Ryo Mizuno wins All Japan Road Race JSB1000 title on Ducati, a first for a non-Japanese manufacturer
Ryo Mizuno clinched Japan's premier national road racing crown at Suzuka with a race to spare, giving Ducati the first All Japan Road Race Championship ever won by a non-Japanese manufacturer.
- 8 of 10 races
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- 32 of 36 races
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What Happened
Ryo Mizuno has won the All Japan Road Race Championship, Japan's premier national motorcycle road racing series, also known as the Japanese SBK Championship, riding the Panigale V4 R of the SDG Ducati Team Kagayama. He took the crown in the JSB1000 class at the Suzuka Circuit on Saturday 24 October, where his victory in Race 1 of the final round mathematically secured the title with one race to spare. It is the first time in history that a non-Japanese motorcycle manufacturer has won the premier class of Japan's national championship. Ducati says the Japanese rider dominated the season from the very first rounds, winning 8 of the 10 races on the calendar.
8of 10 races
The Japanese rider won eight of the ten rounds on the Panigale V4 R to take the title at Suzuka.
Ryo Mizuno dominates the JSB1000 class from the opening rounds on the SDG Ducati Team Kagayama Panigale V4 R, winning 8 of the 10 races.
Mizuno wins Race 1 of the final round at Suzuka Circuit, mathematically securing the championship with one race to spare.
Ducati announces the title, its first in the premier class of Japan's national road racing championship and the first by any non-Japanese manufacturer.
- Japan: All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 – Ryo Mizuno, SDG Ducati Team Kagayama, 8 wins in 10 races.
- World: Superbike World Championship – Nicolò Bulega, with 32 wins and four second-place finishes in 36 races.
- Asia: Asia Superbike – Hafizh Syahrin, for the second consecutive year.
- Australia: Australian Superbike Championship – Harrison Voight, ahead of three other Ducati riders.
- Great Britain: British Superbike (BSB) – Kyle Ryde.
- Germany: EuroMoto Superbike Championship – Lukas Tulovic.
Ducati says production-derived motorcycle racing is a cornerstone of its motorsport activities, in both Superbike and Supersport. In Supersport, 2026 brought a fourth consecutive victory at the Daytona 200 in the United States with Josh Herrin, and the MotoAmerica Supersport title claimed by Darryn Binder. In Europe, Luke Stapleford won the British Supersport Championship. These results sit alongside the Superbike World Championship title Ducati says it claimed just a month ago with Bulega and the Panigale V4 R.
- Ducati Hamamatsu, Ducati Sapporo and Ducati Kyoto supported Team Kagayama as sponsors throughout the season.
- Ducati Osaka East helped bring the championship's key events to life through dedicated display areas.
- Ducati Osaka East also ran initiatives designed to engage fans, including Meet & Greet events.
- Ducati says its Japanese dealer network played an important role across the season and celebrated the milestone with the manufacturer.
Why this matters
No non-Japanese manufacturer had ever won the top class of Japan's national road racing championship before, so the result is a first for Ducati and for the series. It also adds a Japanese title to a 2026 season in which the Panigale V4 R has already won world, Asian, Australian, British and German Superbike crowns. Ducati credits its Japanese dealer network, which sponsored and promoted the SDG Ducati Team Kagayama through the year.
Terms in This Story
- JSB1000
- The premier class of the All Japan Road Race Championship, Japan's national motorcycle road racing series, also called the Japanese SBK Championship.
- Superbike
- Production-derived motorcycle racing, in which the racing machines are based on road-going models.
- Panigale V4 R
- The Ducati model raced by Ryo Mizuno's SDG Ducati Team Kagayama and by Ducati's Superbike teams in the 2026 season.
- Supersport
- A production-derived motorcycle racing category in which Ducati also competes alongside Superbike.
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