All Japan Road Race Championship（JSB1000class）

Yoshimura Suzuki MOTUL Racing announces JSB1000 rider lineup for 2018 All Japan Road Race Championship. Takuya Tsuda was ranked in the 2nd in the 2017 season and this is his 6th year racing in JSB1000 class from Yoshimura Suzuki. He is aiming for the champion title this year. Kazuki Watanabe is appointed as the new rider of Yoshimura Suzuki MOTUL Racing who is coming back to JSB1000 after his challenge for WSS in 2017. He is excited to race from Yoshimura Suzuki and it is expected for him to perform top-level riding. Both riders have high potential, and Yoshimura Suzuki MOTUL Racing will work hard for further development of the GSX-R1000 and aim for the victory.

Team Manager: Yohei Kato

We are pleased to announce our team lineup for 2018 All Japan Championship JSB1000. Kazuki Watanabe will be newly racing with us alongside of our regular rider Takuya Tsuda. It is the second year for Yoshimura Suzuki MOTUL Racing to use the GSX-R1000 after its debut, and our package will be even stronger than last year. The more we experience JSB1000 races, the more the race strategy become ideal, and also by having two experienced riders, we are expecting for them to improve themselves by learn from each other to bring the potential of Yoshimura tuned GSX-R1000. We will improve our strategy to get the champion title and will fight against strong rivals. We would like to thank all sponsors and fans for warm supports.

＃12 Takuya Tsuda

Name	Takuya Tsuda
Place of birth	Wakayama, Japan
Date of birth	27 April, 1985
Height	171cm
Weight	71kg

Last year the new GSX-R1000 was introduced and we expected much on the new machine in 2017 season. However it was not so easy as we had expected and we had been forced to have hard time setting up. Now I have better understanding of the machine with all data and experiences from last season and I am confident to perform better in this season. I will try my best to pull out the potential of GSX-R1000.

Race Career

2013	Suzuka 8H　2nd All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　4th / Yoshimura
2014	Suzuka 8H　2nd All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　3rd / Yoshimura
2015	Suzuka 8H　5th All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　4th / Yoshimura
2016	Suzuka 8H　3rd All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　2nd / Yoshimura
2017	Suzuka 8H　7th All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　2nd / Yoshimura

＃26 Kazuki Watanabe

Name	Kazuki Watanabe
Place of birth	Yamanashi, Japan
Date of birth	2 October, 1990
Height	170cm
Weight	68kg

I am very excited to race with Yoshimura Suzuki MOTUL racing at 2018 All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 class. First of all, I would like to thank Yoshimura and Suzuki for giving me such a great opportunity! It is a great honor to come back to the JSB1000 with the great legendary team, and I can’t wait the season to start. I will work hard with the team and show my potential off to fans, sponsors and all supporters.

Race Career

2013	All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　7th
2014	Suzuka 8H　12th All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　7th
2015	Suzuka 8H　9th All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　3rd
2016	Suzuka 8H　2nd All Japan Championship JSB1000 Ranking　6th
2017	World Supersport Championship