All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 Class KRP Sanyo Industry & RS-ITOH to Continue to Participate in JSB1000 Class of All Japan Road Race Championship Announcement of Team Structure for 2024

～Keep Kawasaki's light burning.

2024.02.01 10:00

三陽工業株式会社

Sanyo Industry Co. (Head office: Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture; hereinafter referred to as "Sanyo Industry") will continue to compete in the JSB1000 class of the All Japan Road Race Championship in 2024 as "KRP Sanyo Industry & RS-ITOH". This year, the JSB1000 class will feature two veteran riders, Yuto Sano, who competed in the ST1000 class last year, and Akira Yanagawa, who has experience competing on the world stage. Sanyo and RS-ITOH will be teaming up again in 2023 to compete in Kawasaki's JSB1000 class. We are looking forward to seeing you in 2024!

All Japan Road Race Championship details: https://www.jrr.jp/

2023 Yuto Sano

2023 Akira Yanagawa

Team Profile

Team Manager: Kazunari Ito

Rider: Akira Yanagawa, Yuto Sano

Machine: Ninja ZX-10R

Class: JSB1000 class

We will continue to compete in the JSB1000 class in 2024.

RS-ITOH is a motorcycle store in Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture. We are the only privateer team that has been participating in the All Japan Road Race Championship, the biggest professional motorcycle race in Japan, for 30 consecutive years with the same manufacturer (Kawasaki) and the same team. While works teams of various manufacturers have been withdrawing from the All Japan Road Race Championship one after another in recent years, RS-ITOH continues to compete with a strong desire and sense of mission to "continue to run Kawasaki vehicles in the JSB1000 class, the top category. Sanyo Industry has teamed up with RS-ITOH since 2017 with the desire to "give back to Kawasaki motorcycles that raised Sanyo Industry." We share RS-ITOH's passion and sense of mission and believe that "continuing to compete in JSB1000 is the way to give back". In 2024, we will combine veteran riders and young riders to further raise the morale and unity of the team. We will continue to compete in 2024 with "passion for Kawasaki" x "giving back to Kawasaki Motorcycles" x "enthusiasm of riders" x "expectations of our supporters", all of which will be carried by Kawasaki vehicles. Your encouragement will be our strength, so please give us your support.

Kazunari Ito Director

Thank you for your continued support. We will continue to compete in the JSB1000 class this year. I want to improve my position as much as possible by using Kawasaki's vehicles, which are now few and far between. We are making further improvements to the Kawasaki ZX-10R, which has matured over the years. We will fight as a team, so please come to the circuit and support the Kawasaki ZX-10R and its riders.

Kazunari Ito Manager

Masato Sano, rider

Thanks to our team and sponsors, we are able to participate in the All Japan Road Race Championship again this year. This year, KRP Sanyo Kogyo & RS-ITOH will be competing in the JSB1000 class, and we will have more races than last year in the ST1000 class. I want to study more about how the top riders ride, incorporate it into my own riding, and achieve results. I will do my best this season to aim for higher positions, so please support me.

Yuto Sano Player

Akira Yanagawa

In 2024, I will only race in the opening rounds of the All Japan Road Race Championship at Suzuka Circuit and Autopolis. My goal for this season is to give my best performance and maximize my potential in the limited opportunities I have. I will give it my all and look forward to your continued support this season.

Akira Yanagawa Player

Naoyuki Inoue, President of Sanyo Industry

This year marks the 8th year of the Kawasaki Repayment Project (KRP), which started in 2017. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Director Ito and everyone who has continued to support this team. Thank you very much. And now, we welcome the 2024 season. We will keep the Kawasaki light alive. KRP Sanyo Industry & RS-ITOH will continue to run with these thoughts in mind.