Riders
Riders & Alumni
Active riders competing for Team Norick, and graduates who have moved on. Active riders also coach at Norick Academy, while alumni continue to challenge national top categories and the world stage.
*Profiles are current as of August 2026 and may be updated as newer information becomes available.
Active riders
Kairi Moriyama
2024 JP250 National champion; stepped up to ST600 in 2026, racing the All Japan Championship.
Hayato Ichikawa
Moved up from minibikes; racing the JP-SPORT class from 2026 and took pole at the Tsukuba R1.
Yuki Okamoto
Built his career with Team Norick, then joined Yamaha Factory Racing. Competes in JSB1000 and is currently racing in the World Supersport (WorldSSP) Championship.
Alumni
Kota Nozane
Founding member (2006); 2013 All Japan J-GP2 champion; now competing in JSB1000.
Sena Yamada
Founding member who started in 2006 at age 11; raced a round of the 2015 Moto3 World Championship.
Yuya Kondo
Founding member who started in 2006 at age 13, later stepping up to All Japan JSB1000. He sadly passed away in a testing accident in March 2019; his name is still remembered as a Team Norick founding member.
Takumi Kamiwada
Raced for Team Norick in the generation after Nozane. Now an auto race rider with Kawaguchi Auto.
Keito Abe
Joined at age 9; won the All Japan ST600 series title in 2024 (with another team).
Kai Aota
A Team Norick homegrown rider; progressed from the Tsukuba S80 class through J-GP3 and J-GP2, and raced the 2026 Suzuka 8 Hours — still active today.
Maiki Abe
Norick's son; raced All Japan ST600 and is now enrolled as a 40th-term trainee at the auto race training school inside Tsukuba Circuit.
Teppei Kugawa
2024 JP250 Inter champion; raced in Europe as a Yamaha YZF-R3 scholarship rider, concluding that activity in 2025.