2025.07.29

SUZUKA

“It has a great ring to it!Suzuka!I really love this place.The joy of being able to come back hereis beyond words.Track sessions start tomorrow,so the team is currently setting up.”  

2025.07.20

Election

I belong to a team called Japan.That’s why I went to vote — to help choose our representatives. The photo shows a poster that FCC’s general affairs team made for me.It was quite a while ago,but I still remember how happy it made me.

2025.07.17

Bravo, Japan

I’m on a train heading to Tokyo.The weather forecast had warned of a storm.I tried booking Kintetsu, but nothing showed up —apparently suspended due to heavy rain. Still, I had an appointment. I had to go. So I made my way to Shirako Station and boarded a train […]

2025.07.13

９９，９９４％

Fuel Tank Filling Rate for the 8 Hours Machine Incredible!Naturally — a new record. And what’s more,this tank holds a massive 24.00 liters of fuel!Another new record! Well done, everyone!! The annual fuel tank filling rate check started yesterday.FCC staff also came along.It honestly felt like kids playing […]

2025.07.07

2025 SUMMER

reparing for the Suzuka 8 Hours To be precise,it’s the team — everyone — who’s doing all the preparation.And how fortunate I am for that. The race I love is about to begin.I’m truly grateful to everyone involved. The photo is of my father.I found it while cleaning […]

2025.07.05

The Bento Shop

I visited a bento shop in Suzuka.The lady there pointed to the TSR calendar hanging on the wall and said:“Just earlier, a foreign customer came in and asked if he could buy that calendar.But I told him no — it’s not for sale.” That made me as happy […]

2025.06.30

Hyakunen no Kodoku – “One Hundred Years of Solitude”

Shochu, and nothing else!When I heard Mr. Kuroki’s business philosophy,I thought — “This is it!” From that moment on, TSR committed itselfsolely to motorcycles. Thanks to my influence,some French and other Europeans have started drinking shochu too. The photo shows me enjoying Hyakunen no Kodoku in Spain.It’s perfect […]

2025.06.27

Dutch WGP

While watching MotoGP online,I noticed a logo that said “100TT.”Could it be the 100th anniversary? When we won the WGP there, it was still the old course layout.From the final chicane past the hairpin,I don’t think the layout has changed much. I also remember the podium ceremony taking […]

2025.06.27

My First Time at Le Mans

In April 2016, I competed at Le Mans for the first time.Since I’d already been racing in the World Grand Prix since 1991,it wasn’t my first time racing overseas — and that helped a lot.We’d decided the year before that we were going to do Le Mans,so I […]

2025.06.24

Tahiti

We had two crashes during the test.But since the rider wasn’t injured — we’ll take it as a win. The main team is heading north from southern France, aiming for Paris.They should arrive by tomorrow evening. As for me, I drove 600km south alone across the Eurasian continent,and […]