{{short description|Japanese motorcycle racer}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider | image= Noby Ueda 1992 JapanGP.jpg |caption = Noboru Ueda at the 1992 Japanese GP |name = Noboru Ueda |nationality = Japanese |GP Active years = 1991 - 2002 |GP Teams = Honda |GP Race Starts = 160 |GP Championships = |GP Race Wins = 13 |GP Podiums = 39 |GP Total Points = 1412 |GP Poles = 19 |GP Fastest laps = 11 |GP First race = 1991 125cc Japanese Grand Prix |GP First win = 1991 125cc Japanese Grand Prix |GP Last win = 2001 125cc Italian Grand Prix |GP Last race = 2002 125cc Valencia Grand Prix }}
{{nihongo|'''Noboru "Nobby" Ueda'''|上田昇||born July 23, 1967 in Tahara, Aichi}} is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.<ref name="Rider Statistics - Noboru Ueda">{{cite news | url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Noboru+Ueda | title=Rider Statistics - Noboru Ueda | publisher=MotoGP.com | access-date=2011-03-22 | archive-date=2020-04-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414150827/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Noboru+Ueda | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was exclusively a 125 class rider. Ueda began his Grand Prix career with a win in his inaugural race at the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix. His best seasons were in 1994, when he finished second in the 125cc world championship behind Kazuto Sakata and in 1997, when he finished second behind Valentino Rossi.<ref name="Rider Statistics - Noboru Ueda"/>
In 1998, Ueda fell off his bike, breaking his arm and receiving nerve damage that nearly paralyzed his right hand.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Il pilota dal guanto magico - la Repubblica.it|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1998/09/19/il-pilota-dal-guanto-magico.html|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Archivio - la Repubblica.it|language=it}}</ref> This injury led to him wearing the first mechanised glove (produced by Spidi) that gave him the ability to grip the throttle and brake levers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ueda san promuove la Moto2|url=https://www.moto.it/MotoGP/ueda-san-promuove-moto2.html|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.moto.it|language=it}}</ref>
After a twelve-year career in Grand Prix competition, Ueda announced his retirement at the end of the 2002 season, citing the need to let his body recuperate after several racing injuries.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2002/Nobby+Ueda+announces+retirement | title=Noboru Ueda Announces Retirement | publisher=MotoGP.com | access-date=2011-05-28 | archive-date=2012-09-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908145440/http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2002/Nobby+Ueda+announces+retirement | url-status=dead }}</ref> Ueda won 13 Grand Prix races during his career. He now runs his own team known as Team Nobby, which competes in the All Japan Road Race Championship in the J-GP3 class.<ref name="Rider Statistics - Noboru Ueda" />
==Grand Prix career statistics== Source:<ref name="Rider Statistics - Noboru Ueda"/>
Points system from 1988 to 1991: {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- | '''Position''' | width=20| 1 | width=20| 2 | width=20| 3 | width=20| 4 | width=20| 5 | width=20| 6 | width=20| 7 | width=20| 8 | width=20| 9 | width=20| 10 | width=20| 11 | width=20| 12 | width=20| 13 | width=20| 14 | width=20| 15 |- | '''Points''' | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |} Points system in 1992: {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- | '''Position''' | width=20| 1 | width=20| 2 | width=20| 3 | width=20| 4 | width=20| 5 | width=20| 6 | width=20| 7 | width=20| 8 | width=20| 9 | width=20| 10 |- | '''Points''' | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |} Points system from 1993 onwards: {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- | '''Position''' | width=20| 1 | width=20| 2 | width=20| 3 | width=20| 4 | width=20| 5 | width=20| 6 | width=20| 7 | width=20| 8 | width=20| 9 | width=20| 10 | width=20| 11 | width=20| 12 | width=20| 13 | width=20| 14 | width=20| 15 |- | '''Points''' | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |} {{-}} (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! Year ! Class ! Team ! Machine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! Points ! Rank ! Wins |- ! 1991 ! 125cc ! Hero Sports TS-Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''JPN'''<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUS<br /><small>3</small> | USA<br /><small>-</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''ESP'''<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br /><small>NC</small> | GER<br /><small>-</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUT<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED<br /><small>12</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''FRA'''<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''RSM'''<br /><small>9</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CZE<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VDM<br /><small>17</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL<br /><small>7</small> | | 105 ! 5th | 2 |- ! 1992 ! 125cc ! Marlboro Pileri-Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS<br /><small>16</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAL<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR<br /><small>8</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br /><small>NC</small> | NED<br /><small>-</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN<br /><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA<br /><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA<br /><small>5</small> | | | | 57 ! 9th | 0 |- ! 1993 ! 125cc ! Marlboro Pileri-Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS<br /><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EUR<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSM<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIM<br /><small>6</small> | | | 129 ! 5th | 1 |- ! 1994 ! 125cc ! Givi Racing-Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS<br /><small>7</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAL<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''JPN'''<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''AUT'''<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''GER'''<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''NED'''<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA<br /><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''ARG'''<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR<br /><small>6</small> | | | 194 ! 2nd | 3 |- ! 1995 ! 125cc ! Givi Racing-Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAL<br /><small>21</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN<br /><small>14</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br /><small>13</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE<br /><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG<br /><small>13</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR<br /><small>NC</small> | | | | 65 ! 12th | 0 |- ! 1996 ! 125cc ! Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL<br /><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INA<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''JPN'''<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA<br /><small>12</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER<br /><small>12</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CZE<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS<br /><small>8</small> | | 126 ! 7th | 0 |- ! 1997 ! 125cc ! Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAL<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| JPN<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ''ITA''<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRA<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''CZE''<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAT<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INA<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUS<br /><small>1</small> | | 238 ! 2nd | 4 |- ! 1998 ! 125cc ! Team Givi-Honda LCR ! RS125 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''JPN'''<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''MAL'''<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''ITA'''<br /><small>7</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''FRA'''<br /><small>NC</small> | MAD<br /><small>-</small> | NED<br /><small>-</small> | GBR<br /><small>-</small> | GER<br /><small>-</small> | CZE<br /><small>-</small> | IMO<br /><small>-</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS<br /><small>18</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG<br /><small>9</small> | | | 62 ! 13th | 1 |- ! 1999 ! 125cc ! Team Givi-Honda LCR ! RS125 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br /><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ''CAT''<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''NED''<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GBR<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VAL<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''AUS'''<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRA<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ARG<br /><small>NC</small> | 171 ! 5th | 1 |- ! 2000 ! 125cc ! Team Givi-Honda LCR ! RS125 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''MAL'''<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JPN<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''FRA''<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''NED''<br /><small>2</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER<br /><small>13</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE<br /><small>5</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA<br /><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PAC<br /><small>7</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUS<br /><small>3</small> | 153 ! 5th | 0 |- ! 2001 ! 125cc ! F.C.C.-TSR Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSA<br /><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br /><small>7</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''ITA''<br /><small>1</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>23</small> | GER<br /><small>-</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAC<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA<br /><small>13</small> | 94 ! 9th | 1 |- ! 2002 ! 125cc ! Semprucci Angaia-Honda ! RS125 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN<br /><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA<br /><small>11</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP<br /><small>17</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br /><small>NC</small> | CAT<br /><small>-</small> | NED<br /><small>-</small> | GBR<br /><small>-</small> || GER<br /><small>-</small> | CZE<br /><small>-</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRA<br /><small>25</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PAC<br /><small>27</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAL<br /><small>18</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS<br /><small>21</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL<br /><small>NC</small> | 18 ! 23rd | 0 |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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