Takuma Aoki (青木 拓磨, Aoki Takuma, born February 24, 1974 in Tokyo) is a Japanese former road racer of motorcycles at Grand Prix level. He began his Grand Prix career in 1993. From 1994 to 1996, Aoki competed in the World Superbike Championship, winning one race in that series.[1] In 1996, he won All Japan Championship Superbike class champion.[2] He returned to Grand Prix racing with Honda in 1997, enjoying his best season when he finished fifth in the 500cc world championship.[3] A spinal injury in a 1998 motorcycle crash left him paralyzed below the waist. Aoki has continued to work with Honda, helping them develop cars for disabled people.[4] He is the brother of Grand Prix racers, Nobuatsu and Haruchika Aoki.
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Aoki has been involved in motorsports again. Using specially-modified 4-wheel drive vehicles, he has been involved in many cross country rallies, notably the Dakar Rally, the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy and the Asia Cross Country Rally.[5][6]
On July 10 2019, he took a test ride on the Team Honda Dream CBR1000 Suzuka 8 Hours machine. In 2021, Aoki competed in the Le Mans 24 hour race as part of Frederick Sausset's SRT41 team.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 250cc | Honda | AUS | MAL | JPN 8 | SPA | AUT | GER | NED | EUR | RSM | GBR | CZE | ITA | USA | FIM | 24th | 8 | |
| 1994 | 250cc | Honda | AUS | MAL | JPN 5 | SPA | AUT | GER | NED | ITA | FRA | GBR | CZE | USA | ARG | EUR | 20th | 11 | |
| 1995 | 500cc | Honda | AUS | MAL | JPN 3 | SPA | GER | ITA | NED | FRA | GBR | CZE | BRA | ARG | EUR | 23rd | 16 | ||
| 1996 | 500cc | Honda | MAL | INA | JPN Ret | SPA | ITA | FRA | NED | GER | GBR | AUT | CZE | IMO | CAT | BRA | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 1997 | 500cc | Honda | MAL 5 | JPN 4 | SPA 4 | ITA Ret | AUT Ret | FRA 5 | NED Ret | IMO 3 | GER 3 | BRA DNS | GBR 10 | CZE 6 | CAT 7 | INA 7 | AUS 2 | 5th | 134 |
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 1994 | Honda | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | SPA | SPA | AUT | AUT | INA | INA | JPN 7 | JPN 8 | NED | NED | SMR | SMR | EUR | EUR | AUS | AUS | 31st | 17 | ||
| 1995 | Honda | GER | GER | SMR | SMR | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA | SPA | SPA | AUT | AUT | USA | USA | EUR | EUR | JPN Ret | JPN 7 | NED | NED | INA | INA | AUS | AUS | 31st | 9 |
| 1996 | Honda | SMR | SMR | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | USA | USA | EUR | EUR | INA | INA | JPN 11 | JPN 1 | NED | NED | SPA | SPA | AUS | AUS | 19th | 30 |
Complete Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | D.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Team Yokohama Challenge | Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY | P | ADR | ADR | MEX 53 | BER 97 | BER 97 | BER 76 | BER 87 | BER 75 | BER 97 | BER 77 | 6th | 42 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  Association SRT41 |  Nigel Bailly Matthieu Lahaye | Oreca 07-Gibson | CDNT | 334 | 32nd | – |