Ryota Ogiwara
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 2008 Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryota Ogiwara (Japanese: 荻原 羚大[1], Hepburn: Ogiwara Ryōta; born 7 September 2008) is a Japanese motorcycle racer who competes in the Moto3 Junior World Championship and Red Bull Rookies Cup.
In 2025, Ogiwara was crowned Asia Talent Cup champion.
Early career
Ogiwara was born in Kawagoe, Japan. Influenced by his father Daisuke, a motorcycle enthusiast, he began riding pocket bikes at the age of five. He progressed to mini-bikes by age ten and entered road racing at twelve.[2][3] By 2021, Ogiwara had won two junior championships and competed in the final round of the Tsukuba Road Race Championship in the S80 class.
MotoAmerica
In 2022, Ogiwara made his debut in the MotoAmerica Junior Cup, participating in the final two rounds of the season at New Jersey and Alabama. He finished his first race just outside of the podium, and clinched a third place finish at Barber Motorsports Park.[3][4][5]
In June 2025, Ogiwara returned to the MotoAmerica paddock, this time competing in the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship at The Ridge Motorsports Park round, on board a Suzuki GSX-R600, finishing 14th and 8th, respectively.[6]
All Japan Road Race Championship
In 2023, Ogiwara competed in the All Japan Road Race Championship MFJ Cup JP250 class, where he claimed several back-to-back wins and was crowned champion of the domestic class.[7][8][9] In 2024, Ogiwara made a wildcard entry at the Motegi round of the MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship J-GP3 class. Starting from pole, he finished third in the Sunday race, behind Rei Wakamatsu, who took victory after a close battle to the line.[10][11] Ogiwara made his debut in the Superstock 600 class of the 2025 All Japan Road Race Championship as a replacement rider, finishing eighth and fourth in Races 1 and 2.[12][13]
Asia Talent Cup
In October 2022, Ogiwara was selected to compete in the 2023 Asia Talent Cup season.[14] He secured his first Cup podium in the penultimate round at Sepang, behind Pratama and Mitani.[15] At the final round in Qatar, he placed second in both races, missing out on victory by milliseconds. He moved up in the standings to third overall, making him the top-placed rookie.[16][17] In 2024, Ogiwara remained in the Asia Talent Cup for a second year. At the Indonesian round, he claimed his first pole position in the Cup and secured his maiden victory in Race 2, after a fourth place in Race 1.[18][19] He finished on the podium in both races at the Motegi round, and claimed his second Cup win at the Thai round in wet conditions. He finished the season with a second place at Sepang, ultimately losing the title to Zen Mitani.[20][21]
Ogiwara returned to the Asia Talent Cup for a third season in 2025. He dominated the championship by winning 8 races in a row, breaking the record previously set by Taiyo Furusato of the most consecutive wins in the Cup. He was crowned champion at the final round in Sepang with one race remaining.[22][23]
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
Ogiwara was promoted to the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup for the 2026 season.[24]
Moto3 Junior World Championship
Ogiwara was also promoted to the newly rebranded FIM Moto3 Junior World Championship in 2026 with the Asia Talent Team.[25]