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- BIOGRAPHY
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- Nationality: Japanese
- Birth place: Tokyo
- Birthday: 29 May 1963
- Age: 31
- Status: Married, Rumiko
- Children: Ryui & Risa
- Resident: Tokyo & Monaco
- Height: 1.63 m
- Weight: 59 kg
- First race: 1983 FJ 1600
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- After graduation from senior high-school,
- Ukyo trained as a mechanic at the Tsukuba
- Circuit in Japan. That was in 1982 and
- marked the start of his career in motor
- racing which saw him switch to driving -
- taking class and championships in FJ 1600,
- after winning his very first race from pole
- position.
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- Source: http://www.nokia.com/
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- COMPETITION HISTORY
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- 1985 - Graduated to All Japan F3 Series
- with Nissan Hasemi Motorsports team
- and finished 6th in the championship.
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- 1986 - After visiting France the previous
- August and breaking the course
- record at the Formula Renault Racing
- School, Ukyo moved to France to
- contest the National Formula Renault
- Series, before moving up to the
- French F3 series in 1987.
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- 1988 - Returned to Japan to contest the
- Japanese F3000 Championship with
- BA-TSU Racing, finishing 11th. Raced
- at Le Mans 24 Hours for the first
- time with Courage Competition.
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- 1989 - A busy season with Ukyo in action
- for the Footwork Team in Japanese
- F3000, while entering four FIA
- International F3000 events in Europe
- and the Japanese Touring Car
- Championship.
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- 1990 - Beginning his successful partnership
- with CABIN, Ukyo finished 5th in
- Japan┤s F3000 Championship with
- CABIN Racing.
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- 1991 - Ukyo s F3000 championship-winning
- year with CABIN. He scored two wins,
- three runner-up placings and was a
- top-10 finisher in every event, but
- for a single retirement.
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- 1992 - Performing well in his Formula One
- debut season with Venturi Larrousse,
- Ukyo twice finished in the top-10.
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- 1993 - With continuing support from CABIN,
- Ukyo moved to Tyrrell for his second
- year season of Grand Prix racing.
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- 1994 - The season which saw Ukyo┤s
- potential expressed. Strong
- qualifying performance were followed
- by impressive races among the
- leaders.
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- 1995 - Ukyo drives for Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha
- in his third season with the team.
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- Source: http://www.nokia.com/
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