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.
Kageyama 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, Kageyama 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) YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints1990Stellar InternationalSUZFUJMINSUZSUGFUJFUJSUZFUJSUZ20th11991Stellar InternationalSUZAUTFUJMINSUZSUGFUJSUZFUJSUZFUJ31st01993Nakajima RacingSUZSUZMINSUZAUTSUGFUJFUJSUZFUJSUZ10th71994Nakajima RacingSUZFUJMINSUZSUGFUJSUZFUJFUJSUZ13th21995Navi Connection RacingSUZFUJMINSUZSUGFUJTOKFUJSUZ12th51996Navi Connection RacingSUZMINFUJTOKSUZSUGFUJMINSUZFUJ14th41997Team ImpulSUZMINFUJSUZSUGFUJMINMOTFUJSUZ7th161998Maziora Team ImpulSUZMINFUJMOTSUZSUGFUJMINFUJSUZ4th211999Speedmaster MooncraftSUZMOTMINFUJSUZSUGFUJMINMOTSUZ18th12001Takagi B-1 Car ClubSUZMOTMINFUJSUZSUGFUJMINMOTSUZ20th0
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (-1993) results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 1990 Object TFord Sierra RS500 JTC-1NISSUGSUZTSU 6th 84 Nissan Skyline GT-RSENFUJ 1991 Object T Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1SUGSUZTSUSENAUTFUJ 7th 98 1992 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1AIDAUTSUGSUZMINTSUSENFUJ 7th 78 1993 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1MINAUTSUGSUZAIDTSUTOKSENFUJ 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 AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 TOK1 TOK2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MIN1 MIN2 AID1 AID2 TSU1 TSU2 SEN1 SEN2 FUJ1 FUJ2 22nd 10 1996Nismo Nissan Primera Camino FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG1 SUG2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MIN1 MIN2 SEN1 SEN2 TOK1 TOK2 FUJ1 FUJ2 5th 63
Complete JGTC results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts 1994Hoshino Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1FUJSENFUJSUGMIN1st70 1995Hoshino RacingNissan Skyline GT-R GT1SUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN1st67 1996 Team ImpulNissan Skyline GT-R GT500SUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN 4th 54 1997NismoNissan Skyline GT-R GT500SUZFUJSENFUJMINSUG 19th 10 1998NismoNissan Skyline GT-R GT500SUZFUJSENFUJMOTMINSUG 8th 29 1999 Toyota Team Sard Toyota Supra GT500SUZFUJSUGMINFUJTAIMOT 22nd 5 2000 Toyota Team SardToyota Supra GT500MOTFUJSUGFUJTAIMINSUZ 12th 25 2001Toyota Team SardToyota Supra GT500TAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZMIN 21st 8 2002 KraftToyota Supra GT500TAIFUJSUGSEPFUJMOTMINSUZ 25th 3
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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
References
External links
Nissan driver profile