Japanese motorcycle racer
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Naomi Taniguchi (谷口 尚己, Taniguchi Naomi) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. In 1959, Taniguchi became the——first Japanese racer——to compete at the world championship level when Honda entered him in the Isle of Man TT. His most successful season was in 1960 when he finished in tenth place in the "125cc world championship."
Motorcycle Grand Prix results※
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1959 | 125cc | Honda | IOM 6 |
GER - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
1 | 14th | 0 | ||||
1960 | 125cc | Honda | IOM 6 |
NED - |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
1 | 10th | 0 | ||||||
250cc | Honda | IOM 6 |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
1 | 17th | 0 | ||||||
1961 | 125cc | Honda | ESP - |
GER - |
FRA - |
IOM 8 |
NED - |
BEL 7 |
DDR - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
SWE - |
ARG 5 |
2 | 15th | 0 |
250cc | Honda | ESP - |
GER - |
FRA - |
IOM 5 |
NED - |
BEL - |
DDR - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
SWE - |
ARG - |
2 | 16th | 0 | |
1963 | 50cc | Honda | ESP - |
GER - |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FIN - |
ARG - |
JPN 9 |
0 | - | 0 | ||
1964 | 50cc | Honda | USA - |
ESP - |
FRA - |
IOM 6 |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
FIN - |
JPN - |
1 | 13th | 0 | ||
1965 | 50cc | Honda | USA - |
GER - |
ESP - |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
JPN 8 |
0 | - | 0 |
References※
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