is a former Japanese motorcycle racer, who competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle championships between 1991 and 1998.
Biography Katoh's first appearance at the World Championship was during the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, where he competed riding a Yamaha in the 250 cc class. In 1993 he won the All Japan Road Race Championship title in the 125cc class. A year later, he competed in the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season in the same class, this time for the Aspar Cepsa team with better results, finishing in twenty-sixth position overall.
In the 1995 and 1996 seasons, Katoh ranked 14th overall. In 1997, he had a podium finish at the German GP in thirteenth place overall. He retired the following season, finishing in sixteenth place.
Results Scoring system from 1993 onwards: Position 1.º 2.º 3.º 4.º 5.º 6.º 7.º 8.º 9.º 10.º 11.º 12.º 13.º 14.º 15.º Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Class Machine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Pos 1991 250cc Yamaha JAP24 AUS - USA - SPA - ITA - ALE - AUT - EUR - NED - FRA - GBR - RSM - CHE - LMA - MAL - 0 - 1992 250cc Yamaha JAP Ret AUS - MAL - SPA - ITA - EUR - ALE - NED - HUN - FRA - GBR - BRA - RSA - 0 - 1994 125cc Yamaha AUSRet MALRet JPN- SPARet AUT12 GERRet NEDRet ITA- FRA- GBR- CZE- USA- ARG- EUR12 8 26th 1995 125cc Yamaha AUS 10 MALRet JPN6 SPA16 GER 11 ITA8 NED12 FRA9 GBRRet CZE - BRA15 ARG12 EUR 6 55 14th 1996 125cc Yamaha MALRet INA Ret JPNRet SPA9 ITA16 FRA5 NEDRet GER18 GBR7 AUS16 CZE12 IMO8 CAT7 RIO 12 EUR 7 61 14th 1997 125cc Yamaha MAL8 JAP6 SPA10 ITA15 AUTRet FRA 6 NED Ret IMO12 ALE2 RIO16 GBR6 CZERet CAT13 IDN21 AUS14 74 13th 1998 125cc Yamaha JAP12 MAL17 SPARet ITA19 FRA10 MAD11 NEDRet GBRRet ALE 6 CZE15 IMO8 CAT7 AUSRet ARG14 45 16th
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