Norifumi
Norifumi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese motorcycle road racer, previously a 500 cc/MotoGP rider *, former Nippon Professional Baseball player and current manager *, lead guitar in ''Concerto Moon'', a Japanese neo-classical/power metal band *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, former Japanese football player *, Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer known as Kid Yamamoto *, retired Japanese triple jumper {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...
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Norifumi Abe
, or was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer who was previously a 500 cc/MotoGP rider. He died in a road traffic crash in October 2007. Career Abe was born to , a paved flat track rider, in Tokyo. When he was eleven, Abe began racing minibikes and spent his earlier career competing in motocross. He turned to road racing when he was fifteen and also competed in the United States. In 1992, Abe was the runner up in the 250 cc category for the domestic National A championship. The following year at the All Japan Road Race Championship, Abe won the 500 cc title in the category's final year and became the youngest title winner. In 1994, while racing in his home championship, Abe had a chance to race at the 1994 Japanese Grand Prix as a " wild card". He shocked the field by challenging for the win until three laps from the finish before falling off. Abe's performance impressed Kenny Roberts's Yamaha team, and was offered two more rides that year which yielded two sixth pl ...
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