Takuya Tsuda

{{Short description|Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1985)}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider | name = Takuya Tsuda | image = | caption = | nationality = Japanese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|04|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Japan | Current team = Team Suzuki | Bike number = 85 | website = | MotoGP Active years= {{MGP|2017|MotoGP}}, {{MGP|2022|MotoGP}} | MotoGP Manufacturers = Suzuki | MotoGP Championships = 0 | MotoGP Race Starts = 2 | MotoGP Race Wins = 0 | MotoGP Podiums = 0 | MotoGP Poles = 0 | MotoGP Fastest laps= 0 | MotoGP Total Points= 0 | MotoGP Last season = 2022 | MotoGP Last position= NC (0 pts) }}

{{Nihongo|'''Takuya Tsuda'''|津田拓也|Tsuda Takuya|born 27 April 1985|lead=yes}} is a Japanese motorcycle racer who competes in the JSB1000 class of the All Japan Road Race Championship for Team Suzuki, aboard a GSX-R1000R.

Tsuda has been Suzuki's primary test rider since it returned to MotoGP in 2015. Tsuda made his MotoGP debut in the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez in place of the injured Álex Rins.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2017/04/27/rins-undergoes-successful-surgery-tsuda-in-for-jerez/226552|title=Rins undergoes successful surgery - Tsuda in for Jerez|accessdate=5 May 2017|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Grand Prix motorcycle racing=== ====By season==== {|class="wikitable" style=text-align:right !Season !Class !Motorcycle !Team !Race !Win !Podium !Pole !FLap !Pts !Plcd |- ! 2017 | MotoGP | Suzuki | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |- ! 2022 | MotoGP | Suzuki | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |- ! Total | | | | '''2''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | |}

====By class==== {|class="wikitable" style=text-align:right !Class !Seasons !1st GP !1st Pod !1st Win !Race !Win !Podiums !Pole !FLap !Pts !WChmp |- ! MotoGP | 2017–2022 |align="left"| 2017 Spanish |align="left"| |align="left"| | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- ! Total ! colspan=4| 2017–2022 | '''2''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' |}

====Races by year==== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! Pos ! Pts |- ! 2017 ! MotoGP ! Suzuki | QAT | ARG | AME |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SPA {{small|17}} | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | | ! 29th ! 0 |- !align="left"| {{MGP|2022|MotoGP}} !align="left"| MotoGP !align="left"| Suzuki | QAT | INA | ARG | AME | POR | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | RSM | ARA |style="background:#efcfff;"| JPN {{small|Ret}} | THA | AUS | MAL | VAL ! NC ! 0 |}

===FIM Endurance World Championship=== ====By team====

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" !valign="middle" | Year !valign="middle" | Team !valign="middle" | Bike !valign="middle" | Rider !valign="middle" | {{Tooltip|TC|Teams' championship position}} |- | 2012 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Suzuki Endurance Racing Team | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Anthony Delhalle {{flagicon|FRA}} Freddy Foray {{flagicon|FRA}} Vincent Philippe {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukio Kagayama {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Tsuda ! style="background:#ffffbf;" | '''1st''' |}

===Suzuka 8 Hours results=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%;" ! Year ! Team ! Riders ! Bike ! Pos ! Ref |- ! 2025 |style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Team Suzuki CN Challenge |style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SPA}} Albert Arenas {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Tsuda {{flagicon|FRA}} Etienne Masson |style="text-align:left;"| Suzuki GSX-R 1000 !style="background:#;"| 33rd |style="text-align:left;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorkari.cz/upload/files/prilohy/53634/suzuka-8-hours-fim-endurance-world-championship-free-practice-final-ranking.pdf|title=Suzuka 8 Hours FIM Endurance World Championship Race Final results|access-date=4 August 2025 |website=motorkari.cz}}</ref> |}

===All Japan Road Race Championship===

====Races by year====

(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! Pos ! Pts |- ! 2025 ! JSB1000 ! Suzuki | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT {{small|6}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUG1 {{small|9}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUG2 {{small|3}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOT1 {{small|3}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT2 {{small|14}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUT1 {{small|3}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT2 {{small|8}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OKA {{small|5}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ1 {{small|20}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ2 {{small|8}} ! style="background:#;"| 7th ! style="background:#;"| 97 |- ! 2026 ! JSB1000 ! Suzuki | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MOT {{small|19}}{{dagger}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUG1 {{small|9}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUG2 {{small|12}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | AUT1 {{small|8}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | AUT2 {{small|9}} | style="background:#;" | MOT1 {{small|}} | style="background:#;" | MOT2 {{small|}} | style="background:#;" | OKA {{small|}} | style="background:#;" | SUZ1 {{small|}} | style="background:#;" | SUZ2 {{small|}} ! 10th* ! 26* |} {{asterisk}} Season still in progress. * {{dagger}} – Rider did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than ~75% of the race distance.

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==External links== *{{sports links}} *[http://www.gpupdate.net/en/motogp-riders/2277/takuya-tsuda/ Profile on gpupdate.net]

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