Yoshihide Muroya
# Yoshihide Muroya

Yoshihide "Yoshi" Muroya (室屋 義秀, Muroya Yoshihide, born 27 January 1973) is a Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. He started glider flight training in 1991 because it was an inexpensive way to fly. Muroya went to the United States privately to earn his airplane license at the age of twenty.

After that, he worked long hours to earn enough money to get his training in the United States for a period of two months a year. At the same time, he continued glider training in Japan and learned long-distance flight techniques in Australia.

In 2009 he participated in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship as first Japanese and first Asian pilot. Special Team Mate Robert Fry joined as Team coordinator. In the final race in Barcelona, Spain he took 6th place. In 2017 he became Red Bull Air Race's World Champion.

Until now, he has held some 170 air-shows over 12 years without incident.

In 2021, Muroya partnered with Lexus to launch Lexus/Pathfinder Air Racing, a joint team competing in the Air Race World Championship.

## Racing record

### Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Yoshihide Muroya at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship :

| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | Wins | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | 13th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 10th | 6th | | | 9 | 0 | 14th |
| 2010 | 10th | 9th | 12th | DNS | | 12th | CAN | CAN | 5 | 0 | 12th |
| Series not held between 2011 and 2013 ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 12th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 10 | 0 | 9th |
| 2015 | 6th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 3rd | 4th | 23 | 0 | 6th |
| 2016 | 7th | 14th | 1st | 5th | 8th | 14th | 5th | CAN | 31.5 | 1 | 6th |
| 2017 | 13th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 13th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 74 | 4 | 1st |
| 2018 | 2nd | 4th | 14th | 11th | 8th | 2nd | 12th | 5th | 40 | 0 | 5th |
| 2019 | 1st | | | | | | | | 28 | 1 | 1st |

Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not take part * DNS: Did not start * DSQ: Disqualified

## Gallery

* Aerobatics by Extra 300S
* Sukhoi Su-26
* Extra 300L
* Zivko Edge 540 V2
* Zivko Edge 540 V3 of FALKEN color
