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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1973-05-18)18 May 1973 (age 52) Matsudo,Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tohru Ukawa (宇川 徹,Ukawa Tōru; born 18 May 1973) is a Japanese formerGrand Prixmotorcycleroad racer.
Ukawa began his Grand Prix career in1994, racing in the 250cc world championships. He finished second toValentino Rossi in the1999World Championship. In2002, he moved up to theMotoGP class, riding for the factoryRepsolHonda Grand Prix team, finishing third overall behind teammate Rossi, with a win atPhakisa inSouth Africa.[1] In2003, he finished seventh overall for theSito PonsPramac team before returning to a factory testing role.[2] Ukawa won five Grand Prix races during his career and is a five-time winner of theSuzuka 8 Hours endurance race.
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 |
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
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| 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 | BenettonHonda | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 4th | – |
| 1999 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | BenettonHonda | 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Co-Rider | Bike | Pos |
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| 1997 |  Hori-Pro Honda with HARC | Shinichi Ito Tohru Ukawa | Honda RC45 | 1st |
| 1998 | Lucky Strike Honda & Iwaki | Shinichi Itoh Tohru Ukawa | Honda RC45 | 1st |
| 2000 | TeamCabin [ja]Honda | Daijiro Kato Tohru Ukawa | Honda VTR1000SPW | 1st |
| 2004 | Seven StarsRacing | Hitoyasu Izutsu Tohru Ukawa | Honda CBR1000RR | 1st |
| 2005 | Seven StarsRacing | Ryuichi Kiyonari Tohru Ukawa | Honda CBR1000RR | 1st |
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