2001 | 500cc | Honda NSR500 | Repsol Honda Team | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 10th | – |
| 2002 | MotoGP | Honda RC211V | Repsol Honda Team | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 209 | 3rd | – |
| 2003 | MotoGP | Honda RC211V | Camel Pramac Pons | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 8th | – |
| 2004 | MotoGP | Honda RC211V | HRC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Moriwaki MD211VF Honda RC211V | Moriwaki Racing Camel Honda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27th | – |
| Total | | | | 144 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 1416 | | 0 |

#### 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 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
| 1994 | 250cc | Honda | AUS | MAL | JPN 3 | SPA | AUT | GER | NED | ITA | FRA | GBR | CZE | USA | ARG | EUR | | | | 19th | 16 |
| 1995 | 250cc | Honda | AUS | MAL | JPN Ret | SPA | GER | ITA | NED | FRA | GBR | CZE | BRA | ARG | EUR | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 1996 | 250cc | Honda | MAL Ret | INA 7 | JPN 5 | SPA 5 | ITA DNS | FRA 4 | NED Ret | GER 10 | GBR 5 | AUT 4 | CZE 4 | IMO 3 | CAT 4 | BRA 4 | AUS 4 | | | 5th | 142 |
| 1997 | 250cc | Honda | MAL 6 | JPN 2 | SPA Ret | ITA Ret | AUT 5 | FRA 5 | NED 4 | IMO 3 | GER 6 | BRA 3 | GBR 5 | CZE 5 | CAT 3 | INA 2 | AUS 8 | | | 5th | 173 |
| 1998 | 250cc | Honda | JPN Ret | MAL 2 | SPA 4 | ITA 7 | FRA Ret | MAD 2 | NED 5 | GBR 4 | GER Ret | CZE 5 | IMO 4 | CAT 5 | AUS 5 | ARG 4 | | | | 4th | 145 |
| 1999 | 250cc | Honda | MAL 2 | JPN 2 | SPA 2 | FRA 1 | ITA 3 | CAT 2 | NED 4 | GBR 4 | GER Ret | CZE 3 | IMO 12 | VAL 1 | AUS 3 | RSA 4 | BRA 2 | ARG 2 | | 2nd | 261 |
| 2000 | 250cc | Honda | RSA 3 | MAL Ret | JPN 2 | SPA 3 | FRA 1 | ITA 6 | CAT 2 | NED 1 | GBR 4 | GER 2 | CZE 2 | POR Ret | VAL 4 | BRA 2 | PAC 5 | AUS 6 | | 4th | 239 |
| 2001 | 500cc | Honda | JPN Ret | RSA 3 | SPA 5 | FRA Ret | ITA 7 | CAT 7 | NED 8 | GBR 16 | GER Ret | CZE 5 | POR Ret | VAL 6 | PAC 5 | AUS 5 | MAL 5 | BRA Ret | | 10th | 107 |
| 2002 | MotoGP | Honda | JPN Ret | RSA 1 | SPA 3 | FRA 2 | ITA 3 | CAT 2 | NED 5 | GBR WD | GER 3 | CZE 3 | POR 3 | BRA Ret | PAC 4 | MAL 4 | AUS 3 | VAL 5 | | 3rd | 209 |
| 2003 | MotoGP | Honda | JPN 20 | RSA 6 | SPA 4 | FRA 7 | ITA 6 | CAT 6 | NED 12 | GBR Ret | GER 6 | CZE 8 | POR 5 | BRA 7 | PAC 7 | MAL 7 | AUS 5 | VAL Ret | | 8th | 123 |
| 2004 | MotoGP | Honda | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | BRA | GER | GBR | CZE | POR | JPN Ret | QAT | MAL | AUS | VAL | | NC | 0 |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Moriwaki | SPA | POR | CHN 15 | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | USA | GBR | GER | CZE | | | | | | | 27th | 1 |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | | JPN Ret | MAL | QAT | AUS | TUR | VAL | 27th | 1 |