Masahiko Kageyama
# Masahiko Kageyama

Masahiko Kageyama (影山 正彦, Kageyama Masahiko, born August 8, 1963 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former racing driver from Japan. He participated in the Japanese Grand Touring Car series in the top category between 1993 and 2002.

Kageyama won the inaugural Japanese Grand Touring Car championship, in the Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, before winning the next two championships.

He also won the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 1989, and the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1993.

Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third-place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Kageyama is the CEO of M-Proto Inc., a supplier of brake pads, based in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. His younger brother is Masami Kageyama, who also competed in JGTC and at Le Mans.

## Racing record

### Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship/Formula Nippon results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Stellar International | SUZ 15 | FUJ DNQ | MIN 6 | SUZ Ret | SUG 11 | FUJ Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | FUJ DNS | SUZ 9 | | 20th | 1 |
| 1991 | Stellar International | SUZ Ret | AUT 17 | FUJ 11 | MIN Ret | SUZ 13 | SUG Ret | FUJ 16 | SUZ 13 | FUJ C | SUZ Ret | FUJ DNQ | 31st | 0 |
| 1993 | Nakajima Racing | SUZ 12 | SUZ 8 | MIN 6 | SUZ Ret | AUT C | SUG 2 | FUJ C | FUJ 8 | SUZ Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 11 | 10th | 7 |
| 1994 | Nakajima Racing | SUZ 16 | FUJ Ret | MIN 11 | SUZ Ret | SUG 9 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 5 | FUJ Ret | FUJ 11 | SUZ 8 | | 13th | 2 |
| 1995 | Navi Connection Racing | SUZ 3 | FUJ C | MIN 8 | SUZ Ret | SUG Ret | FUJ 6 | TOK Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | | | 12th | 5 |
| 1996 | Navi Connection Racing | SUZ Ret | MIN Ret | FUJ Ret | TOK Ret | SUZ 16 | SUG 12 | FUJ Ret | MIN 9 | SUZ 7 | FUJ 3 | | 14th | 4 |
| 1997 | Team Impul | SUZ Ret | MIN Ret | FUJ 5 | SUZ 2 | SUG 3 | FUJ Ret | MIN 15 | MOT Ret | FUJ 12 | SUZ 3 | | 7th | 16 |
| 1998 | Maziora Team Impul | SUZ 1 | MIN Ret | FUJ Ret | MOT 8 | SUZ 1 | SUG Ret | FUJ C | MIN Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 6 | | 4th | 21 |
| 1999 | Speedmaster Mooncraft | SUZ Ret | MOT 12 | MIN Ret | FUJ 13 | SUZ Ret | SUG 13 | FUJ Ret | MIN 6 | MOT 12 | SUZ 13 | | 18th | 1 |
| 2001 | Takagi B-1 Car Club | SUZ 12 | MOT Ret | MIN Ret | FUJ 10 | SUZ DNS | SUG 14 | FUJ 16 | MIN Ret | MOT Ret | SUZ Ret | | 20th | 0 |

### Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (-1993) results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Object T | Ford Sierra RS500(Rd.1~4) Nissan Skyline GT-R(Rd.5，6) | JTC-1 | NIS 4 | SUG 3 | SUZ 5 | TSU Ret | SEN 3 | FUJ Ret | | | | 6th | 84 |
| 1991 | Object T | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | SUG Ret | SUZ 3 | TSU 4 | SEN Ret | AUT 3 | FUJ 2 | | | | 7th | 98 |
| 1992 | Impul | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | AID Ret | AUT 3 | SUG 1 | SUZ Ret | MIN Ret | TSU 1 | SEN 1 | FUJ 6 | | 7th | 78 |
| 1993 | Impul | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | MIN 1 | AUT 3 | SUG 2 | SUZ 3 | AID 1 | TSU 2 | TOK 1 | SEN 1 | FUJ Ret | 1st | 134 |

### Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results

| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | Nismo | Nissan Sunny | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | TOK 1 | TOK 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | MIN 1 | MIN 2 | AID 1 21 | AID 2 10 | TSU 1 Ret | TSU 2 3 | SEN 1 Ret | SEN 2 DNS | FUJ 1 14 | FUJ 2 18 | 22nd | 10 |
| 1996 | Nismo | Nissan Primera Camino | FUJ 1 7 | FUJ 2 Ret | SUG 1 8 | SUG 2 9 | SUZ 1 4 | SUZ 2 6 | MIN 1 4 | MIN 2 1 | SEN 1 7 | SEN 2 6 | TOK 1 Ret | TOK 2 18 | FUJ 1 3 | FUJ 2 7 | | | | | 5th | 63 |

### Complete JGTC results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | Hoshino Racing | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT1 | FUJ 1 | SEN 2 | FUJ 2 | SUG 4 | MIN 4 | | | | 1st | 70 |
| 1995 | Hoshino Racing | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT1 | SUZ 1 | FUJ 10 | SEN 2 | FUJ 7 | SUG 2 | MIN 3 | | | 1st | 67 |
| 1996 | Team Impul | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ 8 | FUJ 5 | SEN 5 | FUJ 1 | SUG 2 | MIN Ret | | | 4th | 54 |
| 1997 | Nismo | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ 5 | FUJ Ret | SEN 14 | FUJ 9 | MIN Ret | SUG Ret | | | 19th | 10 |
| 1998 | Nismo | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ Ret | FUJ C | SEN 2 | FUJ 7 | MOT 11 | MIN 5 | SUG 9 | | 8th | 29 |
| 1999 | Toyota Team Sard | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ 16 | FUJ 15 | SUG Ret | MIN 7 | FUJ 10 | TAI 13 | MOT Ret | | 22nd | 5 |
| 2000 | Toyota Team Sard | Toyota Supra | GT500 | MOT 10 | FUJ Ret | SUG 6 | FUJ 2 | TAI Ret | MIN 8 | SUZ 16 | | 12th | 25 |
| 2001 | Toyota Team Sard | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 7 | FUJ 7 | SUG | FUJ | MOT | SUZ | MIN | | 21st | 8 |
| 2002 | Kraft | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 17 | FUJ 10 | SUG Ret | SEP 12 | FUJ 10 | MOT 15 | MIN 10 | SUZ 12 | 25th | 3 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | NISMO | Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki | Nissan Skyline GT-R LM | GT1 | 157 | DNF | DNF |
| 1996 | NISMO | Aguri Suzuki Masahiko Kondo | Nissan Skyline GT-R LM | GT1 | 209 | DNF | DNF |
| 1997 | Nissan Motorsport TWR | Kazuyoshi Hoshino Érik Comas | Nissan R390 GT1 | GT1 | 294 | 12th | 5th |
| 1998 | Nissan Motorsports TWR | Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Nissan R390 GT1 | GT1 | 347 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2000 | TV Asahi Team Dragon | Toshio Suzuki Masami Kageyama | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | LMP900 | 340 | 6th | 6th |
