Keito Abe

J-GP2 (2018–2019)

Abe entered the All Japan Road Race Championship in 2018, aged 14. He was given a spot in the J-GP2 class aboard a Yamaha YN6 prototype, racing for Team Norick.^[5][6] He finished his rookie season in fourteenth place after a best place finish of eleventh at Sportsland Sugo. In 2019, Abe faced his second year in the J-GP2,^[7] where he clinched top-ten finishes in all races and finished in fifth place at Tsukuba and Suzuka. He finished the season in eighth place in the championship standings.

ST600 (2020–2024)

After the J-GP2 class had folded at the end of 2019, Abe moved categories to ST600 for 2020, racing with the same Team Norick aboard a production YZF-R6.^[8][9] He had a strong rookie season where he clinched top-ten finishes, with a best place result of fifth at Sugo and later at Motegi, including a maiden pole position in the latter.^[10] His final position in the standings was eighth again. In 2021, Abe faced his second running in the ST600 class, still under the Team Norick umbrella.^[11] He clinched his maiden podium in the sixth at Okayama, with a third place finish after achieving pole position the day before. He would go on to close off the season with another podium at Autopolis, this time with a second place after beating Haruki Noguchi in a final lap battle.^[12]

Abe left the Norick program at the end of 2021 and switched to Team 51 Garage for the 2022 season onwards. That year he clinched his maiden win at Autopolis, after a last lap battle with Kohta Arakawa and Shota Ite.^[13] He claimed a second podium in the following round at Okayama and finished the season in third place overall. In 2023, Abe claimed his first All Japan title in the ST600 class, after finishing on the podium in every race and winning the first header at Sugo.^[14][15] He was officially proclaimed champion in the final round at Suzuka after finishing in front of his teammate and championship contender Sho Nishimura.^[16]

In 2024, Abe faced his fifth and final ST600 season.^[17] He dominated the championship by winning five races and four pole positions in a row,^[18][19] and was crowned ST600 champion for a second time—in the penultimate round at Okayama.^[20][21] Shortly before the final round at Suzuka, Abe's team decided not to participate in the event following the unexpected death of the team director Takahiro Sohwa.^[22]

JSB1000 (2025)

Abe debuted in the All Japan Road Race Championship's top class JSB1000 in 2025, with SDG Harc-Pro. He replaced the injured Teppei Nagoe and participated in the final two rounds of the season at Okayama and Suzuka.^[23] His best result was a fifth place in the second header of the Suzuka round.^[24]

SS600 (2022–2023)

Abe entered the Supersport class of the 2022 Asia Road Racing Championship for three rounds at Sugo, Sepang and Buriram. He clinched a podium in his debut race at Sugo and would later grab two more top-ten finishes in the following two rounds.^[25] In 2023, Abe entered his first Asia Road Racing Championship full-time season. In the first two rounds at Buriram and Sepang, he claimed several top-five finishes, and clinched his maiden win in the first header of the Sugo round. He finished in second place in Race 2.^[26][27] He ended the season with more top-five finishes and placed fifth in the championship standings.

ASB1000 (2025–present)

After his success in the All Japan, Abe returned to the Asia Road Racing Championship in 2025, this time debuting in the top class ASB1000 with SDG Harc-Pro. He made the jump to a Honda CBR1000RR-R, after competing on Yamaha machines for most of his early career. He claimed a podium in his debut round at Buriram, after finishing in third place.^[28] In his home round at Motegi, Abe won the first race and finished second in the next one, which put him as championship leader for the first time.^[29][30] He claimed another second place in the following round at Mandalika, but lost the championship lead following a crash at Sepang.^[31] Abe ultimately placed third in the overall championship standings at the end of the season.

Abe is entered his second ASB1000 season with SDG Harc-Pro in 2026.^[32] In the opening round at Sepang he clinched two podiums, finishing second in both races and fending off Andi Izdihar by six milliseconds in Race 2.^[33]

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

• † – Rider did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than ~75% of the race distance.
• ‡ – Half points were awarded based on the qualifying results.

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

* Season still in progress.